has compiled a trilogy of heavy flavors in this year’s Oscar hits-"The Lost Lover," "Nightcrawler," and "Burst Drummer." Generally speaking, it is the anti-inspirational, anti-marriage, energy, and anti-spiritual chicken soup. But after watching "Wild Tales", for those three movies, I only want to say three words: "Weak."
Regarding the various flaws and ugliness of human nature, a single story can no longer be carried. What should we do at this time? "Wild Tales" gave us the answer-this Spanish-language film, a joint venture between Argentina and Spain, consists of 6 unrelated and completely independent vengeance stories. The six stories are Pasternak, Las Ratas (mouse), El más fuerte (the strongest), Bombita (small bomb), La Propuesta (proposal) and Hasta que la muerte nos separe (until death separates us).
Compared with the well-regulated mainland translation: "The Wild Stories", the Hong Kong translation is, as always, full of gimmicks and a straightforward fit theme: "Non-directed Frenzy". The protagonists in the 6 stories, whether they are discriminated losers, aunts from the bottom of society, elites in suits and ties, or newly married couples, all exude a pure violent atmosphere, either due to long-term oppression, or due to several reasons. The trivial things that ordinary people seem to be inconspicuous, they seem to have returned to their ancestors and become wild beasts. For them at this time, morality and humanity are all aside, and violence can solve everything.
The first story to be unveiled is arranged before the subtitles and is called Pasternak. This is the name of the person who has not appeared from beginning to end in the first story, but is in control of all life and death. On a flying airliner, a man and a woman started talking, just when everyone thought a vulgar hit-up meeting was about to happen. The plot reversed, and the passengers on the plane discovered that all of them knew this person named Pasternak, and had done more or less harm to him. Then, the airliner flew straight to Pasrernak's parents, the source of evil, and the story ended in a flash. The ticket is worth back, and the surprise begins.
The second story: Las Rats, if there is a trace of the hatred in the first story. Then the hatred in this story is like a rootless tree, unprovoked but strong. What do you do when faced with a dregs in society, and you are still expected to run for governor and poison more people’s dregs? That seemingly ordinary cook lady, her past is unknown, and we don't know where her coldness and ruthlessness come from. But she made it clear that in the face of this kind of scum, it would be fine if the rat poison is poisoned. The rat poison has expired? The knife that usually cuts potato chips can kill you like a chicken.
The third story: El más fuerte, hatred will accumulate over the years, and it may also erupt in just a few hours. The third story takes place on the highway. The contradiction between the upper class people in the luxury cars and the suits and the rough countrymen in the rotten pickups develops from the initial verbal abuse to the fighting, and then escalates to the endless hatred. In the end, But they only ended up in a speechless end, and what made people laugh more bitterly was that the two people who put up the real fire and even took their lives were judged by the police as a passion accident (because the bodies of the last two were tight Hug together). Different from the first surreal revenge and the second story about justice and elimination of evil, this story is more real and more thought-provoking, to what extent can the disputes caused by the gap between the rich and the poor and the class be able to reach.
The fourth story begins: Bombita, probably the director thinks that always telling the story of fighting and killing is not conducive to social harmony, so starting from the fourth story, the hatred remains, but the ending will always be reconciled and forgiven. The protagonist of this story is the uncle in "Mysterious Eyes" and "White Elephant". In this story, he plays a slightly dull, even stubborn character very full. Because of a towing accident that is not normal in the eyes of ordinary people, the protagonist who is unwilling to be squeezed by the government chooses to claim his own rights, but the butterfly effect has gradually expanded the consequences, going crazy, being arrested, reported, being unemployed, and divorced. Life is fragmented. If I can only remain silent under your rules of the game, then I will speak in my own way. He came to plan a bomb attack, but gained attention and the reputation of "Bombman". He went to jail, but regained the love of his wife and daughter. Behind the barbarity, even reconciliation and forgiveness are so absurd.
The fifth story, La Propuesta, should be very familiar to Chinese audiences: a life case of the Medicine Jia Xin + my father is Li Gang. The rich second-generation drunk driving and ran away after hitting someone, so his parents wanted to spend money to eliminate their son’s disaster mentality. As a scapegoat, lawyers and prosecutors have bargained, and you come and I will not give in to each other. The ugly face of greed was exposed in the process, but if the story only stopped here, it would be too plain. Next, the plot reverses. The second-generation dad goes crazy and the deal is cancelled. Don't even think about getting a penny. Just let your son surrender. The three of them who had just taken the look of the family lost their color instantly, their attitudes changed 360 degrees, and the low price cuts to beg for mercy were sharply ironic of the desires. In any case, a settlement was reached in the end. The scapegoat employees took the money to commit the crime, the lawyers and prosecutors used the money to clear the way, and the rich second-generation family broke the fortune and avoided disasters. The whole scene was happy. But as soon as the scapegoat walked out the door, he was hammered at the door by the angry deceased's husband. The screen turned dark, leaving only us who hadn't recovered, and the hammer from the speaker hit the head with a nice and crisp sound of skull cracking. It turns out that this is the real joy of everyone. In the whole incident, it can be said that the most innocent scapegoat died without evidence. One million left for lawyers and prosecutors to split equally, and the rich second-generation family continued to live happily and superiorly. Does it make sense? There is no reason, only absurdity.
The last story: The Chinese translation of Hasta que la muerte nos separe sounds quite touching: Until death separates us, the audience can't help but wonder whether the director finally decided to return to the fresh positive energy after the previous revenge, killing and absurdity NS? The answer is of course no. In the last story, all the revenge and reconciliation are crushed and reorganized into a completely crazy carnival and an unreasonable ending. It is not new that the scene of her husband cheating at the wedding is not new, and it is already quite an old-fashioned plot for Xiaosan to come to the wedding scene. For those who have been immersed in domestic and Korean dramas for many years, they can imagine what will happen next with their eyes closed. Either the bride in the wedding dress rushed up to fight with the mistress, pulling her hair and grabbing her face and high heels and nails flying, or the broken bride fled the wedding scene, crying, crying, tears and nose. However, we who have been baptized by the first five stories long ago know that the stories that appear as a big axis will definitely not be so popular or so "normal."
Sure enough, the bride first ran up to the jumping platform, and she woke up under the persuasion of the little chef. Yes, what's the use of crying! So wiped away the tears and nose, and wore a disheveled haircut to do something with the little brother... After being hit by the groom, instead of panicking, he was beaten by an impassioned (mis) curse of extremely vicious things. The bridegroom fell on the ground with his feet soft and spit on the ground. Back at the wedding scene, the light is soft, the soundtrack is romantic, and the trance-turned-nemesis bride plays games, drinks champagne, throws flower balls, insults mother-in-law, and lets Xiaosan have an intimate contact with the mirror. The groom, who had always been his mother's good son, had a mental breakdown and hid his face and started crying. At the end of the farce, the collapsed bride also fell to the ground. The wedding had been completely destroyed, and was destroyed by the bride who turned into a wild beast. But this is not the end. The bridegroom stood up quickly, walked to the bride, stretched out his hand, the bride held it, and his eyes met, as if they had made up their minds, holding hands, dancing, kissing... puzzled? Perhaps like others said: "Behind the disguise of anger is overflowing with love." I don't think so. In the end, their "reconciliation" is actually a kind of madness of burning jade and stone. Let us be tied together, no one else. Think about it.
"My dear, do you love me?"
"I love you."
"My dear, do you hate me?"
"I hate you"
"Me too."
Kissing you, biting you, hugging you, binding you. Why are we hurting and restraining each other like this? This is marriage, dear. Love each other and kill each other until death separates us, or until your death separates us.
"Wild Tales" can be regarded as the most enjoyable movie-watching experience this year, which also makes me regret why I didn't have a shy face in Cannes holding the "Relatos salvajes" sign to get a movie ticket. And it is also the subject of revenge, violence, and blood, the same blood, sex and excrement, which is different from other movies that show the same subject. This movie is ridiculous and not distorted. It won't make you feel out of reach. It just watches the movie as a spectator. On the contrary, you will get involved, feel the emotions of the actors in the play, and then go down, climax, reach a critical point, and then lose control. The movie exudes violent and wild aura all the time, and the dark side that has lost morality and humanity is completely revealed to the audience. And the reason why the film is so enjoyable is this. We are bound by morals all the time. The development of civilization for thousands of years is just because of a few coincidences and accidents in the film. The reason why these human beings are human is instantaneous. It's really ironic that humans are so easily transformed back into the beasts of the barbaric century. However, although the film shows all kinds of harms caused by the animal nature after humans are out of control, this does not mean that humans should completely abandon the animal nature. On the contrary, in my opinion, the perfect combination of the two is the embodiment of human beings becoming more advanced. .
The characters in the movie also have a common behavioral characteristic, that is, they are direct. If you hurt me, I will fly a plane and knock you all to death. I will stab you, smash you, blast you, smash you, You are tied together until you die. Not only that, but the directors and screenwriters outside the play are also so direct. There are repeated satires of the Argentine government in the play. In their view, since the government is incompetent, some of them are purely for the purpose of curbing the people’s fat. Institutions have always existed. Some government officials hold iron rice bowls and just take money and do nothing. Then I will make a movie to criticize you, mock you, tease you, and I will speak out if I am dissatisfied. This is animality and humanity. Of course, this is absolutely impossible in "other countries".
In addition, there are a lot of highlights in the movie. Leonardo Sbarraglia, who was very amazing in "Burning Coins in Flames" in the early years, played the role of a man in a suit in the third story. 15 years have passed, the male god of the year. She was pale and wrinkled at the corners of her eyes. The only thing that didn't change was the warm voice from Spanish and the handsome face with a smile. In addition, the soundtrack of the film is Gustavo Santaolalla Gustavo Sandorara. His previous soundtracks include "Brokeback Mountain", "Tongtian Tower", and "21 Grams", which played its consistent high level in this movie. , The weird electronic soundtrack perfectly fits the weird plot. In addition, there is the cast and crew table between the first story and the second story. All the cast and crew are replaced by a corresponding number of wild animals on the screen, and they are accompanied by completely unmatched background music.
However, although the film did not ignore the quality of the film because of its identity as a black comedy, it still lost to "Nun Ada" in the competition for the best foreign language film. It is true that the experience of watching movies is very personal. My favorites may not be worth mentioning in your opinion, but I still sincerely hope that such experimental movies can get more attention.
Finally, I remembered a sentence in the Three-body: "Lost humanity, lose a lot, lose animality, lose everything." May the wildness be the origin of mankind, not our end.
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