——Comment on the movie
I especially like a movie "Pan's Labyrinth". This film is interpreted as the history of the Spanish Revolution, and every detail is perfectly matched. It is a little difficult for me to understand. I would like to share with you my personal experience of watching the film.
To really understand the movie, you have to figure out how many labyrinths there are in the movie.
The first reaction of audiences who have seen this movie may say: three seats. Ophelia entered a total of three labyrinths. This is of course true. For the little girl Ophelia, it must be three labyrinths, but for the audience, the director arranged to set up more and larger labyrinths.
Give some background first. The story takes place during World War II. In 1944, Spain was still shrouded in the haze of Franco's fascist dictatorship and civil war. The army searched and massacred Communists and democrats everywhere. Twelve-year-old Ophelia travels north with her pregnant mother, Carmen, to join her stepfather Vidal, who is stationed at the mill. Vidal's real identity is the fascist officer responsible for suppressing and arresting local guerrillas in northern Spain.
The background of the story is the Spanish Civil War and revolutionary resistance. There is no doubt that the general direction of the film is also anti-war and anti-tyranny. The audience It is easy to feel the ubiquitous threat of war in the film, the extreme shortage of food, the widespread famine, and the residents of the small town who receive their necessities with ration cards.
Although the Normandy has landed, it is very difficult for the small country to get such news. They do not know when the war will end. At the same time, the conditions of the rebel army are extremely harsh and harsh. The captain issued ration cards to the residents of the town for the purpose of Keep the walls clear, control the distribution of food, and deny anyone the opportunity to deliver food to the guerrillas in the mountains. Partisan Fletcher's leg injury was so bad that treatment was delayed because he did not have the necessary medical facilities and medical conditions. He had to amputate his leg, and spirits were the only anaesthetic. This is the grim atmosphere of war.
The priest became the captain's guest, and the captain wanted to kill the guerrillas. The priest said hypocritically: "God has saved their souls, and as for what their flesh will suffer, God will not care." Theocracy has become As an accomplice of tyranny, in the war years, the Christian faith has become unreliable. This is also the spiritual environment at that time. In addition to the despair of life, people are also desperate in spirit.
But the background is just the background. Although it is part of the story, war and revolution are just a sideline. What the movie really wants to tell is not revolution, but a tragic and poignant story of human nature.
Now let's talk about how many labyrinths there are in
one. The ubiquitous "three" in movies.
Three is a common number in fairy tales. In this movie, three gems, three elves, three labyrinths, three tasks, three tasks, three tests, corresponding to three qualities, even the singing of the Sleeping Song appeared three times. This "three" has a certain symbolic meaning. What does it mean? This is the real theme of the film, which will be discussed later.
two. The plot about Pan in the movie comes from Ophelia's imagination, which is Ophelia's inner world.
1 While the motorcade was traveling, Carmen, her mother, saw that her daughter was still reading fairy tales and said, "You have grown up, so you shouldn't be full of these nonsense anymore." Then Ophelia discovered the secret kingdom, Stick insects are transformed into elves. Because of her mother's words, Ophelia saw the secret kingdom, the fairy world, only her imagination.
2 Ophelia first entered the labyrinth, and the housekeeper Mercedes said: "It's a labyrinth, but a pile of old stones, and it's been here for a long time. It existed before the mill was built, and you'd better leave it alone. If you go in, you'll get lost."
She grew up in Sri Lanka, and she knew it well, and she knew that the so-called labyrinth was just a pile of old stones that had been here for a long time. This line reminds the audience that what happens in this labyrinth is nothing but Ophelia's imagination.
3 The mother is bleeding profusely, and Ophelia is forced to move out of her mother's bedroom and can only seek comfort from the housekeeper. Pan God came to Ophelia, he blamed the girl for not performing the task, Ophelia shied away from her mother's illness, the reason why she didn't go to perform the second task was because her mother was seriously ill and her attention was on her mother , no time for unrealistic fantasies.
4 Symbolism of Mandrakes. Pan gave Ophelia a humanoid Mandrake root, a plant that longed to become human, to heal her mother. After getting the dagger and escaping from the underground labyrinth, Ophelia placed the mandrake as instructed by Pan, and wriggled like a baby in the basin, just like the baby to be born in Carmen's womb. It was very healthy and symbolized The girl is full of hope. Carmen's body temperature has dropped miraculously. From the movie footage, it seems to be really magical. In real life, the human body itself has many potentials, which is not uncommon.
Later, the captain discovered the secret of the injection and planned to harm the doctor. At this time, there was a sound from upstairs, and it was Ophelia who knocked over the dinner plate. She crawled under the bed, and the mandrake would not move. Before, the mandrake wiggled magically like a baby, symbolizing the mother's health. Now it will not move, indicating that tragedy will happen, and the mother's life will be exhausted.
The captain took out the pot with the mandrake from under the bed, which was already smelly. He treated Ophelia viciously, trying to break the mandrake, which woke Carmen from his sleep. She yelled, "Let go of her (in an impolite tone, which is an instinct to protect her daughter)! Please let her go (realizing your position, "please let her go" instead)." The
captain fumed: "It's all because of those rubbish books you told her to read. Look what you've done?"
Carmen: "Please leave us alone, honey, I'll talk to her." For protection Daughter, she called the Captain 'Dear' for the first and only time, obviously flattering.
Then teach your daughter: "Ophelia, you have to listen to your father, you have to stop this. It's not as simple as you think. You grow up and soon you will realize that life is not as described in fairy tales. It's beautiful, the world is cruel. You will understand, even if it is painful."
Both the captain and the mother were telling her: The cruel world does not allow innocence! It must die!
Mom: "There is no magic at all, for you, for me, for everyone."
Mandrake screamed in the fire, and it was not the magic root that twitched, but Ophelia's innocence The heart is also the life that Carmen will lose.
In this set of episodes, the captain and mother are telling Ophelia that Pan doesn't exist, Mandrakes are useless, and stop thinking about it.
6 In the final labyrinth, Pan was holding a dagger and approached Ophelia step by step, Ophelia retreated step by step, but when the captain came, he did not see the existence of Pan, because Pan was only in Ophelia. In Lia's mind, this group of shots is the director's clear message to the audience.
All the plots about Pan are mainly from Ophelia's imagination, and a slightly careful audience should be able to see through the puzzle and get out of this simple maze. But why does Ophelia keep fantasizing? Because Ophelia is full of fantasies, because she is afraid of growing up, unwilling to grow up and refuses to grow up, because she escapes reality, we have to talk about the cause of death of her biological father.
three. How did Ophelia's biological father die? —Murdered to death by the captain. In order to understand it, we must first analyze the character of the captain.
1 Captain Vidal is the epitome of war and tyranny. Putting aside his morality and sense of justice, he has excellent military talent and keen judgment. He is a rare military talent and an executioner with outstanding military exploits, and a model of fascism. He took the initiative to come to this desolate place. In order to maintain tyranny, he could kill all opponents at any time. In order to realize the fascist heroic dream, he could sacrifice his life at any time.
He is a standard soldier. He shaves with the accompaniment of military marches. In his subconscious, shaving is militarized, wiping boots is militarized, giving birth to a son is militarized, and everything he does is militarized. , all to realize his fascist heroic dream.
2. He is cruel, cruel
, arrogant and rigid. (1) He killed innocent hunters and their father and son (there are at least two poor, sick and unattended daughters in the old man's family), and then found out that he killed a good person by mistake, but shied the responsibility and reprimanded him. Subordinates, subordinates are stupid, but he himself is ruthless without investigating. Fascists are cruel and stupid by nature. They would rather kill in vain than let go!
If there is a little bit of humanity, there will always be some remorse for killing a good person by mistake, but the captain kills like a mustard, without any guilt, and he has to enjoy the fruits of his labor when he kills someone. He arranged for the housekeeper to make the rabbit into dinner to entertain the guests. The housekeeper thought the rabbit was too small, so he said lightly, "Maybe it would be good to stew it."
Not only is he guilt-free, he's downright brazen!
(2) He stained the coffee while cleaning his boots, but blamed the Mercedes for not burning well. The tyrant will shirk the responsibility or blame others for his own fault, and there is not a grain of sand in his eyes. This detail shows that the captain is extremely critical, and at the same time very unreasonable.
(3) The guerrillas were almost wiped out, and the useless prisoners were all killed. This is not a war, but a massacre. Only the stutterer was taken prisoner with a slight wound.
(4) Perverted punishment, perverted psychology.
a. When the captain interrogated stuttering, although he brought the most common tools, the devil has enough talent to turn the most common tools into the most terrifying torture tools. He has long been familiar with the road, and even with an aesthetic mentality, I don't know how many people have been tortured. Hearing the tone of his speech, let alone the characters in the play, even the movie audiences would be terrified and shuddered.
He seemed to suddenly say with kindness: "Make a deal with you. If you can count to three without stammering, I'll let you go." It didn't matter to him whether he was caught or released, it was his pleasure to get the pleasure from the torture. Perverted needs.
b. It was found that Mercedes had a warehouse key in his possession. He did not immediately arrest anyone, but was playing hard to catch.
He turned on the gramophone and listened to the music leisurely, confident that he had won the ticket. The music also appeared in the background of the housekeeper who was about to escape, implying that The captain was about to enjoy torturing the woman psychologically.
3 pocket watches appear repeatedly. The pocket watch is a symbol of his rigid character, a symbol of his careful planning, and a symbol of his family's glory.
(1) The first shot of the captain is a close-up shot of a pocket watch in his hand. There are obvious cracks on the glass surface of the watch. When he saw the arrival of his pregnant wife, his first line was actually: "15 minutes late." He was pregnant on a long journey, and it was a mess. It was common for him to be a few hours late, and he was dissatisfied in 15 minutes. He was cold and rigid, and he didn't care about his wife's.
(2) The details of the captain's meticulous repair of the watch, and he cherishes the pocket watch very much, which shows that the pocket watch has a special meaning to him.
(3) The captain looked at his watch when welcoming guests to a banquet, and when his subordinates distributed the necessities of life to the residents of the town, it was a close-up of the pocket watch. Everything must be accurate.
(4) The secret description of the two female guests spying on the relationship between the captain and Carmen caused the captain's anger and the embarrassment of the banquet scene (the two women killed Carmen's husband to mock him, which will be explained in detail later). In order to eliminate the embarrassment, a An officer found a new topic, speaking of his father: "People in his unit said that when General Vidal died in battle, he threw his pocket watch on a stone so that his son would know the exact time of his death. So that he knows what it is to die in battle." This is the captain's family tradition, both father and son are war madmen, the father's behavior pattern is the source of the captain's brutal character, and the father's legend is also a supplement to his image.
The captain denied it flatly: "Nonsense! He doesn't have a pocket watch at all." The
audience had long seen that he had a pocket watch, and there were obvious cracks on the glass surface of the pocket watch, which was the testimony of his family's heroic achievements. Cherish, but why did he lie? On the one hand, it shows that he has always been good at lying, and on the other hand, the pocket watch will prove his father's ferocity, thereby indirectly proving his ferocity, which logically points to him killing Carmen's husband. Acknowledging his father's pocket watch became a very embarrassing thing for him at this time, so he denied it, because in his opinion, if he wanted to admit the pocket watch, it was tantamount to publicly admitting to killing Carmen's husband.
(5) The shaving and the soldiers synchronizing the queue are accompanied by marches, which is something that Captain Vidal enjoys very much. He always uses the march of military music as accompaniment, and the pocket watch moves in time. His behavior is as accurate as a pocket watch. Seconds are not bad, and it seems to always go according to plan.
What is he planning this time?
We saw him holding a razor in front of the mirror and making a vicious act of killing, that is to say, his plan was to kill, who to kill? Sell it first, talk about it later.
(6) After the warehouse was robbed, the captain led his team up the mountain to ambush the guerrillas. During the fierce battle, he took out his pocket watch and checked the time. He was ready to die at any time. The time of death must also be accurate. In his opinion, it was an epic heroic story. sacrifice.
(7) The soldiers who were chasing and killing the housekeeper were attacked and almost wiped out, and only the adjutant slipped through the net. He told the captain that the guerrillas had at least 50 men and that there were fewer than 20 of his own. The end of the devil is coming, and it seems that this time, he is going to use his pocket watch seriously. He looked at the time, and he knew that he probably didn't have many days left, and the precise tick of the pocket watch was counting down for him.
(8) He was sentenced to death by the guerrillas when he finally walked out of the maze. He knew that this was his own death, so he held the pocket watch in his hand: "Tell my son, tell him the specific time of his father's death, tell him..."
Many of the above details can be See, everything is within his plan, everything he strives to be precise, everything is carefully planned, orderly, there are no accidents and coincidences, and he does not allow this to happen. So was his marriage to Carmen his elaborate plan?
4 The beauty of Carmen. In the film, it is said that Carmen is very beautiful, and her daughter is unusually beautiful. If the captain and Carmen are combined, there will be an excellent heir. This is the only reason for the captain to marry Carmen. You can't see him at all. Even if there is a little love for Carmen, Carmen's only use is to make him a fertility tool and give birth to a perfect son! With such a ruthless, cruel and arrogant character, everything he does is like a military operation, and everything he does is well-planned and accurate. Marrying Carmen is naturally within his plan, the woman he likes. Be sure to take it for yourself and kill Carmen's husband mercilessly!
5 The Importance of Sons. The only motive for occupying Carmen is to give birth to an excellent heir. It shows how important his son is in his heart, so it is a matter of course. His desire is so strong that he must have a son in his belly. .
(1) Husband and wife meeting The captain first stroked Carmen's belly, and then said "Welcome". If Carmen hadn't been pregnant, he probably wouldn't have been welcomed by him, because his son was the only thing he needed.
(2 The doctor came to report the situation of the pregnant woman: "Your wife should not travel long distances here when the delivery is near." And the captain's family tradition is: "The son should be born next to his father." The doctor is very curious: "Why? Are you so sure that the child is a boy?"
The doctors were unable to determine the sex of the fetus even though the technical conditions did not allow it, but the captain firmly believed that it was a boy, and he said contemptuously, "Don't follow me!" My only motive is to give birth to a son. It is his plan to give birth to a perfect son, and this plan is unquestionable. Everyone in the world knows that I want to give birth to a son, but you know what to ask!
Therefore, in order to give birth to a good heir, he occupies Carmen , murdered her husband.
6 Details of the dinner. At the dinner, the guests ate gracefully. A female guest asked Carmen, "How did you and the captain know each other?" Hearing this, the captain was a little flustered. He stretched out his hand and suggested that Carmen should not talk nonsense. Putting it all together, of course, she would not say inappropriate words, she said very wisely: "Ophelia's father used to make uniforms for the captain. After he died, I started working in the shop, about a year ago. , Captain and I meet again."
However, the captain still felt that something was leaked, and he withdrew his hand in displeasure.
The female guest said, "Unbelievable, isn't it? I mean—see you again!" There was a half-smile in her eyes as she spoke, obviously she didn't believe the coincidence. Another female guest said disdainfully, "Oh, of course—very—very incredible." Her disbelief was even more evident, and the two women had a tacit understanding of the captain's personality and style. The so-called The reunion is the captain's design.
The captain held back his attack: "Please forgive my wife, she has never seen the world. I think everyone will be interested in this kind of story."
Then he gave Carmen a vicious look, because Carmen made him embarrassed in front of everyone. It was only when her daughter came back from the forest that Carmen escaped the embarrassment.
The two women were still whispering. In order to eliminate the embarrassment, an officer found a new topic and talked about the captain's father. It can be seen that it is an open secret for the captain to kill his husband and take his wife. Everyone in his circle of friends knows that it is just out of face or fear of him. They didn't tell the truth. Women who don't ask about political affairs know it well and cover it up. Who else wouldn't know?
The above plot and details are enough to prove that the captain killed Carmen's husband because he was a murderous demon.
4. The mother and daughter of Carmen knew clearly the cause of death of their biological father, but they both chose to escape. Readers may ask, since you know the cause of death of your biological father, why not resist? It's really sad and angry.
Kind readers, if you think about it carefully, you will understand that in the war years, the army is in chaos, food is scarce, supplies are scarce, orphans, widows, mothers, and captains are brutal. Apart from living in humiliation, how can they survive? Where can you resist? Not to mention the revenge snow hate? There is nothing to be done under the prostitution, the captain wants to kill them, like stepping on an ant. In order to survive, in order to save the mother and daughter, they can only endure humiliation.
1 Carmen's Escape. He thought that by marrying the captain and giving birth to a son to him, he would be able to exchange for the safety of his mother and daughter, and he would be able to guarantee food and clothing and live a stable life, so she reluctantly accepted her fate.
(1) The journey is long and the child is about to give birth. The captain called him and went to meet him regardless of physical inconvenience. At the beginning of the film, during a driving break, Carmen complains that Ophelia has soiled her shoes, because she knows that the captain is picky and difficult to serve, and she is worried that her daughter will make a bad impression on him. Then he asked his daughter: "When you arrive at the mill, say hello to the lieutenant, I hope you call him 'Dad'". Why not just ask for it but hope? Because she knew that her daughter was rejected, and she knew the reason for rejection.
She also deceived herself and said, "He has always taken good care of us."
It is easy for a weak woman to compromise and accept her fate.
(2) When the captain saw Carmen, he simply said hello, and then motioned her to sit in the chair cart. Carmen said: "No need, I can walk by myself." The captain said: "The doctor thinks you'd better not be tired. ." Carmen shook his head and said no, the captain whispered in her ear and said, "For my sake." Carmen sat in the chair obediently, and in the subsequent episodes, she almost always sat in the chair. It's not respect, it's fear, it's fear! Her husband made her so scared, why? No matter how vicious a man is, a woman may be proud of the man who spoils her, but Carmen is afraid of the captain and does not dare to disobey, because she knows how her husband died at his hands, because she knows What would happen to the captain against his will, think how he beat innocent hunter father and son to death, how he tortured poor stammer.
(3) Carmen is forced from the warm city with the sound of cars and trams to the dilapidated houses in this desolate country, implying her reluctance.
On the first night of arriving at the mill, the mother and daughter were lying on the bed and talking, Ophelia asked her mother why she remarried, Carmen: "I've lived alone for too long."
Ophelia: "I can accompany you, you never I'm not alone."
Carmen: "You'll understand when you grow up, and it's not easy for me." It was implied that she remarryed not because of loneliness, so what was the reason? Apparently coerced by the captain.
(4) Before the dinner party, Carmen made a beautiful dress for her daughter. She had never worn such a nice dress when she was a child, and she even bought a pair of black leather shoes. In her opinion, this is the benefit she can get when she is married to a captain. In this shot, happiness overflows on Carmen's face, and the bright sunlight shines in from the window behind, creating a heavenly atmosphere, implying that Carmen is full of longing for married life and fantasy about the captain at this time.
(5) Carmen messed up the dinner party and was in a mess. Just like her daughter's body was covered in mud, the close-up of the dirty skirt directly explained Carmen's inner state at this time, so she only got angry with her daughter's skirt.
(6) The mandrake that Ophelia placed under her mother's bed was discovered by the captain, Carmen taught her daughter, Ophelia begged her mother to take her away. How could mom leave? The physical inconvenience that is about to give birth is one reason for not being able to leave, and another reason is: she is here to give birth to the captain's son, how could the captain allow her to leave? So she said: "It's not as simple as you think. You grow up day by day???"
2 Ophelia's escape. I have to face the enemy who killed my father every day, there is no way to escape and there is nowhere to escape, because there is no other way to survive, the whole world seems to be hopeless, living in this boundless despair and darkness (the first minute of Black screen is the keynote of the whole movie), how can we save ourselves from this miserable world? The reality is so cruel, only when a girl lives in a fairy tale world can she accept the status quo, accept her cowardice, and believe in the beauty of human nature and the beauty of the world.
(1) Never admit that he will never accept the captain as his father. The reader can easily find out a lot of details without going into details.
(2) When she first arrived at the mill, Ophelia was called out of the car to say hello to the lieutenant, and she held out her left hand. A handshake is a sign of friendliness and cooperation, and Ophelia deliberately stretches the wrong hand to show her uncooperativeness with the devil.
(3) Because she couldn't accept her father's tragic death, because she couldn't accept that human nature could be so ugly and cruel, because she couldn't face the need to become a family with the murderer, and because she couldn't face her own cowardice, she used her imagination to create a fairy tale world of truth, goodness and beauty. To escape from reality, but also to save yourself from this cruel world.
(4) Do not want to grow up, do not want to grow up.
Her mother was bleeding profusely, Ophelia was forced to move out of her mother's bedroom, she fell into sadness, and Mercedes comforted her: "Don't worry, your mother will get better soon. It's not that easy to have a baby." Ophelia said, "Then I'll never have children." One more horror in the adult world.
After understanding the difficult situation of the mother and daughter, you will understand what kind of fear they live in, you will understand why they escape, and you will understand why Ophelia has created a fairy tale world for herself.
5. The cause of death of mother Carmen. Obviously, Carmen was also killed.
1 When he first arrived at the mill, Carmen suffered from lack of sleep due to the physiological reaction of pregnancy. The doctor was called. He took out a bottle of potion, a full bottle, and taking two drops before going to bed can improve sleep.
2 The answer between Carmen and the female guest at the dinner made the captain embarrassed. He glared at Carmen viciously, and his murderous intention was just revealed.
3. Carmen suffered heavy bleeding during pregnancy. The doctor told the captain: "Your wife needs absolute rest. She needs to take sedatives most of the time." "Does he care about his wife? Do not! He only cares about the child in his wife's womb.
4 When the captain was shaving, he held a razor in his hand and looked at the mirror and made a vicious killing action. In the next shot, the sick Carmen was sleeping on the bed. These two shots are related to each other. The killing action in the previous shot points to the next shot. The camera is lying on the bed of Carmen, that is to say, the captain has decided to get rid of his wife.
5Carmen's temperature miraculously dropped, and the captain discussed her condition with the doctor. The captain said: "But she still has a fever, right?" (subtext: Does she still need medication?)
The doctor said: "Yes, but this is a good sign that her condition has improved." The
captain's face was slightly embarrassed , Carmen's recovery made him unhappy, saying: "Listen to me, if you have to choose, save the fetus. My son is our family's hope for succession. Protect him."
Ophelia lowered her eyelids after hearing it under the bed, revealing sad expression.
There was an explosion outside, the captain and the doctor went out to check the military situation, Ophelia leaned on her mother's stomach with tears and said to her younger brother: "Brother, if you can hear me, the outside world is not beautiful???"
She had a premonition that her mother was dying soon.
(6) The doctor was displeased to see Mercedes paying attention to her dispensing, apparently obeying the captain and secretly dosing Carmen.
Then the close-up of the bottle: the potion is used a lot. Because the condition has been weakened, Carmen refused to take it, and the doctor did not insist, indicating that he did not really become the captain's accomplice, and later grew into an opponent.
(7) After the captain shot and killed the doctor, he called a military hygienist to deliver the baby. The captain and Ophelia were sitting on the bench outside the room. The captain was expressionless. He didn't care about Carmen's life or death at all. He only cared about his son, while Ophelia looked miserable and worried.
There are cries of babies in the room, and Carmen's death, which is exactly what the captain wanted to see.
(8) After the funeral, Ophelia packs up her mother's relics. A close-up shot of her holding up the medicine bottle. There is not much liquid left in the bottle, which means that Ophelia has understood that the real cause of death of her mother was medicine. excess. Mom was killed! She can be cured if she is treated with heart. Ophelia put away the bottle, and later took a small revenge on the captain.
The mystery of the cause of Carmen's death is not very difficult. The so-called excessive blood loss in a dystocia is just a trick made by the director. Why does the director keep hiding important, even crucial plots? Because this movie is called "The Labyrinth", the surface is the labyrinth that Ophelia entered, but it is actually a labyrinth that the director carefully designed for the audience. Knowing this, other puzzles are not difficult to solve.
6. Now let's look at the maze in Ophelia's three missions. Ophelia followed her imagination to Pan's labyrinth. Pan (called Faon in Roman) woke up, called the girl Princess Mona of the underworld, and looked forward to her return to the underworld, and this labyrinth was entering the underworld. the door to eternal life. Mona, meaning noble, unique, and noble human nature.
Pan Shen: "But we must first make sure that your nature is still the same, and you have not degenerated or transformed into a mortal."
Then she was given three tasks that must be completed before the full moon, and she was given a "Book of Mistakes".
1 Captain of the labyrinth under the tree
led his troops into the mountains to destroy the guerrillas, and Ophelia walked into the forest with the Book of Mistakes. This is a set of corresponding shots.
The book says: "A long time ago, when this forest was very young, it was home to those creatures full of magic and magic." Almost all western fairy tales take place in the forest, this beautiful and Of course, the magical forest symbolizes the fairy tale world in Ophelia's heart. The scene corresponding to the voice-over is the captain entering the mountain to kill, which means that the war directly destroyed the children's innocent fantasy.
"They protected each other and perched in the shade of a huge fig tree that grew on the hill near the mill, but now the tree is dying, its branches withered and its trunk twisted and senescent." From its corresponding From the perspective of the camera, it was the war that destroyed the beautiful fairy tale world. If there was no war, the lovely children might be playing in the forest and playing under the fig tree.
"A giant toad lives at its roots and prevents the tree from growing. Three magic stones must be placed in the giant toad's mouth to find the golden key hidden in its stomach. Only then will the fig tree flourish again. Ye Mao."
Ophelia walked into the magical tree hole, she was crawling in the mud, and the corresponding scene was the captain stalking the guerrillas in the forest, that is to say, Ophelia's behavior itself meant fighting against the power, Bravely save the fairy tale world.
On the ground, the captain is clamoring wildly with injections and lottery tickets, the demon of war rules the real world, and underground, the devil toad rules the world of fairy tales.
Ophelia found the giant toad, beauty and ugliness are opposites, one is beautiful, one is extremely ugly, one is so beautiful that it is pleasing to the eye, and the other is so ugly that it makes people vomit. The toad is the ugliest existence in the fairy tale world. The important thing is, What the director wants to express is: the opposition between the two souls of beauty and ugliness!
She put three magic stones into the giant toad's mouth and got the golden key. This time, the adventure director used beauty and ugliness as a confrontation, and the test was whether Ophelia had a beautiful heart. Even if she is covered in mud, it is difficult to hide her unparalleled beauty. Even in such a dirty and sinful era, her soul is not polluted by ugliness!
The theme of the first maze - beauty!
2 Underground Labyrinth
Pan came to Ophelia and asked her to go to a terrible place to get a dagger from a monster. She had to complete the task within the specified time.
Warning: "You will see a big meal, but don't eat anything, drink nothing, absolutely don't, it's a matter of life and death."
According to the demonstration on
Under the guidance of the elves, Ophelia entered the underground palace. This is a hellish place. The demon gray skeleton Lamia here is a banshee. She was originally favored by Zeus. Later, because of Hera's jealousy, she was turned into a monster that eats her own children, and she couldn't sleep. Zeus couldn't bear it, so he The spell allows her to take off her eyeballs freely. So when Lamia takes off her eyeballs, the little ones are safe; once it's back, she starts hunting the little ones again. That is to say, this devil only eats children, and she is the natural enemy of children!
After Ophelia entered the underground palace, she saw a mural of monsters killing children and eating children. Children's shoes were piled up on the wall. The background music was the cry of babies, indicating that countless children had been eaten by this demon.
The devil's eyes were placed on the plate, like two grapes, foreshadowing the mistakes Ophelia was about to make.
While she was still sleeping, Ophelia came to the three small doors on the wall. The three small doors were the golden door, the silver door and the lead door. I remembered the exam questions of Portia in Shakespeare's masterpiece The Merchant of Venice. . In "The Merchant of Venice", Portia is beautiful, kind, witty, talented and courageous. She is an idealized new woman in the Renaissance era, and at the same time, she is the only heir to the wealth of the noble family, so all kinds of suitors come. According to her father's will, Portia used a lottery to decide her marriage. Whoever can choose the one with her small image from the three boxes of gold, silver and lead can match her to marry. The play details three marriage proposals. The Prince of Morocco chose the gold box (act 2, scene 7), the Prince of Aragon chose the silver box (act 2, scene 9), and Bassanio chose the lead box (act 3, scene 9). second round). Although Bassanio is a fallen noble in Venice, his soul and quality have not declined. He did not choose the frivolous and flashy gold, nor did he choose the arrogant silver. His noble personality and pure heart made him choose the unpretentious lead. , because "the appearance is often completely inconsistent with the thing itself, but the world is easily deceived by the decoration of the surface". So he got the little statue and hugged the beauty back.
Many national cultures have similar values, but they are not as wonderful and far-reaching as Shakespeare's writing, and the writing of gold, silver and lead often appears in classic fairy tales.
I suspect that the idea of the three small doors came from "The Merchant of Venice". The golden door in the middle is beautifully decorated and covered with nails. The silver door on the right is slightly less, but it is still exquisite. Only the lead door on the left is unpretentious and looks dilapidated. Shabby has only two door nails. Among these three doors, the lead door is the most easily overlooked; in human visual habits, the left, middle and right three viewpoints are the most likely to attract people's attention, and the right is the side that people are used to (left-handed people are not universal , regardless), while the left is the most overlooked.
On the left, the lead door, double neglected, the treasure is hidden in the most neglected door.
The elves chose the Golden Gate, which is the representative of wealth and pomp. Only the plain gate is Ophelia's choice, showing that her humanity has not been corrupted. The elf guided Ophelia to choose the Golden Gate, which was clearly a test for her, and the wise Ophelia would not choose the wrong one. Only children with pure hearts can find the door to the treasure! Because noble human nature, uncontaminated heart, is the eternal treasure.
Ophelia took out a dagger, the task was basically completed, and the food on the table was the second test question, stealing two grapes showed that her innocence had been polluted by greed, and she was about to degenerate into a vulgar mortal who was greedy The child who wants to pollute, his innocence is eaten by the devil, how many children in human society (that pile of children's shoes) have lost their innocence and become vulgar mortals! This is the meaning of this labyrinth, so Ophelia Almost failed to escape the maze. This adventure tests whether Ophelia has a pure heart.
The theme of the second maze - really!
Ophelia's mission was unsuccessful, and two of the three elves who followed her into the labyrinth were eaten by monsters.
God Pan angrily rebuked Ophelia: "You didn't keep your promise! You failed, and you will never be able to return to the underworld."
Because of greed, and because she couldn't keep her promise, she would transform into a mortal.
Pan cursed: "You can't go back, three days later will be the full moon night, your soul will stay in the world forever, you will age and die like a human being, your memory will slowly fade with time, and we will too. And then die. You'll never see us again."
Without pure faith, how can the fairy tale world exist? Those whose souls are polluted cannot see the truth, the good and the beautiful.
The two elves were eaten by demons, her beauty and her innocence were tainted and compromised, and one heart was about to be tested by Pan God himself.
3. Pan's Labyrinth - The Labyrinth of Good and Evil The
guerrillas that have grown stronger attacked the empty mill, and Ophelia took the opportunity to flee with her younger brother. The gunfire rang out outside the door, and the captain was gone, the only thing that mattered was to get his son back. Mercedes rushed into the room and didn't find Ophelia, but saw a chalk-painted door on the wall, implying that the girl had escaped, and Ophelia had escaped into Pan's labyrinth at this time. When the captain chased into the labyrinth, the sculpture on the door of the labyrinth opened its mouth to symbolize the gate of hell, the captain - the end of the devil has come.
Chasing and killing in the dark corridor, this is the night of the full moon, the god Pan appeared, he held a dagger and said to Ophelia: "Only by offering pure blood, the entrance to the gate of eternal life can be opened, and a drop of blood is enough? ?? Give me that child!"
Ophelia refused: "No! My brother wants to stay with me."
Pan Shen: "Are you willing to give up your theocracy for this little boy you hardly know?"
Ophelia Leia: "Yes, I will."
Pan Shen: "For this culprit who has caused you so much pain and shame?" At this time, the captain appeared on the screen, and the trial of the "culprit" pointed to him .
Ophelia: "Yes, I will." The
girl saw Pan, but the captain didn't. He only saw Ophelia stepping back. At this time, Pan Shen came from the evil in the girl's heart, from the revenge in her heart to make the devil cut off his descendants. This shot shows Ophelia's struggles.
As far as people's worldly experience is concerned, for a villain who is full of evil, he happens to have a child and is extremely important in his mind. What is the biggest and most likely means of revenge that we can directly think of?
I'm afraid it is to cut the grass and remove the roots, and let him cut off his children and grandchildren! This is the most emotional revenge, the hidden meaning of the girl taking the baby. This demon killed her father, her mother, and Ophelia had two ways of revenge: one, to save the baby from the devil's lair and keep away from the devil, this is revenge for the good; two, to kill the devil's son and let him To cut off sons and grandchildren is revenge for evil.
Pan asked the girl for a baby, and the girl retreated step by step. This was the battle between good and evil in her heart. The fact is: the captain has caught up, there is no exit in this stone maze in the real world, Ophelia has no escape, no escape, she is already facing death, she cannot take revenge unless she kills the baby, but for the sake of the baby, She gave up revenge and life because of her kindness in her heart, because she believed in the fairy tale world, the truth, the good and the beautiful. Her sacrifice was a martyrdom for her beliefs. Only by sacrificing her can she complete the mission of goodness.
Ophelia went to Pan with a baby in her arms to symbolize that the girl wanted to kill her younger brother. If it was shown with realistic footage, which audience would accept that a 12-year-old girl wanted to kill her younger brother? Even thinking about it is sinful. Therefore, the director used a curved pen to hide the girl's true intentions, so as to be more artistic and imaginative, and at the same time use the language of the lens to avoid ethical embarrassment.
Pan Shen: "As you wish, Your Highness."
If you use evil to fight evil and violence to control violence, there is no difference between good and bad people. Ophelia would rather die than attack her younger brother. By doing this, she and the devil completely differentiated. But the devil will not let her go! She died tragically at the gunpoint of the captain, and fell on the cold steps, bleeding profusely.
Between good and evil, she chooses good, and between life and death, she chooses death, because only death can protect the kindness in her heart. Although her beauty and her truth have been polluted to a certain extent, she still has a kindness. This time the choice is to test whether Ophelia has a kind heart.
The theme of the third labyrinth - goodness!
Really good and beautiful! The word "three" is everywhere in this movie. Three gems, three elves, three labyrinths, three tasks, and three tests correspond to three qualities. Their common answer is truth-goodness-beauty! This is what the director wants to tell the audience, this is the most important hidden content of the labyrinth, this is the most important theme of this movie, and it is also the golden key to open the mysterious door of
7. The correspondence between Ophelia and Mercedes, they both symbolize and set off against each other, and their mental states and reactions are basically synchronized.
1 When milking the cow, Ophelia asked Mercedes if she believed in the existence of elves. She said she believed when she was a child, and she once had Ophelia's soul. You can think of Ophelia as the Mercedes of childhood. If the girl doesn't die, she will become a Mercedes when she grows up. The meaning of the role is like this.
2 When her mother was seriously ill, Ophelia fell into grief and sought comfort from Mercedes, who was the only one she could trust and be close to. Two girls, one big and one small, hug each other, and their common fears bring their hearts closer together. Ophelia longs for motherly care, and the child's tired soul needs to be comforted. Mercedes comforted her with a lullaby, and their souls are connected. At this moment, the girl is like an innocent baby, temporarily away from the ugliness and pain of life in the world.
3 When she saw her brother Pedro, Mercedes said: "I'm a coward. I'm a coward. I live by that bastard, and I wash and make his bed and feed him." Ophelia huddled cowardly. Beside that bastard, there is no courage to resist.
The two fled in the rainy night and were caught. The captain was about to torture Mercedes who had been bound. How could he know that Mercedes had always had a dagger for work hidden in her waist. She took advantage of the captain's pride and conceit to despise the woman. She took the opportunity After cutting the rope that bound her, she was finally no longer weak. She bravely stabbed the devil in the shoulder, cut his mouth, and declared to him: "I am not the old man you caught! It is not your hand that hurts. The prisoner! Fuck you! If you dare to touch a single hair of that child, I will cut you like a pig!" This is the sentence for the devil.
When the guards didn't pay attention, she managed to escape from the devil's lair. When the villains came to chase her, she had already fled into the forest and was rescued by her younger brother. Soon, Ophelia also stole her younger brother and began to flee, and she also resisted.
4 The Ophelia siblings correspond to the Mercedes siblings, and both younger brothers will win the future.
5 Mercedes in the Three Labyrinths.
(1) In the labyrinth under the tree, Ophelia took a golden key from the toad's mouth. In reality, Mercedes also hid a key to the warehouse under the eyes of the captain, the devil, and it will soon send it. important use.
(2) In the underground labyrinth, Ophelia got a dagger from under the guard of the demon. In reality, Mercedes has always had a dagger hidden in her waist, and this dagger will eventually be inserted into the captain, the demon.
(3) In Pan's labyrinth, Ophelia died tragically in the hands of the devil and failed to rescue her younger brother, but Mercedes finally held the baby. She is Ophelia's mind, character, spirit, will, and soul and continuation of the mission.
It doesn't look like Mercedes is present in any of the three mazes, but she's participating all the way, in a hidden way, in a maze way.
6 The hidden meanings of their names.
Ofelia comes from Greek, which means "hope". In this film, Ophelia is the seed of humanity, the seed of truth, goodness and beauty, and the hope of mankind in an era of despair. In this cruel and cold world, at the juncture of life and death, she still clings to human nature, still clings to truth, kindness and beauty. Isn't she the seed of human nature, the seed of truth, kindness and beauty? Isn't she the hope of mankind? Mona, meaning noble human nature, Ofelia Ofelia, "hope", noble human nature (truth, kindness and beauty) is the hope of human beings.
The demon slaughtered her body, but could not slaughter her beautiful soul, her spirit, and her mission continued on Mercedes.
Mercedes, meaning "grace", is a kind of person (Ophelia has passed the test of good and evil) will be favored. In Christian values, goodness is closer to God and closer to heaven, so it is blessed; evil is farther from heaven and closer to hell, so it is cursed and punished.
She took over the child and Ophelia's mission, and will surely carry forward the truth, goodness and beauty.
8. The captain and the three demons
"Three" support the frame of the film, and even the protagonists are three, they are Ophelia, Mercedes and Captain Vidal, the first two appear in the three labyrinths What about Vidal?
- He is also there.
After Mercedes slashed his mouth, Captain Vidal stared at the mirror's open mouth. The corners of his upturned mouth were like a clown, a devil, and a toad, so he was a clown, a devil, and a toad. It was the toad, and he appeared in all three labyrinths.
1 In the labyrinth under the tree, Ophelia scolded the toad: "Don't you feel ashamed? You live here, enjoy these bugs to the fullest, and you get rich day by day, but let the tree die slowly." This is the director Using Ophelia's mouth to scold the captain, this toad: You live in a mill and raise your brain full of fat, but you also kill innocent people, do whatever you want, and destroy the beautiful world.
2 In the underground labyrinth, the demon tried to eat Ophelia but failed. In the final labyrinth, Ophelia was "eaten" by the clown, the captain.
3 The three demons echo back and forth, the first two demons are the type, the latter demon is the verification; the first two demons are the mystery, and the latter demon is the answer; the first two demons appear in disguise to confuse the audience, and the last demon directly Appearing in the face of the captain himself, the director finally handed over the answer: these three demons are all captains and his soul. Since Ophelia symbolizes truth, goodness and beauty (Mercedes is her contrast and continuation), then Vidal represents falsehood and ugliness. The two sides finally turned from a spiritual struggle into a real life-and-death confrontation.
Nine, about stuttering
1 Stuttering first read the news of the Normandy landing, which means that the gospel is also stuttering, and victory seems to be approaching, but it is still very far away here. Therefore, despite the landing in Normandy, the resistance at this time is still hopeless, and the people are still in despair.
2 The captain interrogated stuttering, he said several kinds of tortures in understatement, stuttering was frightened, the poor man gave the devil a new idea, he promised to let stuttering go if he could count to three without stuttering.
Seeing this, kind-hearted audiences will probably imagine the story that may happen later: He stuttered all his life, and finally stopped stuttering at a critical moment and saved his life. The audience will at least have this kind of psychological expectation. Popular melodramas are often shot like this, but that is a fairy tale, and there is no fairy tale in a sinister environment. Stutter failed to perform miracles at the critical moment, and he still had to accept torture. In this section, the director used a black humorous expression, which received a horror effect that was not humorous at all, and also showed the absurdity and helplessness of life, and the reality cannot be surpassed.
There is no fairy tale in reality, which directly negates the next scene - the scene where Pan God appears beside the girl's bed. It's just a fairy tale, just a girl's imagination, it doesn't exist in reality.
3 The doctor was brought in by the captain to treat the stuttering who was tortured and bruised. Shiba finally couldn't bear the torture and became a traitor. Although he didn't explain much, he did explain it after all. He wasn't afraid of death, but he was afraid of living. The doctor helped him relieve the pain. I believe that every kind audience can forgive this poor man, he is so fragile, and the captain is so cruel. Death was the most merciful punishment for him, and he would never suffer again.
10. The scene of the Virgin and Child appeared many times
1. When Ophelia got the golden key from the maze under the tree and went to see Pan again, she touched the carvings of Pan, the girl and the baby on the stone tablet. What is going to happen between the girl and the baby.
Pan said, "That's me, and that little girl is you." The
girl asked, "Who is that baby?"
Pan avoided the topic. At this time, Ophelia was behind a sculpture of a girl holding a baby. The stone carvings will appear in later episodes.
2 After Carmen's death, Mercedes was holding the sleeping baby in the cradle. This scene was like a quiet painting of the Virgin and Child, but this happy picture was too short-lived, and the captain wanted to ask her for guilt.
3 Ophelia fled with her younger brother in her arms. Suddenly there was an explosion outside. The captain turned around and found Ophelia holding a baby in the firelight. In this close-up with the baby in her arms, it's clearly the Virgin holding the baby, the baby wrapped in a white towel like a white lamb, symbolizing innocence, and Ophelia is the Virgin (forget they're siblings, just Look at the symbolism of this shot), this shot means rescue, she wants to save the innocent lamb from the devil's lair.
In the next shot, Ophelia holds the baby in the door, which means "sheep's door", only pure Christians can enter the kingdom of heaven through the sheep's door, but evil devils cannot. Of course, this symbolism is limited to this still shot, and the captain chased after him after being dizzy. This is already the door of the world, and it no longer has religious symbolism.
4 Finally, the guerrillas pronounced the captain's death sentence, and Mercedes took the swaddling baby, who was about to become the child's mother, and the image of the Virgin and Child was finally completed. Under the moonlight, the baby wrapped in a towel looked exceptionally white. This was an innocent lamb, even if he was the son of a demon.
Captain: "Tell my son, tell him the exact time of his father's death, tell him..."
Rejected by Mercedes: "No! He won't even know your name."
Innocent children should not live in In the shadow of his father's sin, he doesn't even know your name. This is the best sentence and punishment for the devil!
Eleven, other
1 Why did Ophelia imagine Pan to test herself?
Due to the oppression of the captain, Ophelia's humanity has been tested. She has to choose between true and false, good and evil, beauty and ugliness. Ophelia is in this psychological predicament, and the predicament externalizes as Pan's test. .
2. In the underground labyrinth of the Book
of Mistakes, the elves guide Ophelia to choose the wrong door. In the final labyrinth, Pan forced her to kill her younger brother, all for the test, all to make sure that her nature is still the same and has not degenerated or transformed into Mortals, because greed and hatred will lead human nature astray, "The Book of Astray" is designed to test human nature, and Ophelia finally withstood the test.
3 Pedro.
(1) A staunch revolutionary, no matter how hard the situation is, he stubbornly insists, because "we have no choice", even if victory is hopeless, "at least we will not let that bastard live a peaceful life."
(2) Portuguese" "Pedro" is equivalent to "Peter" in English, Peter is the disciple and successor of Jesus, meaning stone, he was the first pope who laid the cornerstone of the Christian Church (Catholicism); Pedro is the rebel The representative of the rebel army he led will lay the cornerstone of the victory of the revolution. The director named this character "Pedro", implying that the revolution will win.
4 sets of corresponding relationship shots, some of them are contrasting relationship, some are interpretive relationship, some are causal relationship, some are accommodating relationship, some are negative relationship, some are confrontation relationship, these corresponding relationship shots are like the doors, windows and paths of the maze, giving pointers to the intruders The way out is very clear in the previous discussion, so I won't repeat it here.
5 two clues
"Pan's Labyrinth" is a two-dimensional time and space, with two clues to narrate, one bright line is the real world, fascist tyranny and revolutionary resistance; the other dark line is Ophelia's inner growth, she uses the imagination of fairy tales to save herself, the real world It was dark, but Ophelia's inner world was full of light. These two clues, one in the dark, one in the other, and one in the other, jointly promote the development of the storyline. At the end of the film, the Allied forces on the European battlefield launched a major counterattack, and the guerrillas also won. The righteous side in the real world defeated the evil side. In Ophelia's spiritual world, the truth, the good and the beautiful finally defeated the fake and ugly.
The dark line is the main line of this movie. Without this line, the audience can only see the cruel reality and the tragic death of the girl. It is estimated that in addition to making people desperate, this movie is probably more boring.
6 The three sings of the Sleeping Song
(1) A low and sad chanting came out from the black screen at the beginning, which established the tragic tone of the whole film. (2) When Ophelia and Mercedes embraced, Mercedes sang a lullaby, and the sad tune was a foreshadowing of Ophelia's fate.
(3) In the end, Mercedes held the dead Ophelia and sang this lullaby again, which was the last consolation for the most beautiful girl.
The simple sleeping song at the end of the film has become Gao Hua's theme music, which is sung repeatedly in the hearts of the audience, making people reminisce for a long time. This is the most holy song of truth, goodness and beauty: child, rest in peace, human nature will not die, and truth, goodness and beauty will not die. Humanity is always full of hope.
7 Fairy Tale World
A long, long time ago, there was an underground kingdom, where lies and deceit did not exist, and there was no pain. This is the ideal realm of truth, goodness and beauty. A beautiful soul comes from here and will eventually return here.
After the execution of the demon, Mercedes and the guerrillas went into the depths of the labyrinth, Ophelia fell on the steps, the blood was still flowing, she exchanged her own blood for her brother's life, and also won the immortal soul , the night of the full moon is the best tribute to her holy soul.
If it is difficult for you to accept this tragic ending, the director has better arrangements. In the imaginary world, Ophelia entered the eternal underworld, and Hades said: "You use your own blood, not innocent people's blood. The blood opens the door, and that is the last and vital task."
Pan Shen said: "You chose very well, Your Highness."
Ophelia sat beside her father Hades and enjoyed the eternal blessing.
Because the film as a whole uses the genealogy of Greek and Roman mythology, it is impossible for her to enter heaven like a Christian, and she can only live forever in the underground kingdom of Hades.
Despite such a tragic story, the director is still willing to give the audience beauty. This is not only an artistic technique, but also an artistic feeling. He insists on a beautiful human nature in the tragic despair and boundless darkness, and finally sends the noble human nature into eternity. Thinking of this, the scene of Mercedes holding the girl and weeping in reality is no longer so sad.
Voice-over: Legend has it that the princess finally returned to her father's kingdom and ruled the underground kingdom for centuries with a just and loving heart, she was loved by the people, and there are traces of her brief experience on earth, but Her footprints can only be found by those "heart people" (people with a pure soul, those who have truth, goodness and beauty in their hearts).
The dead fig tree is luxuriant in spring, and the white flowers bloom again. The fairy tale forest is even more lush and green, and the truth, the good and the beautiful once again rule the world. The real world and the spiritual world are unified into a fairy tale world, and the truth, goodness and beauty of human nature finally go to eternity.
The above is the thinking framework of the film
Yes, the movie "Pan's Labyrinth" itself is a huge labyrinth. The director deliberately hides many important links. The plot is full of code words, riddles, metaphors and foreshadowings. There are labyrinths large and small, three obvious labyrinths, countless hidden labyrinths, and the number of labyrinths is uncountable. These labyrinth palaces are interconnected, and there are labyrinths inside the labyrinth and labyrinths outside the labyrinth, which together form a big labyrinth. In the mazes, the director left clues everywhere. These clues support and verify each other. The director expects the audience to break out of the palace based on the clues he left. Out of the labyrinth, you can't help but marvel at the director's extraordinary wisdom that is unmatched by ordinary people. You can't help but admire his extraordinary ability to control. There are many and complicated ideas, but the narrative is smooth, natural and smooth, orderly and not chaotic, large and small. Clues are hidden in the vivid and complete storyline. In less than 120 minutes, the amount of information is so large, the thinking is so profound, the connotation is so rich, the expression is so ingenious, the thinking is so meticulous, the structure is so grand and complicated, the design is so delicate and unique, almost every paragraph is a duplex structure superimposed information. Multiple meanings, presenting a wonderful film to the audience. This is the most beautiful and amazing movie I've ever seen, and it's the most beautiful gift a filmmaker can give to all mankind. I am deeply grateful to this great director for giving me an unparalleled intellectual training and emotional intelligence education, an indescribable spiritual enjoyment and aesthetic pleasure, which improved my intelligence and brought my soul closer to truth, goodness and beauty.
When you really understand this film, you will find it entertaining and easy to understand at the same time, not as obscure and difficult as some literary films, because this is the most universal theme of human nature, the theme of human beings, you don't need to be concerned about the Spanish Revolution. It is completely understandable how much you know about history, and you can get the enjoyment of beauty from it, because the director has no intention of discussing revolution at all, he just wants you to feel beauty, accept beauty, and of course audiences who really love film art, have nothing to do with other countries. Revolutionary history is also not of interest. The real value and charm of this film lies in its unique labyrinthine design in its narrative style. Without such a clever director, the story might have become thin and shabby, shallow and boring, with greatly reduced visibility and lack of aesthetic value. .
I'm just a junior high school Chinese teacher in the suburbs of a small city, a real grassroots and diaosi. I don't know any advanced art theory, but I firmly believe that the truly great art is often a depiction of human nature and eulogizing of life.
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