The most terrifying thing in the world is not the ghost, but the greedy human nature.
The theatrical film "The Vanishing Collector" will be released on December 22, which is a work that digs deep into the dark side of human nature. The film is directed by Tang Mingming, and the story tells the story of the collector Bai Zilin (played by Chi Zhiqiang) who obtains a "human bone piano" of unknown origin. He was complacent about it.
However, Bai Zilin soon disappeared at home!His younger brother Bai Zihe (played by Han Bowei) began to investigate the truth of the incident, and all clues pointed to his restless sister-in-law Su Xiaozhan (played by Hong Bingyao). Could it be that this is a case of Pan Jinlian murdering her husband Wu Dalang?
As a thriller and suspense film, "The Lost Collector" has an excellent performance in terms of atmosphere, story, and characters. There are three highlights of the film that are worth noting:
First, the thriller atmosphere is thrilling step by step. "The Vanishing Collector" takes the psychological thriller route, and the characters are often in the transition between reality and dreams. There are many old antiques in the collector Bai Zilin's home, and the whole villa has an eerie and terrifying atmosphere, especially the valuable human bone piano, which directly fills the terrifying atmosphere.
Bai Zilin's disappearance is full of suspicions, and the mysterious puppet that Bai Zihe received is even more terrifying. In the scene composed of various curiosities, the movie integrates a sense of murder into the sense of suspense, and a villa is empty and murderous.
The dreamlike scenes of the film are cleverly conceived, and the character Lu Lezhi (played by Deng Zhenghui) in the ** period suddenly breaks into Bai Zilin's life. He seems to be an evil who has been resurrected from the human bone piano, and Bai Zilin seems to be in danger. Such a thriller atmosphere gives the film a strong sense of substitution, and the audience will always watch the movie with a nervous mood.
Second, the story structure is reversed layer by layer. The narrative of "The Disappearing Collector" is as confusing as "Rashomon", Bai Zilin tells his wife Su Xiaozhan to cheat and want to embezzle all his property;Su Xiaozhan accused Bai Zilin of being a control freak, she couldn't breathe in this marriage, and she was the victim.
Both husband and wife insist on their own words, and both describe each other as abusers. What is the truth in this marriage?As the story deepens, the identities of the perpetrator and the victim are constantly changing. The dark side of human nature is magnified in the story, allowing the audience to see what kind of abyss greed can lead to.
The film is not a work that simply pursues coolness, and the filmmaker has a certain sense of realistic responsibility. The director is through a peculiar story that allows the audience to see the terrible consequences of humanity going into darkness.
Third, the group portrait of the original sin of human nature. "The Vanishing Collector" depicts a group of characters who bear original sin, and the protagonists almost all have their own selfish thoughts and have hurdles in their hearts that they can't overcome. Bai Zilin misses his human bone piano in his heart, and doesn't care about his wife;Su Xiaozhan just wants to divorce and divide the family property, she is very glad that her husband is missing;Bai Zihe's wife and daughter were killed in a car accident, and he lost hope in life, but he still wanted to know the truth about his brother's disappearance.
Everyone is guilty, but each of them wants to get out of their current predicament, not to atone for their sins. Bai Zilin's shrewdness and Su Xiaozhan's cunning set off Bai Zihe's pain. Each of the main characters wants to find an outlet in life and say goodbye to the painful state of the moment. The contradictions of all this eventually lead to the human bone piano, which may be the key to solving all problems.
Taken together, "The Lost Collector" is a suspenseful story with a step-by-step suspense cloak, dressed in a foggy horror coat, and allows a group of greedy characters to start a hunting game around an antique piano. Who will be the winner?All the mysteries will be revealed at the last minute of the film.