A very ordinary evening.
The room was filled with the warm and soft light of the setting sun.
Outside the window, blood-colored red rain dripped.
is slow, very slow. How slow is
?
looks like this:
Make no mistake, this is not a bloody love affair.
This isn’t a cool slow motion either.
It is a nightmare that is imprinted in a woman's mind, played over and over again, and cannot be separated.
The plot of the dream can be summarized in two words:
"Men"
Men
You must have guessed this bizarre setting.
is produced by A24.
is beautifully made, the spectacle is terrifying, and the imagination and scale are opened up at the same time.
plus the talented writer and director Alex Garland .
made a splash with the low-budget science fiction film "Ex Machina", and made a splash with "Annihilation", an adaptation of the Nebula Award-winning novel.
The third feature film "Man" sounds "general" and ambitious at first.
Translators are also very confused. What Sir has seen has been changed to more than three versions.
went from "human beings" to "people" "crowds of people" , and now to "men" .
Gender tease?
is punching again?
Before entering the movie, let’s forget those correct slogans for the moment.
After all, most of the viewers who tried it early were shattered by .
A nightmare based on real-life images
British country version of "Barbeque Restaurant"
Please don't watch it
Sir translate: is too real, too scary, run away.
Of course, the poster implicitly warned.
The back being stared at in the center of the camera.
is in the empty and bloody mouth, but he doesn't know it.
As the so-called
advanced hunters often appear in the form of prey.
1
The girl who just stood in front of the window with a nosebleed was named Xiaoha ( Jesse Buckley).
The person who fell down in front of her was her ex-husband.
is also the first man to appear in the movie.
Okay, let’s change to a relaxed mood.
came to a large rural leisure villa in the lush fields.
If your ex-husband, who is like a dog-skin plaster, suddenly falls down in front of you, your spirit will be tortured.
This is definitely the best place for spiritual healing.
The second man Xiaoha met here was the landlord .
Novelist, hospitable and friendly.
is also proficient in the art of "face changing".
There was an apple tree outside the door. Xiao Ha picked an apple to eat when he came.
The landlord saw it and suddenly became angry.
Xiaoha was nervous and apologized quickly.
The landlord smiled evilly.
Hehe, why is the little girl so nervous? Big brother is just joking.
Facing Xiaoha who came alone, he even "carefully" asked her where her husband had gone.
Because the name Xiao Ha used when booking a room was "Mrs. Marlowe" (Mrs. Marlowe) .
When he learned that Xiao Ha was divorced, the landlord first opened his eyes in shock, then quickly twitched the corner of his mouth and muttered to himself.
Look at the good things you have done
There is another detail.
The house is located in a remote location and the signal is not good.
"When it rains, the TV will be easy to spend", the landlord mentioned it during the introduction.
Of course, it affects not only the TV, but also the WIFI signal and even the lights...
However, it seems that it is not a big problem at present.
It’s still early to have everything settled.
Xiaoha is going to walk in the nearby forest, look at the scenery, and breathe some fresh air.
Get ready to collect a wave of forest desktop screensavers:
Xiaoha finally relaxed.
It rained lightly in the forest. Xiao Hazhong, who was hiding from the rain, walked farther and farther, preparing for an adventure.
She saw a tunnel.
It is deep and long, with the sound of running water, and the end is lush and green.
Xiaoha waded into the water and shouted into the tunnel:
"Ah!!!"
The echoes echoed and turned into a beautiful song.
She was extremely happy. Since the divorce, she had rarely laughed like this from the bottom of her heart.
was not happy for two seconds.
Suddenly, a figure passed by on the other side of the tunnel.
After a stalemate for a few seconds, the figure suddenly rushed toward her like crazy.
One, one, naked, male.
Xiaoha ran with all his strength, climbed trees and walls, and escaped back home after many twists and turns.
But the next day, the naked man appeared in her yard in broad daylight.
plucked the forbidden fruit.
The little boy called the police and immediately checked the doors and windows of his home.
The door was pushed open a crack, but luckily there was a bolt on it. Just as she was pressing the door panel and quickly locking the door with the key, she suddenly felt a chill:
A furry hand came in.
Test and explore.
What is he looking for?
Or, what did she take from him?
△ Remember this hand, I will take the test later
2
Fortunately.
The third man stalked, was quickly taken away by the patrol.
Xiao Ha was still frightened and did not dare to stay in the house, so he went to a nearby church to relax.
This church is stranger than imagined.
Beauty is beautiful, but the pattern of the pulpit stone table is a bit indescribable:
On the front, there is a man's face, similar to the pattern of the sun god Apollo. The back of
is a woman’s reproductive organs.
△ Let’s circle another knowledge point, and we will take the test
later. At this time, Xiaoha didn’t know what the evil was.
Looking at the pattern, she actually thought of her damn ex-husband.
In order not to divorce Xiao Ha, he skillfully used the "three axes of scumbag entanglement".
The first trick is the threat of suicide.
will make you live in guilt forever and torture you.
I committed suicide = you killed me with your own hands.
The second move is the threat of force.
Xiaoha sent a message to her best friend saying that she was afraid of her husband. After being seen, he violently snatched her phone and peeked at her phone.
"What do you have that I can't see?"
"That's my mobile phone."
My husband didn't say anything anymore:
There was a bang, and he was punched in the face.
△ Watching it made people’s blood pressure soar.
calmed down and Xiaoha released a lot after yelling in the church. When
came out, a "boy" wearing a Monroe mask and hiding behind the stone steps invited her to a hide-and-seek game.
The fourth man is the problem "child" (a man is a boy until he dies).
And the fifth man, the pastor who just heard the heroine yelling in the church, helped her drive the child away.
The rejected boy did not forget to turn around and curse before leaving.
Xiaoha was a little moved and opened his heart to the pastor.
even told her husband’s trick:
After Xiaoha kicked her domestic violence husband out of the house, he locked the door to prevent him from coming in. He tried to climb back home from the balcony next door.
ended up missing, and the opening scene happened.
The pastor said a few words of polite comfort, I understand, I understand, and the distance is narrowed.
Unfortunately, I couldn't hold it back and exposed my secret:
I have a bad saying, I don't know whether to say it or not.
followed by a set of skillful operations of "You are guilty of original sin" and "He just made the same mistakes that men all over the world make".
- You must be wondering why you let him do that?
- What, I didn’t let him do that
- After he hit you, did you give him a chance to apologize?
Men sometimes hit women
This kind of behavior is not good, but it is not a sin worthy of death
Xiaoha, who has always been guilty, will be convinced by this pua?
Hehe, get lost.
Aren’t you going to leave? I respect you by rolling away first.
Can’t hold on anymore? There are more at the back.
When I came to the bar at night, the landlord saw Xiao Ha coming and insisted on buying her a drink.
The arrival of the sixth man, male policeman , let the landlord know that the house had been invaded. The landlord thought it was impossible, who could have such great ability.
I saw the corners of the male policeman's mouth raised slightly, with a graceful arc, looking at the landlord and then back to the bar owner.
This is a tacit understanding between men.
A naked (accented) man
The landlord understood and showed a joking smile again, comforting Xiaoha in a self-righteous way.
After all -
That's what men are like when they're not at home, right?
△ I’m right about you
The next words of the police were even more serious: The naked man had been released an hour ago.
Oh, you said he was following you? What evidence do you have? Did he cause you any harm?
Don't worry.
Just call the police next time, we will protect you.
Xiaoha left the bar angrily.
It’s late at night.
While walking on the path, she passed by a cemetery. She was angry and frightened, and ran home as fast as she could...
But were the dead people the real horror?
is wrong.
Have you noticed:
All the men Xiaoha met in the countryside.
all have the same face.
3
At first glance, "Men" is indeed suspected of playing up "gender issues".
Character design: multiple men vs. one woman. The point of
is too obvious.
But if you only regard it as a propaganda film calling for the protection of women, then you will only understand the most superficial expression of the director.
Do you remember:
When the Chinese translator translated the title (Men), he kept hesitating between "human beings", "people" and "men".
is.
Most people have seen the director's "something else" . What does
point to?
Let’s start with an analysis of the scare techniques used in horror movies.
Traditional horror films mostly rely on visual thrillers. Therefore,
prefers poor image quality (and low cost); rough character psychology (to save script fees); the technique is jump scares, the physiological stimulation of plasma headshots; the interweaving of terrifying silence and sudden low-frequency sound effects ( Cliché but useful).
Director Garland goes in the opposite direction.
Beautiful MV-like high-definition images; holy religious music; subtle changes in the character's psychology...
But the horror is not diminished.
He amplified the highly daily psychological horror of .
There are only four main spaces in the whole film:
residence, forest, church, and bar.
In the villa during the day, the sense of terror is transmitted through the "mirror".
Xiaoha and her best friend were talking on the phone, and the window looked particularly high when shot from an elevated angle.
always gives Sir the feeling that someone is poking his head in at any time.
△ Sir even regarded the jar as a head
Xiaoha took a video tour of the house with his best friend on his mobile phone. Under the front and rear cameras, danger "flashed" out of the glass window in the background.
No jumping or cutting, silky and smooth.
A very ordinary evening.
The room was filled with the warm and soft light of the setting sun.
Outside the window, blood-colored red rain dripped.
is slow, very slow. How slow is
?
looks like this:
Make no mistake, this is not a bloody love affair.
This isn’t a cool slow motion either.
It is a nightmare that is imprinted in a woman's mind, played over and over again, and cannot be separated.
The plot of the dream can be summarized in two words:
"Men"
Men
You must have guessed this bizarre setting.
is produced by A24.
is beautifully made, the spectacle is terrifying, and the imagination and scale are opened up at the same time.
plus the talented writer and director Alex Garland .
made a splash with the low-budget science fiction film "Ex Machina", and made a splash with "Annihilation", an adaptation of the Nebula Award-winning novel.
The third feature film "Man" sounds "general" and ambitious at first.
Translators are also very confused. What Sir has seen has been changed to more than three versions.
went from "human beings" to "people" "crowds of people" , and now to "men" .
Gender tease?
is punching again?
Before entering the movie, let’s forget those correct slogans for the moment.
After all, most of the viewers who tried it early were shattered by .
A nightmare based on real-life images
British country version of "Barbeque Restaurant"
Please don't watch it
Sir translate: is too real, too scary, run away.
Of course, the poster implicitly warned.
The back being stared at in the center of the camera.
is in the empty and bloody mouth, but he doesn't know it.
As the so-called
advanced hunters often appear in the form of prey.
1
The girl who just stood in front of the window with a nosebleed was named Xiaoha ( Jesse Buckley).
The person who fell down in front of her was her ex-husband.
is also the first man to appear in the movie.
Okay, let’s change to a relaxed mood.
came to a large rural leisure villa in the lush fields.
If your ex-husband, who is like a dog-skin plaster, suddenly falls down in front of you, your spirit will be tortured.
This is definitely the best place for spiritual healing.
The second man Xiaoha met here was the landlord .
Novelist, hospitable and friendly.
is also proficient in the art of "face changing".
There was an apple tree outside the door. Xiao Ha picked an apple to eat when he came.
The landlord saw it and suddenly became angry.
Xiaoha was nervous and apologized quickly.
The landlord smiled evilly.
Hehe, why is the little girl so nervous? Big brother is just joking.
Facing Xiaoha who came alone, he even "carefully" asked her where her husband had gone.
Because the name Xiao Ha used when booking a room was "Mrs. Marlowe" (Mrs. Marlowe) .
When he learned that Xiao Ha was divorced, the landlord first opened his eyes in shock, then quickly twitched the corner of his mouth and muttered to himself.
Look at the good things you have done
There is another detail.
The house is located in a remote location and the signal is not good.
"When it rains, the TV will be easy to spend", the landlord mentioned it during the introduction.
Of course, it affects not only the TV, but also the WIFI signal and even the lights...
However, it seems that it is not a big problem at present.
It’s still early to have everything settled.
Xiaoha is going to walk in the nearby forest, look at the scenery, and breathe some fresh air.
Get ready to collect a wave of forest desktop screensavers:
Xiaoha finally relaxed.
It rained lightly in the forest. Xiao Hazhong, who was hiding from the rain, walked farther and farther, preparing for an adventure.
She saw a tunnel.
It is deep and long, with the sound of running water, and the end is lush and green.
Xiaoha waded into the water and shouted into the tunnel:
"Ah!!!"
The echoes echoed and turned into a beautiful song.
She was extremely happy. Since the divorce, she had rarely laughed like this from the bottom of her heart.
was not happy for two seconds.
Suddenly, a figure passed by on the other side of the tunnel.
After a stalemate for a few seconds, the figure suddenly rushed toward her like crazy.
One, one, naked, male.
Xiaoha ran with all his strength, climbed trees and walls, and escaped back home after many twists and turns.
But the next day, the naked man appeared in her yard in broad daylight.
plucked the forbidden fruit.
The little boy called the police and immediately checked the doors and windows of his home.
The door was pushed open a crack, but luckily there was a bolt on it. Just as she was pressing the door panel and quickly locking the door with the key, she suddenly felt a chill:
A furry hand came in.
Test and explore.
What is he looking for?
Or, what did she take from him?
△ Remember this hand, I will take the test later
2
Fortunately.
The third man stalked, was quickly taken away by the patrol.
Xiao Ha was still frightened and did not dare to stay in the house, so he went to a nearby church to relax.
This church is stranger than imagined.
Beauty is beautiful, but the pattern of the pulpit stone table is a bit indescribable:
On the front, there is a man's face, similar to the pattern of the sun god Apollo. The back of
is a woman’s reproductive organs.
△ Let’s circle another knowledge point, and we will take the test
later. At this time, Xiaoha didn’t know what the evil was.
Looking at the pattern, she actually thought of her damn ex-husband.
In order not to divorce Xiao Ha, he skillfully used the "three axes of scumbag entanglement".
The first trick is the threat of suicide.
will make you live in guilt forever and torture you.
I committed suicide = you killed me with your own hands.
The second move is the threat of force.
Xiaoha sent a message to her best friend saying that she was afraid of her husband. After being seen, he violently snatched her phone and peeked at her phone.
"What do you have that I can't see?"
"That's my mobile phone."
My husband didn't say anything anymore:
There was a bang, and he was punched in the face.
△ Watching it made people’s blood pressure soar.
calmed down and Xiaoha released a lot after yelling in the church. When
came out, a "boy" wearing a Monroe mask and hiding behind the stone steps invited her to a hide-and-seek game.
The fourth man is the problem "child" (a man is a boy until he dies).
And the fifth man, the pastor who just heard the heroine yelling in the church, helped her drive the child away.
The rejected boy did not forget to turn around and curse before leaving.
Xiaoha was a little moved and opened his heart to the pastor.
even told her husband’s trick:
After Xiaoha kicked her domestic violence husband out of the house, he locked the door to prevent him from coming in. He tried to climb back home from the balcony next door.
ended up missing, and the opening scene happened.
The pastor said a few words of polite comfort, I understand, I understand, and the distance is narrowed.
Unfortunately, I couldn't hold it back and exposed my secret:
I have a bad saying, I don't know whether to say it or not.
followed by a set of skillful operations of "You are guilty of original sin" and "He just made the same mistakes that men all over the world make".
- You must be wondering why you let him do that?
- What, I didn’t let him do that
- After he hit you, did you give him a chance to apologize?
Men sometimes hit women
This kind of behavior is not good, but it is not a sin worthy of death
Xiaoha, who has always been guilty, will be convinced by this pua?
Hehe, get lost.
Aren’t you going to leave? I respect you by rolling away first.
Can’t hold on anymore? There are more at the back.
When I came to the bar at night, the landlord saw Xiao Ha coming and insisted on buying her a drink.
The arrival of the sixth man, male policeman , let the landlord know that the house had been invaded. The landlord thought it was impossible, who could have such great ability.
I saw the corners of the male policeman's mouth raised slightly, with a graceful arc, looking at the landlord and then back to the bar owner.
This is a tacit understanding between men.
A naked (accented) man
The landlord understood and showed a joking smile again, comforting Xiaoha in a self-righteous way.
After all -
That's what men are like when they're not at home, right?
△ I’m right about you
The next words of the police were even more serious: The naked man had been released an hour ago.
Oh, you said he was following you? What evidence do you have? Did he cause you any harm?
Don't worry.
Just call the police next time, we will protect you.
Xiaoha left the bar angrily.
It’s late at night.
While walking on the path, she passed by a cemetery. She was angry and frightened, and ran home as fast as she could...
But were the dead people the real horror?
is wrong.
Have you noticed:
All the men Xiaoha met in the countryside.
all have the same face.
3
At first glance, "Men" is indeed suspected of playing up "gender issues".
Character design: multiple men vs. one woman. The point of
is too obvious.
But if you only regard it as a propaganda film calling for the protection of women, then you will only understand the most superficial expression of the director.
Do you remember:
When the Chinese translator translated the title (Men), he kept hesitating between "human beings", "people" and "men".
is.
Most people have seen the director's "something else" . What does
point to?
Let’s start with an analysis of the scare techniques used in horror movies.
Traditional horror films mostly rely on visual thrillers. Therefore,
prefers poor image quality (and low cost); rough character psychology (to save script fees); the technique is jump scares, the physiological stimulation of plasma headshots; the interweaving of terrifying silence and sudden low-frequency sound effects ( Cliché but useful).
Director Garland goes in the opposite direction.
Beautiful MV-like high-definition images; holy religious music; subtle changes in the character's psychology...
But the horror is not diminished.
He amplified the highly daily psychological horror of .
There are only four main spaces in the whole film:
residence, forest, church, and bar.
In the villa during the day, the sense of terror is transmitted through the "mirror".
Xiaoha and her best friend were talking on the phone, and the window looked particularly high when shot from an elevated angle.
always gives Sir the feeling that someone is poking his head in at any time.
△ Sir even regarded the jar as a head
Xiaoha took a video tour of the house with his best friend on his mobile phone. Under the front and rear cameras, danger "flashed" out of the glass window in the background.
No jumping or cutting, silky and smooth.
Just like danger itself, is always around, waiting to attack at any time.
In the forest, this "danger" is shown through the back camera.
When Xiaoha is walking, "TA" still keeps a certain distance.
Once Xiaoha stops, this danger will get closer and closer and can swallow her up at any time.
If we talk about the tracking and staring of naked men, it is the direct source of Xiao Ha’s physical fear.
Public social space is also a hunting ground for female spiritemotions.
Outside the holy church, let us review the three actions of the pastor.
One, when Xiao Ha was talking, he touched the other person’s thigh for comfort;
Two, after Xiao Ha left, he applied lipstick and licked his lips;
Three, he touched the place where the heroine sat and let out a moan.
and the bar at the end.
The sense of daily life is the strongest, and the coolness is also closest to her:
As soon as Xiaoha came in and sat down, the men's eyes focused on her.
After she had been sitting for more than ten minutes, one turned around and caught the other's gaze.
Gaze, watch anytime, anywhere, everywhere.
The good old landlord, the weakest among men, is full of poisonous masculinity at this time, as if he is very familiar with Xiao Ha, who has just met him once.
Xiao Ha didn't want him to treat him to a drink, and there was a deep tiredness on his face. He first rushed to pay the bill with a fiery and positive attitude.
later directly bribed the bartender in a domineering manner, and consciously and humorously announced that the heroine's money "does not circulate" here.
Why?
In this male-dominated social place, Xiaoha is the only woman and the one who attracts the most attention.
But his authority and self-esteem cannot tolerate provocation and rejection.
Later, Xiaoha left angrily because the naked man was let go so easily and even uttered a curse word.
The police, the bartender, and the landlord, the three identical faces once again showed different micro-expressions:
(performed) shock.
And this expression seems to have been practiced in advance, with the same subtext: Look, sure enough, women are like this.
expresses tacit understanding like a code.
Let’s look at the creation of the atmosphere of the film:
The collision of red and green colors strengthens the collision and tearing.
Green appears during the day, symbolizing the power of fertility and reproduction and the laws of nature.
Red appears at night, symbolizing dominance and control, and the imminence of danger.
The pervert has been released, and his best friend is still on the way here, so Xiaoha begins to face the coming of the dark night.
Lightning flashed across the sky, and the storm was about to come.
Men came in droves.
When the lights go out and on, one man becomes another man.
The police chief shattered an apple tree; the landlord strangled a crow; the urchin wanted to play hide-and-seek with her; the priest accused Xiao Ha of being the sin of obscenity itself; the naked man blew away the dandelion seeds that symbolized sperm...
How does Xiaoha do it?
Sorry Sir, no spoilers.
only gives a hint:
Do you still remember the engraving of yin and yang in the church?
At the final climax of the film, Director Garland delivers an extremely cult piece of magic.
is also a theme echoing from beginning to end:
men finally become "women" who can give birth.
The naked man gave birth to a bad boy from his lower body, the bad boy gave birth to a priest from his belly, the priest gave birth to the landlord from his back, and the landlord gave birth to his black ex-husband from his mouth...
Like reincarnation, endless rebirths.
(The picture is too bloody, please make up your own mind)
The director deliberately blurred gender with "malice". What about the result of
?
is even more terrifying.
Everyone looks the same, but the cycle repeats and never stops.
Isn’t this the most secret malice we face in our lives?
It never wore the devil's cloak.
but from the beginning.
has the wings of holiness and the halo of an angel.
That aura.
is the word that humans, humans, and crowds of people love to say:
What do you want from me?
Your love
The pictures in this article come from the Internet
Editorial Assistant: Xibei North
Everyone looks the same, but the cycle repeats and never stops.
Isn’t this the most secret malice we face in our lives?
It never wore the devil's cloak.
but from the beginning.
has the wings of holiness and the halo of an angel.
That aura.
is the word that humans, humans, and crowds of people love to say:
What do you want from me?
Your love
The pictures in this article come from the Internet
Editorial Assistant: Xibei North
