This is exactly the reference and contrast that the two-line narrative of the film wants to go hand in hand with. Martha is brainwashed by the cult, the unconditional sharing and devotion of her body, the cruelty of the sudden realization organization, and the idyllic and middle-class life that unfolds after asking for help from her sister. However, the various experiences I have experienced in the past are always in this kind of life reference, through the methods of interlude, supplementary continuation, and cross-montage. This montage of the two scenes and the intersection of time and space in the movie is very eye-catching (such as a standing up action, a diving action, calling the wrong name when cooking, and the reaction to touching a leg), these rushing and restless. The exchange scene highlights the blindness of Martha's self-cognition and spiritual belief, which may also be the meaning of "double-sided" in the spiritual realm. On the one hand, she wanted to get rid of it because she saw the brutality of the cult; on the other hand, she regarded the spiritual teachings of the bishop as golden words, and used this golden rule of "dilute the things outside the body" to ignore the universal values of personal struggle of the middle class. From this "double-sided" point of view, it is precisely because there is no absolute right or wrong in the worldview that Martha suffers so much from the current and the past. The pinching culminates at the party, but repressed emotions abound in the film. It's easy to think of "The Melancholy". She is also a sister who is emotionally extreme and unstable. She is also a sister who cares about her sister and is helpless. She also uses depression and patience at the party. The characters of some sisters are deflected by the disaster, and the ending is more clear than the process. And the abrupt end of "Martha" still gives people a sense of confusion.
The film uses all natural light, and the combination of handheld photography and long lenses has a natural beauty in the forest scene. I used to look forward to the cult scene in it, but after watching it, I didn't know if it could be called a cult, after all, it was such an idyllic pastoral.
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