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Due to the different cultures of the East and the West, the expression methods are also very different.
This is no exception in film and television works.
Especially for horror movies, the regional characteristics are very obvious.
In the early years, European and American horror films focused on visual impact, bloody violence.
In recent years, European and American horror films have undergone a transformation and began to integrate elements of The East and the West.
For example, the "Latent" series directed by Chinese director Wen Ziren, the "Summoning Spirits" series and so on.
The Conjuring 2
Asian horror films represented by Japan, South Korea, and Thailand are good at creating an atmosphere, and the shaping of horror images is also a must.
For example, the very classic "Midnight Bells" and "Curse" series.
"The Grudge"
Due to the limitations of the rules, domestic horror films often use the ending of "Approaching Science" to force a round field.
This has also made domestic horror films in recent years always criticized.
In fact, the domestic horror films that were once produced have also experienced a glorious era.
Especially in the early years of horror films in Hong Kong, China, many excellent works of the population were born.
Just like "Mountain Village Old Corpse", "Office Has Ghosts", "Spell Paradise" and so on.
"The Old Corpse of the Mountain Village"
And the movie that Xiao Hi wants to share with you today is also a classic of Hong Kong horror films.
That's "See the Ghost" directed by the Peng brothers.
"Hell"
"See the Ghost" was released in 2002 and attracted widespread attention once it was released.
The film almost swept the major film awards in Hong Kong and Taiwan that year, and it is also a famous work of Hong Kong female artist Li Xinjie.
Li Xinjie won the best actress at the 39th Taiwan Film Golden Horse Awards and the 22nd Hong Kong Film Awards for this film.
Hailed by fans as a new generation of "ghost queens".
Li Xinjie
This "See the Ghost" is also known as the pinnacle of Hong Kong horror films and the best work of the Pang brothers.
Domestic Douban gave a score of 7.2 points, better than 86% of horror films.
The protagonist of the story, Xiao Wen, has been blind since childhood.
Fortunately, she is optimistic by nature and has a family to take good care of, so she has been happy since she was a child.
But being able to see the world with his own eyes has always been the biggest wish of Xiaowen and his family.
Finally, one day, she underwent a corneal transplant and was gradually able to see things around her.
Seeing the light again also brought endless troubles to XiaoWen.
Because she found that the world she saw was different from others.
In addition to what others can see, there are also things that others can't see.
For example, ghosts.
When XiaoWen told all this to the people around him, he could not be trusted.
What was even more terrifying was that what she saw in the mirror was not herself, but another woman.
She began to get a little hysterical, even wishing she could see nothing as she had before.
After careful consideration, XiaoWen decided that all this was related to the cornea he had transplanted.
So Xiaowen decided to trace the source of the cornea and find the reason why he could see the ghost.
Accompanied by psychiatrist Dr. Hua, the two were traced to Thailand.
The truth gradually surfaced.
NetEase Entertainment once commented on this movie: "See the Ghost" is not a horror film in the simple sense.
I have to say, it is true.
In Xiao Hi's view, its core is actually only two words - ignorance.
Why? And look down.
Before that, Xiao Hi would like to ask everyone a question first.
Which senses does the human body get the most information from the outside world?
I think most of my friends blurt out – eyes.
Yes, according to the analysis of researchers at Harvard Business School in the United States, 83% of the information we obtain from the outside world comes from vision.
In other words, when we judge whether something exists, the main medium is the eye.
This is a great contrast in "Seeing Ghosts".
Because the protagonist Xiaowen is a blind man.
For a blind person, access to outside information can only rely on the remaining 17% of the senses.
Even if the so-called "ghosts" stand in front of them, they will not be afraid.
Because you can't see it at all.
So, what does human fear come from?
It comes from ignorance.
When faced with things beyond our own comprehension, we always have a great sense of uneasiness and fear in our hearts.
Just like Xiaowen.
Before seeing the light again, Xiao Wen had too many things that he had not seen.
When the vision is restored, 83% of the amount of information comes to the fore, which is overwhelming.
She couldn't tell what was real and what was false, and what she should believe.
Such fears speak for themselves.
Therefore, Xiaowen will choose to escape, and even put on sunglasses again, disguised as a blind person, and want to continue to live in the dark.
And in the end the truth was revealed.
It turned out that Xiaowen's transplanted cornea came from a Thai girl, Zhao Huiling.
She had a very special ability to predict the future of others, such as the date of death.
Because of this, she has been regarded as a disaster star and a disaster water by the people in the village since she was a child.
Once, she foresaw that a fire would destroy her village, but people didn't believe her.
As a result, the fire really came, and Zhao Huiling, who was grieving, chose to commit suicide.
Why don't people believe Zhao Huiling's prophecy?
Because of ignorance.
When we don't see the truth with our own eyes, we always feel that other people's words are nonsense.
Xiao Wen confided in others about his experience and did not get any trust.
Zhao Huiling confessed her prophecy to the villagers, and the same was true.
Because those people did not see it with their own eyes, they were just like Xiaowen who was blind at the beginning.
We always say that "hearing is false, seeing is believing".
But is it true that hearing is false, and seeing is really true?
As it turns out, not necessarily.
Believing too much in one's own eyes is itself a manifestation of ignorance.
But that's not the scariest thing.
The most terrible thing is this ignorance, which is difficult to save.
When what others say does become true, people still see it as a scourge and an outlier, and then continue to choose ignorance.
Just like the villagers in the film.
Xiao Wen's subsequent encounters once again confirmed this.
Just as she was about to return home, she also foresaw a disaster.
She could have prevented all this from happening, but no one believed her.
Just like the original Zhao Huiling.
At the end of the film, Xiaowen injured his eyes in an accident and went blind again.
In fact, she was lucky, because she finally no longer had to face the fear of ignorance.
If hearing is not necessarily false, and seeing is not necessarily believing, then don't trust your eyes too much.
Treating everything objectively is the best way to save ignorance.
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