"Under the morning light, the world is in ruins and desolation. A blindfolded woman is rowing down the river with two blindfolded children. Where are they going? What are they hiding from? Eyes are seen as windows to the soul. Have you ever thought about it? , If you can’t appreciate the beautiful scenery of this world one day, what would it be like to feel helpless?" The Netflix annual finale, which is based on the best-selling novel of the same name, starred in Sandra Bullock’s "Blindfold Your Eyes" "Bird Box" describes such a sensational thrilling shock; compare Emily Blunt's description of a completely silent world in "A Quiet Place", "Blindfold Your Eyes" It is a kind of madness that cannot be peeped, and profoundly interprets the loneliness of the end of the world, and all the unknowns are full of suffocation. The time and space of the plot spans 5 years. The heroine Malorie played by Sandra Brak, from the time of the unknown attack, was pregnant with Liujia, to the end with two young children blindfolded and fleeing, trying to create a different mother in the doomsday theme. .
Director Susanna Bill, who won an Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film with "Better World", filmed "Blindfolded Your Eyes" to explore different maternal loves. "Sandra’s role is a pregnant mother, but she doesn’t treat children. Like a normal mother, she feels that she is harsh, but she hopes that the child can survive. In the apocalyptic horror theme, this way of interpreting maternal love is unprecedented, which is very interesting to me." Director Susanna also subverted from a female perspective. The horror plot, "For me, horror must be reasonable. It makes the audience want to skip the beginning, but they have to watch it. This is a very exciting challenge for the director."
"Blindfolded Your Eyes" (Bird Box) describes an unknown attack around the world. Anyone who sees an unknown object will instantly go crazy and self-mutilate and die. Survivors must hide in the house, cover all windows, or even be blindfolded. Only the eyes can go out to save lives. Sandra Brak talked about the challenge of playing Meloly, "It's very exciting but also very scary, because I don't know if the movie will work like this. After all, there are no so-called alien monsters in the whole film. The so-called monsters depend on it. The actors themselves act like when the doorknob is turned, imagine what's hiding outside the door. So when someone gets a bento box, all the actors rely on the fear interpreted by the actor's eyes, and they are alert that death threatens us. . That kind of horror makes people unable to live, but we have to perform the reaction that is frightened by this fear. For me, it is a very difficult, but also very distressing moment."
As the plot progressed, Meloli survived the chaos, gave birth to a child and became a single mother. She had to stay indoors with other survivors to form a temporary shelter. The story is also here to further discuss the gender division of labor, and even the definition of parents. Sandra Brak said: "I used to describe my mother as a female protagonist and my father as a male protagonist, but this is not always the case." In the film, she has the opportunity to interpret the strong side of Meloli. She shows her domineering and interfering with children everywhere, "In the past, we felt that women who were too strong could not attract the audience to make the box office, but in the context of this film, this has nothing to do with how you cater to the preferences of society, but in the worst environment. Show your best side below to survive."
Sandra Brak, who won an Oscar for Best Actress with "The Blind Side" (The Blind Side), showed the delicateness and changes of his mind in all his gestures in the play, especially the situation where he could only rely on imagination and expression during filming. Excited and sighed with infinite thoughts about the human nature that will be encountered at the end of the day. After all, among the five senses of the human body, the eyes are definitely the most important factor of intuition, and if you can overlook the surrounding environment when shooting, then the feeling in the performance is bound to be weak, and it will not be able to truly show that. Fear. Dedicated, she also specifically asked the staff, "If I fall, let me fall. If I hit something, don't care about me. Unless I really hit the blood and it is life-threatening, I won't stop."
In contrast to Sandra, Trevante Rhodes plays Tom. He thinks that Malorie's survival rules are useful, but they are too harsh for children. In a scene in the movie, Tom said to the child: "There are trees, birds, and many other children outside. You will surely see them in the future." Malorie interrupted incomprehensibly, and then yelled, but Tom said, "Survival It does not mean life. It has nothing to do with the present, but what may happen in the future. You have to believe in something. It is as if you know that one day people will die, and we will still love.” From this clip and Tom’s attitude in adversity, that is I have a deep understanding of the deep meaning of the film.. Even in troubled times, I must maintain a "faith and hope" and have the courage to face and try.
Sandra thinks that Tom and Malorie are a good contrast, "For me, I want to see more men on the screen, to be more tolerant, have better insights, and tolerate different women."
With the smooth editing, narrative, script, and actors all in place, what is the frightening truth? And in the face of such overflowing fear, who can live out hope? The story background of the movie is not very complete. After watching the movie, it is still impossible to determine what kind of terrifying creatures appear in the world, which makes humans become murderers, but I can really feel the fear of not being able to see my fingers. feel. In fact, this is also reminiscent of the Greek mythology of Medusa. The double pupil is the window of the soul. However, when this window becomes a poisonous entrance, does anyone have the courage to abandon the vision? Blindfolding you is not only talking about a terrifying doomsday, but also the madness of human nature. When the atmosphere of rattling swords is slowly stacked by the unknown and crazy, the good and evil of human nature becomes a kind of extravagant expression, no matter how many choices, it becomes a kind of superfluous roar for the cruelty outside, and at the same time it will ask itself, if Will the door be opened at the moment or will it pretend to be no one? Will it vote for retention or expulsion?
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