The intricate relationship between the characters at the serious funeral, coupled with the two major materials of psychedelic drugs and homosexuality, this script already has the potential to be hilarious. With excellent "ingredients", the director did not simmer in excitement, but proceeded slowly, layer by layer. Excellent ingredients and perfect craftsmanship produced an extremely absurd and exquisite black comedy.
I recommended this movie to a friend the next day, and he laughed too after watching it, but after laughing, he asked what the movie was about? I'm at a loss for words, is this movie just to amuse the audience? Vaguely feel that it is not so simple. Then I did a second brush. Saw the sadness behind the hilarious laughter.
To answer a question first, what is the purpose of a funeral? Gather family and friends who are scattered around the world on weekdays to pay tribute to the people they love together, and hope that the deceased will go in peace and dignity. is it? No, not anymore.
I remembered several funerals I participated in. The first time was seven years old. My grandfather died. I went back to my hometown to attend the funeral. As the eldest grandson, Pima Daixiao walked in the forefront of the parade. , grief and music are deafening, but there is no sad atmosphere at all. Afterwards, I also attended several funerals one after another. The deceased often saw each other for several years, not once in decades. Relatives who didn’t know each other on the road would ask the elders who died after the banquet. not very concerned. I even saw a lot of farce with my own eyes. For example, when the parade was halfway through, a stranger suddenly jumped into the feast and cheated on it. If you are lucky, you can still get money. Anyway, most of the team is unfamiliar. Are funerals held for the good of the deceased or for different purposes? The deceased has passed away, and the funeral has become a face project. For the sake of dignity, the family members go through the motions, join in the fun, eat feasts, and receive gifts. The protagonists of funerals are no longer the dead, but the living with their own goals.
This "Death at a Funeral" mocks this distorted social phenomenon. Robert, the son of the deceased and Daniel's older brother, calls himself a "celebrity" and returns from New York to show off his wealth, but ignores his younger brother's plight; Jane, Daniel's wife, is at odds with her mother-in-law, and has been thinking about selling the house after the funeral Dropped; Justin, Daniel's friend's friend, came to pursue Daniel's cousin Martha, regardless of the chaos on the scene, he just wanted to find Martha to "renew the relationship"; and Martha, attended the funeral to let his fiancé be conservative The father left a good impression; the deceased's same-sex lover, Pete, wanted to extort some inheritance. . . . . . Even the priest who presided over the funeral kept urging the funeral to be held quickly, "I have to leave at three o'clock." All the contradictions are like "dynamite keg", as the funeral spirals out of control, bang! It exploded, and what was supposed to be a feigned serious funeral turned into a naked farce.
My friend said that this movie is nonsense. After the second review, I think the story is very realistic. There are even more "dynamite barrels" at the funeral scene in reality, but it's just a fuse to detonate.
It is also worth mentioning that in this film, the director has brought the repeated techniques of comedy to the extreme, highlighting the effect of hilarity. Daniel's practice eulogy speech is interrupted, the deceased's same-sex lover hesitates, Justin approaches Martha, and the priest urges the funeral. . . After these passages were repeated many times, even the audience couldn't help feeling embarrassed and embarrassed for the actors.
Finally, the composition of the film is also a highlight, here is one of my favorite screenshots:
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