The film is adapted from a novel. There are many characters but all of them are wonderful. The clues are complex but the context is clear. It is undeniable that this film requires the audience to actively participate in the construction of the meaning of the film, but from my viewing experience, once you start to fall into the atmosphere carefully created by the film, then the entire viewing process will be It will make you dizzy and psychedelic like a drug.
Be it disappearance or death, the bizarre story is just an introduction. The real intention of the film is to use this story to reflect an era, an era when the American hippie culture flourished, and to reveal the joys, sorrows and sorrows of various characters living in that era. . In a sense, "Inherent Evil" is similar to "The Golden Age". The former relies on a detective story to show the era of the hippies, while the latter uses a sketch of a writer's life to imitate the era of the Republic of China.
In the process of watching the movie, the shadow of another movie kept appearing in my mind, that is, Roman Polanski's "Chinatown". After watching the movie, I also wanted to comfort the protagonist Doc in the film. One sentence, "Forget it, Doc, it's Los Angeles".
We've never been better or uglier, we've cried when we should cry, we've been happy when we should laugh... It's always been human, isn't it? This may be our inherent flaw (Inherent.Vice).
PS: The narrative of this film is complex but clear, and the characters are numerous but closely related. Here I recommend an excellent film review text for everyone. Maybe you will not be confused anymore after reading it.
Yuchi Shangjiu - "Nature is inherently evil: a brain-circling film with strong medicinal effects"
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