The picture is bigger than the story, and too much bigger

Kathryne 2022-04-19 09:02:50

The picture is bigger than the story, and much bigger than that.

We shouldn't look at it as a plot cartoon, although it has "suicide trafficking", such a core full of curiosity, death, and gothic atmosphere, through the birth of a natural laughing, and always optimistic Boy, everything is cola. With smiles, music, sexual pleasure, friendship, family, and teamwork, I can feel happiness and positive energy as long as I mention them. It drives away the negative energy of the family business, and finally turns the suicide store into a Became a crepe specialty store. But fortunately, if suicide is regarded as a yearning for freedom, then it is inevitable that even if the world becomes better, there will occasionally be one or two people who have the right to pursue death. At the end, Mr. Mishima still secretly believes that these people have the power Providing supplies to those who choose to commit suicide is also a kind of speculative remedy. Without this behavior, the whole film has really become a main theme promotional film.

But just to see its art, it's amazing! The style is very distinct, the design of each character is full of the same gothic beauty, the dazzling array of suicide supplies, the imaginative montage technique, the grinning boy with 6 tufts of hair on his head... The art students love it so much they can't stop it. It is because of these expressive lines, colors, style of painting and film vocabulary.

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The Suicide Shop quotes

  • Lucrèce Tuvache: You can give death to yourself but death itself is not free.

  • Lucrèce Tuvache: Life is appalling. But we must fight.