Watching "Dog Tooth"

Hollie 2022-09-22 19:21:32

Interpreting "the sea" as "soft sofa" and "highway" as "a strong wind", the re-engineering of language, the word "dangerous" is disguised in a soft way, so that reactionary thoughts cannot find it. As far as the vocabulary is concerned, this is what the father thinks is the best protection for the children in the movie. A typical totalitarian family, let the children live in ignorant high walls and the like, and tell them that there are many dangers and cannibals outside the high walls. The beast, just like the father's request to the children in "Crazy Primitives", let them stay in the cave and not go anywhere, because the outside is full of danger. However, the restraint of thought can never resist the desire to explore. True emotion always finds the outlet of its language, just like a thing with wings always wants to spread its wings. The same is true of people. At the end of the movie, the eldest daughter smashed her teeth and escaped by hiding in the trunk of the car. One day, she will embark on a journey to discover how amazing the world is.

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Dogtooth quotes

  • Father: Do you want to hear your grandfather sing?

    ["translating" Frank Sinatra's Fly Me To The Moon to his children]

    Father: Dad loves us. Mom loves us. Do we love them? Yes, we do. I love my brothers and sisters because they love me as well. The spring is flooding my house, the spring is flooding my little heart. My parents are proud of me because I'm doing just fine. I'm doing just fine but I will always try harder. My house, you are beautiful and I love you and I will never ever leave you.

  • Son: Mom! I've found two little zombies.