As the number of screenings at the Cannes Film Festival increases, there are more and more comments about "The Hunt".
At the beginning, everyone focused on Clara, the heroine, the child, and topics such as lying about the child.
But soon, everyone understood.
Rather than saying that "The Hunt" is about a tragedy caused by a child's lies, it is better to say that in fact, the movie presents an extremely real and cruel world of adults!
"Why is it said that "Hunting" actually tells the cruel and real world of an adult?
In fact, the movie points out this point from the beginning, and many places and details in the movie tell us that this is actually a fable of the adult world!
Remember that lake?
The film opens with rapid speech and cheerful music, showing us a group of middle-aged men playing a childish game - to see who dares to jump into the cold lake first.
As night falls, with the help of a long-range lens and dark blue cold tones, the image of the lake in the jungle is gradually hidden and gradually revealed by the rising fog.
As the situation worsened, the image of the lake under the long-range lens gradually became clearer. This all means that the lake is an ambiguous adult world. When there are no "special events" to break its balance, it is just a self-conceited place for adults.
, a closed world for self-entertainment, and the mist evaporating from the boring life day after day covers up the alienation, suspicion and distrust between people.
Until the operation of the "internal system" failed, the thick fog dispersed, winter snowflakes fell, and the cold reality came into view.
In fact, Clara, the real "initiator", has already started to withdraw from the scene since the conflicts began.
The story that followed actually had little to do with her. Even if she told the truth, even if she clarified for Lucas, everything was no longer under her control.
She may decide when to start, but when to end has nothing to do with her.
Secondly, the title of the film "Hunting"!
After the movie was released, many fans felt that the title was a bit strange or not worthy of the name. Gradually, everyone began to understand that the meaning of the title was that Lucas was regarded as prey by others in this incident and had nowhere to escape.
But in fact, one thing was ignored.
Hunting is actually the rule of the adult world!
In the first half of the film, while hunting in the forest, Lucas shot and killed a deer without hesitation.
At this time, Lucas was a hunter, and the "innocent" deer with nowhere to escape was shot.
As prey, the deer cannot even utter its last cry.
At the end, when Lucas was hunting with his son, he saw a deer again, but this time he did not shoot. Lucas let go of the prey, but he did not know that the harsh gunshot reminded him of himself.
He is the hunted object. At this moment, he has become the prey, with the same nowhere to escape, the same "innocent", and the same no amount of whining can win the hunter's mercy!
A son's coming-of-age ceremony, the acquisition of a shotgun, a pass to the adult world, and the real hunting has just begun.
When you pick up a shotgun, it means that you have become an adult. It means that while you become a hunter, you may also become a prey!
This is the code of the adult world! Hunter or prey!
About children.
Compared with exploring the philosophical issue of whether sex is inherently good or inherently evil, the film treats children more as catalysts for some kind of reality.
Children's weakness, innocence, kindness, sanctity and inviolability have always been regarded as objects that need to be protected. Clara's naive and malicious lies made everyone who heard it decide Lucas's crime without trial.
When Clara was convicted and then decided to withdraw her remarks, no one believed that Lucas was innocent anymore. People only chose to believe what they wanted to believe.
The world extends from children to adults. For Clara, she can walk across those "black and white checkered floors" after being carried for a few steps, while for Lucas, every step he takes is particularly special.
difficult.
In this small town isolated from the outside world, a fable about the adult world is told. With the help of children who are "ignorant and innocent", we can see the weakness and evil of human nature, as well as the dangers that may arise at any time on the hunting ground.
Being surrounded and suppressed.
In fact, it can be seen from here that whether Clara's words are true or not is completely decided by adults in the film.
About the movie, about the review, suddenly discovering a cruel fable about the world of adults.
I can’t escape the cliche and talk about the moral high ground!
The word everyone uses is too high-end. In fact, people like to criticize other people's faults, especially if you find: "Hey, everyone is criticizing this person and they can't say anything good about it. I have to say a few words. Anyway, it won't make any mistakes."
Meat, you will also get a great sense of satisfaction, pride, and a special sense of justice."
I believe many people like this. When someone tells you something, no matter whether it is right or not, you want to find an entry point, refute it, and say it. Some people don’t say it with their mouths, but they have to say it in their hearts.
, for example, when playing basketball, if a teammate is flanked, you call for a pass. If this person does not
If the shot is made, you will definitely look back to him and say how good it was that he just passed the ball inside and out and created a gap. If this person made the shot, you will still say it. Then the next time it is the same situation, he passed the ball to you, and you did not make the shot.
, you will say this again, as soon as you have a chance to play, play resolutely. If you fail to score, you will be fouled, and you can also grab 2 rebounds.
This is a phenomenon that happens to most people. Of course, it does not rule out that some people do not take the blame, such as Lucas's good friend in the film. The problem this example illustrates is not that the problem is not to take the blame or not, but that it is human nature to tend to
Go "find faults". Everyone finds a fault, and then finds that it conforms to the ideas of the larger army, and then they become followers. Social phenomena are simply the truest and ugliest side of human nature.
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We always think that children can't lie, but unfortunately, they often lie.
Children are not all angels, and demons in the skin of angels are even more frightening. She knew something too early due to family reasons, but in the end, the person who bore the consequences was someone who clearly had nothing to do with the matter and gave her a weak
Well-intentioned people.
It is admitted that the protection of children needs to be more sensitive and delicate, but the way of questioning ironically leads to the inference of guilt. The little girl only told one lie, and the rest were made up by adults. This is a trial, and this is the so-called childishness.
Yan Wuji: Perhaps because of the special nature of children and the seriousness of the problem, the sensitivity in the front can be tolerated a little, but the saddest thing is that everything in the back will never go back to the beginning.
Everyone thinks that they are standing in a righteous position to make accusations. Even before the truth of the matter is determined, they determine the social death of this person by relying on conjecture and a few words; using the fact that there are many causes and one effect to deduce a certain reason.
, it doesn’t make sense logically. They have just determined the facts and are desperately trying to find evidence of his crime.
Everything will be magnified infinitely, and the helpfulness and kindness that he once had have turned into the sharpest knives that stabbed him. The best friend's words, I don't know, hurt him completely, but in reality, such rumors are spreading everywhere
Sometimes, there are basically two voices, go to hell and I don’t know. Sometimes words and silence can really hurt people to this extent...
At this time, I suddenly felt that the law is very important. In addition to witness, I also need physical evidence. At least I can have some dignity legally. However, people's words are terrible. Although the evidence is insufficient, I have actually been sentenced to death.
Because once people label you, it becomes extremely difficult to remove the label.
As for the little girl herself, all she needs is a light excuse or silence to live a protected, calm and peaceful life, wearing a beautiful dress and being protected by her mother in her arms, completely regardless of the pain she once gave to another innocent and kind-hearted person.
disasters brought about by people.
Of course, whether the child is innocent or not is not the focus of the movie.
Every child lies. They are just children. Whether they are lying or not requires adults to judge.
We often say that judges should be objective, but in the film, the people in the small town all become judges. Yes, they are not judges, and they cannot judge Lucas, but they regard themselves as judges. There is no need to
evidence!
When Marcus tried desperately to defend himself, to convince them that he was his father's former friend, he was so cold-blooded and cruel, so incomprehensible that he couldn't wake up a person who was pretending to sleep.
I feel aggrieved, watching the people close to me being injured completely. When there are conflicts of values and interests, the help that friends can provide is really limited. Step by step, I can only rely on my own firm heart and being forced to do so.
raised fist.
In fact, what happened to Lucas was already revealed during the hunt.
In the end, the reason why he became the target of hunting is also metaphorical.
We all know that Lucas was "qualified" for hunting at the beginning.
But he hunts with others, he dives into the water to fish for people without taking off his clothes, and he can't stand being persuaded to drink. They are just games for men to show their masculinity, and drinking is a prescribed action of these devices.
The purpose of de-subjectivation of these devices is to form the community of the small town in the film.
In the foreshadowing of the opening of the film, he plays hide-and-seek with his children, wipes the butts of boys after going to the toilet, is "attacked to death" by boys in the game, and accepts the love of his waiting girlfriend, all of which show that he is a good old man who responds to requests and has a passive personality.
——In other words, willing to hide oneself in the community.
But Lucas didn't expect that when he pulled the trigger on a deer, he himself would also enter the scope of a "hunting"——
Once he is wronged, guns will be pointed at him quickly, and even his qualifications as a human/hunter will be revoked.
The most chilling thing is not that most people are indifferent to the truth, but that almost everyone will intentionally or unintentionally exclude a pure and good man like Lucas when they have the opportunity; the person who hurt Lucas the most is not the victim, but the victim.
No one else has a stake.
Even the children who were originally friendly with Lucas turned their backs and made confessions that were unfavorable to Lucas.
However, it must be noted that this is not the so-called "evil nature".
Take the originator of the rumor, the little girl Clara, for example. She lacked the care of her family, so she transferred her feelings to Lucas, who cared about him in every possible way. When she saw her father in the dark, she called him Lu.
Cass.
But when her love for Lucas was frustrated one after another, her damaged self-esteem turned into aggression.
But after realizing the mistake, she repeatedly admitted to lying and said hello to Lucas.
What's interesting is that she never dared to go one step further - to walk onto the checkered floor.
This shows that her egalitarian attitude was aroused when she adapted to the simplified and geometric environment of the plaid pattern.
The rejection of Lucas in the film is spatial:
Access to specialized spaces - the kindergarten where he works - is prohibited;
"Get out of my house", being kicked out of other people's private residences such as children, friends' homes and supermarkets;
And on Christmas, when Lucas came to the church, which is said to be the only public space that accepts everyone—including “sinners” like him—to be in the same room, everyone was restless.
He could only return to his family and depend on his son Marcus.
The protection of private property, including private homes, has always been promoted as the foundation of capitalism (the rule of law).
But people still wouldn't let him go - harassing him and smashing his windows.
Secondly, the rejection is also physical: to expel Lucas from the supermarket, he has to fight with fists; even his dog has to be killed.
As domestic animals, dogs have a special status among animals.
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, and therefore almost immortal.
On the other hand, as "faithful slaves" of humans, domestic dogs have at least partially converted into the human community. They are not only human property, but also physically connected to humans.
Once misfortune strikes, dogs are often the first to suffer, which is the prelude to the dog owner's misfortune. For example, serial killers poison family dogs before entering the house.
Of course, Lucas himself is also equally saddened and angry.
Regarding this movie, most people, including me, focused on the children and small town residents, criticizing this group of human beings who pretended to be righteous. But suddenly I felt that this was meaningless, as if just a few screams, the entire human nature
The psychology will change. Malice is overwhelming, and malice is eternal. Everyone stands in the sunshine of "justice", holding a shotgun in hand.
So I feel sad, both for Lucas and for myself. I feel sad for his misfortune and sad for his inability to fight.
Some people say that Lucas is too strong, but I think he is too gentle, too honest, and endures everything silently. In fact, to put it bluntly, he is cowardly. He always has hope and does not take the initiative to cause trouble.
.Because many of us are like this, but what the hell is being strong? It’s just an excuse to deceive yourself in order to silently swallow all this.
We don’t know how Lucas spent his time in the sentence “One years later”. We don’t know what he chose to do after he understood that the irresistible malice was still aimed at him, but we only know that every day in the past
At night, many of us would lie in bed and tell ourselves that there will always be a day to get through it. But in the end, we understand that since we are unable to change others, we can only choose to make changes ourselves. So we finally lost who we once were.