We don't know how the ghosts in the village came in. According to the introduction of the relationship between ghosts and evil deeds (evil thoughts) in the plot, in all likelihood, the villagers "invited" them in with their own behavior. Ghosts can lie, and they are good at lying. They use various symbols or straightforward dreams or strange images to suggest and influence mortals, and mortals only know its horror, but do not know its ferocity. The ferocity of ghosts is that they make art of lying and deception, just like the Greeks who attacked the city of Troy. And its deceptive attributes have just made the film's escalating suspense and reversal routines. This is undoubtedly a very exciting thing for our audience, but for the "Troy residents" in the village. In other words, it was a massacre. And the subtlety of the ghost's technique is that, like boiling a frog in warm water, it slowly consumes you, penetrates you, attacks again and again, one by one, and finally breaks down mentally.
The Greeks who entered the city of Troy have long lost their heroic demeanor. These heroes of the past were red-eyed, and children would never let go. Achilles' son Pyrus hacked to death the son of the king of Troy, and took advantage of the king's grief, resulting in his life. Children are the bait, which is so commonplace in the history of human civilization.
The fact that the protagonist's daughter Xiaozhen was caught by a ghost should have been felt from the beginning, otherwise, looking at the progress bar, I really don't know how to tell this story. Xiaozhen is naturally the bait, the protagonist's head that is not very good is what the ghost wants. After all, why would a ghost want such a brain? Why didn't it go to Seoul to ask for more heads than Sadako asked for heads in Tokyo? I am afraid it is also because the ability to lie is better in the countryside. The villagers believe in ghosts and gods, so they will use ghost exorcism rituals to deal with bizarre events, but they are on the ghost ship. The protagonist Zhong Jiu's police identity can serve the narrative, and his perspective can lead the audience to see the whole situation gradually, but his police identity may not be worth mentioning to ghosts, "Have I not been to a higher standard? human life?" it might say. Just like the Greek hero who killed the red-eyed hero and cut it down regardless of who you are, as a ghost, is it possible that you have to consider how you feel when you encounter a ghost?
Before the Trojan horse entered the city, the Trojans were not without doubts. At the beginning, many people insisted on burning the Trojan horse directly by the sea. Even though most of the omens point to bad outcomes, fearless humans do the nerve-wracking thing. Among all these signs was Cassandra, a priestess of the Temple of Apollo. Apollo once wanted to possess her, so he gave her the ability to prophesy, but she never obeyed, so Apolloan gave her another setting: you can prophesy, but no one will believe it. Watching the Trojan horse being dragged into the city, Cassandra could only let out a feeble roar: "Alas, poor people, you just don't understand that you're in trouble." But would anyone believe her? of course not. Set like this.
The identity reversals of the woman in white at the final climax of the film are really impressive. At the beginning, the audience probably followed the protagonist to hesitate whether to believe her, but when we saw the protagonist fall into a madness and choose to believe in the ghost exorcist, we He almost certainly picked the wrong one (who made us outsiders). At this time, the ghost also began to deform, which strengthened our thoughts. In films that are cold and unconventional, the "savior" often has a halo of unbelief, which is why tragedy happens. This is true for all beings who are "stupid" to die, and the same is true for the rescuer himself. The woman in white sitting on the ground was helpless in the face of "fate", just as Cassandra was helpless in the face of rape by the Greek soldiers who had been attacked into the city. Her unbelief, the ghost's easy to believe, makes this village as absurd and real as Troy.
In the opening chapter of "The Odyssey", Homer borrows Zeus's words to say that the reason why human beings have so much suffering "beyond destiny" is only because of "the blindness of their hearts".
In "The Cry", how can the villagers not be blind? Everything is unknown, and on top of that, the most terrifying thing is that the manner of death and the degree of pain are also unknown. I believe in ghosts precisely because I am afraid of the unknown, afraid of death. But the rejection of death is exactly what led me to it.
Poor people, you have no idea that disaster is at hand.
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