This studio from Ireland has a very unique and unified style, consistent with the style, form and narrative focus of "The Secret of the Book of Kells" and "Song of the Sea" - the conflict between nature and society. This focus stems from the national pain in Ireland. This is also the history of blood and tears that they cannot forget.
It is very similar to "The Secret of the Book of Kells". The reckless Dutch used their iron hoofs to break through every forest tribe, burning, killing and looting, all for the purpose of conquest, and the protector of the forest in this film is the wolf walker, the god incarnated by the alpha wolf. . Following the traditional and unpretentious animist model, the Wolf Walker is a god of nature, possessing a primordial force from nature that the townsfolk (or, strictly speaking, the tamed inhabitants of the ruler) call " witchcraft".
The disciplinary model of the rulers is also so familiar, "In the name of God, the will of God..." Medieval Christianity spread the world with terrible religious fervor, dedicated to invading every soil, and they were pious because they believed. Once natural forces and primitive vitality or those incomplete and superfluous aspects of human nature are identified as "witchcraft", it is imperative to ensure internal harmony and stability to the outside world, and the strangulation of threatening aliens is endowed with legitimacy. The hunt is the beginning of it. See if the lady's laundry uniform looks like a nun's dress, she insists on being good for her but doesn't help; see what the ruler muttered before he died, he went to death so peacefully , the overdrafted human will of religious fanaticism frees them from the primitive fear of death, which has no respectable factor, it is completely terrible.
The simplification of the binary opposition analysis method caters to the blindness of groups, towns and forests, human society and primitive nature, religious rationality and witchcraft and superstition. Cut down the tree king.
The spiritualized wolves presented in the film are also very interesting. They were initially regarded as ferocious beasts, but they have never had any "real facts" that hurt people. They are undoubtedly a group that has been "demonized". The leader Miba that they first manifested was hermaphroditic, which could later be demonstrated as a yearning for gender equality and mutual respect and tolerance. The mother of their real leader, Miba, is a woman, with a large, round body sleeping peacefully and peacefully in the middle of the cave. If this is a metaphor for a matriarchal clan, then the image of her being imprisoned in a cage from the very beginning can It is interpreted as the rise of patriarchal power and the suppression and imprisonment of maternal power.
The rulers who represent the patriarchal society show an endless desire for power, suppressing primitive civilization with the cannon fire of industrial civilization, and using theocratic authority to shackle the dissident who sings, Under the guise of spreading the gospel of religion and initiating civilized education, they only consolidate their rule for the sake of ignoring the people and pacifying the people. Their suppression of the matriarchal society goes beyond locking the mother with chains and imprisoning her to death. They are still "demonizing" them—everything is witchcraft and superstition!
Good cavalry fathers and daughters from England, disciplined by patriarchal ideology, were among the insignificant victims. The foolish loyalty shown by the father as a supporter, and his repeated discipline to his daughter, have informed the audience of his absolute obedience to the ruler, and he is also disciplined himself, and he cannot hear that his daughter is also a Anything a woman says makes him unable to think about his own situation independently, and he falls into a vicious circle of self-pity and no escape. The ruler's constant pressure on him makes him breathless. It seems that he can only practice this set until he dies. .
But the power of this film is that women are doing their best to break the shackles even when women's power is blocked. The daughter's repeated submission to her father and "no please" made her "daughter" identity constantly confirmed and highlighted, and her subjectivity was established in her father's approval. And when she accidentally gets the wolf's nocturnal privilege, she stays up all night and falls into a deep identity crisis. She cannot identify herself. But how much this power is like the Chinese "Qian Nv Li's Soul", and how sad it is to get freedom only by pulling the soul away from the body.
Miba released her natural power like a flame, so she finally became brave, she accepted her identity as a wolf pack (female), fought for the benefit of the wolf pack, and finally gained real freedom.
Only when a father becomes a wolf can he truly empathize, which seems to indicate that in order for men to truly “empathize” with women, there is no other way but to make them women, which means it is almost impossible. The departure of his father may be a self-condemnation of a betrayer of a matriarchal clan, and his final acceptance is also a testament to the inclusiveness of matriarchal society.
However, is the conflict finally resolved? The next colonizer will appear, and the emancipation of women has not come. Fairy tales give us a happy ending to our dreams.
However, the part of walking through the forest as a wolf really gave me a free experience, going straight to the soul with vision, which is the charm of their pictures. The big wolf with the same furry texture as a dog can be said to be very cured!
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