In the French alley full of gray and black Gothic, there is an alternative candy-colored shop, which is incompatible with the painting style of the whole city, and this small shop specialises in selling suicide paraphernalia, and it has been passed down for 10 generations. The family business, until Allen was born, the business of the small shop has changed. Aaron is a child who is born to laugh. In this family that has not been able to laugh for 10 generations, he is considered an alternative. With the help of his friends, Aaron successfully destroyed everything in the suicide store. However, things took an unexpected turn. Sister Marilyn fell in love with a young customer at first sight. The young customer would make crepes, so the Suicide specialty store also turned into a crepe shop. , Alan's dad (Yukio Mishima) secretly sells cyanide-laced crepes. Crepe is not just a crepe in French, it has another meaning: black veil at a funeral. First of all, this is a typical song and dance film full of black humor. The title song at the beginning of the film is called "Happy Time". A very cheerful song has a strong contrast and irony with Tim Burton's style.
The gray-black city that appeared at the beginning of the film, the gloomy weather, the lack of lights in the city's buildings, and the desolation all clearly reflect the tone of the film.
1. Graphical visual image Typical Gothic style, tall gray buildings, gray-black sky, and the characters are also full of Gothic styles, pale faces, dark eye circles, black lips, and numb expressions , One by one, they were so decadent that they burst, and at a glance, it could be seen that these people were full of despair about life and could only embark on the road of suicide. The mice that appear in the film are big, red-eyed, singing, swarming, typical creatures that often appear in European and American thriller comedies.
2. Stereotyped characters It is not difficult to see through the characters in the suicide store Yukio Mishima committed suicide, died for his faith), brother Vincent (Vincent van Gogh committed suicide, died for loneliness), sister Marilyn (Marilyn Monroe committed suicide) sister in the film Marilyn has always wanted to commit suicide. She thinks that she does not need to inherit the family business, so she can commit suicide. All the characters seem to be unable to escape the fate of suicide. People want to commit suicide, and pigeons also want to commit suicide.
3. The formulaic plot
The whole city is shrouded in the shadow of death. As a person who can laugh by nature, Allen is considered an alternative in the family. Therefore, with the help of his friends, he destroys the suicide store and enlightens his sister Marilyn who wants to commit suicide. Saved the man who was about to jump into the river, and finally changed his father Mishima's stubborn thoughts with suspended animation, and changed the suicide shop into a crepe shop. Extraordinary, this is the same as most movies, the male protagonist always has something unusual about him, which is extraordinarily unusual in a big environment, and then there is the male protagonist to change the environment. Similar to some: the domineering president will definitely fall in love with the silly white sweet heroine, the school grass will definitely like the heroine who is average in appearance, family background, and loves to fight injustice, Cinderella will definitely meet the prince, and the stepmother must be vicious... In At the beginning of the film, a man tried to commit suicide on the road and was stopped. The old man told him that suicide was illegal, the government did not allow suicide on the road, and those who committed suicide on the road were also ticketed by the police. Government laws stipulate that suicide is not allowed, but more and more people who want to commit suicide may be resisting the government with their actions. Suicide stores operate suicide tools to help people commit suicide, but they have legal licenses. On the one hand, the government seems to be encouraging them. Suicide is just discouraged to die on the road and obstruct social order. Whether it is a suicide store or a crepe store, this small store seems to never be able to get rid of the breath of death. Even if all the dead souls fly out and become peaceful and happy at the end of the film, it is impossible to ignore that Alan's father secretly sold it. Cyanide crepes, suicide kits are still on sale, death is still looming over this seemingly changed shop, the city is still grey and black, only the shop is lit with candy-colored lights, peace and joy are just appearances!
We only care about death, but we don't care much about how to live. In this film, we not only care about death, but also how to die beautifully.
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