Don't come near the stranger: a white abyss

Jeffery 2021-11-12 08:01:15

No one is near: A white abyss is the

first time to watch a movie in Youku in its entirety. There are not too many ups and downs, but it is impossible to give up. The white winter and deserted Sweden are all low-cost shooting. The special effects that can be guessed even without too much scrutiny, as well as the clean and elegant appearance of the two little actors, have created such a vampire movie that I have never heard of before. The bloody scenes are reduced to a minimum, the bluffs are completely abandoned, and the characters The relationship is also arranged in more details to reflect, there is no introductory paragraph narrative, and no explanatory long talk. The dialogue is lost to the music in the bright snow scene, and the long time of Shendu and the whispering whisper of the child make people Especially pampered.
This is one of the most amazing movies for me this year, and it is also another eye-catching masterpiece from the perspective of the European minority. The team has never heard of it before, and it is impossible to hear about the novel adapted from it. By chance, I got a link to this movie. , It is a precious experience of watching movies. It's hard to find.
Eli is a little girl who has lived for a long time, and Oscar will replace the dead old man as Eli's servant in the long life to come. I really want to recognize the pure friendship of the two, or the budding love that is sublimating at any time, but it is difficult for me to agree with it for ten, twenty, thirty, or just now, which is mixed with ignorant lust, young Ignorance, and fatalism based on loneliness and chaos.
Not to talk so much, when Eli complained to the old man about his incompetence, the old man’s helplessness turned into despair and loneliness in the subsequent failed hunting scenes. He was tired of killing, and more importantly, he realized that After the boy’s intervention, as another existence of himself, it was almost exactly the same as before. He knew what was going to happen, and even suddenly understood why the other old man beside Eli suddenly disappeared at that time. He was already old. , The one who beloved no longer needs his waste, there is no resentment, only melancholy, and the person who sees the fate will gradually stop. He chose to make himself Eli's food and eliminate his identity characteristics, making everything look like an accident, in order not to cause trouble to Eli, and to avoid the bad luck of becoming a vampire. The film did not specifically explain the relationship between the two, so at first I even thought that the old man was her father. It was not until the end that I realized that Oscar was replacing the old man as Eli’s partner, guardian, a kind of relationship between lover and slave. Between the identity.
However, Eli did not show any more regrets in the face of the old man's dedication, but just like biting off a thread, bestowing him the last honor-for the woman he has always loved, for guilt, make a long diffusion. What about Oscar? Eli has no obvious expression from start to finish. How long has she lived? How many partners has she changed? Which one is the only thing she loves and the one she can't give up?
Probably Eli was tempted to meet someone, but it must have been a beautiful event long ago. Without blood, she could not survive. Her appearance was clearly a disadvantaged group. She was not suitable or could not be able to fight, or even could only Hunting at night, but in such a deserted town, it is still a lot of inconvenience.
What does she think? How much do the various ingredients account for?
How many years did it take for Oscar to understand what happened to him? What kind of fate awaits him? He knew the girl but didn't know himself. The simple soul followed his intuition, step by step towards the cliff surrounded by the flowers of love and covered with little happiness. And this process is much longer, long, and close to nothingness than the concept of time he can understand.
The various elements of the film are very harmoniously coordinated, and it is a superior work. It belongs to a different kind in the history of vampire movies. The different kinds of alternative movies seem to be very similar to the ordinary literary movies, but the essence is quite different. Explain this way. It's really interesting.
The charm of stage drama lies in the use of limited time and space to show infinite possibilities, the use of current characters to express people who are not present, and the use of ongoing events to reveal stories outside the scene. While the film expands the possibilities, it loses the relative freedom and imagination of the stage drama. It makes a return. The effect that "Sun Also Rises" hopes to achieve can be realized in this film. The narrow space is limited. The characters, the single environment, the similar behaviors, everything in the movie is familiar and nothing special, but it is shocking. The illusion of reincarnation created by "Don’t Get Near" fully interprets the unique theme of vampire movies, the game of time and destiny, birth, old age, sickness and death, love, hatred, and humiliation. I chose winter and chose to stay out of sight. A touch of white, the dead are like this.

2008.11.30 Foshan

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  • Hans 2021-11-12 08:01:15

    It's not exciting at all. . . Rhythm and narrative are not smart

  • Liam 2022-03-25 09:01:06

    Castrated vampires and human love!

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  • Oskar: Are you a vampire?

    Eli: I live off blood... Yes.

    Oskar: Are you... dead?

    Eli: No. Can't you tell?

    Oskar: But... Are you old?

    Eli: I'm twelve. But I've been twelve for a long time.

  • Oskar: How old are you?

    Eli: Twelve... more or less.

    Eli: What about you?

    Oskar: Twelve years, eight months and nine days. What do you mean, "more or less"?

    Oskar: When's your birthday?

    Eli: I don't know.

    Oskar: Don't you celebrate your birthday? Your parents... they've got to know.

    Eli: [Eli looks down on the ground]

    Oskar: Then you don't get any birthday presents, do you?

    Eli: No.