In this film, Mr. Oscar, played by Denilawang, has "eleven identities". It can be said that he performs for the sake of performance in the film, and outside the film, as the audience, why don't we live for the sake of life. Why is it called Oscar? drama needs? The director's middle name? If it is the former, it can be called Cat and Dog, and if it is the latter, it can be called Drax. The only thing that can be explained is that Drax is disdainful of Oscar, you Oscar is awesome, and it's just Oscar, what does it have to do with me Drax.
Let’s talk about the first story: Mr. Oscar turned into a begging old woman from a successful banker. If you watch Holy Motors for the first time, you will definitely think, why is the so-called task of turning into an old woman and begging, and what is the purpose of begging? As we will see later. He is begging, with no motive, no purpose, only a task, and the task is to act out a begging old woman. Although Mr. Oscar was performing, the well-dressed people who passed by the old woman stopped to look at him each time, not to mention giving anything. Is it accustomed to the existence of such people like air, or is it true that people are not old in the world? In Paris, it is the beggars performing Mr. Oscar. In China, it may be a group of prayers, or it may be a group of performers like Mr. Oscar. The first story, taken from Italian Neorealism.
Second story: Oscar becomes a motion capturer for special effects in movies. What's hilarious is that the password to enter turned out to be - nose hair. Is this Carax's satire of movie stunts? What's the explanation for the monster special effects after that?
The third story: It can be described as beauty and monster. This story is the only one among several stories that makes me more excited. Although it is the story of a monster movie, the monster is the madman Dmitry from "Tokyo". Dmitry can be said to be Mr. Oscar's true character. This is a free monster. He is free. He does what he wants, eats flowers, eats hair, and carries women. The sad thing is that the beauty is all over the country and the city is all over again, but Dmitry is sleepy. Therefore, it is impossible for people from different worlds to be together. Of course, whether the beauty wants to be with this monster is still unknown.
The fourth story: a family movie of father and daughter. There is a line that terrifies me, the "father" said to the "daughter": go home, you will be punished, and the punishment is that you will continue to endure yourself. Are we really ourselves? Probably not, because we have too many flaws, too many edges and corners that are not what we want. We want to be a good person with no flaws. But was it still me back then?
Fifth story: Oscar plays a killer. After killing Alex, use his amazing makeup skills to turn Alex into a killer. Just then, Alex killed the killer with a dagger. So two identical Alexs fell. Then an Alex climbed up, so is this Alex really Alex? Obviously, this is a suspenseful story.
Sixth story: No matter whether it is Mr. Oscar or Alex who got up, the film here will continue, so it doesn't matter who gets up. As for the murder case just now, let Di Renjie and Yuanfang watch it. The sixth story is more suspenseful in my opinion, Mr. Oscar kills a banker, etc. This is not the banker that Mr. Oscar played in the first story. What's happening here? Who is this banker? Who is this killer? What's more suspenseful is that when Mr. Oscar shouted "shoot my crotch" (not a noble declaration by any means) and was shot several times, he got up and left. Come softly and kill someone. Then pat the soil on your body and walk gently. Yes, after all, Mr. Oscar is the "protagonist" of this movie. If he wants to die, he must die after completing the task given by the director.
The seventh story: I said earlier how Mr. Oscar became a little strong, so he turned around and performed an old man who was about to die. There is no way, life and death are common things, you will never understand why a person who was alive and kicking yesterday died today. When I was still chewing on the words that Mr. Oscar said: "It's good to live, you can get a lot of love, and death is also good, but there is no love." Mr. Oscar patted his sleeve again and got up, he still a task. Then the niece said that she still has time, she can lie here for a while. I can't help but wonder what is real and what is fake. What we see is not necessarily true, what we hear is not necessarily true, and even the person in front of us is not necessarily true. No one knows if he is real in front of you, not even himself.
The eighth story: I just said that the madman Dmitry and the beautiful woman are not from the same world. Happiness comes so suddenly. Oscar meets someone from a world of his own. They love each other, here is more silent than sound, everything is in silence. Then a piece of music sounded, to the world of musical theatre. Then the beauty waved her sleeves and left without taking any clouds, because this is the last task of the beauty. Is it what we got today or what we lost yesterday. What is despised today was once admired yesterday. It's not until you know what's gone. Oscar didn't act, hysterical.
The ninth story: Mr. Oscar went home, but as we all know, this is not his real home, this is just the beginning of his mission tomorrow.
Some people say that this is a boring gimmick, too artistic, and they would rather choose a purely commercial film. All I can say is that there are 10,000 Hamlets for 10,000 people, so I don't make any comments. Hehe, who let God give you an unconquerable soul?
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