The polarization of the Korean film industry is eye-popping, even if it can produce a large number of bad films that have failed both at the box office and word of mouth within a year (especially romance films) However), but it can always come up with several excellent works that surprise people. Even when Jiang Di Kyu and Jin Ji De are in a downturn, there will be one or two little-heard hairy guys who will make a blockbuster. Luo Hongzhen is one of.
Strictly speaking, Luo Hongzhen was not born out of an unknown person. Before the filming of "The Chaser", he had always been one of the pillars of the Korean short film industry, but the director's emphasis on the film is the establishment of style flags and literary points. Er’s word is “clear mark”. Every year, countless directors suffer from the pain of transformation—just the transition between film genres has caused countless losses. It’s hard to imagine that Luo Hongzhen is accustomed to filming with creativity and technique. After his short film was able to direct his first feature film, he was a big success, turning the 2008 Dazhong into his own personal special.
Many underground directors will encounter capacity bottlenecks in the process of upward development, which has nothing to do with talents, but when they face a subject that has length requirements and needs to care about the integrity of the structure, they will lose the rhythm. Control, unlike in the past, only the content demands and personal skills need to be refined to satisfy the appreciation of the niche. The red carpet and cheers under the spotlight ask the director for the performance of the complete story. Luo Hongzhen’s reason for filming "The Chaser" They are all instilling the thinking of a short film: "I once walked on an off-travel street at night, and I saw a walking woman by chance. I had a whim-if this woman suddenly disappeared without leaving any evidence or witnesses. , Can you still find her?” This film director, who has never filmed more than one hour in length, wrote his own script for a sudden idea, and then exhausted his contacts to attract first-line actors. He was full of inability The horror that is not worrying is similar to but different from the hero Zhong Hao in the movie. Luo Hongzhen bet on his talents and competed on the career prospects, and finally won the reputation with ease.
On a rainy night, Zhonghao, the pimp who was called a scum by the prostitutes, angrily looked for the bastard who he thought had abducted and sold his employees and prevented him from getting the loan. As the truth peeled off, this long night It became Zhonghao's embarrassing stubbornness, an opportunity to save a girl's mother, and a contest about hatred and victory.
The roles of the prey and the hunter were confused and weakened, and then placed on the deserted streets and houses. From the very beginning, there was an irregular chess game. After making these plans, Luo Hongzhen himself sat outside the audience and sat in the audience. , Allowing the plot to continue, the flames that he ignited were constantly hit and stimulated by the indifferent society and cold rain. It could not burn anything, but it was also difficult to extinguish, exhausted, and fell short.
As far as suspense films are concerned, the third person is far less likely to lead the audience into the "exciting" elevator than the first person. "The Chaser" uses the nasty third person and puts all the clues on the stage clearly. Resentment, distortion, clumsiness, confusion, coincidence, despair, helplessness, collapse, loss... dozens of dishes are unique, ups and downs, free comment. The killer without criminal mind, the police without order and system, the chase chaser, the three-party game is extremely stupid and wasteful to the audience, but no one tries to open the dead knot. The killer is after being arrested. After being released again safely, the police used their power for internal friction and mistakes. The pursuers used the most stupid way to complete the late rescue. When Meizhen’s head was decorated like a beautiful artwork in a fish tank with tropical fish, The real cruelty of the movie has just burst out of the bank.
"The Chaser" is another Korean movie that chooses "hammer" as the assault tool after "Old Boy". In English, "Hammer" has the transitive meaning of "forced instillation", similar to that in "The Chaser" In the spiritual meaning, impotence men use hammers as their genitals, aiming at women’s heads to smash out blood, in order to achieve orgasm. Reminiscent that the place where the killer had stolen possession was originally owned by faithful believers of the church, and after killing a woman, the killer liked to hang the corpse on the wall and let out blood from the ankle (the police called it Achilles’ heel in the film). The symbol of the hammer has become an alternative "Langinus gun."
When he was dressed up and was about to leave the killer Chi Yingmin and met the pursuer Zhonghao who followed the clues, the film’s handling method was classic. Zhonghao’s umbrella was thrown outside the door. He just pushed in. Chi Yingmin was holding the same black umbrella, with a sudden wry smile on his face, one by one. Luo Hongzhen erased the process of encountering and transitioned the oncoming opposition very well. The power of the whole series was in an instant. Being radiated by Lixian, the word is wonderful, and it is well deserved.
In the film, it can be clearly seen that Luohong Town’s allusions and appeals to the real society, including the episode in which the mayor was thrown dung, had a major impact on the plot-precisely because the district prosecutor suspected that the police had insufficient evidence. Under the circumstances, the "serial murderer" was arrested in order to cover up the scandal that happened to the mayor, which led to the release of the killer Chi Yingmin. Then Meizhen, who had already escaped from the magic cave, was discovered again by the killer and her soul returned to another world.
If it weren't for the release date of "Chaser", I would almost regard it as a documentary of the "Kang Hosoon Serial Murder" in South Korea:
(December 19, 2008, there was a kidnapping and murder case in South Korea. During the investigation of the case, The South Korean police found that Jiang Haochun (male, 38 years old, living in Palgok-dong, Ansan City, Gyeonggi-do) was suspected of major crimes. On January 30, 2009, Jiang Haochun was arrested by the Korean police and transferred to the prosecutor's office.
Jiang Haochun confessed to him during the interrogation From December 2006 to December 2008, a total of 8 women were killed in Gunpo, Hwaseong, Suwon and other areas in southwestern Gyeonggi Province. He explained to the police that he was impulsive in 2006. A series of serial homicides began after the killing of Bae, whom he met in a karaoke room in Yamamoto-dong, Gunpo City. The Ansan branch of the Suwon District Prosecutor’s Office, South Korea, responsible for investigating the serial homicide of Kang Ho-soon, announced on February 22, 2009 In order to defraud the insurance money, Jiang Hao-soon, a serial murderer, killed his fourth wife and his mother-in-law on fire. In addition, the Korean Procuratorate also found the DNA of two other women on the hoe seized and handed over by the police. So far, in addition to the 8 cases Jiang Haochun confessed, this serial homicide case has added many more victims.)
The hammer that Chung-ho failed to drop also reflects Luo Hongjin’s hesitation to use violence to turn violence. This is also similar to the joint signature of 132 South Korean criminal law professors to oppose the restoration of the death penalty enforcement system after the "Kang Ho-soon serial murder" was exposed. In 1997, Since then, South Korea has not executed a death penalty for more than 10 years and has been included in the ranks of "countries that have de facto abolished the death penalty." Statistics show that the number of murderers has increased after the execution of the death penalty was stopped. During the four years of execution from 1994 to 1997, an average of 607 people were prosecuted for homicide each year. However, during the 10-year period from 1998 to 2007 when the execution of the death penalty was suspended, an average of 800 people were brought to court each year for homicide, and the number of homicides increased by 32%. This is a difficult situation to understand. To protect the human rights of the offenders, the public finally got a higher crime rate. In the movie, Chung Ho’s performance is also a manifestation of the will of all Koreans. As a victim, he hates the offender very much. When there is a chance for revenge, he will resolutely deprive the criminals of their lives. However, his behavior is still stopped by the police who rushed over. No matter how incompetent the police are, he is still the enforcer of the law. The bruised Zhonghao can only be suppressed and kept his eyes open. Watching the killer Chi Yingmin being carried on a stretcher.
(On the side topic, I support the abolition of China’s death penalty system. The specific reasons are given by Professor He Weifang. For details, see: "Nine Major Issues to Torture China’s Death Penalty System")
"The Chaser" clarifies the director’s position on human nature. A poor character pimp leaned in front of the hospital bed wearily, and gently shook the little girl's hand-her mother was sent out by herself to pick up guests and lost her life, this grumpy "scum" will also appear On the soft side, although a little helpless, it is also salvation.
The moonlight is like washing, but Christ is silent.
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