"Dog Tooth" is a totalitarian film, as big as a metaphor for extreme control of politics, religion, and culture, or as small as a crisis in a patriarchal society. The pure white clothes are both pure and ignorant. The seemingly unbreakable lies, thoughts and high walls are broken down because of the arrival of a female worker who is a prostitute. The new and mysterious things make the imprisoned children curious, and then suspicious, and finally resist.
In the scene of brother and sister incest, the man only appears in the mirror, indicating that this is the prelude to the illusory and collapse of patriarchy
The eldest daughter's escape was not a complete success, and even when she was taken to the factory, she remained silent and hid in the same steel car, which heralded a tragic ending. Constrained by the totalitarian ideology, she could neither wear canine teeth nor feet. Touching the ground, but for this absolutely conservative family, it is undoubtedly a rock and a thousand waves. In order to get what she loves, she can be dissolute, obedient, ruthless, and hurt. The process of the price is not as important as the real result. She calls herself Bruce, and I think the name is the key. Although I don't know what video she was watching, it's probably a boxing film. It's hot and shocking. The name given by the parents is their hope, and the name chosen by oneself is from the wish of the self. This is the first step in knowing oneself.
It can be expected that the second should be the son. As a male character who is maturing, he will replace the father's position in the family sooner or later. The son whose sexual affairs are firmly controlled by his father is likely to eventually commit an Oedipus complex, thus completely destroying the absolute authority of his father; Wholeheartedly accepts the "protection" of his parents, and has a serious tendency to self-abuse, and is keen to play games such as being scalded, suffocated, and fainting. If the director were to continue the family story, the younger daughter would become a sex toy for the older brother, eventually self-destructing as the family split.
The absolutely obedient deputy played by the wife distorts all the language meanings to the children, and conveys the beauty with all her heart, such as "shotgun" is a white bird, "zombie" is a yellow flower. Her role in the film is the same as that of women in the past millennia, namely reproduction and abetting. She claims that the greatest honor in her life is to give birth to a son, and her daily life is completely based on the instinctive activities of implementing her husband's thoughts.
The factory where my father works has appeared countless times with absolutely sharp lines and a solid image, which also reflects my father's indifferent and industrialized manipulative thinking.
The funny thing is, the parents in the film try to create a pure environment by substituting clean words for words with bad connotations such as horror, sex, filth, violence, etc., without realizing that the pronunciation or shape of the language itself does not matter. , because the meaning it represents can never be obliterated. Even if women's genitals are replaced by "keyboards", this will not stop them from obtaining sexual pleasure and psychological changes; even if the word bitch becomes a bright headlight overhead, it will not change people who are familiar with their mother tongue. The instinctive sense of disgust and urge to vent when the word is uttered. What's more, although the son has no experience in sex, he can still choose the posture by relying on his own instinct. The psychological maturity brought by sexual freedom will inevitably lead to more resistance. Both sons and prostitutes, fathers and mothers, all do FUCK, how can they avoid the existence of the head of this dirty word.
The characters in the film often only appear half-length when they speak, and most of the lower-body features are close-ups, which also implies the family's instinct to do things only by desire after the family's thinking has become rigid. It is not surprising that incest occurs.
There is a very impressive dialogue in "Nineteen Eighty-Four". O'Brien, one of the subordinates of the organization trying to overthrow Ingsoc totalitarianism, asked a series of questions to test their loyalty when recruiting his companions:
"Are you ready to give your life?"
"Yes."
"Are you going to kill people?"
"Yes."
"Are you going to engage in sabotage that could result in the deaths of hundreds of innocent people?"
"Yes."
"Are you going to sell your motherland to a foreign country?"
"Yes."
"Are you ready to deceive, forge, blackmail, corrupt children's minds, sell addictive drugs, encourage prostitution, infect rhizoma - anything that will corrupt and weaken the Party?"
"Yes."
"For example, if sprinkling nitrous water on a child's face can advance our cause, are you prepared to do it?"
"Yes."
"Are you going to remain anonymous and change careers as waiters or dockers for the rest of your life?"
"Yes."
"If we ask you to kill yourself, are you ready to kill yourself?"
"Yes."
The nature of the regime exposed by this dialogue is extremely terrifying, but Chinese people who pay attention to the way they talk like a roller coaster are naturally not used to this kind of bloody black belly. Just as the son in the film kills a weak cat, people who are accustomed to relying on powerful ideas for self-protection will also accept the phrase "cats are the chief of all evils".
If this film is purely regarded as a family education film, it is not a bad idea. Parents use absolute protection to prevent their children from all harm from the outside world. They don’t fly by plane, they only play with models, they don’t fall in love, they only have sex, they don’t need to go to school, they only need to know Play, they don't need to make friends, only brothers and sisters are accompanied. This house is definitely the most ideal place for parents who are "poor parents in the world". Although this method of education is extreme, it gives a great warning: how to properly educate and love children.
The totalitarian or educational approach that uses a family metaphor all point to one ending: destruction, only for a short period of time. Is it familiar to train children in the same way as dogs, waiting for their permanent teeth to fall out before letting go?
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