A group of high-class elites, dressed in exquisite costumes, arrive at a luxurious villa to celebrate the latest artwork released by one of them. After the dinner, they seem to be trapped by some mysterious force, and no one has been able to since then. Stepping out of this mysterious hall, it was evident that they were collectively trapped by something that neither of them could say. Finally, one of the crowd proposed to repeat the events of the first day they came to the meeting hall, and finally they miraculously broke the silent curse and escaped from the mysterious place that trapped them. Immediately afterwards, the protagonists who escaped from the trap encountered the same situation again at the end of the church prayer, and were trapped in the magnificent church for unknown reasons. At the end of the film, government forces fired on civilians to suppress the demonstrations, and people fled. There seems to be some connection.
First of all, in the main part of the film, that is, the trapped upper class, during the trapped period, gradually degenerated from the richly dressed, well-educated and polite bourgeoisie to the ragged, stinking, and full of hostility. Animals with desires. The film exposes the hypocrisy of the bourgeoisie, ruthlessly pulling off their gorgeous coat that hides an empty soul. When they take off the layers of decoration, the similarities are that the masks that once covered their hearts, good upbringing and proper etiquette are gradually mottled and melted.
During the time of being trapped, people were intriguing and engaged in some small havoc. For example, after discovering the pills that others were looking for, they secretly threw them into an untouchable place in the distance; a person secretly stole the pill box in the middle of the night after overhearing that the owner and the doctor possessed a mysterious pill box. The human civilization and rationality represented by doctors were respected by people at the beginning, and finally, without any accident, they were laid down on the altar. The animal nature of human beings is constantly elongated and uncontrollably revealed, emphasizing violence and sex.
In addition, there are many surreal elements in the film, such as hands, chicken feet and feathers in a woman's backpack, sheep, and bears. Sheep obviously have the meaning of religious sacrifice, and I think the bear represents the animal nature of human beings and is the embodiment of human nature.
Saw a review saying that moviegoers had a spiritual resonance with the crowd trapped inside the house, a sense of oppression. I had this feeling when I was watching the movie, it seemed like I too was locked in an invisible room and forced to watch the movie. In fact, this film is very boring at the beginning, and I have very little interest in this film, but maybe because of the requirements of the course teacher, I was forced to watch this film invisibly, but in fact my teacher did not Without standing by my side to supervise my completion of this viewing process, I also seem to be oppressed and controlled by some invisible force, which I think is very interesting. I did breathe a sigh of relief after the film placed the footage outside the room.
This invisible door of oppression is not only a restriction for those inside, but also a restriction for those outside. They were all blocked by a middle boundary line. What makes people a little confused is that although the people in the house can't get out, they don't seem to have thought about the reason why they can't get out, and no one is willing to try to step out of this invisible boundary, they are willing to stay in the cramped starving in an environment. People outside were also prevented from entering, even if the crowd surrounded layer after layer, but no one dared to take that step. This can't help but remind me of the mass parade that was suppressed at the end. Those who dare to take the first step often have to pay the price. People have the urge to take this step, but there are too many invisible concerns in their hearts. Perhaps Worrying about the cost of their lives, perhaps losing their jobs, or worrying about hurting their family members, so after encountering some unfair and unjust social events, although most people know that this is wrong, the invisible risks are like That invisible threshold prevents people from making their choices, so most people just spin around. However, as long as one person takes the first step, there must be countless supporters behind him. However, these supporters are invisible, they can hide in the team, and in the end, it is mainly the one who takes the first step. People are afraid to be the one who takes the first step. Children take that first step because of their ignorance, and the ignorant are fearless. But when a group of adults behind him encouraged a child to enter that mysterious realm, the child was obviously intimidated by the attitude of the adults. The child was also afraid. Although he didn't know what he was afraid of, maybe it was because he didn't know that he was afraid.
Religion obviously also occupies an important position in this film, but because of my lack of research in this area, I can only think that everyone is trapped in the church at the end, which shows that religion is also ineffective for this kind of spiritual predicament.
Finally, the text is written here and gradually sorted out. This is what I didn't expect when I typed the first word at the beginning, and it was an unexpected surprise!
View more about The Exterminating Angel reviews
