On choosing such a time at the end of the nineteenth century

Jeffery 2022-01-26 08:12:31

America in the late 19th century was peaceful and serene
A secluded town
Red is a taboo and yellow is a protective color
They can't walk through the forest They're afraid of monsters They can't leave

Lies It's actually to limit children's exposure to the outside world
Monsters are just a pretense
, or monsters are in their hearts the village outside the material world

of the village elders who emigrated in the 1970s and eighties to get there
with their desperate social reality to build such a village
was chosen in 1897 personally feel that there is such a time two reasons
first, if the film is placed so we fear for villagers to confront the monsters do not dare to leave the village such behavior is not so well-developed technology of the nineteenth century, they feel a reasonable
followed by the late 1970s the United States is experiencing currency Inflated social unrest and the three decades since 1890 was a progressive period in American history. The elders chose such an era for their new life. It may also be out of disappointment with the present and nostalgia for the moral standards and values ​​of the old era.

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The Village quotes

  • Ivy Walker: I do long to do boy things. Like that game the boys play at the stump. They put their backs to the woods and see how long they can wait before getting scared. It's so exciting. I understand you hold the record? It will never be broken they say.

    Lucius Hunt: It's just childish games.

  • Ivy Walker: Noah Percy! Stop your fussing right this moment.

    Ivy Walker: you're in trouble, you know. I'm to place you in the quiet room.

    Noah Percy: Um, I'll cry quarts.

    Ivy Walker: What if we strike a deal?

    Noah Percy: Yeah, capital idea!

    Ivy Walker: It would be prudent to keep our deal a secret. Can you do that?

    Noah Percy: Can I keep a secret? Like a chuch mouse.

    Ivy Walker: You needn't go into the quiet room if you take an oath to never strike any person again.

    Noah Percy: No hitting, no hitting.

    Ivy Walker: No, no hitting.

    Noah Percy: No hitting.

    Ivy Walker: No hitting.

    [They shake hands. Ivy points to her cheek. Noah kisses it]

    Ivy Walker: The deal is struck