Embarrassment-----------My "Devil's Head" film review

Alena 2021-11-17 08:01:28

Just looking at the plot introduction on VERYCD, you know that it will be very boring, and this film still faces the bleak life and the dripping blood.


I watched this film in class. Watching the beautiful and charming safe opening in "Stealing the Sky", the expert Theron turned into a yellow-toothed, freckled face, a vulgar and sturdy woman who stood on the street like a professional boxer. His image is like that of China in the sixties and seventies of the last century. Commune breeder of the 19's. The comparison of Irene Vonos, played by Theron in the film, and Theron himself in the gossip news, reminds one of the old saying in Beijing Tianqiao: bitches are affectionate, but actors are meaningless.


The other heroine, Christina Rich, is a well-known child star. I find that there is always a strange phenomenon in Hollywood: child stars always look strange when they grow up, such as Macaulay Culkin in "Home Alone", such as Leonardo in "Growing Troubles" (at least I think he is quite Deformed), such as Christina Ritchie now. In my impression, this is not the first time Christina Rich has played such a tangled role. I vaguely remember that she also played a confused girl in a certain Lee Ang film. From this perspective, she is the "Ann girl" in her early years! Zhang Ziyi, Tang Weizhi and others can only play with her. (Later, Baidu knew that the film was called "Ice Storm")

Two actresses, one was the Queen of Beautiful Legs voted in the United States, and the other was a smash hit boy killer, but they all changed in the movie. It's a bit horrible. From the beginning of the film to the time when the two met to fall in love, I didn’t feel very comfortable. Especially when they were playing on the skating rink, I felt embarrassed for them and out of place with the young publicity around them. Why are they? ? Although I am equally happy, equally intoxicated, and equally selfless kisses, how come I feel so embarrassed? Perhaps the group of vigorous and normal-oriented teenagers on the embarrassing skating rink.

Erin, the serial murderer, is so old and ugly. She is a miserable old prostitute who was abandoned by life and society. Her lover is a LES who also has no hope for life. Such a bad match. Such a combination that makes people feel hopeless, but they are also happy, and they once had hope. They found the same embarrassing counterpart in the crowd, so they returned together with sympathy, and together they made society suddenly a little embarrassed.

I have to admit that Charlie Theron was well-deserved for this role several times, because she was very serious and devoted. The extreme acting skills prevented all the beautiful dinosaurs in Hollywood from getting to the top and felt embarrassed, so they simply went on strike with the screenwriters. As for the action, a small part of it is exaggerated, but it is in line with the facts, because Irene is not a homosexual, but in order to find a love, she fell in love with the homosexual Silby, the normal reaction of heterosexuals to homosexuality. It should be shown. At the same time, to take care of Sylby's self-confidence in front of her, but the feeling of extreme inferiority and denial in her heart also requires such exaggerated body movements. What impressed me most was Irene’s line "Because I need to" when she asked the police why she didn't sell her body in Silby. There is also the distortion of thanking the judge at the end. , And the extreme satirical language and actions also made people on and off the screen feel embarrassed and uncomfortable.

With such a strong opponent, Silby's actor Christina Ricci looked terrible, and this was decided even in the beginning. She plays a homosexual who was exiled by her parents. She is a little bit ignorant of the world. It is precisely because of her requirements for life that Irene takes risks and kills people serially.

Many people say she is selfish. But I think the material demands made by a person are understandable, especially a child. She loves to play, longs for love, longs for romantic and peculiar relationships, so it seems unnecessary to condemn the demands made by children of this age. Or is it that we have such a consciousness that she is not qualified to make these extravagant demands and is not worthy of being happy? She was innocently involved in a deformed love and a complicated case, which embarrassed the people around her and was extremely unnatural. From this point of view, Silby panicked when the incident happened. He went to the phone to induce Irene to tell the truth about the murder, and he calmly testified Irene in court. By the time the two had not said a word in 12 years, it was normal. of.

Criticism also comes from the reciprocal delusion of such a vigorous love: since Irene has paid so much for this hard-won love, her opponent Silby must also be noble and selfless. However, the reality is cruel. If it weren't for that age, she wouldn't choose a prostitute like Irene, she really wouldn't. Only young can be so desperate. But once you wake up, once you learn the rules and reality of the adult world, those bravery become the darkness in my heart, and I don't even want to mention it again. The so-called passion and desperateness of youth is because that is an embarrassing age. But a few years later, Bao Qi, she could stand up without embarrassment at all and say that she had gambled on her youth tomorrow, and she dedicated her youth to that so and so.

However, those are not love. Even if you feel embarrassed. After all, youth is used to commemorate.



As a prostitute, Irene's experience is simply a series of the dark side of society, this kind of experience will make people feel heartbroken to watch. But you don't know how to save it. She did work hard. She betrayed her body until her mouth ulcers, aged and declining, and she wanted to commit suicide. She is a prostitute at the bottom of the society, the kind who serves the grassroots, is homeless, can only be a prostitute who can only be a passenger on the highway, and has to work part-time to make ends meet. However, she has her own so-called dignity. For example, when Silby invited her to drink, she angrily refused, and swears loudly after the judge pronounced the sentence.

But she still fell in love with Silby irresistibly, just because of the love that was in front of her, the love provided by a naive child. So the final price is extremely painful: homicide, serial homicide, betrayal, and death penalty.

The scene is very cold, I suddenly thought of "Dark Dancer", I guess it seems to feel the same. There is no way to save, because in this world, we ourselves are powerless. I also thought of "Blind Well". Although the plot has more coincidences, the various faces strung together by the protagonist's marching still allow people to experience this society in a limited time. And a film like "The Devil" doesn't even give you a chance to breathe.

Speaking of moral criticism, the film does have a suspicion of defending Irene, or this is the director's understanding. After reading some introductions, the director had contact with the real Irene in various ways. I think he can be called a friend. Perhaps because of this distance, it will bring a heavy suspicion, so although the scene is cold, but the lines are definitely sympathetic and caring. Especially the last sentence "love can conquer the world". It is said that when the film was broadcast, because of this angle of Irene, it also received a lot of criticism from the victim's family. I also feel that it seems a bit too late. When the director is embarrassed to stand on the wrong side or don't know which side to stand on when he is caring for human nature.



There are two kinds of poor people in the world, one is material and the other is spiritual. Irene is more embarrassed and miserable, belonging to both material and spiritual poverty. And in front of such a poor person, should we secretly rejoice, talk about masturbation, or be helpless but worried and want to care. And whether it is masturbation or powerless lust is nothing but futile. This society cannot always only bring you pleasure, we have to learn to endure a little bit of pain. Irene wanted to use love to find a trace of happiness in the pain, but the result was a deeper pain. Love, we all thought it was a panacea, but Irene could not use it to defeat the world.


The music is good, especially in the last section, when Irene sent Silby away, and the section where the two of the court were relatively speechless, the music was really great. As for the background music where the two are together, it doesn't seem to be very good. How does it sound a bit hippie. I suddenly felt that "where is the love" by Black Eyed Peas was perfect for the theme song of this song. The melody was unstoppable in my mind and then it sounded:

Children hurt and you hear them cryin'

Can you practice what you preach

And would you turn the other cheek

Father, Father, Father help us

Send us some guidance from above

Cause people got me, got me questionin

Where is the love

Many people mentioned that there was a kind of depression and despair in the second half of the film. It was actually a kind of embarrassment that made people breathless, coupled with the calmness of the camera, just to watch a woman who was already desperate walk into the abyss, just to hold up an illusory relationship. When hope became illusory, our expressions outside the screen were slightly embarrassed.


I still don't understand the mentality of Irene asking "Where is the money?" when Irene was talking on the phone with Silby, whether it was an instinctive counterattack after realizing that she was betrayed. Will Silby really be embarrassed or even embarrassed because of this?

At the end of the film, parting and sentencing. The director used a so-called sentence to make us fall into an embarrassing situation of sadness. The emotions that had endured for a long time surged up, but it didn't go away for a long time. If it were not for the perspective of the film, we would not understand why a prostitute would kill like this based on the fact. For us this is just a crime. It's just a fact that happened in society that has nothing to do with us. Criminal psychology is a matter for experts.

Female devil, the translation of this name is not very appropriate. In the traditional Chinese context, the female devil must be beautiful and deliberate. Originally called "monster" in English, I think there is an incomprehensible weirdness in it. Is there anything you can't understand? If it is understood as a close-up story, all I can give is full of sadness. And when the heroine yelled "fuck" over and over in the film, we clearly watched her tears. This is a poor woman who is willing to vent in the face of society, unable to get an erection. She can't even masturbate. In turn, it embarrassed the society to suffer from ED.

At the end of the film, she turned her head, her face distorted, and said "Love conquers the world" to Hilby. I was immersed in the movie for a long time and couldn't help myself. The small universe almost exploded. Perhaps Irene really defeated the world in her heart, with her love. And this kind of love, will it be a little blue pill for us who are embarrassed?

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Monster quotes

  • Aileen: "All you need is love and to believe in yourself."

    [scoffs]

    Aileen: Nice idea. It doesn't exactly work out that way. But I guess it was better to hear a flat-out lie than to know the truth at 13.

  • Will: You wanna call me "Daddy" while I fuck you, huh?

    Aileen: I'll try. Why? You like to fuck your kids?