In 1997, the Asian financial crisis caused the four Asian tigers to sink three times in one breath, and only survived the blasting Taiwan Island. After the 1990s, South Korea, with its rapid economic growth, was completely depressed by the old guy Soros. The won is less like money than before. Of course, Koreans are many times happier than Thailand. Japan, which is separated by a strip of water on the Korean Peninsula, could not be spared. What is interesting is that Japan began to experience the serious effects of the bubble economy before that. The so-called lice are too much to bite, and a financial crisis really cannot ruin Japan. Where did it go?
Before 1997, only Japan was the most frequently filmed film on economic collapse in Asia. After the Asian financial crisis, as one of the worst-affected countries, South Korea also began to blend in. The people of the two countries complement each other, comparing who lives the poorest, the economy is the most declining, and the soul is the most fragile. On the other hand, people who dare to face their own scars are brave people. They are never worried about exposing their weaknesses to others. They look for the crux of the problem through self-abuse and self-interrogation, in order to achieve a vigilant effect. On the contrary, we don’t call unemployment called “lay-off”, and we deceive the common people by changing the soup and not changing the medicine all the time. Almost all the movies and TV dramas we shoot are moving and inspirational themes that are laid off before starting a business. This is a model drama in the new century. It's that his mother's disconnection from society is not really a big Peking Opera (in the past two years, "July of the Car Watcher" is still considered reliable, and even Feng Gong's films have begun to be stunned).
Don't go too far on the topic, let's return to the topic.
"I Want Revenge" is a cruel and desperate story set against the background of the Great Depression. As the first part of Park Chan Wook's "Vengeance Trilogy", "I Want Revenge" sets a clear tone for this series. It cannot be born for beauty from the beginning. All the images that you can tolerate or dislike are presented one by one through film. If "Old Boy" at least balances the audience's appreciation in terms of rhythm and narrative, then "I Want Revenge" does not intend to compromise with the public at all. Its images are not as refined as those of latecomers, although the colors are gorgeous and exquisite, but the feeling of coldness far exceeds the latter. At the same time, although its editing and arrangement are not as coherent and smooth as "Old Boy", it derives an irresistible sense of brutality and oppression, which makes people feel like a throat. Therefore, it is a completely B-grade film, which is completely insulated from commercial elements in essence.
The characters in the film are all destiny's playthings. They can only walk numbly with the guidance of the creation, but they are blocked at the pass, and they are unsustainable. The deaf-mute young man was willing to donate his kidneys in order to treat his sister's illness, but his sister's did not match his own. After being unemployed, he took 10 million yuan in comfort money and planned to exchange one of his kidneys for a kidney that matched his sister. However, he was deceived by the underworld people and lost both kidney and wealth. Finally, the hospital informed him that a suitable kidney had been found, but he had no money, so he had to take a risk and kidnapped the former director’s daughter with his girlfriend. As soon as the money was handed over, the sister who knew it committed suicide. Because of her deafness, the girl who fell into the water eventually drowned. The grieving father vowed revenge and killed all the lovers, and he was stabbed to death by the river by the mysterious group of four.
All the important characters in the film are ultimately unable to escape the fate of death. They are by no means passive, but are strangled by fate after they have rushed to the left and cannot find their way. The sick sister didn't want to survive, she chose to exterminate herself only because she realized how much harm her sickness would bring to her younger brother. The younger brother just wanted to cure his sister's illness. His kidnapping was also a helpless act forced by this society. If he is not fired, and if the money is not cheated, then there will be no subsequent series of bloody stories. His kidnapping was extremely gentle, like inviting a little girl to play at home. They only wanted money, money to save lives, but in the end the money was useless. The father played by Song Kanghao is a typical Japanese and Korean professional man. They started from the bottom, and they have achieved today's achievements through hard work, but they have lost love because of this. When you have love, you want wealth, and when you get wealth, you don't have love. This is the deep sorrow of many so-called successful people. The death of the most beloved daughter turned his kind father into a devil. He cried bitterly when facing his daughter’s body anatomy, but he was so numb and yawned when facing other people’s body anatomy. This cruel black humor deeply reveals the father’s soul. The metamorphosis. The animality of human beings is only stimulated at the juncture of poverty, and courtesy, justice, and shame are the discarded items of the barbaric world. As he said when he killed deaf-mute youths, "I know you are a good person, but I have to kill you." Why do I have to? Assuming that fate can be simply blamed as previously stated, then we can make a reasonable explanation for the tragedy of each day. But is fate absolute?
While watching "I Want Revenge", I always think of Yu Hua's novel "Alive". After reading it, I felt like I was kicked in the chest. I kept chanting, "All are dead, grandma's are all dead." Later, when someone tells me that I don’t want to live anymore, I recommend "Alive" to Ya, saying that you want to feel worse than wealth. If I support you to die with both hands. To this day, no one has seen anyone hang their necks. This is a bit far-flung. I want to say that "Alive" explained to us the helplessness and cruelty of fate in a very extreme way. All the people in it are like old scalpers being led by the nose, letting the creation pull them. From birth to death, it cannot be pushed back. Everyone doesn't care about redemption. In the eyes of creation, human lives are as humble as ants, and they die with a slight twist. The sense of powerlessness conveyed by the novel makes human beings who claim to be the spirit of all things sweat fiercely. Are you not bullies? See how small and mean one's death is.
Jiazhen, Erxi, Fengxia, Kugen, Chunsheng...These people have never resisted and died. They are just the representatives of the most common group in this big country, and their destiny has an absolute advantage in front of them. Almost all of the characters in "I Want Revenge" want to fight fate. For this, they can transform from a loving father to a devil, from an honest youth to a perverted murderer, but the final outcome is the same. No, the revenge was even worse. In this primitive war that has degenerated into beasts for survival, humanity and beastness are all gone before death. The mentality of trying to fight is like the grandson monkey who wants to jump out of the palm of the Tathagata, and only after triumphantly discover that the fate is still the greatest. Winner.
Seeing too many films of this kind, it feels really boring to be alive.
From "I Want Revenge", the shadow of "Old Boy" can be vaguely seen. Abdomen cutting, drowning, neck cutting, headshots, broken feet, various visual moments appeared one after another, which clearly corresponded to the cruel feasts such as breaking teeth and tongue cutting in "Old Boy". The special effects are extremely realistic, directly challenging the audience's ability to withstand it. At the same time, "I Want Revenge" also implies the very public incest plot in "Old Boy". Although the relationship between the deaf-mute boy and his elder sister is very purely explained, the director has ulterior motives to use three sets of shots to allude to the incompetence between the elder and brother. In the opening movie, the younger brother ordered a song for the sister. If it can be simply understood as the siblings helping each other and respecting and loving each other, then listening to the scene of neighbors having sex later clearly provokes the ethical relationship between the siblings. There is also the scene where the younger brother wipes the body of the older sister, a kind of ambiguous sentiment is naturally expressed. Therefore, the ambiguous relationship between the deaf-mute youth and his sister can be said to be the predecessor of Li Zhen'er and Li Youzhen. Park Chan Wook was smart to hide the former's ambiguity to a minimum (to balance the ambiguity with the girlfriend of the deaf-mute young man), thus winning them the utmost sympathy. The extremely frank narrative of the incestuous relationship between Li Jiner and Li Youzhen relied on the solid plot arrangement, which did not make this unethical love arouse public disgust. The clever Park Chan Wook told the two smartest stories. As for whether Song Kanghao and his daughter are the predecessors of Wu Daxiu and his daughter? I don't want to go on nonsense, anyway, you think it is, if it is not, I will stop here, and I will not comment.
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