The self-destructive nature of desire (this is not a film review)

Talon 2022-01-05 08:02:06

This is not a movie, it's a personal impression


If you see the cast of this movie first, and then look at the rating, you will be curious about what power is it that made this group of awesome actors make a bad movie. This movie has a rating of only 5.7, but it has Adam Driver, Bill Murray, Tilda Swinton, and Steve Buscemi starring in this movie. If there is only one big actor in a bad movie, it is quite normal. But this one is very curious. The reason may be director Jia Muxu, this is a strange director.

Although this film is a zombie film, it is obviously full of black humor. To make a long story short, I personally understand that the director compares humans to zombies in the movie, because the loss of soul, greed and intemperance will inevitably bring about the end of the world. Driven by the commercial society, the desire for expansion is endless and insatiable. Finally swallowed myself.

They have become zombies, they are looking for wireless, and they are also pursuing fashion. And the last few lines of the movie are the core.

"Zombie, a lingering materialist"

"They came back from the dead, and out of control like ants"

"It seems that these ghosts have lost their souls. They must have bought him and exchanged them for gold, new cars, new clothes, new game consoles, etc., they will only be greedy for more things."

And the last line is "what a sick world". This is Jamusch’s worldview.

It is a tradition for independent films to laugh at business society. In the case of many independent directors, the booming commercial society will eventually lead to the "final judgment" of human beings. Different people have different opinions in this regard, and I don't want to discuss this issue here. But I personally believe that in the face of an unstoppable business society, groups cannot escape, but individuals can still try to keep their distance. This is a kind of freedom.

Jia Muxu’s films are all low-cost films, but what’s interesting is that many top-tier actors have lowered their wages to make films for him. That’s why we saw this small-cost zombie film. There were five or six international first-line actors. In the case of running tricks. Independent movies are still influential~~

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Extended Reading
  • Junius 2022-01-05 08:02:06

    7 points, if you like Jiamuxu's, you will still be satisfied with this work. Because there are still a lot of very familiar elements of Jiamuxu, in addition to Jiamuxu's humorous methods, including samurai, poems, etc., are also familiar settings. The overall feeling is very small, not so ambitious, and it is difficult to win prizes. It's basically a very self and playful little comedy (of course, it's still the way of comedy by Jamusch). His evil taste, his occasional literary accent, and some small ironies.

  • Ike 2022-04-21 09:02:51

    91/365 The story of the movie itself is a bit inexplicable, and it is also very inexplicable after watching it. But this director has an amazing feature that he will come up with some current social issues. Walking out of the cinema is just opposite the Internet celebrity street in Paris, and then his boyfriend said that those girls who go there to take selfies are more or less zombies. I said, "Yeah, if I were a zombie, I would be yelling, 'Cat Cat Cat'." Actually, we're already more or less zombies of many things.

The Dead Don't Die quotes

  • Officer Mindy Morrison: Guys, shouldn't we be telling each other that it's all gonna be okay? That this will all go away, like a bad dream? Ronnie?

    Officer Ronnie Peterson: Gee, Mindy, I'm not sure I can say that.

    Officer Mindy Morrison: Cliff? Please?

    Chief Cliff Robertson: It's all gonna be okay, Mindy. Maybe it'll all just go away, like a bad dream.

    Officer Ronnie Peterson: I doubt it.

  • Farmer Frank Miller: Holy fuck! I killed him! That was weird.