Watching Bong Junhao’s movie is like reading a book of sociology. You may have to observe the various hints and metaphors in the film many times before you can understand it. A lot of admiration may be born because of this.
The story of "Tied up" takes place in an apartment building. It revolves around the promoted university lecturer, his nagging wife, the female secretary who is eager to be on TV, the security guard who opens the stove, the homeless man hiding in the basement, etc., because " A series of interlocking stories triggered by the kidnapping of dogs. Behind the film, it tells that in this fiercely competitive modern society, everyone has their own miserable situation and bitterness.
[Story Trajectory of the Actor]
Locking the Dog-Killing the Dog-Looking for the Dog
Many directors are in love with the story of failure for ten minutes. I believe that Feng Junhao is no exception. The actor in the film can be anyone around us, because In the real world, there are too many unscrupulous little people.
When the actor kidnapped a dog for the first time, he made three choices of decreasing cruelty index-falling, hanging, and trapping. Finally, he chose to lock the puppy in a closet.
After the first puppy was lost, the little girl in a yellow poncho came to the community property and posted a dog-finding revelation. The protagonist discovered that the puppy he kept in the basement had undergone voice surgery and could not make a sound. However, when he went to "rescue", he found that the security guard had put the puppy in the saucepan.
The second dog kidnapping was an "offensive" hunt. After disguised, he cleanly "kidnapped" the second dog from the old grandmother. This time, he directly adopted the most cruel way-falling from a building. ——There is a process of "seeing and being watched". The female secretary "watches" his murder of the dog through the binoculars, as if the audience is spying on a murder-the falling of the dog and the falling of the binoculars proceed simultaneously, the female secretary She ran downstairs to chase the murderer, and her friend rushed downstairs to see if the telescope was broken, making this scene of a "murder" full of black comedy.
For the third time, his wife’s dog was kidnapped. The real culprit of the two direct or indirect murders of the puppy, he faced that his pregnant wife had a dog. Even more unfortunately, he lost the dog that was related to their husband and wife relationship and fate. The protagonist begins the process of looking for dogs, and the characters suddenly change into "little girl in yellow poncho" and "grandma". In the process of printing out the dog-seeking enlightenment in the community, he tells him the importance of the lost dog to him, so as to understand The negligence and shamelessness of his previous "kidnapping" behaviors-the actor's nosebleed dripping on the printed paper, this image may imply that he will also pay the price of bloodshed.
Let us understand this sentence literally, "Mantis thumps the cicada and the oriole is behind." Whenever the male protagonist takes action against the "dog" every time, people in the community, whether it is a security guard or a female secretary, can trigger a series of interlocking behaviors. When the female secretary informed the security guard where the puppy fell and died, she originally hoped that the latter would help her bury her, but the puppy’s fate once again became his dish—the security guard was not the last prey, but was hidden in The tramp in the basement is full. It took more than an hour to set up the story-the actor thought that the security guard ate his dog-he saw the security guard carrying the food supplementary ingredients. Based on the experience of the movie and the perspective of the actor in the play, We believe it was the security guard who ate his dog-it was reversed in the last shot. Here is the skill of the director’s single scene [Entering Early and Exiting Early]-guiding the audience in one direction, but in the last shot, when the mystery is revealed, it is in another direction.
In the eyes of the female secretary, the behavior of kidnapping, murder and loss of puppies in the community requires a brave person to stand up and observe all of them. Kicking off the car’s ears is perhaps the saddest way,
and the only thing that can make life a little bit sparkle, in her opinion, is nothing more than what she puts in the TV news, maybe one day she can be on TV.
The ability to direct a single scene is also reflected in the two "chase" scenes. The female secretary chased the real killer of the dog twice. The first time was after the murder, only to see the back she also failed due to hitting the door; the second time was during the murder process, the female secretary rescued the dog, her Her friend rescued her. The process of "chasing", running and stopping, whether it is the chaser or the chased, what ran out was the sadness of the whole apartment.
[Story track of the shameless man]
Rain in the movie is an element of anxiety.
(Little girl in yellow poncho) After the
first dog was kidnapped, it was rainy. Because of the loss of the dog, the girl became disgusted with the world; however, at the end of the film, the director gave her life again. She was also dressed in yellow. At the end, it did not rain, and she also raised a dog again.
(Grandma)
She may not be as lucky as the little girl . She is also accompanied by a dog. When her dog was thrown away, she fell into disrepair. In the last will, the dried radish that was dried on the roof was given to the female secretary.
From the beginning of the story, the dried radishes that have been dried on the balcony have witnessed everything that happened on the rooftop. A shot of the dried radishes was also given on rainy days, and the little girl in the yellow poncho walking on the street may be taken as a sign of the dried radish. The owner's grandmother will be the second victim.
(Protagonist) The
director's attitude towards the actor is between the girl and the grandmother. The hint to his death starts from the bridge section where the hero takes the subway-he embraces the cake box in panic and sits on the train where the story began. In the meantime, women who earn sympathy for their livelihoods handed out confessions to each passenger as usual. He looked around, carefully drew a banknote from the cake box and handed it to the woman. After the long bow of the woman and the child on her shoulder, the train drove into the tunnel, and his yellow face floated above the darkness. , The screen fades away. Very smooth hint of death, the last frame gives the illusion of lifelike portraits.
The scene of drinking with the principal undoubtedly copied the plot of the last lecturer who also paid bribes and died of drunkenness.
1. A toast to the principal.
2. The principal raises a glass.
3. The principal picked up the wine glass and threw it towards the wall.
4. He drank it all in one go.
The trap is so meticulous, how many people can escape? And at the moment when our protagonist "dies" (when he stands drunk in front of the subway station, the light that the subway is about to come to shine on him) is the insight and tragedy ideas-everyone repeats the past. The road, the sorrow of the follower, the ant-like life and death, the humble and truthfulness of such a small person, makes us feel strong sympathy, but can't face his death indifferently.
When the audience had a premonition, the director told the audience the truth at the end. A few minutes later, the same drunk heroine tripped over an object under her feet, and when the camera moved down we found the familiar figure, we breathed a sigh of relief: The hero is not dead. We were only deceived by the director's strong black tone.
Feng Junhao has the ability to "cinematize" social issues. His works are full of complicated and subtle social metaphors. In his film world, small characters face the plight of survival and use various methods to accuse the society. It is nothing more than that people can only rely on themselves or their families.
Perhaps the success of "Kidnapping the Doorway Dog" is that it captures the details that are easily overlooked in daily life, and performs corresponding processing in a restrained manner. If a newcomer director is well versed in "the way of seeing and hearing found in daily life"-as in "Tie", the intention of turning roll paper, ears of a car, and rolling fruit into the way of seeing and hearing-then congratulations During the journey, I hope that one day in the future, I can also be on the journey, rain or shine!
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