In the gorgeous magical world constructed by Burton's films, the most luminous wand that is comparable to the magic of a crystal ball should be Johnny Depp's charming and innocent eyes. Under the instigation of the whimsical master, Depp resumed his old business, picked up the scissors again, and looked at the gloomy and gloomy shape in the stills, there is always the charm of being possessed by the soul of "Edward Scissorhands". However, this time, the scissors were not used to repair weeds. The shiny, cold silver razor was not used for shaving, but for repairing the throat stained with blood.
When one thinks of London in the late 19th century, one seems to touch the dark, damp, smoky mystery, and the performance form of the musical, coupled with the strong "Gothic" color, makes "Sweeney Todd" more gloomy , dark mystery. The movie is like a black canvas, so black it is maddening, but it makes people unable to forget the smudges of red in front of them, infiltrating layer by layer in all directions, showing no mercy. It is the blood flowing on the ground, and it is also the most boiling thoughts in the heart. Black in the eyes, very depressing, red in the heart, very hot, very painful!
Benjamin Baker, a barber with a happy family, was persecuted and exiled for 15 years because Judge Turpin coveted his wife's beauty, and his wife and daughter were ruthlessly occupied. Under the pseudonym Tode, when he returned to his hometown again, everything was already different. He can't forget the longing for his family, it's a deep red, and he can't erase his hatred for his enemies, it's a biting red. The judge's behavior may also be out of "love" for himself, but it is a kind of dirty, a kind of wretchedness, and it is a very ugly black. Todd's love for his wife and daughter is beautiful in red, but stained by grief and hatred in black. As a result, Hong was injected with evil, and love became the motive. He used the blood of his enemy, Hong, to pay homage to his love. Just like the razor in the hand, it can make people comfortable, and it can also lead to hell.
There is a devil hidden in everyone's heart, it just needs to be stimulated, because of love, because of hatred, once out of control, the power will be so powerful that it will destroy everything, including the mind. The poor barber wanted to threaten Todd because of red-eyed jealousy, but he was fortunate to be the first audience member of Todd's "Putting Red" performance, which directly inspired the most angry red in Todd's heart. Todd was sober, and he was determined to use killing to release the resentment in his heart. It was the sobriety of despair, despair to the point of entering a road of no return to the darkness, and the red blood danced hysterically in the darkness.
It is a world of cannibalism, and the law of the weak is the darkest description. Stupidity is a kind of sin. Those poor people at the bottom are like innocent low-powered animals placed on the chopping board. They are allowed to be slaughtered by powerful people. This has become Todd's extreme reason. The original purity, under the shroud of black, lost its true color, like a rose under a curse, only thorns, no romantic bright. Those above, who became "meat patties" under Todd's knife, began to feed those below. More and more blood stained Todd's razor, washing the night sky darker and more ugly.
Depp used his soul-devouring acting skills to wonderfully create a "palace-level" bloodthirsty monster, and staged an "opera version" of "human meat pork buns". The neat and neat cutting of the throat with the knife cutting into the flesh has been taught by people as early as in "Oriental Promise", but Depp's "cutting the knife" still caught people off guard. At the same time, there is also a little more charming and sad artistic atmosphere.
The director showed off the blood plasma without hesitation, and in the process of continuous bloodletting, he also slowly experienced Todd's killing skills and patience with the entire revenge plan. I really like the setting of this paragraph, it's not just bloody violence, it just fits the identity of the "hairdresser" character. Trying to kill the judge in the end, like a superb shave, cannot be rushed or hesitant. When it's time to shoot, you need to be slow but more careful and patient, courageous but not reckless, one less knife will not be clean, and one more knife will be humming.
In fact, in addition to the smelly red blood in the movie, there are a lot of pure red blood. Todd's daughter was the most beautiful and flawless red in the sailor's heart, and it was this love that finally saved her from suffering. Mrs. Lovett is not in love with Todd, although she faces bloody corpses every day, although her red dreams for a better tomorrow can only be shattered in the stinking red blood. And that kid, treating Mrs Lovett just as a red thank you. And the red in Todd's heart is black after all. His hands are covered with blood of countless people. He finally avenged his wife but killed the wife he loved the most with his own hands. The love disappeared and the hatred was relieved, but he fell in a pool of black blood made by himself.
This is a good movie that can penetrate deep into your heart, so good that you will be blinded by darkness, and so good that you will firmly see the unpredictable outbreak of red even in the dark. The red in the black is so bright, but there is no light in the red. Back then, because of Huang Qiusheng's "Human Flesh Char Siu Bao", the buns were no longer popular. After watching this film, when you walk through the barber shop, you may subconsciously touch your neck and swallow hard, it seems that it is also red of.
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