No more boring American horror movies

Madisyn 2022-01-26 08:09:05

I watched a film today that made me feel the most terrified and terrified of my entire life.
The only thing I did while watching the second half was to refrain from rushing out of the classroom to throw up. . .

Before watching it, I had a preset in my heart that multiplied the fear in my heart.

In the last 10 minutes, the camera was too shaky and the speed was too fast. I could only see the little black handprints and strange symbols of the children. I kept going upstairs and downstairs. I looked down at my notes and Q&A paper, and forced myself to look up. The screen, and quickly looked away. In the final scene, seeing Mike facing the wall, every bit of his physiology is strongly stimulated: the match between the legend and the sight, Heather's distorted scream, the guesswork behind her. . . Memory, hearing, vision, imagination, the fear in my heart has reached its peak. . .

After reading, everyone in the classroom turned green, and no one said a word.

After leaving the classroom, the road was being built on 6th street, and a construction worker watched me walk by like a wandering spirit. . .


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Class discussion on the second day:


"Jouissance" is a French word, there is no direct corresponding word in English, it is similar to "pleasure", but "pleasure" only means "pleasure" and cannot reflect A special definition of "jouissance". It actually represents the pleasure that people experience when breaking a certain precept, or breaking the routine, such as drug use, or dreaming, because people often break through their social identity when dreaming.

Many Americans can experience "jouissance" in the movie, such as the scene of the vehicle chase, or the scene of wiping the neck. Today's class discusses the "Jouissance" that came out of watching The Blair Witch Project. Some people say that in the last few minutes, the scene in front of the protagonist matches the legend. Some people say that they saw little people made of branches hanging in the forest. I said, it was the feeling that gradually went against my expectations in the process of watching. Because the presupposition in my heart is that this is a documentary, which is true, and the ending must be that nothing is discovered and nothing is left, and more and more supernatural events occur, eroding my expectations indefinitely, until In the last scene, the psychological bottom line was completely broken, which is why the strong excitement of yesterday (sounds like orgasm, hahahaha~~ The original meaning of the word Jouissance is that...).

Several symbols:
1. Map: Links the protagonists with their past and the modern society behind them. It is also a representation of power, because maps are drawn by authority. It can also be interpreted as knowledge, because for the interpretation of the map, knowledge is required.
2. Forest: (so complicated~~) Uncivilized, unconscious. . . Everyone said one, many, many explanations. . . But no one says death, explained in connection with the house, can be explained as death.
3. Shi Tui: Is it an important hint, the meaning of burial?
4. The creek: represents hope, life, the watershed between reality and non-reality.

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Extended Reading

The Blair Witch Project quotes

  • Michael Williams: [Mike is laughing hysterically] I kicked the map into the creek!

    Heather Donahue: YOU DID WHAT?

    Michael Williams: I kicked it into the...

    [he is laughing too hard to continue]

    Heather Donahue: You are a fucking asshole! What the FUCK were you thinking? What the FUCK were you THINKING?

  • Michael Williams: You know what? I kicked the fu... I'm sorry it's fucked up. It's fucked up but I kicked that fucking map into the creek yesterday! It was useless! I kicked that fucker into the creek!

    [laughs hysterically]

    Heather Donahue: I fucking hope he's kidding.

    Michael Williams: WAHOO! WOW!

    Joshua Leonard: Mike...

    Michael Williams: [laughing] Holy shit.

    Heather Donahue: I really fucking hope he's kidding.

    Joshua Leonard: Mike are you kidding?

    Heather Donahue: I really fucking hope he's kidding.

    Joshua Leonard: Mike, are you fucking kidding?

    Michael Williams: [laughing] I'm sorry, man.

    Heather Donahue: You have gotta be kidding me. You have gotta fucking be kidding me!

    Joshua Leonard: Is this some fucking game?

    [shoves Mike]

    Michael Williams: Get the fuck off me man!

    [the two scuffle]

    Heather Donahue: WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU OUTTA YOUR FUCKING MIND?

    Michael Williams: No I'm not outta my mind! The map wasn't doing shit all day!

    Heather Donahue: DO YOU REALIZE - NOT TO YOU - BUT I KNEW WHAT THE FUCK THAT MAP SAID!

    Michael Williams: I'm sorry!

    Heather Donahue: YOU ARE A FUCKING ASSHOLE!

    Michael Williams: I'm sorry!

    Heather Donahue: You are a fucking asshole! And if we...

    Michael Williams: The map wasn't doing shit all day!

    Heather Donahue: If we get hurt or if we die up here it is your fucking fault! It is YOUR... FUCKING... FAULT! DO YOU UNDERSTAND? I can't believe you could be such an ASSHOLE! WHAT THE FUCK WERE YOU THINKING?