As an independent film, "Oriental" appears to be particularly calm and calm, carefully expressing his not radical views in a slightly cold and calm atmosphere. The lens feel is better than ordinary commercial films, and there are some good-quality handheld photography and empty lenses. The subject matter is more rare than ordinary commercial films, focusing on a group of eco-terrorists known as the "Eastern", that is, radical environmentalists.
The government agent played by Ma Ling was ordered to sneak into the East, just like an old-fashioned undercover story. Then, she will inevitably produce some mental changes. This is also a common plot model that has almost become a paradigm.
The film is defined as a "thriller" type. The so-called horror stems from the pollution and destruction of contemporary chemical and pharmaceutical companies on the one hand, and on the other hand from the protest actions taken by the radical environmental protection organization "Dongfang". Finally, use the transformation of the protagonist to make the last slightly ambitious rendering of this horror.
Generally speaking, the film is slightly disappointing, and it looks very satisfactory. But on the other hand, it did arouse the audience's thinking about environmental protection and radical environmentalism, which is quite meaningful.
The goddess Ma Ling is always so cold and frosty, as if she has never had a trace of attachment to this world. The film gave her countless close-up shots, her profile, her front, she stood under the light, she stood in the wild woods, she stared at herself in the mirror... She was always close to the people around her. .
"Another Earth", another drama by Ma Ling, is also in this atmosphere. The two film directors are not the same person, but they are very close in temperament. One can't help but suspect that she is actually the controller of her own movie. Is the director obsessed with her? What insight can we get from that frosty sign face?
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