director:
"Planet of Horror" is an independent zombie B-rated film directed by Robert Rodriguez and premiered in the United States in 2007. Speaking of director Robert Rodriguez, it is a well-known name at independent film festivals. When everyone mentions him, he will think of his most famous nickname "one-man film crew". What does it mean? It means that the work of a crew can basically be completed by Robert alone. He can produce and direct, and he can also be a director of photography, holding a camera, a stabilizer operator, art, editing, special effects, music composition, mixing, and he can be said to be an all-rounder. For example, in "The Horror Planet", he played six vital roles: screenwriter, director, production, composition, photography, and editing.
Although Robert Rodriguez is mainly engaged in low-cost independent film shooting, "A Dawn", "Sin City", and "Alita: Battle Angel" released in China this year have also brought him commercial success. He and Quentin Tarantino are not only good friends in life, but also long-term business partners. At the same time, he is also a member of Quentin’s Cult company A Band Apart.
Film reviews & feelings:
Seeing this film from a rational point of view is purely uncomfortable with myself
As a rationalist, generally speaking, when I comment on the love of a movie, the most basic criterion is whether the plot development is logical and whether the relationship between the characters is reasonable or not. Under my rational benchmark, only when this After the standards are met, the film can pass.
However, applying this rationalism to "Planet of Horror" is completely out of date, and even makes me feel a little ashamed of that paranoia. Only when you put the shackles of reason aside, relax your brain nerves, activate the adrenaline of your body, and activate the original passion, can you see the highlights of this film. When you see Cherry Darling firing a machine gun with the upper side of her broken thigh, and the question "How did she pull the trigger" arises, maybe you should drink a small drink to adapt to the rhythm of the B-level film.
Robert Rodriguez knows what a good play he directed. Although the plot is very exaggerated, bloody, and crazy, he has taken these factors to the extreme, and instead presents a hilarious sense of humor. The whole film has no urine spots, and the rhythm is very tight. From the trailer of Machete (another work by the director) at the beginning, to various machine gun shootings, explosions, and zombies siege, the tension of the audience has been hanging in their throats, like doing it once. Crazy roller coaster for 1 and a half hours.
Feminism under Patriarchy
I frowned when I saw Harvey Winstein's name at the beginning of the film, and immediately went to Google to check the relevant information. Sure enough, Rose McGowan (playing Cherry Darling in the film) claimed that Winstein raped her at the 1997 Sundance Film Festival. According to Rose, before making this movie, Rose McGowan confessed to the director Robert Rodriguez about Weinstein's sexual harassment of her. Then in the horror planet, Robert deliberately designed the plot of Quentin's rape of her in order to punish her.
In the movie, in addition to this plot, there are many settings about female characters that give people an uncomfortable feeling. Although the theme of the movie can satisfy most people's illusions about women's independence and heroism, the image of women defined from the perspective of patriarchy is impressively on paper after removing the outer coat of this layer.
For example, although El Wray always tells Cherry how strong, heroic and strong she is, El Wray is the protagonist who has done all the heroic deeds. It was he who rescued Cherry from the hospital. When Cherry was crying silently, he put on a prosthetic limb to encourage her to stand up. It was he who killed all the zombies that fell on her when Cherry walked to the truck. It was the last limb he gave to Cherry. A machine gun was installed on the gun, and in the end, like all heroes, he had the courage to save the beauty and gave his life.
Compared with the image of Cherry in the movie, I appreciate the bravery of actor Rose McGowan in reality. She is an advocate of feminism and an active activist for LGBT rights. In 2017, Time magazine selected her as the Person of the Year because she persisted in herself, dared to criticize some very powerful people publicly, and dared to disclose her sexual assault and the people behind the lawsuit. In 2018, she released an autobiography "Brave" in which she similarly described Harvey Weinstein's sexual assault, condemned the male-dominated status of the film industry, and called on more women to join the film industry. Perhaps in this era, free expression without hypocrisy and without timidity is the direction that feminism should pursue
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