The biggest advantage of movies is that they can interpret ugly things in a beautiful form. In this way of saying goodbye to life, humanistic and moral restrictions, subverting our logic, and expressing evil in the form of art, it is undoubtedly a kind of way for us. Excellent sensory stimulation and psychological release, it is all of this, which solves the difficult problems that our language cannot express intuitively, and relieves our guilt of evil thoughts in our hearts. What we can't do in life, we do in movies. There, we can plan revenge, we can pretend to be the Duke of the Night, we can kill people, we can kill a lot of people, we can open a black shop, we can grind people into mincemeat, we can push people into a fire pit, we can imprison a beautiful girl, think Do whatever you want without taking any responsibility.
What I like about this film is that the
male and female protagonists have makeup like "mould melon", which is different from other characters.
The dark tones of the film, the gloomy and bleak streets, the equally hazy sky, the large windows that see the sky and the street, use a strong contrast of bright tones and "present" oppressive tones for the past or the good life.
Those named after "politician's taste", "pastor's taste", "poet's taste" mince pies.
Some small props in the movie, such as the empty barber chair, the cabinet pretending to be dead.
That ragged "witch" with terrifying eyes.
Todd's evil look.
The shiny silver barber blade.
Bloody, blood-splattered violent aesthetics.
In fact, we not only need to appreciate beauty, we also need to appreciate ugliness and evil.
Therefore, we not only need the comfortable and sweet Snow White, the industrious and motivated ugly duckling, the dignified and handsome knight who eliminates evil and treats Zorro with kindness; we also need the hunchbacked, hooked-nosed, black-clothed Gargage among the Smurfs. The vicious queen in Snow White who is jealous of all beauties, the fangs, cloaked, bloodthirsty vampires who need to sneak into people's homes late at night, and the old witch who needs to cast evil and alternative spells behind her back. And all of this, isn't it the best spokesperson for "evil" in our fantasy? We forget that we need them too, like, there is no "Snow White" without "Maleful Queen".
We need the fragrant and beautiful roses in the garden, and we need the poisonous poppies that glow in the dark purple of the castle. Watching the nimble black cat climb the spire of the temple, staring at you with green eyes, and listening to the owls howl eerily in the forest where you are all alone makes you shudder and shudder, but they are equally essential , because they are also part of the film's story.
So, let's judge the ugly too.
I think it's the best way to interpret this film as a musical.
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