Viruses, politics and ideology

The greatest charm of images lies in the ability to reasonably group fragmented symbolic elements through montages. Classic Hollywood movies can be said to be role-centric movies with narratives. These roles are more or less constant, well-known and psychologically coherent individuals, and the behavior of the roles is clearly defined and the goals are obvious. Although the promotion of the film mainly relies on the plot, the character is at the center of the whole plot, and it is the character that promotes the unfolding of the event. In the movie "Extreme Panic", from Dustin Hoffman to Morgan Freeman to Kevin Spacey, it can be said that the big names gather. As a product of an industrial assembly line, it is not an exaggeration to describe this film as being exquisite. Throughout the narrative process, the characters struggle to achieve their own goals or realize universal values. Their purpose is mainly to war against those who prevent them from advancing, overcome related difficulties, and transcend their own ideological limitations. This kind of narrative method can be said to be an established method in Hollywood. The division of labor in all aspects of the whole movie is very clear, and even the result is expected. Although the result of the whole movie is not difficult to guess, the wonderful points are still Can be affirmed.

Virus: Wolfgang Peterson is a very smart director. He saved a lot of budget in the setting of the virus. Compared with monsters and disaster movies, viruses have obvious characteristics as an incentive for plot development. Because there is no specific image, it always exists in the pictures and reports in an abstract mode, which not only makes the virus full of unknown mystery, but also brings a strong psychological impact. When creating an atmosphere of panic, most movies always like to use "mutations" to set off the atmosphere. However, "mutations" in many cases only bring visual impact, and rarely can cause a certain psychological impact on the audience. However, "Extreme Panic" chose the virus as the "mutation" factor. Although there is no specific image, it can create an unknown sense of horror/

Politics: I have always disliked the association between film and politics. A film is a film. The background of the times does not necessarily have to be a political background. However, in the movie "Extreme Panic", the director unabashedly described political shady. In fact, in most cases, no matter what the government makes, there is only one reason and purpose, which is to consolidate one's own rights. This is very obvious in this movie, as is the case with the so-called "people can do it, but cannot know it". For directors, movies are their own worldview, and everything they show to the audience is their own understanding of the world. No director will shoot a movie aimlessly, whether it is to show one's personality or to promote universal values, a movie is a point of view.

Throughout Hollywood movies, Resident Evil, virus ravages, natural disasters, alien invasions, robot counterattacks and other topics are all very popular topics. No matter how bad the film is, the box office is still unsatisfactory. However, I have to say here is why this kind of movie can attract most people's attention?

The fear of the unknown, it can be said that the fear of the human heart comes from the protection of the human body by the subconscious. For the unknown, because of the lack of cognitive ability, the unknown is considered to be highly dangerous. The appearance of fear is to ensure that oneself does not actively contact unknown things, so as to achieve a kind of emotional balance. Resident Evil, raging viruses, natural disasters, alien invasions, and robot counterattacks are films of the genre that use the audience’s fear of the unknown to form a visual and psychological double oppression, thereby bringing a strong visual impact and sensory stimulation.

The desire for prophecy, doomsday prophecy is the origin of human prophecy, but most prophecies cannot be verified and can only be used as normal conversations, but this does not mean that people do not need prophecies. Tollef believes that in an era when industrial civilization is extremely developed, social uncertainties will gradually increase, and sometimes it does not matter whether the prediction is fulfilled or not. It is just that people subconsciously hope that wise men make certain assumptions about the future. In a particular type of film, the director is the "wise man" and their prediction of the future is the film they made.

The pursuit of entertainment, the film was originally born only because of entertainment. With the innovation of film technology, film has the characteristics of art, but in its essence, it has not changed. However, all the more classic Hollywood movies will enter a framework, and the mission will be carried out within the prescribed time. All missions must be completed within the prescribed time. This model is most suitable for heroic movies. In the movie "Extreme Panic", the role played by Dustin Hoffman provides a sense of narrative continuity through the movement of space, whether in the drama plot or inherent logic. It feels compact and coherent in one go.

The only shortcoming of this film is that the ending falls into a cliché, too much ink on Hoffman’s heroic character, which leads to the weakening of the meaning of other characters in the film. Although it conforms to the traditional Hollywood narrative mode, it lacks creativity, which leads to the whole The horror of this movie is not well demonstrated.

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