In the first issue of the movie that real men should watch- "The Girl with a Bright Future" (Part 1) and the last issue, do you know what the definition of a good man is? In "The Girl with a Bright Future" (in), we introduce the heroine Keith, how she, as the "restrained goddess of vengeance", makes people feel emotionally pulled and resonates, the grievances, vulnerability and helplessness, and from the perspective of prisoners and accomplices, how they react in the event, and what kind of psychology is behind these reactions.
Today, we will tell the story from the overall performance and ending of the film.
Keith, who was supposed to be a doctor, lived a mysterious double life, working in a coffee shop during the day and wandering in a bar at night to punish the "corpse pickers". After meeting her college classmate Ryan, the scars of the past are uncovered, and what changes her life is changed.
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The title of "Girl with a Bright Future" is taken from the sensational "Stanford College Student Sexual Assault Case" in the United States, when the judge sentenced the rapist to a light sentence because he was a "boy with a bright future", and only sentenced him to 6 months in prison and a 3-year suspended sentence, while the actual degree of sexual assault could be up to 14 years in prison. Obviously, the victim in the eyes of the judge is not such a "promising" girl.
The title is full of irony, and the slightly bloodstained 80s girls' video game opening is not only full of provocation, but also lays the foundation for the style and tone of the film's pink girl and dark back and forth.
The film uses a large number of symmetrical compositions, especially for the heroine's personal shots, symmetrical shots in addition to showing order and restraint, in fact, also give people a strong sense of oppression, enlarge the central subject, we can appreciate how the trauma from the past is heavily pressed on the heroine, but also feel the heroine's revenge when the threat.
Many of the heavy moments are accompanied by slow-approaching shots that reinforce this sense of oppression, emphasizing the ruthlessness of people when they don't care about themselves and the gradual panic when they are on trial. Other shots mimic the form of documentary interviews, echoing the interrogation plot, which is also a kind of parody.
Only in the scene of the lawyer's confession, there are different perspectives, and the lawyer obviously occupies more parts of the camera, in a position of suppression and superiority, which actually shows that the guilt and self-blame stemming from personal conscience are far more severe and heavy than the punishment from others.
The soundtrack is stylized and impressive, and the flavor of Kill Eve comes up at once. Some places seem to be incongruous grand soundtracks, creating a brilliant future that "could have been", but the content of the corresponding film suddenly makes people feel lost.
The film suppresses a strong explosive force all the way, at a certain point we thought it was finally going to erupt, but it collapsed, and the repeated restraint of the "fake explosion" alluded to the ups and downs of the real society, and the changes that we always thought were coming.
There is not even a single rape scene in the film, there is no bloody picture, only ketchup, lipstick, and the long shot at the end where Keith is pressed to the bed and slowly suffocated on a pillow - bloodless violence, like all the silent sacrifices and deaths in our lives. Perhaps the extremely restrained depiction in the film is the most uncomfortable and maddening place, that moment of "cool" feeling is nothing, this is a grand tragedy, and in it are we powerless or inaction?
The heroine carries Nina's necklace
There is a lot of discussion about the ending on Douban, why Keith did this, is Keith's death accidental or design, whether Keith and Nina are in a crush relationship, etc., but my focus is not here, in fact, in real life, Nina's side, where is the existence of Keith?
In addition to the family, the victims in reality are all lonely and painfully traumatic, even the closest people, I am afraid it is difficult to empathize, let alone complete the revenge in a sacrificial way, so the idea of the same death seems to be the desire of the victim himself, Keith is Nina, Keith is nina's heart suppressed externalized revenge force, so it is much more reasonable. Of course, the film does not go the magic route, so Keith and Nina are two people who are separated, and Keith's love for Nina has reached the point of living for her and dying for her. But remember, there is no Keith in the real world, only justice that always comes too late.
Social events such as Strings and Ram are heart-wrenching and at the same time raising the threshold for us to endure the same events.
When people stop turning a blind eye to the red flags and the beginning of tragedy, no longer drawing boundaries to determine the difference between you and me, being able to see others as equals, and stopping senseless indifference, all people have the opportunity to be one step closer to the good world.
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