Issue number: 22-34 (fantasy, grotesque films)
"Malina" Germany, Austria /1991
Plot, scale : ☆☆☆☆
Austrian female writers encounter creative bottlenecks, and at the same time, she is also deeply Trapped in the whirlpool of life, he struggles to maintain a complex emotional relationship with his father, lover, and boyfriend. The
female writer grew up in a family of strong patriarchy, which had a profound impact on her. When she became an adult, she and her boyfriend Malina lived in an apartment of Vienna . Their relationship looked like a couple on the surface, but it was actually just a Platonic -style spiritual love.
until the female writer stumbles across Ivan on the street, a younger Hungarian , she can't help falling in love with him and decides he's the one who can save her, she takes all the needs she can't get in Malina It was all put on Ivan, but this made Ivan gradually retreat and choose someone else, causing the painful female writer to lose her nature. The first half of the
movie progresses slowly, and the last hour is a classic. In particular, the bizarre dream of the female writer brings the film to its climax.
boldly expresses the surrealism style of pictures and close-ups of characters, and the repeated enhanced montage and the final scene of the flames are typical Schroeder styles. At the end, using the angle of mirror refraction to create a picture of the heroine slowly disappearing into the wall is the most wonderful display of cinematography.
"Birds, Orphans and Fools" Czech , French/1969/ Chinese
Plot, scale : ☆☆☆☆
The film is a tragedy, but it is told in the form of a comedy.
After the end of World War II , Andre and Uric live in an abandoned church, and although they are adults, their behavior is as innocent and reckless as children.
But after the arrival of a Jewish girl named Marta, some subtle changes have gradually taken place between them.
Later, Uric was arrested for no reason in prison, and he was released after a year, but at this time it was a different person...
There are often some surreal and unreasonable characters and scenes in the film, It adds some comic effect, and at the same time, it also hides metaphors. The bird in the
film refers to the symbol of the soul after death. Fools, also known as "fools", are those who have lost their minds in war or who are called rational by others. Children's weird games are ignorance and confusion about the future.
"The Witch" USA / 1982
Scale : ☆☆
The demon of hell intends to sacrifice his eldest son and make himself a powerful ruler.
To do this, he made a devil pact with the illusionist and the master of black magic, as well as the evil god Karl.
However, things changed, the magician's wife killed the traitor with her last breath in order to protect the twin daughters. Her twin daughters were rescued and raised by her mentor Krona. The two grown-up sisters,
, became the most fearless warriors, vowing to avenge their mother, eradicate evil, and bring peace to the world.
