The film "Smeared Bird" is essentially a cinematic expression of scar literature. Compared with the original book , the movie seems to be more orderly and restrained . The original first-person perspective of the novel is more subjective, while the perspective of the movie is more outsider and audience-oriented. In the movie, we see what happened to the little boy, and we also see what happened to other people with the little boy.
In the age of chaos, people are like ants, and the world has shown an ugly side to the little boy and us. Strife among children, old death, burnt homes, alien aliens, evil spirits, crows pecking at the living, smeared birds, jealous violence, wild harmony, sodomy, sexual hunger, revenge , beheading, rape, massacre. And so on, the scale is so large that it makes people stupefied. The darkness of the encounter makes people shudder. The little boy took the place of tens of millions of people and suffered all the sins they suffered, but he still lived as well as the indestructible body of King Kong. It can be seen that he is an incarnation, not a real person. .
It is worth noting that the literary nature of the original novel makes the film more confident, and evil is constantly coming to us through the original author's brushstrokes and through images. The entire team also appears to be older, injecting an inexplicable composure into the film. Although it is a black and white film, the information element provided is very rich. Although it is 169 minutes long, it is not boring.
The subtitle segmentation mode reduces the difficulty of the director's work, and colleagues also eliminate the explosive power and climax of the film. Fortunately, the story itself is abundant, and the image of the smeared bird is constantly being interpreted and finally changed. Gotta get heavier.
I saw some senior film critics say that the film is an exploitation of the little boy who starred in it. But I personally think that "120 Days of Sodom", which has been well received by many people, is the real exploitation of the actors. However, I still hope that the little boy can not be troubled by acting and can live in the sunshine. When there is too much negative energy, I am really afraid that he will not be able to digest it.
In general, it is a very heavy film. Although it is a bit omniscient to achieve its purpose, if it is not exaggerated and not higher than life, I am afraid it will not produce artistic effects. Looking at it as a whole, it is still a very important work. Especially people who live in a peaceful and prosperous world, even if they can't taste the pain of the evil mode of hell on earth, they still need to be vigilant about the possibility of falling into the darkness. But writing this, I suddenly remembered a famous saying.
Hegel said: " The lesson that mankind has learned from history is that mankind never remembers the lessons of history ."
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