With cramped streets, crowded traffic, and messy tall buildings, the film presents a gray world full of despair. "Suicide Shop" is a multi-element genre film that combines comedy, song and dance, animation, and plot. It mainly tells a story about a family business that sells suicide tools.
First of all, let’s look at the narrative style of the film. The overall development of the story is in line with a narrative routine. The beginning – the general environment and the introduction of the suicide store, the development – the death of the suicide, the daily life of the family in the store, the turning point – and no The smiling family is completely different. The birth of the positive and optimistic Allen, the father is about to collapse, the climax - Allen's music car and suspended animation, the explosion of contradictions, the ending - it seems to be a family rejoicing, the family is happy, through a sequence of events. Narrative means show the big story.
At the same time, some highly metaphorical images are also used in the film, such as a church in traffic, which is oppressed by a gray building as a symbol of faith, the bells are drowned out by the sound of horns, and the skeleton wind chimes hanging at the door finally change Became a shell, the hat-wearing suicide man visited the store four times, tried to buy pure cyanide and couldn't commit suicide, and stole the rope (should happen to be the one that Allen crossed, and in the end, although it was broken, the hat-wearing man Still dead, suggestive) not dead either, went to the "returned" father to get a cyanide crepe to commit suicide, and the hat at the end of the film is a suspense.
As a genre movie, I have to talk about a few of the main characters, the father - a typical gothic style, it is easy to think of the characters in "Sweeney Todd" and "Zombie Bride", heavy dark circles, exaggerated He has a sluggish body language and facial expressions, has a very gloomy and beautiful visual impact, and has a small habit of adjusting his tie. He has become mentally weak while selling suicide products, and even his son has become a subconscious devil. He recommends suicide products, especially The exaggerated and funny movements of the Japanese saber, and his name "Mishima", it is hard not to think of Yukio Mishima, who committed suicide by cutting his belly. He is a figure with political innuendo, and his mother - delicate makeup can't hide it Tired, thinks life is terrible, but must continue, and finally found the beauty of life under the infection of Allen, a "brave" image who breaks down the evil black forces to gain light and hope, sister - an inferiority punk girl who is afraid of others saying she is beautiful , and finally gained love, the elder brother - a melancholy painter like Van Gogh, but more depressed and dejected, addicted to sharpening the wrist knife, the younger brother - thinks the world is beautiful, positive, optimistic and cheerful, as if saving this dark world, a righteous figure , the incarnation of the "hero". In terms of characterization, everyone in the film is very personalized, and even the suicide items chosen by each suicide are different. For example, the lady chooses poison like perfume, and the old local tyrant chooses poison takeaway.
The use of singing and dancing elements in the film is also a highlight, such as the solo singing in the psychological monologue between the suicide and the boss, the Indian dance music full of sexual fantasies by my sister, and the opera when introducing the suicide store, which is full of the romance and exoticism of French opera.
As a comedy, the whole film is a typical black humor theme, like a Gothic fairy tale, with the bad taste of death, through some funny plots to magnify the ugly, funny, twisted and absurd of the surrounding world and self. , which expresses tragedy with comedy and satirizes suicide.
As an animated film, the film expresses a morbid state of society through a humorous and innocent perspective. The original book of the film was written after World War II, when the economic crisis had a huge impact on the society, and problems such as post-war restoration caused human stress drama. The suicide rate was extremely high, and the "Black Friday" incident at that time was also thought-provoking. The film was shot at the beginning of the 21st century. With the growth of modern civilization, social pressure has also begun to rise, and modern people are also faced with the problem of "survival or destruction". In fact, just like the world in Allen's pen, the world itself is colorful. The repression and distortion of the mind have blinded our eyes. In fact, no matter what happens, we can live. In essence, it is the charm of destiny. It is necessary to cherish life and live optimistically.
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