Although this movie is the second film directed by Takeshi Kitano, it is the first film that can be called Takeshi Kitano. As the prototype of his future films, there are embryos of his future style. The Japanese name of the movie may be related to baseball, I don't know much about it. However, the English name boiling point has a direct subject. Only when you see the end will you find that the protagonist is actually looking for a word, boiling point. The point to make yourself burn. He almost found it on the baseball field, but unfortunately it fell short. Finally, through violence finally found his boiling point. The film has always maintained a single slow rhythm. This rhythm coincides with the appearance of the protagonist. This amateur baseball player, a typical underdog, has a dull expression and no charm. Always look at the outside world calmly and tiredly. You can't know what he is really thinking. But outside of him, violence as an emotional thermometer has risen higher and higher, until the appearance of Takeshi Kitano pushes the violent mood to a climax, until the protagonist successfully finds his final boiling point in a self-destructive way. This kind of emotional change has always been wrapped in a single dizzy rhythm. It is necessary for the audience to experience the true heart of the protagonist. Kitano took the role of a mirror in the second half of the play. His character is completely opposite to the protagonist. Is a perverted sadism. People who speak with violence. Finally, the murderer was killed. In a way, what he actually performed was the inner delusion of the protagonist, accumulating the violence in the protagonist's body. Therefore, the protagonist has the same fate as him. This metaphor is superb. No trace of it. It may be because of improvisation from Kitano Takeshi, or unconscious creation.
Because there is no thicker load like his later films, this film can clearly see the basic elements of his films. Violent and funny. This is a funny film. I chose the word funny instead of humor because funny describes human behavior. Humor may make you laugh, whether it is a wry smile or a sneer. It's funny, but it's hard to laugh. Just feel weird and weird. The production of comic is the disproportion of what people want to express, and the dislocation of people and the environment. As a result, the comic has also formed tension. Many of Kitano's films are actually based on this comic. (Can you also say that, as a cross talk actor, Kitano originally intended to look for comics through the lens, but he found other things.) And the most shocking behavior is violence. The sudden violence is the rapid change of language. This language is full of charm because there is no clear voice. There are many explanations for Kitano's violence. I use him as a communication language. Shatter yourself, crush others, destroy the barriers in between. Violence can be seen as a desperate failure of communication. Even goalless venting is related to self-communication efforts. Like Kitano's own play, there is no logic and morality, and violence is the only language he can use.
Back to the funny film. This movie is just a funny film. There are many funny pictures in the film. It's all weird. Whether it is murder, rape, or fighting, crashes are funny. What I like is the scene of eating ice cream at the door of the grocery store. It is lined up. A few men eat the ice cream together, and Kitano keeps kicking the woman's ass. This is a long-term view plus a mid-range view. Innocent. friendship. Shameless. Kitano's screen shots can't be described. They look faint, jumping, brainless like the protagonists, but very strange. The beginning, the middle and the end of the movie are all baseball games. Baseball is a game that emphasizes teamwork and rules. This is in contrast to the disorderly violence outside. The structure of the baseball game also balances the tilt of the film. Played a buffer role. Finally, I would like to say that this film is simply a joke on the Japanese. Idiot groups and discrimination against women. No wonder the Japanese don't like Takeshi Kitano.
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