And to carry forward the Gothic film, and make this style of its own and deeply rooted in Tim Burton. In his film "Edward Scissorhands", he not only abandoned traditional Gothic elements such as witchcraft and vampires, but also injected magical imagination and fairy-tale warmth into it, bringing a refreshing feeling to the audience. , Has also taken a solid first step towards the road to film masters.
What really put Tim Burton on the top of art is this "Driftwood". In the film, he combines traditional themes such as religion and witchcraft with modern elements such as horror, magic, and romance, using classical oil paintings. The magnificent and weird picture quality, the gothic style is interpreted to the extreme, and it has won double harvests in the box office and word of mouth. It is a successful model of the perfect combination of business and art. Tim Burton also relied on this film to sit firmly in the Gothic movie. The master is currently the only one of a kind.
From the beginning of the film, it is explained that the background of the story is New York in the middle world. At that time, the chaos of science had not yet been opened, and religious beliefs still dominated people’s consciousness, words and deeds, and permeated the country’s various law enforcement agencies, and even judges’ trials. The police relied on this to solve cases, and life had no dignity or dignity in the face of religious beliefs. Assure. This is a sleepy era, an era that requires heroes to wake up, and an era of creating heroes. Thus, the police officer Klein, who has always admired rationality and science, came into being.
It seemed that it was perfect, but it was actually a trap. The young and energetic Klein was sent to investigate a tricky serial murder case. Several flashbacks appeared in the opening of the film, a pair of hands held together, and a will that is about to be sent out. It can be seen that Burton has made enough articles on suspense from the beginning. These small details have laid the foundation for the plot later. Development has been confirmed one by one. Similar small plots of this kind are shown in many places in the film. For example, Klein put the little red bird in the cage before leaving, which implies that he has escaped from the cage of self-righteous stereotyped rationality and is close to nature. , Which also confirms that after he woke up from a dream, he said that his mother was a child of nature. And when he heard the terrifying legend of the headless horseman, the frightened cup was not stable. Every time he saw the "four elders," he straightened his body. These delicate performances made the characters more flesh and blood. Of course, it is inseparable from Johnny Depp’s excellent performance. It can be seen that he has got rid of the immature and greenness of "Edward Scissorhands". On that face after the paint faded, the audience saw more It is firmness and self-confidence.
Klein, who judged the case with scientific rationality, has withstood the test of ghost witchcraft in the valley of the deadhead. At first, he firmly believed that there were no ghosts in the world, let alone the protection of witchcraft. Therefore, when Katrina introduced a book When the book of witchcraft was given to him as amulets, he categorically refused. However, in Katrina's rhetorical question, he questioned his beliefs for the first time.
After being frightened by the headless knight, Klein had the same dream every time. First, he dreamed that his mother called him, used witchcraft to draw symbols in front of the fire, and used a magic prop to coax him to sleep. Later, he dreamed that he was The mother of the pagan was slaughtered by the father of the vindicator. It turns out that the needles on her hand were scars left by panic when she witnessed the tragedy at the time.
Obviously, Klein had a horrible childhood, perhaps because it was too cruel, that memory was consciously blocked by him, and only in the subconscious mind in the dream would that memory continue to flow in, and reminded and warned. Hold him.
Due to the influence of Katrina and his own dreams, coupled with his several frontal contacts with the Headless Horseman, Klein finally believed that there were more mysterious foreign objects besides rationality and science. As the case gradually became clear, The Headless Horseman has also become a visible and reachable entity without a trace. It turned out that this was a murder case involving money and death, and the Headless Horseman was only a manipulative tool for murder. Those who died one after another were all related to that large estate. First, the owner of the property was killed, then the widow, as the legal heir in the will, also died violently, and then all the insiders also died one after another. Finally, with the death of Katrina’s father, the real murderer revealed his true colors. It turned out that the black man behind the scenes turned out to be the noble-looking and elegant stepmother. In order to get revenge and seize other people’s property, she tried her best to marry Fan Tasso and use witches. The technique manipulates the headless knight to kill insiders related to the will, and uses hues, threats, and intimidation of priests, doctors and other insiders to seduce you.
Because of a misunderstanding, Katrina had already decided to leave Klein, who was discouraged by all in the world. It was the book Katrina gave him that made him wake up. Fortunately, it's not too late.
Throughout the story structure of the whole film, it is actually that the passionate civilian youth encountered the "Snow White" and completed a perfect rescue process for the princess who was trapped in the conspiracy of the stepmother. The story itself is very simple and vulgar, the typical Hollywood model, commendable is the ups and downs, gorgeous and magnificent in the hands of Tim Burton. This is only the appearance of the film. What is more secret is the connotation of the film. With the advancement of the plot, Klein’s worldview and life outlook are also changing a little, from the original subjective rationality to objective and perceptual. Thus it made up for the character defects caused by the lack of sensibility, recovered the lost faith, and completed the perfection of self-character and the salvation of life.
The ending of the film is also that Hollywood-style bad guys will end up with evil consequences, the heroes embrace the beauty, and the love career grand slam. At the end of the film, Johnny Depp's contented sigh: "It's just time to welcome the new century." It must be Tim Burton’s heartfelt sigh. It coincides with the approach of the new millennium. The good performance of "Dropped Head" is not only a perfect summary of his past art path, but also a beautiful future. The beginning of it.
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