two similar movies

Tyrel 2022-03-17 09:01:03

I was fortunate to watch the "suspected twins" of [Gu Xun] and [Murderer] successively. Unfortunately, I saw news about plagiarism questioning before. This means that the answer to the mystery has been revealed in advance, and the thrill of the thriller has been reduced by more than half. However, there is another advantage, that is, you can calmly observe the work done before solving the puzzle, such as foreshadowing, hinting, atmosphere creation, etc. Comparing the two, [Gu Suspicion] is better than [Murderer], although it has no great merits and no great demerits. It does not investigate how people become mentally ill, and abandons social criticism and human nature snooping. It focuses on creating scary stories. Although it has not brought any breakthroughs and innovations to the thriller industry, the stories and performances are attractive enough, and the quality of the film can be achieved. middle and upper. On the other hand, [Murderer] seems to have to express too much, engage in personal criticism abruptly, and end up in a quagmire of unfinished business.

Mainly want to talk about "plagiarism" thing. The Hong Kong media reports can be seen here, and the comparison of the bridge sections is accurate. This matter is basically very troublesome. In Tianjin dialect, it is a "luoluo jar thing", and in the mouth of the literati, it is "Rashomon". The parties and film companies expressed different opinions, and the report did not jump to conclusions in the end, which is generally a responsible attitude. Because the "presumption of innocence" should be a self-evident basic premise.

The key to setting the suspense in the two films is immortality, which causes psychological distortions, immortality hides one's identity, immortality, immortality... This is the most suspicious thing. The little girl in [Gu Suspicion] is a psychotic produced in the Soviet Union, while the Zai Zai in [Murderer] is a "victimized person" living in Nanyang, who was adopted by two unlucky parents who usually don't do bad things. The explanation for the adoption is that [solitary suspicion] is more reasonable, the "little girl" in her thirties quietly attracts their attention, and the [murderer] is suspiciously clever. He had a relationship with Ling Guang when he was young. After separation, he was adopted by several families, and his psychology was so twisted that he sold the children of several families. Finally, he accidentally (!) met Ling Guang and his wife who came to adopt an orphan! Not to mention this ingenuity, several families who have lost their children seem to let it go. The child is lost, the adopted son disappears, and there is nothing to follow. As a result, this little servant has been continuously taken in by the orphanage, and finally he was a childhood playmate and half-mother. brother! At least here, the [murderer] showed a big hole.

Agelessness can be roughly classified into deformities and anomalies. Although it is neither a ghost nor a zombie, it is not difficult to find similar situations in the history of literature and film. In my impression, there is a dwarf monster in the fairy tales of the Brothers Grimm, who failed to take away other people's children, but he was pissed off. From his appearance to his personality, he was by no means a "normal person" in the general sense. In the case of movies, [Freak Man] is probably an early and good example, where physical disability has a clear connection to being socially marginalized. Even for a lot of young children, the patents do not belong to the screenwriters of these two films. In 1967, Japanese cartoonist Kazuo Yutu created such a jealous "girl" in the shape of a baby. Although this work called "Baby Girl" has a simple and simple style, the baby girl with many evils is also impressive. Coincidentally, the manga was also adapted into a movie in 2008. Although it cannot be confirmed that this cartoon has an influence on these two films, the perpetrators of immortality are not completely "original", there should be no doubt.

Except for the three similarities mentioned in the report, the two films have at least a little similarity-under the cover of agelessness, they both try to wipe the oil of opposite-sex parents. When they saw the life of their adoptive parents and husband and wife, they were unhappy, and they deliberately created some troubles to interrupt them, and they took advantage of it. Even though there are many similarities, neither side has presented any evidence sufficient to prove the fault of the other party. For example, the "presumption of innocence" mentioned above, it is too early to arbitrarily predict which one has plagiarized.

Compared with books and music plagiarism cases that can be recognized by law, it may be more difficult for movies to ask for help from the law. Moreover, the art of light and shadow, which is full of human wisdom, should be disciplined by the provisions in black and white, and even be deemed plagiarism, which is somewhat comical. Thinking about it, the orientations such as borrowing, remaking, paying tribute, etc., have brought countless similar images, long or short, more or less. A fitting example.

Speaking of which, [Murderer] can really pick out a "salutation" section. It is said that the mother played by Michelle Ye was drifting on the streets with her son who was suffering from infertility, and had no choice but to fall into the dust. The dull son was playing under the bed, the top was violently turbulent, and the last piece of meat was thrown on the table, making meat for meat. The figurative "meat" and the real meat are juxtaposed together, with no deep meaning, three or two shots, and hard work. However, such expressions are not the first time.

In 2003, the 2nd International Student Film and Television Works Exhibition of Beijing Film Academy (ISFVF, the prize money was provided by Mr. Song Zude, and it is also a Russian short film [meat] by Song Dazui) (Sergei Gerasimov Russian National Film Academy, written and directed by Slav Roth), its main theme is also the exchange of "meat" caused by poverty. The same piece of meat on the table, the same child under the violent and turbulent bed... At this point in the film, we almost simultaneously thought of this student Study. How to define such a short-lived approximation? Is it a reference or a tribute? Academic papers can be used as footnotes, movies are naturally not so convenient, leaving a lot of gossip and stories, what else is there? This is also a question .

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  • Verda 2022-04-24 07:01:04

    I watched it with my roommates at school, Hong Kong really scared us all, the little girl's acting skills are amazing! ! !

  • Lisa 2021-11-11 08:01:16

    Cherish life and stay away from loli.

Orphan quotes

  • Kate Coleman: [after being told the truth about Esther] Oh my God! How could she fool us?

    Dr. Varava: She's been passing herself as a little girl for most of her life.

    [pause]

    Dr. Varava: She tricked a family here in Estonia into adopting her. When she couldn't seduce the father, she killed him and his entire family...

    Kate Coleman: Then she burned the house down!

    Dr. Varava: Yes! How did you know?

    [pause]

    Dr. Varava: She disappeared over a year ago and we lost track of her.

    [pause]

    Dr. Varava: If it is really Leena, you don't have much time!

    [Kate hangs up her cell phone and frantically runs out of the hospital to get to her car]

  • Dr. Varava: Does she have the scars?

    Kate Coleman: What? I don't know, what scars?

    Dr. Varava: Leena was one of our *most* violent patients. When she here she was kept in a straitjacket to stop her from hurting our staff, she was constantly fighting to get out of it. It cut into her skin and left her with scars around her wrists and neck. There is no way you could have not seen them!