Ghosts and extreme sadness in people's hearts

Paxton 2022-04-19 09:02:48

There are many sayings in China that refer to ghosts in the heart, such as "do not do bad things, don't be afraid of ghosts knocking on the door", "suspiciousness gives birth to dark ghosts" and so on. These "ghosts" refer to another or other selves that are similar to the second personality or even the third, fourth or even more personalities generated by people because of violent, fear, greed and other desires. This kind of thing has always been comprehensible and unspeakable, until To Qifeng and Wei Jiahui filmed "The Detective".

The biggest highlight of "Detective" is to concretize and visualize the ghosts in people's hearts, and starting from the crime theme that Galaxy Imaging is best at, it shows a bizarre world. The group portrait in the mirror in the last scene is It is an extreme embodiment of this. The girl who seems to be quiet and quiet has the shadow of vanity and selfishness in her heart, but the old man who appears to be kind on the surface is a savage bastard, and the shrewd and capable detective is just a cowardly little boy when he encounters a problem, and his heart is complicated. For example, Gao Zhiwei actually has seven different types of self in his heart. At different times, different ghosts will dominate our thinking and actions. However, there are too many ghosts, and there are times when our opinions are not unified. This is when our hearts are contradictory and the heaven and man are at war. People always say that man is both an angel and a devil, which shows that human nature is complex. But no matter how complicated it is, there are rules to follow. At least one thing is that when faced with interests, the selfish and evil side is more likely to prevail. When Gao Zhiwei found out that his gun was missing, his colleague Wang Guozhu's voice would have a negative impact on him, so the violent ghost killed him; when He Jiaan saw that all the parties involved in Wang Guozhu's disappearance were dead, the cowardly boy was behind him. A ruthless ghost appeared.

We always complain that we can't see through others, so Chen Jiabin, who can see the ghosts in people's hearts, is more fortunate or unfortunate than us? The film tells us that it is very unfortunate. I can't tell which one can only be seen by me and which one can be seen by everyone, so that others think it's crazy, and I think the ghost in my heart is my wife who has been with me all the time, and this is the next thing. What's more important is that when you see those ghosts, you can see the innermost ugliness of people. If you don't die from fear, you will die from extreme sadness - Chen Jiabin's final death is not entirely because of being shot in the body, but also because of this. Sadness and despair. I am a pessimist. I believe that human nature is inherently evil, and I am not afraid to speculate on people's psychology with the greatest malice in everything. But it is one thing to think so, but another to see it. It is also very uncomfortable to look at people wearing masks all day long, but the lesser of two evils, I would rather look at the mask than look at the ghost in my heart.

ps was reminded that all the ghosts in the film, at least the ghosts in charge, were women. Different people will have different views, and my view is that this is the view expressed by To Qifeng and Wei Jiahui on women. Maybe they think that women are more intuitive, more calm, and maybe more cruel.

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Mad Detective quotes

  • Inspector Bun: I can see a person's inner personality.

  • Ho Ka-on: [to Bun] Whenever I get stuck, I'll imagine how you'd crack it.