However, as the audience continues to expand, the "fun movie" logic of "Silent Kill" has also exposed some problems. The first is that the concentration of suspense crime elements is too high. The entire story involves elements such as school violence, domestic violence, candid photography, juvenile delinquency, education corruption, serial murders, etc., all staged in a welfare school. The level of romance is high, but authenticity is completely sacrificed to create a A "vacuum Gotham" where evil is concocted for the sake of presenting evil. Secondly, in the scenes of school violence and murder, the film focuses on the victims of abuse, and there are many painful and ferocious facial close-ups. Furthermore, in order to create a tense atmosphere, the director turned to the jump scare technique commonly used in horror films. Although it worked, it more or less eliminated the seriousness of the subject matter during the movie viewing. In response to this, the director responded in the interview that he hopes to use a broad perspective to gather all living beings in society as much as possible, and believes that "if you feel pain in the movie, it means that we have succeeded." "If "Silence" makes people You see a lot of evil and feel a lot of pain, which actually reminds you not to be silent anymore.” We recognize the director’s intention to advocate helping the weak, but we also have to ask – does criticizing evil necessarily only involve reproducing evil and feeling pain? In fact, the intuitive expression of bloody and violent scenes will certainly bring immediate pain and emotion, triggering strong sympathy for the weak and hatred for the perpetrators. However, this only satisfies the simplest view of good and evil. For a series of societies, The analysis of the issue is superficial, and ignores the nuances and complexity of human nature, and ignores the examination of the soil and environment where evil breeds. What's more, for the recipient, it is still unknown whether witnessing violent scenes inspires imitation of violence or alerts people to the recurrence of real-life tragedies. At present, many stage and film and television creators are actually aware of this problem. Therefore, in the presentation of the same theme, they avoid directly displaying violence and instead use more obscure and indirect audio-visual methods such as symbolic imagery, which can still gain the audience's attention. The reader’s empathy leads to reflection. A good work should be heard in silence. Literary and artistic works intended for the general public should also pursue this goal.
Source: Wenhui Po