When we praise Wen Ziren, we mean that he is a combination of East and West. He has both the oriental background and the western appearance. He is more familiar with the industrialized system of Hollywood, that is, he can arrange a scary movie and can Follow the logic of the writing so that the frightened audience will not feel the discomfort of being in their throats.
But when we praise him so much, many people will naturally think that Wen Ziren, the Asian horror master, is shooting Eastern stories in the West. Even if the characters and the background of the story are all Americans, there will be no resistance. The audience can still enter it and be shocked. However, in fact, Wen Ziren, who has received so many praises, is not always making films with so-called Asian thinking.
To be honest, in fact, "Calling the Soul" is here, in China, how many people can it scare? Even if you take a closer look at the true background inside, many people still find it difficult to substitute for it.
To put it simply, "Calling the Soul" embodies the skill of Wen Ziren's western horror films, and is a style inherited from "The Exorcist", so his ending cannot be reversed, because if the exorcism is not successful, Western audiences will doubt The truthfulness of the story, and then anger, disdain, and fear.
This is the problem of cultural barriers.
Before you watch this film, you have to ask three questions: Do you believe in so-called Christianity? Do you believe that you have original sin? How much do you know about Christianity's definition of evil?
We are frightened by the tongue of "Dead Silence" and the ghost of "Calling the Souls" because we, as shaken materialists and firm agnostics, subconsciously believe that these things are possible and may be encountered. Arrived. But on the other hand, you don’t believe in Christianity, you don’t believe in your original sin, and you don’t understand how some things are evil.
It's like this movie:
We also have officially certified religious people, but do you believe in officially certified exorcists?
Do you believe that a female ghost wants to harm you only through possessing? And the only thing you can do is through eviction? Shouldn't it be eliminated directly?
The only oriental taste of this movie is that things happened. Unlike other European and American horror movies, there is always a few shots to describe the ins and outs of the evil villain, but it directly tells you that this kind of thing was accidentally stepped on. chewing gum.
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