It is said that this is a black comedy, but there are not many cold and funny places like "Burn after reading" throughout the story. On the contrary, it is expressionless from beginning to end, but it attracts people to keep watching without fatigue. No reluctance. However, the film still feels very cold, not like a cold joke. On the contrary, there seems to be a drop of cold liquid continuously drawing circles around the heart. Maybe it has something to do with the fact that the weather is too cold.
What impressed me very much was the soundtrack inside, the piano piece. Rather, the feeling of coldness is the contribution made by this soundtrack. It makes the style of the whole film cool. When I was alone, when I was tangled, even when Ray was ready to go on a date with the pretty girl I just met, which should make people happy, this song sounded softly, as if everything was doomed from the beginning. The tragedy of redemption. Fucking Tragedy. There is no way to escape.
And this fateful tragedy has been deeply branded as self-salvation. Ray killed a child by mistake while performing a task. Although his job is a killer, it was a fatal mistake. Killers also have their own principles, and the existence of children with endless possibilities in the future is a forbidden zone that they cannot end. So Ray's spirit was constantly tortured. I have noticed his neurotic posture many times, just like the bad habit of biting his nails, a state of anxiety that is tormented in his heart. Actually, in this movie, which one is not neurotic?
I find that the subject of self-salvation always touches people's hearts deeply. Once any film touches the realm of self-salvation, it is not far from the classics. This is a very interesting thing. On the one hand, we are ordinary in reality, and there are no memories full of blood or deep regret; on the other hand, those painful experiences and emotions always resonate with us, as if we all envy the kind of loneliness, Pain and loneliness. Perhaps, in reality, everyone is unwilling to be plain and doesn't want to live a mediocre life, so they would rather be like the protagonist in the film, burdened with painful mental pressure, but he has a story in his own body. The self-salvation breath of this movie is evident from the beginning. Bruges, this medieval-style city, is full of quiet buildings and smells, not to mention, there is the blood of Jesus here.
Lu Xun said that tragedy is to destroy beautiful things for others to see. However, tragedy is not only the destruction of beautiful things, but also contains absurdity. Absurdity can always make people cry without tears. Ray killed a child by mistake, leading to death, but his master finally killed the dwarf by mistake, so he insisted on the so-called principle and smashed his head with a gun. Under the absurd theorem, no one can escape. Those who possess principles can never break away from the destiny defined by the principles.
I really like the girl Ray met, very comfortable. But at first I thought she was just an episode in it, because the movie about the killer doesn't have to be a heroine. Unexpectedly, she was there till the end, and when Ray was carried on the stretcher, she threw herself into crying.
The only thing that thundered me in the film was the plot of Ken and the boss on the clock tower. Even though Ken was known to be a homosexual before, the sudden "I love you" sentence still caught people off guard. Ken was not mentioned before, but this is also the person who left the deepest impression. When he dragged a long blood stain to climb to the top of the building, when he wanted to notify Ray of the danger, he suddenly faced the thick night fog downstairs. The sense of despair made the person in front of the screen seem to be torn in an instant. So he dropped the coins one by one, attracted the attention of the people below, and jumped down the bell tower as expected. There is no extra slow motion to portray, blood splattered everywhere in a flash. No wonder some people say that this is a "black comedy" that can make people cry. This is a movie that doesn't require too much brain to watch, and it is also a movie that can be remembered for a long time.
By the way, "In Bruges" set a record, that is, it is the movie with the most "FUCK".
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