On Freud's "Interpretation of Dreams"

Kristian 2022-03-25 09:01:09

Room: A match for David Lynch's Mulholland Drive, this is actually a shocking, murderous movie. The whole movie should be a dream of the hero, from Freud's "Dream of Dreams" From the main point of view of "Analysis", the working process of the dream is: condensation, displacement and assembly, and the biggest feature of this film is the character's lines and emotional breaks, but this is exactly what the director wants, through a jumping narrative and Dialogue to imply the audience's part about dreams (in fact, these out-of-tune lines really highlight the most essential characteristics of each character, which is why the characters in the film emphasize that the male protagonist is "sensitive", and the essence of the people around him is observed by him. It is very thorough, so it can be reflected in the dream, which is also the director's intention.), the director even used several consecutive sex scenes as a symbol to directly pull the audience into the characters. And the film's formal techniques are also very good. Hidden, but powerful. For example, the tram drives to the right at the beginning, which means the male protagonist goes home, but at the same time, there is another level of metaphor, such as the technique used by Kubrick in "2001: A Space Odyssey". The habit of the human eye is Looking from left to right, the right movement of the tram represents entering a helpless environment, giving the audience a sense of despair, but here this despair comes from "home", and the director has already started 2 minutes after the opening. It hints at the fate of the protagonist, and then another picture shows the tram to the left. From the plot, we know that the protagonist is leaving at this time, and the director hints that the protagonist must leave the family to find that sense of belonging. Well, I can't go on and advise everyone to watch it without subtitles. In this way, you can practice English listening instead of wasting an hour and a half staring at a piece of shit.

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The Room quotes

  • Lisa: Denny, are you okay? What did that man want from you?

    Denny: Nothing.

    Claudette: Oh, that was not nothing!

    Lisa: Tell me everything!

    Claudette: You have no idea what kind of trouble you're in here, do you?

    Denny: I owe him some money.

    Lisa: What kind of money?

    Denny: I owe him some money!

    Lisa: What kind of money?

    Denny: Everything is okay! He's gone!

    Claudette: Everything is not okay. Denny, that is a dangerous man!

    Denny: Calm down! He's going to jail!

    Lisa: Denny, what kind of money? Just tell me!

    Claudette: What do you need money for?

    Lisa: Mom, please! Denny is with me and Johnny!

    Claudette: A man like that! With a gun! My god!

  • Lisa: Denny, look at me in the eyes and tell the truth. We're your friends.

    Denny: I bought some drugs off of him. Things got mixed up. I didn't mean for this to happen!

    Lisa: [crying] Denny...

    Denny: I don't have them anymore!

    Lisa: What kind of drugs, Denny?

    Denny: It doesn't matter, I don't have them anymore!

    Claudette: It doesn't matter? How in the hell did you get involved with drugs?

    Lisa: Mom...

    Claudette: What? Were you giving them to him, selling them to him? Where in the hell did you meet that man?

    Lisa: [screaming] What kind of drugs do you take?

    Denny: It's nothing like that!

    Lisa: [screaming] What the hell is wrong with you?

    Denny: I just needed some money to pay off some stuff!

    Lisa: How much do you have to give him?

    Claudette: This is not the way you make money!

    Lisa: [screaming] How much?

    Denny: [screaming] Stop ganging up on me!

    Claudette: Well, it is time somebody ganged up on you for God's sake! A man like that! Where in the hell did you meet a man like that?

    Denny: It doesn't matter!

    Claudette: It matters a great deal! A man holds a gun on you! You almost got killed and you expect me to forget that happened?

    Denny: You're not my fucking mother!

    Claudette: [grabs Denny by the shirt] You listen, you little boy!

    Lisa: No, stop! No!

    [grabs and hugs Denny]

    Claudette: Somebody had better do something around here!