Thrillers and suspense films have always been one of the main genres in the film market, especially in the midnight show, which has a very stable audience. However, due to the general environment, the production of domestic films of this genre has plummeted in recent years, resulting in a new film being released in almost a month this year. "The Lost Collector", which was released nationwide on December 22, is the only seedling of this month's suspense thriller genre film. Dare to enter the Chinese New Year film, this film must have something special.
The Disappearing Collector is produced and distributed by Fujian Yueshi Films, written and directed by Tang Mingming, starring Chi Zhiqiang, Han Bowei, Hong Bingyao, Feng Yang, Jia Ya, and Lin Ruoxi, telling the story of the famous collector Bai Zilin (played by Chi Zhiqiang) After the accidental disappearance, his younger brother writer Bai Zihe (played by Han Bowei) In the process of investigation, step by step peeled off the fog, exposed the conspiracy, and found out the story of the real murderer behind the scenes.
In terms of audio-visual performance, the thriller of this film is satisfactory. There are many scenes in the whole film that can scare the audience out of a cold sweat. In particular, Bai Zilin's status as a collector has made many paintings and objects full of artistic sense placed in his home. Some have Western abstract aesthetics, and some have Eastern classical mysteries, which not only visually give the audience a strong sense of freshness and ritual, but also maintain the whole film in a solemn atmosphere that travels through ancient and modern China and foreign countries.
At the level of the play, the suspense of this film is equally satisfying. With the help of Bai Zilin's wife Su Xiaozhan (played by Hong Bingyao), assistant Yu Huiyuan (played by Jia Ya) and others, as well as the handwritten letter left by Bai Zilin, the whole film is equivalent to arranging a very large labyrinth of human nature, inviting the audience to explore freely in the labyrinth, and judging which road can lead to the exit and the truth with their inconsistent narration.
Although the film is set in a modern setting, the story is inspired by the "human bone piano", the first of the five supernatural horror events. Bai Zilin encountered an accident only after getting the human bone piano that has been handed down to this day. However, the story of the human bone piano is highly circulated, but the piano as a musical instrument is too limited in the dramatic performance that can be played. So the film introduces an element that is more familiar to the audience - dolls.
Dolls are often used in European and American horror films. This film combines the puppet and the human bone piano into a pair of horror CPs that span China and the West, ancient and modern, and gives a love story that makes people's backs chill, which is presented to the audience as a play within a play. This is equivalent to doubling the source of fear in the film.
As a collector, Bai Zilin will have a kind of possessive greed for human bone pianos;At the same time, as a greedy person, the human bone piano also provided Bai Zilin with the opportunity to get rich overnight. What kind of choice did Bai Zilin make?This is the most critical key in the labyrinth of human nature in this film.
From beginning to end, most of the scenes in "The Disappearing Collector" are in the middle of a rainy night, and the flickering light and darkness caused by lightning greatly strengthens the sense of oppression brought by the depth of space such as villas, old houses, and alleys. The sound of the rain reflects the truth and falsehood of the content told by the characters.
In the first half, the rainy night is an ambient atmosphere, and even affects Bai Zihe's mood. After the death of his wife and daughter in a car accident, Bai Zihe's mood has been unstable. The rainy night exacerbated his "****, which allowed him to wander between reality and dreams, between the present and the past, and experience heartache. In the second half, the rainy night becomes a cheering stick for the criminals. The real murderer's plan is getting closer to a perfect ending, and the more arrogant his attitude becomes. The hand-to-hand fight on the last rainy night is both a struggle and a catharsis.
When the rain and blood are mixed together and cannot be distinguished, in this terrifying rainy night, who do you choose to believe?