(First published on the public account: Wufengzhi, welcome to pay attention!)
Have you ever had a "sense of sight"?
There is a sense of deja vu in a place that you have never been to?
In May 1997, 21-year-old Jinxi stood in front of the new house he saw for the first time. He felt that the house was a little familiar, as if he had dreamed of it.
Jinxi was very satisfied with the new home, but the small locked room upstairs made him a little concerned. His parents said that the luggage of the previous owner was temporarily stored and told them not to go in.
The more you say that, the more curious you are. That night, Zhenxi heard noises in the small room, and couldn't help but want to take a peek, but was stopped by his brother.
More than one weird thing happened that night!
Jin Seok witnessed a group of mysterious men, put his brother in a black van and took him away. He memorized the license plate number, and the police came to investigate the next day, saying that no such vehicle was found...
The family waited helplessly day after day, but after 19 days, my brother actually went home by himself!
what happened? became a mystery. My brother lost the memory of these 19 days because of the impact.
Jin-seok feels that his brother has become a little strange after coming back...
For example, he heard the sound of his brother leaving the room at night, and the next day his brother said that he heard it wrong; his brother had been crippled on the right side due to a traffic accident, but one day, Zhenxi saw his brother's left foot was crippled, but his brother asked him to stop. just kidding!
Jin Seok himself was also tempted by the small room, dreaming that there was a female ghost in the small room, dreaming that his brother was hanging in the small room...
One night, Zhenxi, who was lying on the desk and fell asleep, heard the mechanical pencil "sudden, popped, popped" very close to him, and with a "pop", the refill was broken...
Jin Suk woke up, followed his brother who had just left the house, and came to a strange place. The "policeman" who investigated his brother's kidnapping before, even though his brother was called "President"?
However, Jin-seok's clumsy tracking was discovered by them. After a while of chasing in the alley, Jin-seok was caught and dazed.
When he woke up, he was lying on the desk where he slept last night... My brother firmly believed that Jin Seok didn't take medicine yesterday, so he must have had a nightmare!
"My brother, who is it?" Zhenxi was dubious, and told his mother about the matter, but overheard his mother talking to the "doctor" by chance, saying, "He found out..."
Jinxi realizes in an instant that the parents and brother who get along day and night are not his real family!
He flees in horror, seeing the police car appear like a savior, and Jin-seok pounces on it.
At the police station, the police checked his identity, and there was no abnormality, and there was no missing report. He wondered: "What's the matter with this uncle?"
"What uncle, I'm only 21 years old..."
"Born in '77, right, right at 41."
"But this year is 1997!"
"It's 2017!"
Jin Seok walked to the mirror, and an old and vicissitudes of life was reflected in his eyes. No one could look at it as 21 years old. The TV of the police station was broadcasting the news of 2017. Why did Jin Seok live in 1997?
The story is here, and an amazing reversal has begun!
Jin Seok, who wanted to know the truth, finally revealed the secret of the small room. Here is a 1:1 reproduction model of the "criminal scene"! Two mannequins covered in blood, the warmly decorated small room was in a miserable state.
Feeling the shock and confusion, Jin-seok was knocked out by a car while fleeing and was taken to the hospital. At the same time, his "brother" who was chasing him was also slightly injured in a car accident.
Now back to the real 1997, 21-year-old Jin Seok was involved in a car accident with his parents and brother.
Jinxi was the only one who survived, and his brother was seriously ill and did not wake up for half a year. Jinxi wanted to find a job to raise money for his brother's surgery. However, in the 1997 economic crisis in South Korea, Jinxi, who only had a high school education, could not find a job at all.
"Bluebeard" came to him and wanted to spend money to buy a murderer. Jinxi, who was in desperate need of money, accepted it in a moment of confusion. "Bluebeard" asked him to kill the adults and leave the children alone.
Jinxi repented on the spot and planned to leave like this, but the girl screamed wildly, he wanted the girl to quiet down, stabbed the girl in the chaos, and the girl's mother witnessed the scene.
In May 1997, 21-year-old Jin-seok killed a mother and daughter in this small room.
Jin-seok told the girl's younger brother to go back to the quilt and count 100 times, and the mother and sister would come back. When he left, he saw the family portrait on the wall. The man in the photo was "Bluebeard".
The 'Bluebeard' of the French fairy tale murdered his wives and hid in a locked cubby in a castle...
The little brother grew up and became Jin Seok's "older brother". He went to the doctor "Dad" to hypnotize Jin-seok into believing that he was living in May 1997, trying to remind the murderer of his past crimes.
"Brother" finally asked Jin Seok, what was the motive for the murder? He heard something during the investigation, and finally asked Jin Seok, did the husband hire a murderer to kill his wife and daughter for the huge insurance money?
Shin Seok denied it.
The "brother" who already had the answer in his heart jumped out of the hospital window; Jin Seok, who retrieved the painful memory, also chose to commit suicide.
Behind the scenes of an old 1997 story!
"Night of Memories" is a suspense type film, and I have to mention a cold knowledge first: this director and screenwriter Zhang Hengjun (also translated as Zhang Hengzhun or Zhang Kangjun) is one of the MCs of the educational variety show "Interlocking Old Stories" .
Audiences who have seen the "Old Story" will get a very magical experience when they watch this movie again!
In the latest episode of the show, the director mentioned the opportunity to join. At first, he refused, and the production team asked him to interview him in a coffee shop again. When he went to have a look, 7 or 8 people persuaded him that the director thought it would be difficult to deal with it, and he said that he wanted to go home and discuss with his wife.
Who is the director's wife?
Screenwriter Kim Eun-hee (representative works "Signal", "Kingdom" series).
When Jin Bian heard it, let the director pick it up!
As a result, "Interlocking Old Stories" became very popular in South Korea, and the director became the soul of the show, known as the "ending fairy".
What I want to say is that 7 or 8 people in "The Interlocking Old Story" are bound to be invited to the director, and the reason why Jin Bian also strongly agrees. After watching "Night of Memory", you will completely understand that the director The original way of telling stories is simply telling "old stories that are linked together"!
I don't know if the production team got inspiration from the director's work to make such a great show.
In fact, the first half of my article is imitating the way the story is told in "Interlocking Old Stories", starting with a person's perspective and daily life.
The first half is packaged as a suspenseful story, attracting attention with a mysterious room and rendering a terrifying atmosphere. It is hidden that there is a trace of life in the closeness of the family, especially the perfect image of the brother.
Rich details are added to the language of the shots, for example, the two brothers hold different umbrellas, and the top of the brother's umbrella is sharp. It goes against his overall peaceful image.
The atmosphere is well shaped. Although the whole is dark light, the eerie red door is particularly obvious in the dark, as if there is suction; while the real tin bed is almost facing the door, and the yellow light above the bed highlights the room. The focus of the picture also highlights the psychological tension of the protagonist.
The design of this scene light is like a stage play, and the unreal scene implies that the scene is a nightmare for the protagonist.
As Jin-seok discovers his identity, the story takes a sharp turn, the victim becomes the perpetrator, the perpetrator becomes the victim, and they each have painful memories.
"Brother" did not initially state that he was the victim's survivor, but said that he was hired by the survivor to start the investigation. He said it for many years, even if the police and people forget, the survivors will never forget.
The back in the scene where these words flashed by is obviously not "Brother". I think this deep picture contains the director's important point of view.
Since this person is not the real survivor, he is the symbol of the "survivor", trapped in a huge "frame", layer after layer of "frames", the truth of that distant day has become history. I can't see clearly here, it's foggy, the only way is to return to the scene of the crime, to the day when my destiny was changed!
This is what is ultimately going to be behind the complex reversal of "Night of Memories", and what "Interlocking Old Stories" is doing. Collecting details, witnesses, and making models as much as possible are all to restore the truth and explore the cause of the tragedy.
The second half begins to reverse and reveal the truth. Some people will think, "Oh, that's the way it is, my brother is here for revenge."
But I personally think that if it is a simple revenge, then in the end, Jinxi should be killed instead of committing suicide. The second half is the real focus and sublimation of the movie.
When "Brother" committed suicide, the nurse passed by and reminded: "There is no way there, the elevator is here." It was probably his mood at that time, there was no way out.
The murderer I always thought was in front of me was just a puppet. The master behind the murder was his father, and he died early.
Jin Seok's side is inseparable from the background of the Korean financial crisis in 1997. Now people seem to be very stupid!
But in that era, South Korea was facing national bankruptcy. There were too many extreme events. People were blinded and alienated in an extreme social environment, and there was no hope for the future. In "The Interlocking Old Stories", there are too many similar real examples. Come.
Time keeps going forward, history keeps going backwards, what will always come out behind those unresolved truths, behind cruel crimes, and in different tragedies?
Human desires, traumatic memories?
How do you feel when you hear "today" in the old story of "that day"?
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