There are not many thrillers that have left a deep impression on me in the past Central Six, and the one that can be counted is "The Sign of the Sky", which is also related to the director of this film, M. Knight Shyamalan. His "Sixth Sense of Spirituality" It directly opened the arrival of a new era of supernatural film reversal. In these three films, the Indian-American director subtly blends the bizarre and bizarre plots into a realistic but illusory atmosphere, allowing fear to rot in the grief that is still unfulfilled, fighting against demons and doubting God. In a similar way, the ending that reveals the truth is often more cruel than the confusion in a falling dream.
An isolated village is feared by mysterious monsters. This kind of remote village in Europe and the United States is already the highest incidence of terrorist incidents. Although it is self-sufficient in a perpetual motion, the blockage of information transmission makes this kind of village like an AIDS patient. , even the smallest crime or crisis threatens the very existence of such villages. Mysterious rituals are the way the village elders protect their descendants, but as long as a young life is born, the elders' seemingly unbreakable motto will face new doubts and challenges. The monster has never been the focus of fear. Whether to maintain it, whether to maintain it, and how to maintain the village life is the foundation of the struggle.
The background of the film is set at the end of the 19th century when crimes were frequent. Several young couples who had experienced the pain of bereavement due to crime decided to follow the history professor at that time to protect the next generation and went to a local forest where monsters were rumored to be haunted. She lives in seclusion on the periphery, and enhances religious persuasion in the form of contracts with monsters. The young people in the village have grown up from generation to generation. People repeat the ancient tradition of men cutting women weaving and living peacefully. The outside world is described as a forest with monsters that cannot be approached until a murder occurs and the lack of medicines. Make them hesitant to make a choice. Once there is contact with the outside world, the balanced life model of the village will inevitably be broken. The protective circle of purity created for children for decades is suddenly broken. This is a contest between truth and lies, stemming from the true love of the elders for the younger generation, and a contest with a lie that died in the last century.
The elders who have experienced the death of their relatives regard red as ominous, which will trigger the invasion of monsters in the forest. The monsters in the forest are both a source of fear and a natural barrier to protect the village for the village. People are united because of fear, and they spontaneously stay in the village because of fear. The first generation of young people who grew up in the village were successfully brainwashed by too little and deliberately selected education. Under the halo of mystery, they seldom thought and doubted. This collectivist way of life is actually an idealized way of life. Totalitarian society: The power of the majority to receive education and cognitive society is controlled by the minority, thereby indirectly manipulating the choice and way of thinking of these people.
The emergence of the crisis begins with young people's yearning for the outside world. Monsters that did not exist represent the root of all evil just like money that does not exist. The men and women in the village obtain the necessities of life through the simplest labor. Exchange replaces the role of money. However, it is worth pondering whether the primitive productive forces, advanced labor force, and backward thinking can achieve a perfect unity, and it is by no means a long-term way to fight against social progress by escaping from reality.
The setting of several characters in the film very cleverly caters to the climax of the whole film: the blind man who goes out to save people is blind, so he cannot see the truth; the one who destroys peace is a fool, so the evil of human nature is quietly resolved; The only wise young man in the village, so he missed the chance to see the truth. A masterpiece that promotes the plot with the atmosphere, the autumn wind is everywhere, and the heart is cold from the bottom. There is an unknown pain hidden in the gloomy forest, but the unexpected existence of the village is not surprising. Fear of hope, but the essence is to create a village out of the desire for hope. All kinds of contradictions are like the haze on the village, and the world is lost because of escape.
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