Die of laughter, this is an art film, and there are people who reason seriously. This story is based on real events. You are so good, why don't you become a detective!
I read the comments and said the level of photography of the film, please, this was shot in 1975!
Stop ranting. . .
Personally, I feel that first of all, this film focuses on the concept of "beauty", not only the beauty of the picture, but has been emphasizing the beauty of Miranda. From the teacher thinking that Miranda is the Angel of Portiselli, and the picture in the book is Venus; then the Australian guy imagines Miranda as a swan, all of which are showing the beauty of Miranda. And just say Miranda's beauty is why? There is a point that I am very concerned about in this film. Almost everyone is calling Miranda's name during the search process, but four people are missing, which must not be the case under normal circumstances. This must have been carefully arranged by the director. In my opinion, it is expressing everyone's reliance on beauty (the little fat man said that he felt awful and called Miranda), the anxiety and collapse of losing beauty (in the end Sarah's suicide).
Of course, I think the main thread is still about fate. For example, the lines said that "everything has its own time and place for the rise and fall of everything"; Miranda's hesitation when crossing the water, I understand as some foresight of fate; before the death of my sister, my brother dreamed What my sister said, these are some philosophical reflections on fate.
Finally, a passage from the director during the interview is attached.
Q: Picnic Under the Cliff was recently re-released. What did you do with that film at the time?
A: I had to do a lot of thought work right from the start, which is how I would shoot it, because it didn't have an ending. Crime movies are always difficult to make. That's what makes Truffaut's interview with Hitchcock so appealing, because part of it is Hitchcock talking about his impatience with crime movies. In general, I think the ending - like, you know who did the bad things or whatever - is a bit of a follow-up to the mystery. The genre is welcome; but people need to have a visceral reaction to what they see in the film. In "Picnic Under the Cliff" there is such an unanswered mystery.
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