The real social issues related to the lack of network ethics involved in "Chat Room" are very worthy of discussion, but apart from taking it as the theme of the story, the film does not conduct in-depth reflection and analysis on it.
(The article was first published on MTIME, ID: Fire Kylin ST)
A play performed on an abstract stage scene turned out to be a movie, and almost all the scenes in the play were expressed in visual cinematic language.
A film about contemporary British teenagers who are addicted to social networks is directed by a Japanese director who has filmed "Midnight Ring".
This seems a little weird. But if you know something about the choreographer, it's no surprise.
Enda Walsh, the screenwriter and drama version author, has previously worked on the movie "Disco Boys" and "Hunger", and he has some experience in the creation of movie scripts. And this "chat room" was actually a play created by Walsh at first, and for him, he showed the process of online chat on the stage, and also convinced the audience that the protagonists in the chat room did not have each other Face-to-face conversations are difficult to think about. Compared to stage plays, movies with richer audiovisual languages are more suitable for presenting such plot settings, not to mention that the movie script is adapted by Enda Walsh himself.
Director Hideo Nakata, we all know that he became a famous director in the field of horror films with his "Midnight Bell". But since you want to contact "Chat Room", the explanation of him cannot be limited to spirituality, horror, and horror. There are many thriller and horror films in Japan. "The Grudge" after "Midnight Bell" is more terrifying, but "Midnight Bell" won the Japan Film Academy Award for the best topic movie award, mainly because of its "phenomenon". Sex"-at the turn of the new and old centuries when everything is not vacillating, will human crimes spread to the whole society with the rapid development of information media? Sadako who crawled out of the TV was scared to death, but at the end of the film, Asakawa smiled strangely when he took the resentment video tape to his father in order to get rid of the curse. Isn't it a more realistic horror?
As a result, the two people have a certain consensus on creation-Enda Walsh hopes that the film can express some of his worries about the dark side of the current Internet society. In his view, the Internet has changed the structure of society and brought society to life. Some complexity and danger-the virtual world takes young people away from the real world, thus exposing the primitive side of human nature, followed by the explosion of the evil side of human nature; and in recent years, Hideo Nakata has "excepted some "money traps" "In addition to the works, most films such as "Ghost Water", "Calculation", and "Monster", no matter the quality is good or bad, they reflect Nakata's concern and reflection on social issues to some extent.
Speaking of the lack of ethics in the online world, this is really an unavoidable problem for both of you and me. That's right, including me.
To quote an old Internet saying: "No one knows that you are a dog on the Internet." The truth is, don't say whether you are a dog on the Internet, or whether you are a devil or not. It is a good intention to convince people with reason, but it becomes the original intention without reason. Sometimes the "little man" on the Internet is not only unreasonable, but also not very particular about Chinese grammar, objective logic, and reading comprehension. Even if the realization is like this, the more unbearable "YELLOW BET DRUG" is even less difficult to imagine.
However, by understanding the image of the protagonist in "Chat Room", and combining the current events and life phenomena around me, I am somewhat relieved of those online moral issues-it turns out that the "little bully" on the Internet is in real life China may not be happy.
Let’s talk about the five protagonists in the movie: William has a well-known writer’s mother and elder brother. His family is in a good condition, but as a younger brother, he often falls out of favor and gradually becomes depressed. Jim’s father abandoned him for no reason when he was a child. Leaving with his wife made Jim suspicious of his existence and became depressed. Psychotropics range from snacks to big ones; Emily looks good but is full of rebellion against family members inside; EVA, as a female model, has infected the industry. Occupational disease-jealousy; Mo is suspected of pedophilia by the people around him and himself because he has a good impression of his brother’s sister... These problematic teenagers, gathered together on social networks, unexpectedly It is a miracle not to develop into an anti-social organization.
However, after all, the film format is a bit smaller, and the "snowball" that did not extend the online moral issue to reality has rolled even bigger. This is not just a question of viewing, but also a question of resonance-to be honest, as for me, the "4·3" drag racing incident that occurred in my hometown in the first half of last year was an extension of cyber violence to reality. A typical case. I don't want to say more specifically...
The problems of real social life and the invisible violence in the online world, which is the chicken and the egg? It's hard to say. It can only be said that there are many difficulties for the Internet to spoil the people.
"Chat Room" involves a problem that not only the United Kingdom, but not only the people in Europe and the United States, must face-the real social problems related to the lack of online morality, which gives the film a certain degree of confidence to be selected as the "One Kind" of the 63rd Cannes Film Festival. Focus" unit.
But it was only selected.
However, it cannot be said that it is difficult to surpass "Midnight Ring". "Midnight Ring" is mainly a hero of the times. In the new era when the information media is basically mature and the social development situation is fixed, it does not have that shocking influence.
Judging from the evaluation of the film by the media who participated in the Cannes Film Festival in 2010, it seems that Hideo Nakata is not satisfied. Not only did he fail to express the feeling of British film, but even the thriller atmosphere was not in place, let alone what Enda Walsh tried to achieve. The effect of social worries—I can’t agree with this statement anymore.
The film is the same as Hideo Nakata's normal work in his country, with all kinds of horror elements, social reflections, and literary complexes, but this time, none of the three selling points stand out.
It's a pity that some breakthrough performances of small fresh meat, it is a pity that Hideo Nakata's unique and creative film language, it is a pity that Kenji Kawai's presence is still a strong soundtrack...
After that, Hideo Nakata honestly returned to Japan to shoot films. Not only did the fineness of his work have not improved, but it was even more uneven than before. The latest work "Theatrical Spirit" is still the foundation of the first film "Actress Spirit"...
Enda Walsh seems to have been hit. Since then, there have been no film screenwriters. It is estimated that he should be honestly creating stage plays (it looks like he hasn't heard of his latest masterpiece for a long time)
The "chat room" they left behind can only be regarded as a phenomenon-level movie that is distinctive, neither deep nor commercial enough.
but,
The real social issues related to the lack of network morality involved in "Chat Room" are very worthy of discussion.
Until now.
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