Lonely, empty, helpless...
Another film by Hirokazu Koreeda. Just like the first time I watched his movie "The Thief Family" some time ago, after watching it, I was in a panic. Although I have only seen two films by Hirokazu Koreeda, I seem to think that he prefers to use silent blanks to show some deep topics in life that are not easily discussed. Such a film needs to be watched quietly by one person, and it is also necessary to cooperate with a different mentality to appreciate his film. The mood is not in line with what the film expresses, so when I finished watching "Air Doll", I gave it three stars.
A humanoid inflatable doll, a substitute for human sexuality. I once read an absurd news that someone took the inflatable doll as a real human being, helped her buy all kinds of clothes, took her to eat and go shopping... At that time, I just thought that this person was a psychopath. But what is a real human being? As the original owner of Xiaowang said in the film, human beings are too troublesome, and he would rather Xiaowang not have a "heart". The reason he "liked" her was because she wasn't as complicated as a human being. A middle-aged man who still can't do a good job as a waiter, a dying old man sitting in an empty park unnoticed, a woman who is getting older and worried about being replaced by a young woman, overeating at home and not eating the food delivered at home The boy from Apple, watching the maid "masturbating" the otaku... In the film, through Xiao Wang's perspective, he saw many people who were also alive and had "heart", but like her, their bodies were empty.
The old man said: People with cold hands usually have a warm heart. He actually wanted to say that although Xiao Wang's hands were cold, at least she could warm people's hearts more than many warm-hearted people.
Why do you feel so nervous after watching the movie?
Probably seeing everyone's empty face.
He probably saw the owner of the video store raping Xiaowang in a threatening tone.
He probably saw Xiaowang take out his lower body to clean himself after this.
Probably saw Chun Yi release Xiao Wang's air again and again and then input his own air.
He probably saw Xiao Wang slit Chunyi's belly and wanted to give him his anger.
Probably saw Junichi finally die of blood loss and put it in a garbage bag. Probably saw Xiao Wang finally pretending to be a mindless doll and dumping it in the garbage in despair.
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There are too many silent scenes in the film, leaving us room to think and imagine. My heart is stuck because sometimes people like us may feel that there are too many such poor people in reality. In fact, no matter who it is or what it is, what we long for in our hearts is simple companionship, it doesn't matter who is the substitute. In real life, we are not as desperate as in the movies, probably because we have found someone to accompany us.
Companionship virtually reduces the loneliness, emptiness and helplessness in life.
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