Nowhere to hide makes me pissed off

Lizzie 2022-03-23 09:01:59

When giving the evaluation, I hesitated between two stars and three stars and gave three stars. I was very depressed about this film. The long sequences of similar lengths seemed very depressing. It is estimated that the classmates who persisted to the end must have the same goal as me, and wanted to see who was the shooter of these voyeuristic videotapes. It turned out that he was being played by the screenwriter.

Speaking of which, the movie made me groan at the beginning, shouldn't this be a big boring movie? Girl, I haven't watched boring movies for many years. A freeze-frame shot was played with a large subtitle from the beginning, and it was played for a full 2 ​​minutes. Then the field of vision always switches suddenly and inexplicably, from some specific details of life to the content of the videotape, and the switching is quite frequent, which caused me to faint when the long shot appeared.

In the end, who did it? Probably unknown. But that's not the point. The point is, maybe people all have a dark side in their hearts, and people always refuse to think about the truth that they want to bury in the ground to cover up, let alone ruin their current happy life because of those old things of rotten millet and sesame seeds. Guilt always makes people find all kinds of excuses to excuse themselves. However, the guilty conscience makes people unable to completely forget the mistakes they have made. Always being selfish. When those old things came to the surface from the depths of the hero Luo Hong's heart through this hidden camera, he couldn't help but lose his temper.

This film reveals a lot of the ugly side of human nature.
1. When things happened, the relationship between Anna and Luo Hong was very bad. I don't feel the meaning of that kind of mutual understanding between husband and wife who are going through difficulties together. Anna only knew what to ask, and the tone of her speech made people sound very uncomfortable. And Luo Hong always wanted to cover up the hurt he had done to others. Even if he mentioned it, he would distance himself from him early and think he was innocent.

2. Indifference among relatives. When he was young, Luo Hong was jealous that Ma Ji was about to be taken in by his parents, so he did everything possible to squeeze Ma Ji away. But later he got married and became famous, but he neglected to take care of his parents, and he didn't even know that his mother was sick. There is also the son of Luo Hong and Anna couple, the family of three does not feel the warmth of family affection at all.

3. There is no secret. The director specially used a shot to express the ambiguity between Anna and Piehou. And all this was noticed by Anna's son, who left home angrily. The childhood past that Luo Hong didn't want to mention is also clear from the videotape incident and Maggie's suicide by cutting his throat.

4. The victim of self-deception. Even Luo Hong used his scheming to send Ma Ji to the orphanage since he was a child, even if Ma Ji committed suicide because of this, even if Ma Ji's son suddenly lost his father. Luo Hong still thinks he is the victim, and if anyone wants to destroy his life, he will be rude. Then he used two sleeping pills to let himself fall asleep in the dark, and when he woke up, he was still himself, a successful host of a reading and talk show.

Finally, the ending ends with the signature long shot. The 3-minute finale is just as boring as the 2-minute opening. I don't know what it means, maybe it's looking at the crowd in a dark place, or it means that the video tape is still shooting.

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Caché (Hidden) quotes

  • Georges Laurent: Isn't it lonely, if you can't go out?

    Georges's Mom: Why? Are you less lonely because you can sit in the garden? Do you feel less lonely in the metro than at home? Well then! Anyway, I have my family friend... with remote control. Whenever they annoy me, I just shut them up.