Unique historical environment and care of life: From "The Whale Circus" to "Satan Tango", they are all based on a specific historical period in Hungary. On the eve of the drastic changes in Eastern Europe, the economy was overwhelmed, and the communist mythology presented political jokes and people's sufferings. The reform movement in Hungary is defined as a counter-revolution, the so-called illusion of Datong is nothing but the incarnation of the official lie, when Hungary went through the transition from communism to capitalism, the promise of a democratic government proved to be deceitful again and again, the unemployment rate rose sharply, the national debt reached an unbearable level. Whether the withered kibbutzim in "Satanic Tango", the two crooks deceiving villagers despairing of the future with a beautiful vision of communism, or the never-shown prince in "Whale Circus" calling for a riot against a rundown town, the context itself That is, it shows that the political vision cannot be realized. The two films begin by showing the closed nature of the communist environment. The residents in the closed atmosphere are ignorant and hope that new things can bring life to the old and decaying town/farm, but the residents do not know that they are also lies in the face of political promises. Victims, the new things breaking into the village put the otherwise hopeless people in a more confusing predicament, they don't think about their choices, they are a group of people who are extremely vulnerable to agitation and riots, once the liar promises a piece of beauty they never dreamed of Vision, immediately lost himself, and would rather continue to live in a numb, deceitful bleak situation. The whales are in the same situation as the people, living in the typical enclosed space of a truck box. Janos walks through the crowd to the back door of the truck, revealing a huge whale tail, and the cramped car can only see the darkness. North walked around the whale's body, and finally stopped and stared in front of the whale's hopeless eyes. After getting out of the carriage, Aguilan asked Janos about the prince's situation. When Janos told the shock of the whale's body Aguilan, who is unmoved by the latter, would rather focus on an unidentified prince who has never met, and is indifferent to the circumstances of his life (his own). Coincidentally, Istek in "Satan Tango", like a whale, symbolizes the faith of life. On the night Istek failed to ask for help and set foot in heaven, the villagers knew that the future would change greatly because of the imminent arrival of the liar. In the tavern on the rainy night Breaking the emotional barrier, throwing away one year's personal income to welcome Datong, enjoying the carnival and dancing the devil's dance steps, at the same time, Istek watched the villagers' carnival with despair in the rainy night outside the tavern window, and wandered alone. The doctor who fell ill on the icy road also completely rejected the only chance to save Istek, but he suddenly repented and finally fell ill in the woods. The destruction of Istek dealt a heavy blow to the people, and the villagers' dreams were mercilessly shattered. In the speech of Istek's funeral, the villagers stood in a row facing Istek's body, standing still, and the long shot that added to the sense of freezing very slowly passed through the faces with rigid mental appearances. The camera stopped at the close-up of the liar. He looked at the dead group portraits of the villagers, set the devil's trap, lamented the misfortune of Istek in a loving tone, imposed the suffering of the innocent on the burden of responsibility of the villagers, and then planned a grand The blueprint for a communist paradise where people can be united, guaranteed survival, and no more exploitation, where villagers have long been trapped in closed villages waiting to be destroyed, only to leave the village to believe in miracles that will never happen, without waking up to this. This kind of ignorant thinking is the root cause of the tragedy of Istek. Contemplative space and time torrent: There is no one person in the seven-minute first shot of "Satanic Tango", only bad weather, cracked walls, muddy ground, abandoned sheds and disorderly mating cattle , indicating that the ambient space is the protagonist of the film. Beratar once said that natural space is a very important role in "Satan Tango", so the endless rain, the boots soaked in the muddy road and the wasteland along the way only left despair and became an indispensable film Elemental, when the two liars who went to the village talked about the poor idiots who deceived each other in the collective farm, the wet and the wind that blew the dead leaves would be unbearable, breed more despair, and Istek believed that brother The lies about the cash cow, burying the accumulation and coins in the soil, trying to plant hope, the surrounding dead woods, the barren wasteland and the rainy night are like a spiritual journey that devours all hope, sowing the seeds for the destruction of the village. Bellatar tells a fable of destruction in an enclosed space. Istek's attic, the doctor's house, and the villager's tavern all exist as closed spaces. The mother who picked up the guest was kicked out of the house and rushed to the dirty attic. In the cold wind, she looked at the wasteland with old curtains and abused her only companion. Her cat has become the daily state of Istek. The doctor just sits by the window all day long, sticking to the closed space and recording everything indifferently. At the end, he realizes that the hope of the villagers comes from a lie, and uses wooden boards to seal the only one in the house. The window that forms the connection with the outside world, only people who hide in a small closed world can achieve their true self. The tavern is no exception. The villagers guess each other and gather in the tavern to wait for the liar. Under the catalysis of alcohol, they gradually break the silence and start dancing. , let go of the long-suppressed ego and break the barrier of indifference between people, even if they are waiting for the hopeless doomsday scene. The passage of time is irreversible, allowing human tragedy to repeat in a non-stop cycle. The sound of the bell becomes a very clear clue throughout the film. The man who commits adultery at the beginning wakes up from the sound of the bell in the morning, and with the sound of the bell, he overhears the plot to sell out the village. He had to stand still, and the rhythm of the clock sounded faintly like the desperation of doomsday. In the final chapter, the bell rang again, and the doctor went out to search for the source of the bell, but only found a dwarf who struck the church bell with harsh metal. In his ear, time watched everything slowly pass by, as if it were the death knell for the village.
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