"The Zombie Bride" is a portrayal of the benefit society wrapped in the black fairy tale

Kacie 2022-01-26 08:07:53

As a film directed by Tim Burton, the film's gothic bizarre backstory and tender substantive themes make up the entire film, but just like Burton's previous precedents for social problems in dark fairy tales, this film No exception, as the so-called black fairy tale depicts the portrayal of the interest society. In the film's design concept and background shaping, first of all, the gothic font at the beginning of the film and the weird bel canto soundtrack established the film's gothic style. The design of the building and the depiction of the trees in the jungle follow the design concept of the Gothic spire. On the one hand, it introduces the social background of the film, and on the other hand, such Gothic architecture also conveys the dark and indifferent society to the audience unintentionally. information, and then the director used the design of the characters to aggravate such metaphors. First of all, for the appearance of the characters, all the people added some physical characteristics and used them to reflect the character characteristics of the characters, such as the male protagonist, his extremely thin cheeks and extremely thin cheeks. The thin body shows the male protagonist's poor, weak and timid character. Among them, Victoria's father, with a short, chubby and exaggerated body, a mouth as wide as a woman with a gaping mouth, and a face that always bears resentment, all these elements serve us well. Created an arrogant and aristocratic aristocrat like Grandet who regards money as his life, and others who exaggerated the characteristics of the characters include Victoria's servants, Victor's mother, etc., but they all grasped the characters without exception. The characteristics and exaggerated secondary creations are carried out on the appearance. Such exaggerated shaping allows the audience to get the characteristics of the characters clearly and remember their respective characteristics at once. In the film's musical atmosphere structure and tonal visual effects, the music in the film is composed by the famous composer Danny Yefman (who has scored for famous films such as the movie "Spider-Man"), and uses the appropriate piano music accurately. Impressive, such as when Victor played the piano for the first time in Victoria's house, the music and Victor's focused look created a young artistic youth, and another time Victor and Emily played the piano in the underworld The passages, which subtly express the plot of Victor comforting Emily in music, have a driving effect on the plot, and are richer and fuller for the audition than simply using pictures or dialogues. Uniformly use gray tones to express the ruthlessness of the world and the despair of the people in it, and continue to use the colorful shades of the underworld to contrast, combined with the plot, resulting in a sense of grotesque tension, as if the yin and yang are upside down, confusing them. In the film, Emily's tragic past life story is touching, and the story of "this life and this life" also ends with such a sad and desolate moon disappearing under the moon, which is even more unacceptable. Under "Marriage Story", we can't help but ask, why? , Why can Emily wander between Yin and Yang but still can't describe her happiness? Why was Victoria's life betrothed to a strange baron whom she had never met by her tyrannical parents? Why does everyone in this society seem so numb, indifferent, surly and greedy for money? If you seriously experience it, you will not be able to see that this is a problem with the society itself. Camus once described in The Myth of Sisyphus what he thought was absurd in the world. People work every day and work in factories day after day. It seems that life is full and content, but in fact, the heart is empty and the heart is empty. Without any pursuit, he just labored numbly with his own body without knowing why. Such an argument exposes the nature of the social ills in the film, the numb and indifferent pursuit of capital. The background of the film is in an era when the aristocracy is gradually declining and the industrial and commercial handicrafts are getting rich. Although the aristocratic order that symbolizes the decay and cumbersomeness is slowly disappearing and the bud of capitalism is slowly rising, in essence, the mercenary shown in the film is for profit. The concept is reflected in both the feudal aristocracy and the emerging bourgeoisie. In this way, the tragic fate of Emily in the film can be explained. Everything is for one word, money, and more absurd. The performance is the contrast between the living and the dead. Although the dead are terrible and ugly in appearance, they are warm and enthusiastic (Gothic characters), while the living are indifferent and dirty despite their human appearance. What about those good people in the sun room? What about the warm-hearted and warm people in the sun room? I have two interpretations. The first is that since the good people in the living world have been wiped out, and the underworld is full of warmth, are those ruthless capital chasers forcing them to death? We can see this from the coachman in Victor's house. He who worked hard all his life and was despised by his master all his life eventually died under his master's carriage, no one was buried, no one knew about it... The second type is more realistic. In short, it is not the good people who change the underworld, but the underworld that changes the bad people. The world of the underworld, which has no desires and desires, finally influences those who pursue interests and returns to the most original pure land in their hearts. ・・・"Zombie Bride", similar to Yu Hua's "The Seventh Day", seems to confirm a sentence, hell is empty and the devil is in the world. I said to him, go over there, where leaves will beckon you, stones will smile at you, and rivers will greet you. There is no poverty or wealth, no sorrow or pain, no hatred or hatred, where everyone dies and is equal. He asked, "Where is that place?" I said: "Death has no place to be buried." - Yu Hua, "No. seven days

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Corpse Bride quotes

  • Maggot: If I hadn't just been sitting in it, I would say that you'd lost your mind!

  • Victor Van Dort: But I don't even know your name.

    Maggot: [from inside the Corpse Bride's head] Well, that's a great way to start a marriage.

    The Corpse Bride: [grasps head and hisses] Sshh! Shut up!

    [smiles at Victor]

    The Corpse Bride: It's Emily.