#头条创作挑战赛 #
Half a year ago, a bizarre movie sparked a phenomenal discussion.
The super-large-scale picture and weird plot direction make the movie full of gimmicks.
However, the Douban score was only 5.9 in the end.
was bitterly criticized by many netizens, rotten to the point of no bottom line.
Unexpectedly, this word-of-mouth movie has not decreased in popularity.
also made a prequel.
And, relying on this prequel, the evaluation has been greatly turned.
Even film master Martin Scorsese praised it.
"102 Minutes Wild, Deep, Mesmerizing and Unsettling"
Both films are created by the same team.
The gap is so large that it is unexpected.
Uncle Yu will talk about it today——
"Pearl"
Pearl
Half a year ago, the overturn of the movie "X" was inseparable from its bizarre gimmick.
The first thing to bear the brunt is to sell meat.
Although it advertises itself as a horror film, it is more like an erotic film cloaked in horror.
The setting of the plot is very chicken thief.
A six-person film crew rented a remote farmhouse.
They were determined to make an adult film that would hit the country with a bang.
The name was originally decided, "Farmer's Daughter".
In the team, there are sexy and sultry actresses.
Dreamed of relying on this film, it became a hit.
A strong and confident male actor.
"That's what I was born for."
There is also a photographer with artistic ambitions.
As his girlfriend starred in the film, he became sullen.
The struggle between "spirit and flesh" made him miserable.
However, these adult-level gimmicks are not offensive.
What makes netizens dissatisfied is the theme of the film - maliciously consuming the sex of the elderly.
During the filming of the crew, there was a pair of eyes, always watching them.
She always appeared outside the window of the shooting site, revealing a strange look.
She was the farmer's wife named Pearl.
The director uses a set of cross-montages to combine Pearl with an actress.
When she stares at the actress, she is also awakening her own desire.
As an old man, her skin is already sagging.
Messy hair, like dead grass.
The elderly husband suffered from a heart attack and had long been weak.
However, her desire has not disappeared with the years.
The film uses a group of montages to present the contrast between young adults and the elderly.
On the one hand, there is the flirting between the actress and the male actress.
Soft light, warm and charming.
On the other side, Pearl wandered.
Dim light, heavy and oppressive.
On one side, the blonde sings indulgingly, full of the beauty of youth.
On the other side, the old woman is lonely and lonely, filled with the sadness of aging.
However, the director did not dig deep into the psychology of the elderly.
Instead, it leads the plot to a massacre.
The first to be killed was the photographer.
In the face of Pearl's affectionate hug, he subconsciously recognized it.
The disgust on his face was seen by Pearl.
In anger, she took out a dagger and stabbed it into the neck of the little brother.
Several knives in succession until blood splattered out.
Then, there was the young and beautiful blonde.
She couldn't bear Pearl's weirdness and spoke out in humiliation.
As a result, he was pushed into the river by Pearl and fed the crocodile.
The other members could not escape this hunt.
One by one, they fell into the layers of traps under the old man Pearl.
For example, iron nails on the ground.
As soon as he stepped on it, he lost his mobility and could only sit still.
"X" has a major feature.
The director tried his best to recreate the classic horror film style of the sixties and seventies.
Many of these bridges have tributes.
For example, the construction of the Pearl family's house is obviously borrowed from "Texas Chainsaw Massacre".
After killing the camera guy, Pearl slowly danced in front of the car.
The tone and action also refer to the classic horror film "Yin Wind Gust".
In "The Shining", the classic axe splitting door was also moved into the film.
It's just that the mixed elements do not add to the coolness of the film.
The motivation of the characters is thin and cannot convince the audience.
So much so that drawing tigers is not an anti-dog.
Although "X" is full of curiosity, in the depth of the text, it is too far from those classics.
As a prequel, Pearl's style is completely different from X.
The highly saturated colors and strong stage performance elements all reveal a sense of tranquility of time.
This also makes the film convey a strong sense of unreality.
However, this is only a trick of "Pearl".
What it records is the whole process of Pearl becoming the crazy heroine.
Pearlburn is an ordinary American country girl.
Like most girls back then, she had an innocent dream of stardom.
Every time I went into town to run errands for my mother, I would hide in the cinema.
The big stars dancing on the screen planted seeds in Pearl's heart.
However, Pearl's dreams were always hampered by life.
My father became seriously ill and was paralyzed.
Pearl had to take on the role of a filial daughter and take care of her father's daily life.
She also had to be a virtuous wife.
In 1918, it was during World War I.
Pearl's husband was drafted into the European theater, and his life and death are still unknown.
She reads her husband's family letters every night, praying for his safe return.
However, an audition notice stirred up a wave in her heart.
Pearl heard that the selected girls could tour the country and become big stars.
From that day on, Pearl changed.
No one or anything can prevent her from becoming a star.
Once, she was practicing dancing in the barn when a big goose comically broke in.
She stared grimly at the spectator and raised her fork.
As soon as the camera turned, Pearl had already crossed the goose and came to the river.
He raised his hand and fed it to the crocodile, without fear and skill.
Towards his father, he no longer has the patience of the past.
When bathing her father, she always muttered to herself.
Even, several times he tried to strangle his father.
Thinking of her husband is no longer a warm reunion.
Instead, she imagined that he had exploded into a puddle of flesh and blood, like a bird's egg in her hand.
However, the mother's opposition intensified the family conflict to the climax.
She searched out the poster of the audition and tore it to shreds.
Blame Pearl of evading responsibility and unwilling to care for his disabled father.
He also threatened to lock her in her home.
"Maybe I should kill him for you so you don't have to take care of him anymore."
Pearl's emotions exploded for the first time.
During the dispute, the mother was pushed to the furnace.
The raging fire ran down the skirt and instantly surrounded the mother's body.
Looking at his dying mother, Pearl did not help.
Instead, it gives birth to the joy of liberation in the heart.
Killing became the only means for her to realize her dream.
Soon, she went on a killing spree.
The projectionist friend, who accidentally bumped into the mess in Pearl's house, became suspicious.
To prevent him from calling the police, Pearl raised a pitchfork and stabbed it into his mouth.
My father could not escape death.
On the day of the audition, Pearl wore a red dress.
She came to her father and smiled to show him.
Then he raised the towel and covered his father to death.
After clearing the obstacles, Pearl had no worries.
During the audition, she wore an exaggerated smile the whole time.
It's as if the character is already in the bag.
But what greeted her was a blow.
The interviewer flatly rejected her.
Because, they need a blonde girl even more.
The anger of being rejected was vented on her girlfriend.
The girlfriend has blond hair and is younger, so she must be the first choice for the judging.
She tricked her girlfriend into her home.
Tired of persuading and making girlfriends admit that they were really selected by the judges.
After finally hearing the affirmative answer, Pearl also had a motive to kill.
She raised an axe to chop her girlfriend to the ground and brutally dismembered her body.
After completing all the killing, she returned home peacefully.
Dressed up the bodies of their parents and placed them in wheelchairs.
The family is neat and tidy and enjoys a feast.
Without Jump scare, it's just as chilling.
Instead of selling meat, there is also a large scale that makes the audience stunned.
"Pearl" uses high-level psychological horror to fight a beautiful turnaround.
The Douban score is 7.3, which is already quite good in the horror film sequence.
The turnover of "Pearl" brought fire to Pearl's actor, Mia Gauss.
She has starred in films of amazing scale such as "Female Addict 2" and "Life-saving Antidote".
At one time, he was ridiculed as a star-off-star and made a name for himself by selling meat.
"Yin Wind" 2018 edition
Although the movie "X" has a reputation on the street, Mia Gauss's performance still attracted the attention of the audience.
In the film, she plays both the young actress and the aging Pearl.
The two are the same actor
And this "Pearl" plays a more of her super neurotic performance method.
The most talked about by netizens is the two-minute close-up of the face at the end.
After all the killing, she welcomed her husband back from the battlefield.
She first smiled, then gradually turned vicious, and shed tears.
The demonic and strange expression quickly came out of the circle.
Even, it was made into a peripheral by the film side.
And this twisted smile is the best commentary on Pearl.
Mia also used a vivid demeanor to dig out the inner changes of the characters.
Pearl's life was constantly twisted in desire.
Among this desire, there is a need for sex.
Her husband was away from the war, and Pearl was unaccompanied.
In the fields, she dances with scarecrows, trying to regain the warmth of her skin.
This desire also comes from the desire for freedom.
In the film, Pearl also has a five-minute confession.
She cries while telling the protagonist's boredom with rural life.
Her controlling mother is her biggest obstacle.
Under her mother's discipline, her life was an endless cycle of toil and frustration.
"I don't want to end up like my mother, I want to be like a pretty girl in the movie."
She had tried to save herself with marriage.
Therefore, the husband from a rich family was chosen.
I want to rely on him to make a class jump and go to the metropolis together.
However, the husband was obsessed with the leisurely farm life and did not want to leave.
Her mother had advised her to accept her fate.
"Getting what you want isn't important, making the most of what you have."
At first, she didn't believe in her life.
With her own conceit, she blames others for her failures, believing that her family imprisons her.
"If only they died."
She also fell into paranoia.
The girlfriend told her that each town would only pick one girl who could dance.
After Pearl listened, his expression did not change at all.
Mechanically and without hesitation, he repeated:
"That has to be me."
Eventually, Pearl's desire went bankrupt.
When all dreams were broken, she had to bow her head like fate.
Back in the cellar, tiredly holding on to his mother's body.
To a lesser extent, this is the bankruptcy of Pearl's desire alone.
At a greater level, it is the shattering of the American dream.
Under the bright hues, it is a gorgeous color nightmare.