The doomsday feeling is very good

After more than ten years, I revisited this controversial classic by Kurosawa Kiyoshi, only to realize that this is not a horror film like "Midnight Bell", although both draw on the same type of film methods, through daily electronic media. to convey the horror atmosphere. After many years, I gradually realized that the computer in "The Loop" is definitely more creepy than the TV that Sadako crawled out of. Maybe it's the speed of technology development. Now, looking back at the scenes of dialing up the Internet and operating a desktop computer in the film is a bit out of place with a sense of humor, however, the film conveys the separation between people and the topic of loneliness has not weakened in the slightest. The meaning of it is closer to the trend of the current society. Just look at the bow-headed people who play with their mobile phones in the subway every day.

The most brilliant thing about Kurosawa Kiyoshi is that he borrows the shell of the horror genre and constantly fills it with intriguing philosophical thinking, so that the film gradually goes beyond the connotation of ordinary horror films, and the interpretation level can be continuously extended. The idea of ​​"being lonely when you're a human being is eternal loneliness when you die" strikes me the most. And the name of the film also makes me wonder, is the director implying that humans and ghosts are actually in two worlds that are connected to each other? With the medium of computers, will these two worlds be connected to form a "loop" at some point? The protagonist in the film once mentioned that as humans die, the world of ghosts becomes more and more crowded, and it is natural for them to choose to return to the human world.

Although the film is full of jumpy and inexplicable cuts that obscure the characters and plot, the director is amazing in terms of color and sound handling, such as the shape and speed of the ghosts' appearances, the horror makes my scalp tingle; the current of interference; Voices and calls for help on the phone also added to this strange atmosphere. As for the handling of the space and atmosphere of the story, it is even more classic: the woman who jumped from the tower, the wrecked plane flying over the city, the sense of doom in the film is very well created, and the scene I watched more than ten years ago is still alive today. vividly.

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