The first thing I learned was to read a book called A Collection of Pioneer Writers, in which there was an article written by Hu Maje, which mentioned the famous "Desire Express" which won the Cannes Jury Prize. It was once hailed as the dirtiest movie.
In fact, this film is more shocking than just watching the introduction. It’s not that the picture is impactful, but the profound meaning contained in it can make you think deeply. So, you can watch the film and end it. Time to fall into endless thinking and silence.
Okay, let's talk about the general storyline first. (PS: Thinking of what Mr. Zhuang said, when summing up the story, I felt a tremor in the depths of the soul, shaking straight to the surface of the skin, trying to break free. I call it goosebumps.)
If a person is susceptible to everything Is it sad to lose interest, or if there is nothing that can awaken the latent desire in the body?
James and Catherine were like this, tired of everything around them, they even exchanged sexual experiences to find pleasure. For example, at the beginning of the film, Catherine and the aircraft instructor are in the private hangar ML, and James and the photographer are in the studio ML. Their expressions are as indifferent and indifferent as ED patients. Maybe this is the crux of most people. Sex is a very important part. When you gradually lose the excitement and pleasure of sex, you will not be interested in anything.
Because of a crash, James accidentally came into contact with this BT crash club.
In the same place, to restore a previous classic crash, and without the slightest safety measures, death can be done at any time. I have to admit that the organizer called Hua Han is very mindful, or absolutely imaginative and quirky. He was very keen on the collisions and the scars that followed. People in the club would have crazy behaviors of one kind or another, which is often unimaginable by ordinary people.
So, he, she, and them started this crazy journey. After losing all interest in the present world, the excitement brought about by a steering crash, collisions, scars, blood, sexual abuse, and even death. Everyone is eager to confront the collision, full of sexual interest, which drives out all the emptiness and helplessness, it is like traversing layers of obstacles and finding spiritual sustenance.
Everyone in the film has a strong obsession with scars after a car crash, which can even arouse their sexual desire. Often when kissing, the first thing they touch is the ugly and curved scars. On the back seat of the car, James and Karen, as well as Huahan and Kaflin, as well as James and Garbo, all have crazy sex in the car, and then have an unprecedented sexual experience.
There are extremely deep and weird music throughout the film. Most of them are an endless loop of tunes. They use only one instrument, or a guitar or a cello. The sound of these two instruments is a good interpretation of the film. The meaning of expression, and it will be more profound.
After watching the film, I can't help thinking, what is it that makes such a person's state? This emptiness will spread and expand indefinitely in the city. The automobile is the product of civilization progress and science and technology. Its appearance has undoubtedly greatly facilitated people's lives, improved the quality of life, and pulled people away. But on the other hand, it brings threats and harm all the time. Just like Hua Han, what he did was just to prove one thing: we are closely related to one thing, modern technology transforms the human body.
Having said that, we should talk about one person: Hua Han.
Crazy enough, advanced enough, psychopathic enough, enough to make you dumbfounded and scornful. It's such a lunatic who has formed a crash club to show people (restore) wonderful crashes one by one. He is also a fan of scarism. Those crooked and ugly scars are fatal to him. Of course, they have something to do with sex.
In a fairly smooth conversation, he said: James, what you see is the trend of the future, what you see is unprecedented, a benign and special psychological phenomenon. For example, a car crash, the meaning of a car crash is to give birth, not to destroy. A car crash is a kind of sexual liberation, and the deceased’s sexual desire is unparalleled in the short time before death.
This can be regarded as a point of writing. The director has expressed the central idea very well through these words, and it is quite timely and critical. It is boring in the clouds and fog that people will not see. Then you can be sure that this Hua Han is the so-called soul figure in the film.
In order to experience the so-called pleasure before death, Hua Han finished his performance time and time again. From another perspective, he is indeed a genius, a genius who is not understood but alone. He has long understood everything about some things, but is not accepted by the world, but he took the trouble to stage this one-man show, so when he met James, he found a catharsis, it is rare to meet such a person, and he has a sense of his performance. interest. The same is to find that kind of stimulating sexual desire. Of course, two people will quickly get acquainted with each other, how to say that, things are gathered in groups, and beasts are divided in groups.
The modern technology's transformation of the human body can be called a very classic. Scars, scars on the legs, face, and the whole body are all strong hints of sexual desire. Just staring at those scars can also make Hua Han reach it. climax. Quite weird, at least I think. James drove the car, and Hua Han madly messed with women in the back seat of the car, such as the prostitute, the car driving on the highway, the wind that whizzed by, the same weird music, the eyes that James wandered from time to time, and Hua Han was very The abstract technique of making love, or that is not making love, just sexual abuse.
Another scene is in the car wash room. It was also in the back seat of the car. This time, Hua Han was engaged with James and his wife Catherine. Sure enough, when a person reaches a certain state, he loses the so-called virtual concepts of ethics and morality. There is only sexual desire and only the pleasure of crashing. After the camera turned, on that extremely sexy bed, Catherine was lying there, covered in scars. James was by the side and kissing her softly. Perhaps it could be understood as a kind of comfort? Then, the camera paused for a long time, and Catherine shed tears. Seeing this, I feel uncomfortable in my heart, let alone this woman with scars?
Finally, there is a tattoo of James and Hua Han's prophecy. Of course, there are also their very ambiguous ML.
If Huahan still exists, the plot in the future will definitely be difficult to arrange, so he naturally died. Flew down from a height, and then ended his most perfect performance.
This kind of fringe film contains things that are more thought-provoking, just like the "Fight Club" with almost the same theme, the fight in it is the same as the crash in this film. Geniuses have a bit of split personality, madness, and weird behaviors that make the scalp numb. Get used to the inspirational, miserable, or finale in ordinary movies, and that kind of direct narcosis is becoming less and less. Movies are often like this. It will give you despair, but in the end it will give you hope.
Some secular films like this kind of theme about the deep exploration of human nature will be guided in the film, and then the judges will follow this line of thinking to understand the deep meaning conveyed by the director or screenwriter. But in this film, the director seemed to put the whole movie there like a ruffian. I made it like this. You can think whatever you want. He has never tried to guide him, which is better.
Well, I admit that people should be happy while they are alive. This is not only the secular spirit of China, but also the secular spirit of all mankind. So, don't put those hard hatred and artistic topics in front of me and make me think about it. I think it's an eye. Why do you want to think about so many illusory things when you are living well?
Most people don't like to watch or admit this kind of film. Although it has a good response, "Desire Express" only won a jury award.
I still suggest you to watch that film, it's really good, if you are a thinker.
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