The film is still dissecting men. Although there is an important woman, it seems that the proportion of men is a bit larger. Going to catch eels in the lake at night, this strange and dark psychological director did not give him to a man. Women have always volunteered, and act decisively and resolutely.
There are many things involved, like a symbol waiting to be explained in the film-a woman's crazy mother, a boy waiting for an alien, a grotesque boatman, a jealous jailer, and only him in the mouth. The question raised about sex-the male protagonist is secretive about this question, but why is it arranged for people to ask questions repeatedly? The protagonist has an ascetic and suppressed look. Talking to the eel is a standard perverted image. There are also two frogs that suddenly appeared. What does the metaphor imply?
The whole film is restrained and weird, full of perverted sense of humor. But it's a little messy. At the end, one waits for the aliens and pushes everything into the cunning unknown, that is, without answering, the director leaves by boat. Perhaps the final footing lies in life itself—animal life, not reflective—girls conceive life, and men renew their lives from this life.
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