The genre of the film belongs to the animated musical comedy. The business of a shop reveals the social phenomenon of many people in France or the world committing suicide due to various reasons in life. It also conveys the idea of cherishing life from the perspective of Allen. This reminds me of a Japanese film "Cycle Suicide". The film spent most of its time describing people's dissatisfaction with life, so they committed suicide in various ways. Finally, everyone realized the importance of life and everything was restored. usually.
Except for the opening song in "Suicide Store", there are a total of 9 songs and dances in the film, some are cheerful, some sad, and some mixed with joy and sorrow. Most of the song and dance scenes in this film run through the city, giving people a kind of Except for Allen and a few of his classmates, the whole city was filled with a psychological shock of despair. However, why people are committing suicide one after another may be a social reflection of the predicament that the economic crisis has brought to people's lives.
As a digression, I checked the information. The male shopkeeper Mishima in the film should be referring to Yukio Mishima, a contemporary Japanese novelist who committed suicide, and the hostess Lucreth represents Lucreti, the suicide girl who caused the demise of the Roman monarchy. Ya, too, daughter Marilyn and eldest son Vincent should also represent two people who died by suicide - Marilyn Monroe and Vincent van Gogh.
Animated musicals, the purpose of animation should be to be watched by children, which also explains the reason why the film is adapted from the tragic ending of the original work. Of course, there are also comedy elements.
Musical films also have shortcomings, which can also be reflected in this film: the song and dance clips and lyric dialogue are too long, easy to make people tired, and the rhythm of the film is too slow. The nine sings in "Suicide Shop" make the film seem protracted and cumbersome.
Musical films usually have four elements: stage, star dream, personal pursuit and realization of personal value, happy ending, and utopian life. Although there is no star dream in the film, the protagonist Alan has a wish that everyone can return to a normal and happy life. In the finale, everyone opened a crepe shop, and food saves lives, which also reflects the romance and a potential utopian yearning in the French. The film can also be considered to follow the routine of traditional musicals, and finally ends with a beautiful flower and a full moon.
In terms of singing and dancing, musical films generally require at least three or more song and dance scenes, and the ending scene is particularly grand, and the song and dance and lyricism go hand in hand and blend with each other.
The film promotes the theme of cherishing life to people in the form of a combination of song and dance stories. Although the song and dance are interesting, the change of thinking at the end still makes people feel a little sudden.
Generally speaking, in genre films, the overall atmosphere of musicals is relatively relaxed, even if the film has some gothic and dark style, it will end in a happy ending. is the child. However, it is precisely because of this that the over-exaggeration of singing and dancing makes the whole film hurried and slightly embarrassing.
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