of uncleanness described in the Bible, frequently appearing in the film: gonorrhea (rib 15:2-12), madness (rib 13), crow (rib) touching a dead body 11:24-40), and moths (rib 11:24-40). Death (corpse) is the punishment for the original sin. From this we can see the main thread of the Bible in this movie and the position of the devil as evil in the movie.
Evidence that the Japanese are the devil: 1-The biggest evidence is that the real body finally appeared in the cave: red eyes, nails, ears. 2-Witnesses saw the gnawing raw meat. 3-The immortal body (he is immortal if he overlaps Qianwuming). 4-Xiaojin's father checked her body and asked her if she had met a Japanese person. She said that she did. Then asked the details. The girl avoided and showed evil that does not belong to her, and asked: What is important? (This is more like the devil’s torture later) 5-After going to his house to kill the dog, the intestines of the black goat came out and hung on the door.
The authentication of this identity should not have been changed. This can be explained from the perspective that he and Wuming Baiyi have always been in opposition: The Lady in White initially pointed out in Zhong Jiu's dream, and in the end in the dialogue that Zhong Jiu was not allowed to go home, they were both clearly opposed to the Japanese. So there is no such thing as turning bad. Especially after he died and came back to life in the end, he was even more certain that he was not a human being (including exorcists). The Japanese have related his legends from the beginning: eating raw meat, molesting and raping women, to the photos in his room (here I will expand below), the black offerings on the altar, to the resurrection from the dead, to the priesthood The appearance of his true body is undeniable that he is a devil.
[Huang Daxian White Shaman Sunlight]-The devil’s human accomplices
First of all, the director has already said that he was in the same group for the setting of Sunlight from the beginning. Of course, there is evidence:
1-The biggest evidence is that Nikko finally took photos of the Japanese who had been there. The Japanese said they burned it themselves. This is in line with the accusation that the woman in white is unnamed that he and the devil are in a gang.
2-Wearing the same "underpants", this either means that they have the same profession, are both exorcists, or have the same beliefs. When watching movies, we always think that their common ground is their profession, that is, they are all exorcists. This is the trap of the director deliberately leading the audience to think wrong. In fact, when the Japanese came back from the dead, they denied that he was a human being. Even an exorcist cannot come back to life. Only the devil does not die, leaving only another possibility: the same belief.
3-About why Nikko drove away and came back. Wuming in white scared Sunlight, but she just let him leave without hurting his sex name. Sunlight fled in a panic. At this time, he wanted to run away and abandon the devil. So what made him change? Moth. Since the woman in white would let him go, she wouldn't block him with moths, let alone let him crash into a car and hurt his life. The moth symbolizes the messenger of the devil (every winged, crawling insect is something you should hate-the Bible), banging against the windshield, calling him allegiance to the devil. He stopped the car and went back to complete his mission of assisting the devil.
The director said: "There is a story I heard from real witches and vulgars. The word "virtual lord" is mentioned in the movie. The witches and vulgars pray that they can see God every day and pray that God enters their bodies. One day, the witches The lay people felt the coming of God and thought that God had entered their body, but in fact it was a wild ghost who came in. Later, his behavior became strange and he passed away. "
In fact, Nikko is such a sorcerer. Even prayers who are loyal to God will be used by the devil to laugh at the stupidity of human beings or to lament the sorrow of faith.
[Photo]-A souvenir of success.
Here I will talk about the behavior of the devil. Mode: The devil tempts humans to disbelieve in the Lord and devour their fears. In my impression, there are living people and dead ones in the photos, and it doesn’t mean to lock the target by taking the photo (I remember there is no victim there) The pictures of filial piety are mostly pictures of victims who have completely lost their sense of death or assault). The common point in the pictures is fear. This is the energy that demons rely on for survival: in the Bible, demons rely on discovering human inner darkness as a means Corrupt people's hearts, do evil deeds, and fall into hell to be called by demons and enjoy soul and fear to eat fear.
The photo left behind the death, despair, and fear of human beings. These are more like the devil's collection, a commemoration of his every success. The last Huang Taixian Nikko carried a box of photos into the car. Inside the car were all sorts of seemingly solemn anti-evil objects, even a statue of a Buddha, which squeezed the space of the whole car. Are these religious objects good? Are these concrete beliefs good? In fact, there is nothing good except the evil of a box of photos. This kind of contrast laughs at humans, is what you see is real? What is important? You don’t know anything.
[Twice Jumping the Great God]-One sin and one deception in the parallel world
1. The black jumping god: The devil summons the dead to come back to life. The black chicken here is really capable compared to the other white chicken that jumps the great god, so the Japanese choose carefully in the market. This ritual was to resurrect the dead body in order to be manipulated by the devil (the devil’s stunts), but was disturbed by the woman in white. When the devil woke up, he ran to see if the dead body was no longer there. But it is not very useful. It may be because of the destruction of the lady in white, or the villagers’ firmness, anger and unity. This is also the reason why the Japanese/devil was afraid of hiding under the mountain.
2. The great jumping god of the white shaman Nikko: This is actually what the director said in the interview: it deliberately leads the audience to think that the sword of exorcism is directed at the Japanese, but in fact it is directed at Takata. The sword can point to either side. My understanding is that the white shaman exorcism is aimed at exorcising the true demon of filial piety, but not to make filial piety really good, nor to accelerate her deterioration, but to put it simply, the white jumping god of exorcism is just a kind of The form, in terms of effect, doesn't have any supernatural power. Simply put, it's fun for you. Xiaozhen was uncomfortable and suddenly healed from behind. It gave people the illusion that it was related to the ritual of Nikko, but it was actually because of another black ritual of the Japanese and the Japanese fainted later by the woman in white. The devil was suppressed, and Let Xiaozhen get a short respite.
The evidence is: In the end, Nikko puts the idols and exorcist objects in the car, as well as the pictures of the devil. If the gods are really powerful, how can they let a demon's assistant use them at will and put them together with the photos? The ridiculous human stupidity, believing in embodied objects, believing in a deity, believing in a talisman, and performing an exorcism ritual, it seems that these objects can save your lost beliefs. In fact, you are blinded and cannot see the truth, wishful thinking. Find a way out for your fears, and fear itself is your weakness that the devil finds and uses.
[What are you talking about in this movie? ]-The reality in front of you and the reason for existence
don’t talk about the director’s thoughts in filming this movie. Basically, I can’t go on.
Here, I will quote two interviews with the director:
"I want to show certain aspects of Christianity and the Bible in the movie, but what I want to tell is the story of the victim. The important thing is that the victim is a victim. What I want to understand is not that the victim was victimized because the perpetrator did something for some reason in a certain psychological state and caused the victim to be victimized, but why this victim was the victim? And this But it is unknowable, which shocked me very much. This question even made me think about the reason for human existence. There is a reason for the existence of human beings, but there is no reason for the disappearance of existence, which makes me very puzzled. There is no clear reason for disappearance, so is there a reason for existence? I think that the existence of human beings and the existence of gods are very closely related, so I want to ask God, for example, ah, God, your good and evil are being affected by people. Doubt, the reason for your existence is being doubted. I think you should stand up to prove your existence and explain these events. I think Qian Yuxi’s role is such a person who asks questions.”
” And the role of the cave Separated from the chaos of the outside world, and brought out the line of stigmata. In the cave, the Japanese stared with red eyes and recited the Gospel of Luke to the assistant priest. At this time, I would like to ask the audience about The scene in front of me, do I choose to believe or question?” The
last scene in the cave, the dialogue with the woman in white and Zhong Jiu in the dark, is the essence of this movie.
1. The dialogue between the devil and the acolyte in the cave-is the reality in front of me real?
The acolyte said to subdue the devil, the devil asked, if I said, am I right? You would leave without doing anything? He also revealed the stigmata on his hand (a symbol of purity, which is actually a trick of the devil), deceived the adjunct, and tempted him to doubt himself. In the end, the adjunct was lost in doubt, believed in the illusion in front of him, and lost the devil’s judgment on the devil. Resolute, said "I will leave if you say you are not", and was even more occupied by fear in being photographed. At this time, the devil appeared in real form, mocking the poor acolyte. It was also in the director's heart, human The greatest sorrow: Faith is constantly being challenged, we don’t know the Lord, we don’t have the wisdom to discern hypocrisy, there is fear in our hearts, and this fear is often used by sin to make us even more lost. Is the reality in front of me real? The whole film repeatedly makes us doubt overthrow and then doubt overthrow, just like the hero Zhong Jiu, and finally fall into the abyss of despair in the devil's trap in panic and fear.
2. The dialogue between the woman in white and Zhong Jiu in the dark-why the victim is the victim
Zhong Jiu asked Bai Yi Wuming: Why me? The white-clothed woman gave an obviously wrong answer: "Your daughter's father suspected others and wanted to kill, but in the end he killed it.": Because you wanted to harm others and did what you wanted to harm. But this cause and effect is obviously wrong, as Zhong Jiu said, "Not at all! They hurt my daughter first!" This is exactly what the director asked: the devil uses bait to seduce, it is my fault that I did something wrong, then the devil The bait of choice, what did Hyojin do wrong? If a person becomes a victim without a reason and is eliminated, if there is no clear reason for the disappearance of existence, is there a reason for existence? If there is no reason for our existence, is there a reason for the Lord's existence? If the demons are allowed to test us, and the stupidity and fear of human beings doomed us to fail, what is the point of the trial? Then how to judge the Lord's good and evil?
[Zhong Jiu]-The human tragedy fished by the devil
The devil is trying, filial piety is really bait, and Zhong Jiu was caught in the end. Zhong Jiu, a father and a human, used 2 hours and 30 minutes to prove that he couldn't do better within these two limitations. This is the greatest sadness: human fear and attachment to concrete life make us face the devil's trial and doomed to failure. In the face of saving a girl, the god of jumping is the daughter of death (Huang Taixian is a fellow of the devil, so it is not to save the filial piety). If you don’t dance, your daughter will die. If you kill the Japanese, your daughter will die. If you don’t kill, your daughter will die. Xiao is really a bait, she is doomed to not be saved. The object of the trial is Zhong Jiu, when the devil asks his father through Xiaozhen's mouth: What is important? Actually asking: What is important? Belief in God? Or the attachment to the daughter? Zhong Jiu couldn't answer. The Lord hopes that we will firmly believe in the faith in the face of the devil's use of the temptation of the dearest relatives, but mankind instead asks the meaning of the Lord’s existence, the meaning of trials, and the meaning of faith? In Zhong Jiu's last mind, what he couldn't let go of was the happy past with his daughter. In his heart, these are far more important than loyalty to the Lord and attachment to the right. This is the limitation of human beings.
Before or after the three roosters, the difference is that Zhong Jiu denied the master. It is not whether he saved him or not, whether he returned to Xiaozhen or not, whether he returned to Xiaozhen or not. If Zhong didn't go back for a long time, he recognized the Lord and saw through the trial. Even if his family was destroyed, he knew that this was the Lord's test of his loyalty, and he could still find strength and peace. On the contrary, he failed, lost his faith, and his world is only left with doubts and pains. "Cry" is exactly this theme. (The story here is that the Lord of Job in the Bible allows Satan to test Job's loyalty and take away his cattle and sheep, kill his children and Peter deny Jesus three times. Just go to the brain to know what I'm talking about.) The
director said " Zhong Jiu is a survivor. Compared with people who have died, people who have survived are of course more painful. I hope the movie can convey a message to them: I have seen your hard work, despite the result, we have been in the past. I have seen your contribution for 2 hours and 30 minutes. It is not your fault, you are right."
[The nameless woman in white]-the Lord’s apostle, or a helpless female ghost
The role of Wuming in this is the most difficult to determine. In the words of the director: "I think that the existence of human beings and the existence of gods are very closely related, so I want to ask God, for example, oh God, your good and evil are being questioned, and the reason for your existence is Being suspicious, I think you should stand up to prove your existence and explain these events. I think Qian Yuxi’s role is such a questioner.” So I also guessed from this starting point.
First sort out the known:
1. This woman has always been opposed to the devil. From the beginning of telling Zhong Jiu in a dream that she saw it, to the later dialogue with Zhong Jiu in the dark, she has always been the opposite of the devil. In the mountains and forests, the Japanese appeared to chase her several times (it was more certain that the Japanese chased her, because there was a lens of her looking back), and what they felt was the devil chasing her, or the arrest.
2. The attention, enlightenment, and admonition to Zhong Jiu, but not holding his hand to change his fate. From telling Zhong Jiu at the scene of the fire in his dream, to watching Zhong Jiu pushing the Japanese down the mountain from the cliff, and finally to the conversation in the dark, holding his hand and letting him keep three roosters.
3. Wuming's compassion for life. Anonymity can hurt Nikko. She also knows that Nikko is a servant to help the devil, but for him, it is just driving away.
4. Wuming responded to Zhong Jiu’s “Why are we?” wrong answer: “Your daughter’s father suspected others and wanted to kill, but he killed it.” This logic is wrong, and this is also the case. There are some dead people with her. The objects made Zhong Jiu, who was already a little convinced, finally abandoned Wuming and rushed home. Why is it an obviously wrong answer? And this answer stimulated Zhong Jiu in a certain sense.
Anonymous can be a god or an apostle of the Lord, but the problem is:
1. The director explained that Qian Yuxi played Wuming is a person who asks questions and hopes that the Lord will stand up to prove the Lord's existence and good and evil. So why are you still an apostle of God?
2. If it is the apostle of God, telling Zhong Jiu that you did not resist the temptation of the devil and committing a crime. This kind of explanation stimulates Zhong Jiu and makes him even less believe in her existence as a kindness. Isn't it a counterproductive effect?
3. If you have read the book of Job, you will know that Satan challenged God to test Job to prove that human beings do not believe in faith, and this trial was approved by God... (I am also drunk). This shows that God's first emphasis is not on human happiness but loyalty.
In my heart, Wuming is a good female ghost.
1. As a person once, I have an innate pity for life;
2. After all, ghosts are changed by humans, and the uniform is human sunlight, but it is only interference to the devil, and it is incapable of beheading the evil devil.
3. For those who are still alive, it is to enlighten, to enlighten, to persuade, perhaps because Wuming saw too many souls lost in the trial (the objects of the three former victims around her), she wants to make humans realize the existence of the devil . But Suffering herself is also a female ghost. She is not a messenger of God and cannot show God's metaphors, so there is always no strong argument to convince people that she is good, and she always fails on the road to saving people. (If it is an archangel, it should be able to stop the devil, and this village will not have such a series of tragedies)
4. The most important point: the question of why the victim is the victim. She did not answer correctly, precisely because she was not a god. She has the same myth as human beings. If human beings do not resist the test and bite the devil's bait and suffer, it can't explain why we care about it, will be used as a sacrifice for the devil to test loyalty at will. This is also the deepest question in this movie.
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