The least actors and the smallest scenes, the plot is bursting

Cheyanne 2022-03-26 09:01:05

On the park lawn under the long shot of the prologue

, a group of children seemed to be arguing about something. A little boy picked up a stick and hit another child, and the beaten boy covered his face in pain. It's always been a long-range shot, just enough for the audience to understand what happened, but they can't see their expressions clearly, can't hear the conversation, just give a good background to the follow-up plot.

The scene of friendly negotiation

appeared again. The mother of the beaten child was writing an agreement in front of the desk. Both parties were very friendly and harmonious, but the father of the beating boy raised some doubts about a certain wording. The two parties were polite, gentlemen and ladies, and were satisfied that such a civilized and harmonious ending could be achieved. The father of the beating child seems to be very busy, and has been dealing with the lawsuit on the phone, which will become a conflict point later. It could have ended like this, when saying goodbye in the hallway, until the mother of the beaten child insisted that the other parent should bring the child over, and that the boy should realize the harm that his violence had brought to others. At this point, the two sides began to quarrel, and the father of the beaten child eased the atmosphere and invited them back to the room to eat the pie made by his wife.

After the mask was removed

, the atmosphere seemed to be harmonious again, and they began to talk further about their families and occupations. During this period, the caller's father as a lawyer became frequent, and the content seemed to be that a certain drug had side effects, and the other party asked him how to deal with it. Frequent phone calls constantly interrupt communication, and the mood becomes more irritable. The conflict between the two sides lies in whether the child who hits the child truly recognizes the seriousness of the problem. The beating parents dropped the mask of politeness, implying that the boy who was beaten was also responsible, as if he was the one who mocked the boy for being a whistleblower first. Mothers of beaten children become angry at their

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Extended Reading
  • Amani 2022-03-27 09:01:05

    Awesome movies need awesome actors

  • Gia 2021-11-22 18:54:20

    Despite the occasional loss of control, the film adapted as a stage play can be called a masterpiece. The process of the four protagonists' smashing drama is like a fight between the dinosaurs and the cows. The sharp and dense dialogue is like overlapping waves before and after, unknowingly completing a siege of modern civilization in the narrow space of the living room.

Carnage quotes

  • Alan Cowan: [to Penelope] I saw your friend Jane Fonda on TV the other day. Made me want to run out and buy a Ku Klux Klan poster.

  • Alan Cowan: Morally you're supposed to overcome your impulses, but there are times you don't want to overcome them.