I used to like to justify a very bland movie with the statement that "everyday life should be like this, trivial and meaningless".
As a genre film, I have to say that this is a Handan toddler movie.
People like to watch survival movies. Among them, survival movies like "Battle Royale" are becoming more and more noisy because of their exploration of human nature. Of course, there are many high-quality movies such as "The Chainsaw", "Another Dimension Killing Array", and "The Panic Party". And since these kinds of films can be nested into a "reincarnation" shell, it's easier to make a sequel with an open ending.
"Benthouse of Nine" is one of those waves.
A plot that we are all very familiar with, because of some gameplay reasons, several people who don't know each other get together and have to fight each other. The last person will survive and the game will be won.
Of course, if this kind of reality show can be put on TV, the ratings will definitely skyrocket, and follow-up shows will follow, so we can estimate very optimistically that becoming a broiler will become a profession for some people.
Similar scenes, our history books will tell us, this is like a gladiator in a gladiatorial arena. It is better for the dignitaries to watch as slaves to fight, and to bet with one party as a kind of spiritual entertainment; only , quickly pulling the background of the era back for thousands of years, the nobles who were watching became the people in front of the screen; and the gladiators became the people who had to live for survival under the escape game; the simple organizers also It has become a producer who needs to control various TV show elements in the context of "The Cabin in the Woods".
But in essence, nothing seems to have changed. Like the nine knives in "The Nine People's Confinement Room", it is suitable for this movie, and it is suitable for all extreme environments.
1. Enclosed space
The most typical extreme environment is closed space.
This enclosed space, for people, is different.
Perhaps for the otaku, he created a closed space for himself. If he entered this kind of game, they would be the most calm group of people.
Because the physically enclosed space is completely inapplicable to them, and even if they are locked in such an environment, the greatest possibility will not exceed the most common imagination of the otaku when they commit secondary school.
Of course, as a film set in 2005, that's impossible. So we see that these 9 people are common objects in our daily life. Put these people in a large environment with multiple room structures, and then block all possible exits. A voice above everyone appears, saying "I want to play a game", yes, Almost exactly what SAW said. It's just that the chainsaw will not do nothing like this movie, waiting for the seeds of suspicion to germinate from the bottom of everyone's heart, but directly bring up the harsh game, excess blood plasma and terrifying torture tools, become that movie. The biggest highlight, unfortunately, is not this one.
2. Group hiding
However, it is difficult to see such a scene. After looking for an outlet to be disappointed, all the people did one thing before their trust collapsed.
carnival.
Carnival to the rhythm of the music, and wine.
Bakhtin is one of the best at interpreting the "orgy," which, of course, he says is a kind of mass ecstasy.
Especially on very big festivals.
Self-defeating, everyone has put down their trust and vigilance, at this time, dancing with everyone is the most correct choice.
When the human body falls into a crazy dance, the human spirit also becomes confused due to the invasion of alcohol.
We always say that people's survival instinct will interfere with people's rational judgment at extremely dangerous moments, but we are wrong. Because the survival instinct, distrust and the subconscious law of the dark forest are not based on emotional considerations, but rather a more rational choice.
Equally rational, there is also unity and hope. Just as the film began with the joint influence of the police and the priest, everyone united to find an exit.
And "Benthouse of Nine" gives us another seemingly expedient measure, carnival.
Because escaping is just delaying the time to face.
3. Personal privacy
In some faces, we can delay it for the rest of our lives, such as death, after all, the real death is only once.
But some faces, although facing the so-called serious choices, are actually very daily and trivial, we always "look up but not look down".
For example, in the movie there are five rooms, there are ten single beds, and there are nine people, so who to share the room with becomes a tricky problem.
Regardless of the process in the middle, we see that, except for a single priest and two couples living in one room, you have to face your personal privacy and share it with others.
The policeman Jay and the dancing girl (and the last surviving protagonist) have a room, which has become a model of mutual respect; the
black rapper AIB and the costume designer Max Roy have a room. Because of the issue of race and skin color, the difference in living habits has become the biggest contradiction;
Tennis star Claire Levy shares a room with the girl Sarah who is still on parole. If you only look at their behavior, in fact, they are just different lives under the same behavior pattern. One is a dazzling star in the glitz of the upper class, proud of conceited; the other is a criminal gangster in the shadows of the bottom society, claiming to penetrate the society. The twins are like a mirror; on the
contrary, Francis, who says he is a music composer but does not bring in income at all, and Cynthia, who is said by her husband as "she doesn't have to work", has been supporting her husband all the time. The undercurrent between husband and wife And gaps, in this extreme environment, are exposed.
Nora and Helmer in "A Doll's House" may be a replica of the couple.
4. Security by force
If all relationships are balanced, although there will indeed be a time when trust will disappear, it may also infinitely delay the cannibalism that the eyes behind the screen are willing to see.
However, it is difficult to say when it comes to intervening in force.
It has to be said that at the beginning of the film, the police's behavior is a continuation of social norms, and of course, the priest is also the same.
But the police have a gun.
Black people say, you have a gun, and now we all have to see your face.
Reminiscent of a certain island, and a certain nuclear test.
Then sign the "Non-Proliferation Treaty"?
But does it work?
Francis will still smash the wine bottle and turn the sharp glass into cold weapons, whether it is self-defense or victory, all the sense of security is lost.
Only one gun.
The police sensed that someone had entered the room, but they ignored it and waited until such an act happened before launching an attack.
Only when chaos arises does force need to exist.
The more limited the resources, the more powerful the competition. Because, this is a zero-sum game.
5. Resource money
In "Calculation: Nine Days of Death Game", a large amount of money is used as an incentive to complete the game; the difference is that Chinese genre films are more focused on survival, such as "The Wind" and "The Conspiracy" .
Money does not play a substantive role in the game, it is a hint that there is hope of breaking away from the game environment, and hope of returning to reality. And this kind of hope, in fact, cannot be obtained from the game environment itself.
In the "Gambling Apocalypse" series of works, money must be regarded as a primary factor. Only with the stimulation of money can there be hope of survival.
Many people do not have a reasonable understanding of how much money can be used in real life. Perhaps 5 million and 50 million are just one more difference for ordinary people.
The money game, in real life, is more reflected in the lottery. It is often seen in many newspapers, large and small, that there are always those news of sudden riches that constantly stimulate the nerves of the poor, but people seem to forget all kinds of troubles that come with a sudden large amount of money. Zhao Benshan's last sketch "Won the Prize" has more or less hints in this regard.
At the end of the game, the seemingly closed door is opened because the heroine has reached the only winning condition. On the other side of the door, there is a dead end, but in this dead end, there is a package containing 5 million US dollars.
Some people may say that if you give up this package, you may change the ending of falling into reincarnation again, but after going through the game of human cannibalism, the rewards you get will actually become one of the motivations for survival. If you give up this motivation, then Everything that has been experienced will become meaningless to the individual.
6. Survival food
Then, there must be a process to have a result.
The food needed for survival has become a necessary condition.
Although the film does not do well, it does clarify the hidden rules.
Relatively reasonable portions were given on the first day, and everyone was able to get meat and vegetarian food for basic needs.
But on the second day, the amount of food began to decrease, and the danger of survival was already at stake under the stimulation of guns and money. If survival itself cannot be satisfied, how can we trust?
Then after the wife became the first to die, the food rations suddenly increased, which the costume designer said was a reward for killing. On the one hand, the extra food can supplement more body needs, and on the other hand, it is also an incentive for breeding control.
Of course, "The Nine-person Confinement Room" is not portrayed, but each of us knows that private ownership is produced in this way.
Then came the constant evolution of civilization and society, commerce, employment, social division of labor, technology, classes, parties, and everything else.
Because the death toll keeps rising and food rations far exceed all that is needed, this is only a generalization.
However, if the number of people is not limited to nine, but more, it is actually a microcosm of society.
Japanese writer Shinjiro Tsuchibashi's "Beyond the Gate" is such a work.
7. Show monitoring
It can make the microcosm more microscopic, only the camera can be said.
The movie screen is always switched between the color God's perspective and the black and white camera perspective, and close-up shots are constantly given along the way, and different types of cameras frequently appear in front of us.
A program like a reality show must turn the entire scene into a color in the eyes of others.
And the ubiquitous surveillance, you don't have to look for it in the movie, just open the curtains, go to the street, and you will see it.
In "Battle Royale", there is no black and white camera perspective, replaced by cold death data reports and survival exclusion zones.
Because we are looking at the monitoring head too much.
In myths and legends, there is a clairvoyant who says that you can probably see everything this person does, as long as you want.
If it is covered with fantasy colors, no one will feel creepy.
And the camera exists in this movie, one is the obvious small eye, one is the lamp that provides the light source, and the other is the mirror.
Don't dare to turn on the lights and look elsewhere, because you will also be found. Don't even dare to look at yourself.
8. Leadership authority
Then you don't have to take this responsibility, it's good to be an obedient.
Isn't "The Game of Kings" a self-superstition because of its obedience to the shadows?
Not only that, but Master Key as well. Of course, this movie does not have these mysterious powers. What we see is just a priest who represents the faith and a policeman who represents the rules.
The black rapper was always very emotional because he didn't see the rules, he saw someone breaking the rules, and that's how his brother died.
Even so, when people wished to pray with the priest, he did not eat the food first, but closed his eyes and prayed together.
China can have similar roles as priests, most of them are monks and the like, but they are not as strong as the religious comfort that priests bring to people. Perhaps this can only be blamed on the Chinese people's lack of faith in religion, which can make everything quiet, one is violence, and the other is spiritual.
"Why should I listen to you?" Resistance to authority, the so-called freedom, is also the precursor to anarchism.
As for the battle for leadership, the film doesn't seem to get too involved, as an adult fairy tale-like metaphor, leadership, but also rules, and beliefs.
9. The Babel divide
After leadership comes class.
There are many ways to distinguish different groups, depending on the skin color and race. "The Rabble" has already been described in great detail. You can't look directly at it, and you don't have to look directly at it, because we are always in this divide.
Black singers were very annoyed that the costume designers and composers used French instead of the English we are accustomed to know.
Because of gender distinction, women who are caught in the fog of alcohol, their physical combat power is originally weak. Thinking of the radio saying "I wish the strong win", it seems that it is really unsatisfactory.
Being praised by fashion designers, tennis stars changed from frequent foul language to mutual compliments under social rhetoric; priests who originally represented faith ended up being the people who killed the most with guns.
God saw that so many people were building the Tower of Babel, because they spoke the same language and were able to keep pace, so God chose to diversify the language. In the end, this tower was not built, and we called it the Tower of Babel.
In fact, even if they could have the same language, so what, the doubt and trust dormant in people's hearts have always been here, and there is no need for confinement or a few people.
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