Ken Russell's directorial work retains his controversial themes and eroticism and nudity compared to his to-see list. There is no shortage of carcasses in his films, both men and women.
The naked protagonist this time is William Hurt. I learned from the actor's profile that William actually acted as the general of "The Amazing Hulk", and I had no impression at all. The image of this person always feels like it appeared in a B-movie, and is responsible for showing the butt to show off the actress's chest. I didn't expect him to win the Oscar for Best Actor. I don't think that the responsibility of the film's theme performance falls on William. I always feel that his appearance in the film is just to show his ass, hug the heroine naked, and show a face of crazy fear. Or because the visual effects used in the film overshadow the actors' performances.
In order to express the mental state and hallucinations of Dr. Eddie played by William Hurt, the director used a variety of camera processing techniques. For example, the illusory feeling created by the virtual and real collage of the front and rear scenes, the sense of nervousness caused by the rapid splicing of different pictures, and the scene of hell shot through the red filter. Watching these pictures that stimulate the visual cerebral cortex for a period of time will make you feel unnaturally tired, and even worry about the psychological cues caused by these pictures.
In fact, the theme foreshadowing at the beginning of the film will be more watchable and thought-provoking than the climax of the film. In the second half of the film, the conclusion of the entire experiment has fallen on the crisis that humans can degenerate into apes. When the film begins to draw conclusions about the experiment, it is a groping of human psychology, worldview, and science. What is the origin of the world? What is the starting point of man? The human body dies, but the human memory is indelible. What happens after a person dies? How will human memory be? These propositions are put forward at the beginning of the film, but unfortunately they are all attributed to the thesis of regression.
In fact, through other characters in the film, you can see people's resistance and ignorance to the unknown. When Eddie is madly addicted to this experiment, his friends will only deny Eddie's idea, because it goes against science, and they are afraid to accept the assertion that goes against current scientific theory.
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