Movies are externalized dreams, but sometimes, movies are real, and they reveal the true colors of the world. Movies based on real events have become more and more common, and people no longer rely on fake, artificially created scripts. Capturing the audience, in the shady scene, the pop-up "This movie is based on real events" suddenly appeared in front of the eyes, and the hearts of the people watching the movie will also tighten. This is the truth of the movie.
It's even more empathetic to draw inspiration from real events or from reality.
I wrote a movie review about "The Instructor of Memory" before. It is a science fiction film through and through. The theme of the future world is full of the suppression of human nature by technology. I said: This movie can be called: "The Instructor of Human Nature" Well, because no matter how novel a movie is, there will always be something wrapped up, like the "burden" in the sketch. "Humanity" is the "burden" of this film.
Someone commented: "There are many movies that tap into human nature, but the results are obvious~."
Couldn't agree more, people are always used to forgetting and then turning back into reality as if nothing happened. Movie-goers will talk to others that the role of the movie is declining, and then when someone mentions the topic of "human nature", they begin to depreciate the idea of these movies, subconsciously treating them as "old stalks".
In fact, everyone has a deep understanding of "human nature". I say that audiences need "deeper stimulation", because the essence of most "blockbusters" that can be seen in movie theaters is not the idea. And often the box offices of these movies are beautiful.
There are many movies that tap into human nature, but most of them don't "mind", just "shallow it". People need a little deeper "stimulation", and "humanity" never goes out of style.
There are also many good films about inspiring "humanity", and they do great things.
How many tears did "12 Years a Slave", "Captain Philip" and "Moonlight" make? To be honest, the Oscars in those two years were also the time when I was the most involved. The Oolong in "Moonlight" surprised many people, and when the Lala
Speaking of human nature, I would like to talk about the more profound movies I have seen in recent years, "Nocturnal Animals" and "Deep Forest".
The poster of "Nocturnal Animals" was released in 2016, and he admitted that he was only attracted by the cast and the name of the film. But whether it's the picture, the color or the aftertaste, it immediately stuck in my mind, and I always think of this movie to this day.
Suspense is part of the film, played by Amy Adams as "Strong Woman" Susan, aka "Nocturnal Animals". The heroine Susan has a successful career, but her relationship with her husband is difficult to support. Susan is unable to devote herself to it and sleeps all night. Susan's family has a strong atmosphere of discrimination, her gay brother was ruthlessly kicked out of the house, and her marriage was interfered by her mother, but she didn't know that she gradually became a person like her mother. This is a curse, but it can't be saved.
The male protagonist is Edward, who was experimented by Jake Gyllenhaal , so he became the weakest in this marriage. Susan divorced and even unilaterally aborted their children. So Edward started his own "revenge plan" in the novel, using words to make up for his cowardice. The interspersed memories of Susan in the film reveal all kinds of facts, homosexuality, patriarchal society, there are simply too many things to think about in this film.
Here I would like to talk about the place that impressed me the most in the movie, Edward's novel world, the center of revenge, the moral of the movie is here, and the flavor of "human nature" is also the strongest, so strong that I still remember the plot.
The Tony in Edward's novel is Edward in real life, a father with a harmonious family. The Tony family was robbed on a desolate highway in the middle of the night, with rogue-like wolf howls, disheveled hair and beards, white undershirts, and stopped their car forcefully. It is uncomfortable to watch. When the wife and daughters are kidnapped, the male protagonist does nothing. Tony, played by Jake Gyllenhaal , has only panic and fear in his eyes. He did not resist strongly, but was like a crying woman, a submissive.
Weak, Tony is Edward's cowardice in reality. This cowardice directly leads to the most real side of the movie, Tony's wife and children were raped and killed in a dilapidated hut.
Then there is the resistance to reality. Edward made Tony achieve "revenge" in the novel. He found the man in the vest who symbolized the "strong" and shot and killed him, but throughout the process, you can feel that Cowardice, including the scene where the man in white is sitting in Tony's back seat, you can see the same fear in Tony's eyes as it was at the time of the incident.
Ending : Tony takes his own life when his revenge is over. This is self-blame and anger at their own cowardice.
Although the "humanity" embodied in "Nocturnal Animals" is embodied by the novels in the film, it has a strong real flavor, and it is as cruel as "Captain Philip", and it is rushing at you one after another. Cowardly, afraid of power, and without the law, women are like "wolves" like men in white, and women have become "food". After reading it, you will be angry, but what you have to feel is that it is somewhat powerless. This "humanity" serves its purpose, prepares people, and people get better.
The "humanity" triggered by "Deep Forest" is similar to "Nocturnal Animals", but the film itself is indeed a completely different style. This film is adapted from the novel of the same name by the original author Jean Hegland . The story describes a pair of sisters. In the near future, in the face of various disintegrating social problems, it is an alternative doomsday theme that strives to survive together.
Alternative, in my opinion, the other ingenious place is that most of its photography is in the beautiful mountains and forests, quaint houses, huge forests, single old father with teenage sister Nell ( Ellen Page ) and love Dance sister Eva ( Ewan Rachel Wood ). A unique way of unfolding the apocalypse, no broken walls, no ecological collapse, and no unity of purpose.
All crises originate from a power failure. Before realizing that this crisis will be unprecedented, quietness and orderliness are still the main theme of the film. Peace and contentment in the dark, and a cabin in the depths of the forest even make people feel a little better.
The first part of the movie can be described as quiet .
As the power outage continues for longer and longer, gas and other consumables are also close to emergency, the situation immediately occurs, the car cannot be started, the small town store is looted, the clerk is suspicious, and people are suspicious. "Humanity Disaster" is on, and "Deep Forest" takes the blackout as the trigger point of the disaster, but in fact reveals that "humanity" is the real cause of the end.
In the store, the clerk Stan held a gun and asked Dad if he had any money to pay the bill, and claimed that it was just for fear of being robbed, but he didn't know that this man slapped himself in the face at the back of the movie, and the disaster of "human nature" came to his head .
After the accidental death of his father, the desperate Stan found the two sisters, raped his sister Eva, stole the fuel, and drove away the car.
The apocalyptic environment created by the film and the exposure of human nature are its characteristics, which make up for the shortcomings of this type of subject matter.
Evan Rachel Wood plays Eva, a female character who symbolizes "vulnerability" in the movie, because Evan has also experienced sexual assault in real life.
In 2016, Evan Rachel Wood revealed in an interview with Rolling Stone that she had been "physically and mentally abused and sexually assaulted" and talked about misunderstandings about being bisexual. And revealed that she had been raped twice, one of which was even her lover at the time. Evan said that he was ashamed to open up about sexual assault for fear of being said to gain attention and sympathy. He also complained about himself and even committed suicide.
Today, Evan can still appear on the screen, and even star in the popular American drama "Westworld", we must respect this great woman.
The movie is real, especially in showing "human nature". It teaches the disadvantaged group to never be afraid of the strong, and only when they become strong can they truly resolve conflicts.
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