Analysis of the animated film Le magasin des suicides
Le magasin des suicides is a French comedy with singing and dancing elements, which mainly tells the story of a family who runs a suicide store.
In fact, the film is very deliberate in the selection of the content of the story. The black humorization of the special social phenomenon of "suicide" is quite controversial (I guess it is to avoid the moral correctness of the director to change the ending of the original), but this article is not enough. Explore more about the subject, in terms of form, this is also a very good work, here we focus on the analysis.
To discuss the form, it is inevitable to determine the genre of this film, and then compare it with the same type of film. But in my opinion, this French film with strong flavor combines the advantages of some genre films, so for its Classification, the boundaries become blurred.
About type and narrative style
This film can be regarded as a "family comedy musical," and we can't make a rigid plan for it in which category, after all, there are a variety of elements in it.
The first is the aspect of "family comedy". Due to the particularity of the theme, the film has some Gothic style, but it is not completely Gothic (emphasize this point), but on the whole it is The same Gothic film "The Adams Family" released in 1991 is very similar.
The same dark theme, the same painting style, the same ending healing style, and even the character settings are so similar. The cold-faced little girl, the slender brother, the protagonist with black eyes, and the color that contrasts with everyone. Turning character.
Both of them used unexpected "completely different roles" in the family to change, and finally brought positive energy to the happy ending.
The other part of the genre is "sing and dance". I don’t know much about French musicals. But from the perspective of "The Spring of the Cowherd Class" and "The Belliers", the difference between French musicals and American musicals is that French musicals There are not so many singing and dancing parts in the United States. Most of the American music and dance films are mainly "singing and dancing, supplemented by plot dialogue", while French films are more general. The two complement each other and will not give the impression of "starting to sing again without saying a few words".
Similarly, I used to compare "Monsters in Paris" which is also a French animation singing and dancing. The overall singing and dancing mode is almost the same as that of the film. The singing and dancing are performed in parallel with the plot, which is not superfluous but just right.
In terms of narrative methods, the classic Hollywood narrative is roughly as follows:
The difference in this film is:
In the basic three-stage style, master the rhythm of the whole film, and at the same time not lose the clichés, arouse people's deep thinking in terms of the general background, and at the same time, it does not give a "textbook-like perfect happy ending."
About character types
In fact, many people have mentioned this point. The four characters in the film are father Yukio Mishima, mother Lucris, brother Vincent, sister Marilyn, and the four prototypes are Japanese writer Yukio Mishima. Giff (cut himself to death), Lucris in British Shakespeare’s poem (suicide after being violated because of his beauty), Dutch painter Vincent Van Gogh (shooting suicide), American actress Marilyn Monroe (drugs) Suicide by overdose).
These four can be called F4 in the suicide world. Similarly, why do you say that the characters are also typified? Because the name brings a certain stereotype to the characters, for example, when we hear the name "Marilyn Monroe", what appears in our minds must be a blonde with a big breast, not a girl. A gentle lady with a long straight black head, therefore, the characters in the film are also "like a person."
Father, stubborn, persistent, has his own beliefs, and is grumpy but contradictory.
Mother, a plump body, clothes that highlight her figure, and a fickle personality.
Brother, like the decadence and melancholy of Van Gogh's unwilling time
The elder sister, blonde, has a gothic dress. After taking off her clothes, she has a "sexual suggestion" and a sexy expression.
Write at the end
In fact, the ending of the story seems to have to be a happy ending in order to be morally correct, but the director seems to suggest something to us, such as
Mishima still secretly helps people commit suicide.
The view of the whole city is always closed, and the one that can't see the exit still means depression
The last overlook, only the crepe shop is beautiful, and the city is still gloomy
No matter how bad the reality is, I hope you will always encounter something worthy of love, and I hope you enjoy life after watching this video.
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