I'm going to burn that house down, I mean it. Even if that seems to be the only thing I have.
At the end of the film "Into the forest", the two sisters return home from the jungle with their newborn baby, oh no, what kind of "home" is this? This is just a damp and moldy house with a leaky roof, an empty house, no relatives, no friends, and the food is exhausted. What do you need it for? The few gallons of gasoline that had been saved so hard were going to be used to turn on the self-generator for a moment of "calling" joy, or to add to the car's gas tank and drive to town. Instead of now, exercise its own right to fuel—Light a fire!
It's a spoiler when it comes up, this is really not what a good author did. I was only impressed by the last few shots of the film: the two sisters finally took their newborns to "into the forest".
The film imagines a man-made disaster of the century and a closed extreme environment. Through the encounters of two related women, it tells a dark story of female growth: when despair comes, how should one continue to live.
The film demonstrates how to construct a kind of utter despair?
At the beginning of the film, the high-tech, futuristic, and absolutely foreign-style jungle wood home life only exists for a few minutes, Power off! Inexplicable blackouts swept across the country. The family thought it was only temporary. However, when they finally started the car and drove to the town, they found that the supermarket had been looted. There was no fuel to add. Violence was close at hand, and order was gone. care of each other", it's just a matter of time, you are on your own! However, everything has just begun. The only relative of the two sisters, the father, died unexpectedly, and they received a lunch early. When the two sisters recovered from their grief, more than two months had passed, and the power outage still persisted. Suddenly I understand that the loss of my father exists at the same time, and what is even more terrifying is the daily consumption of energy, food, and mutual trust between the two, as well as the crazy human beings outside.
Is this hopeless? No way! For the two sisters, father, food and fuel are only external substances, and the spiritual world in which the two depend on each other is gradually collapsing: here I want to talk about the role of the sister first, although I look at it for Ellen Page's fame , but I think the older sister's (Evan Rachel Wood's) role is more fleshed out. She is an older dancer who lacks spirituality (or encounters a bottleneck), she is sensitive, affectionate, and always talks about "missing my mother", she is more maternal in herself, she wants to be recognized, but has no power, all day long She could only dance to the metronome to lewd music. She wanted to use some gasoline to turn on the self-generating power, but was stopped by her sister. When she was crazy due to the lack of food, her sister carried her on her back and ate the accidental chocolate, which was enough to destroy this fragile nerve. woman. She was even jealous that her sister had love, and sarcastically told her to "go to sleep, don't bring a child back".
I can only say that such a woman has set up a good flag for herself, which will be discussed later. Let’s take a break and talk about the role of Ellen Page’s sister. This role is more like her father. She is enthusiastic, has a pioneering spirit and enthusiasm for learning. She can collect edible plants, make blueberry jam, and shoot wild boars. Making soap and even helping my sister deliver. Her personality complexity is weaker than that of her sister, but she is definitely a strong person in life. Her only weak point is "her man", but when her boyfriend hopes to take her to escape from the house and embark on the road of finding the utopia of "restoring order in Boston" At that time, she was even strong enough to make a spontaneous decision not to leave her sister and return.
In fact, Ellen's role is more like a leading and supporting role. Speaking of her sister, she hated men, but was raped and hurt by them. She seemed to hate children but was pregnant with the seeds of the abuser. In the end, such an absolutely weak person completed the "Force Awakening" of women's rights, a new queen was born and exercised the authority of the ruler: burn the house! Let's go into the jungle!
Reality gave her despair and hope, and made her change completely, just as she said that her unexpected child was "strong, strong, and full of life." In fact, she gave birth to another self.
A growth movie with a dark theme really has to be made like this to be impressive. In a world of despair, we can only completely smash our past selves and build a new inner order and new hope. In the face of life and death, You can choose the former without hesitation. isn't it?
Before giving the arson order, the sisters had the following conversation:
"How long have humans been around?"
"100,000-200,000 years.."
"How long has electricity been around?"
"140 years.."
"We have everything. No, we have each other."
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