The film "Suicide Shop" presents the formulaic plot of genre films with song and dance style and dark humor: the protagonist Alan, in a social environment full of black repression and joy of suicide, through his kindness, justice, With the quality of the world in mind and unremitting efforts, this dark world has finally been changed!
First of all, the protagonist of the film, Aaron, his positive energy image full of sunshine and smile fits the image of the protagonist of all types of films. In a serious society, Aaron is a child who is born to laugh. From the moment he was born It was destined to be extraordinary. And Allen's father is a profiteer with dark circles under his eyes, a mustache on his mouth, a big head and a small body. His mercenary character is also the biggest resistance of Allen in the film. Alan's sister, this beautiful girl who doesn't like to laugh, with big eyes but almost no dark circles, she is the person who cares about her appearance and is forced to go with her because of the environment. In the end, she became Alan's biggest change in society. assistant. It can be seen from the above that the shaping of these typical characters is almost in line with the characters in all types of movies!
In addition to the shaping of the characters, the narrative method of this film is also a conventional linear narrative (except that the dark effect of the film makes it difficult to tell the specific time). Of course, although the whole film uses elements of dark humor, there are also many creepy things, such as: when the father finished the delivery, he met Alan on the road, and the father and son were on their way home together. Laughing and imagining the scene of killing Aaron, the color of this picture in the film is red, suggesting blood and violence to the audience. Of course, this scene also illustrates to the audience that in this social environment where suicide is a routine, a smile is deadly, even in the presence of family members. At the beginning of the film, the other houses on the street are all black, only the Suicide Store is rich gold, showing that it is extraordinarily different. The variety of suicide supplies and the dazzling array of suicide poisons in the suicide store is astounding, and the number 1854 appears in the suicide store not only once, which is thought-provoking. 1854 was the founding year of the French luxury Louis Vuitton, and the Suicide Shop supplies are another "luxury" for those who desire suicide in the film.
The film ends, unmistakably happy, with the dead and the living alike singing a song of hope. "Dreams can come true." People who once lived here dreamed of suicide, but now people dream of a better life. Dying does not solve the fundamental problem, and living is the hope of creating a better life.
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