The doomsday feeling is very good

Santos 2022-03-18 08:01:01

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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Extended Reading
  • Sanford 2022-04-22 07:01:55

    Maybe one day we will all become a pool of dark shadows in the corner, and then slowly disappear, this is not a horror movie, this is a disaster movie.

  • Hayley 2022-03-24 09:03:51

    In the first hour, you can feel terror because of the boring plot, and in the next hour, you gradually have a soul, but you don't feel terror at all. Does this prove that nothingness, unknown, and emptiness are the source of terror? After the film ends, the final freeze frame gradually shrinks, forming a "hui" character with the black background plate of the large frame. The "hui" consists of two closed square frames. The small two square frames just illustrate the endless loneliness, and the title "Circuit" is really subtle.

Pulse quotes

  • Michi Kudo: Still no answer at Taguchi's?

    Junko Sasano: No.

    Michi Kudo: It's been over a week, he must have his reasons.

    Junko Sasano: It shouldn't take a week to work on that disk.

    Michi Kudo: No, something's wrong. Maybe I should see if he's okay.

    Junko Sasano: I just got the creeps.

    Michi Kudo: What?

    Junko Sasano: I don't know, I just feel like something's wrong. Like something's horribly wrong.

  • Michi Kudo: Have you finished working on that disk?

    Taguchi: Yes, it should be somewhere in that pile.

    Michi Kudo: You okay? Are you sick?

    Taguchi: No.

    Michi Kudo: What have you been up to all on your lonesome? We're friends.

    Taguchi: Yeah... stuff... help yourself to the disk.