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"...According to the thinking explanation of the previous few scenes, I originally thought that this scene, like the previous few terrorist incidents, was a fantasy projected by the protagonist's impression of seeing his parents' dead photos in reality. But looking at the protagonist's eyes at that time , already revealing the struggle, facing the fear this time, he did not choose to run away, but turned off the lights. This proves that he realized something, this is a key point.

Related to this key point is the narration and the following choices.

If you pay attention, you will find that the narration throughout the movie does not seem like a memory, because there are almost no descriptions of psychological activities, such as "I passed by a..." "I am going forward..." etc., are all actions. describe.

Does it look like "hypnosis" or the patient's self-report after psychotherapy?

If the above is just a guess, then the next white room and the man whose face is still invisible confirms this guess.

Most of the traditional psychological consultation rooms adopt this closed mode. The white cabin with only one stool and the words and gestures induced by the man are the concretization of the treatment process.

It should be said that the whole movie is a process of psychotherapy. The protagonist’s parents died in a car accident on the way home. The loss of his parents brought him huge psychological trauma. During the treatment, in his inner situation, There was no car accident on their way back to their hometown. After arriving safely in the village, a series of horrific incidents they encountered were the concretization of the tragic reality, and each incident was closely followed by a sweet fantasy, which was a warning.

But the protagonist is still obsessed with it. When he returns to the room, he sees the two posthumous photos, which are not only a reflection of his real memory, but also a reminder placed during the treatment, a prop for the protagonist to wake up.

The protagonist woke up at that moment, but he chose to escape, that is, turn off the lights.

On the second day, the protagonist imagined a beautiful picture of a family of three taking a walk. Because the protagonist’s life became deeper and deeper, the following strange events happened more frequently and horribly. After the protagonist was inevitable and the treatment was deadlocked , the fortress of illusion began to collapse, and a strange man appeared.

I read other comments, some people say that the man is the main character, but he is just grown up.Some people say that the man is a psychiatrist who guides the protagonist to leave.

I think it doesn’t matter who the man is, both explanations make sense, because what he replaces is the role of the horror event, because the horror event can’t stimulate the protagonist to face reality, so it appears in another form, forcing the protagonist to make a choice .

Faced with the man's choice of "going home or returning to the village", the protagonist has to stay in the village several times, which expresses his heartache.

Why don't you want to go home?Why the obsession with staying in the village?

Because the last journey his parents accompany him is this trip back to his hometown. In the perfect world of the protagonist, their family has already returned to their hometown.Leaving the village means the end of the journey.

The man uses the lie of "bring you to see your parents" to guide the protagonist through the scenes that happened in reality. The protagonist still insists on not going home, and the treatment process is deadlocked again, so the man takes the protagonist back to his home in the village and shows him again. Go to the two black and white photos in the room—that is, the prompt props.

When the truth is finally revealed and the real situation of the very modern bachelor apartment appears, the protagonist can no longer deceive himself or others.

It would be a complete success if the movie ended abruptly here, and many of the situations and mysteries mentioned above are explained one by one.

But the director did not do this, but made another flip.

After the protagonist wakes up, he finds that all this is just a dream. He walks out of the room and sees his parents. Everything in the house is so warm.Then, the movie ended abruptly.

This ending is very good. The director is definitely not adding superfluous things out of sensationalism. If it ends in the last scene, at most it will make people feel that this is another ghost story in the outer skin of a dream. It's a cliché, but it's thought-provoking to end here.

The last scenario is definitely not realistic, because some modern items that appeared in the previous scenario have clearly shown the times, and in the last scenario, the household equipment in the house and the flip phone used by the protagonist’s father all refute the protagonist’s claim that “ Fortunately, this is all a dream." As for why this situation occurred, the answer is ready to come out.

Treatment failure due to trauma.

If the movie ends in the previous scene, it means that the treatment is over and the patient has returned to reality, but it is not known whether the treatment is successful or not.And ending in this situation means that the treatment has failed.

This ending may also bring more speculations. For example, is the final situation a nightmare of pain that the protagonist cannot get rid of, or is it the beginning of a new round of treatment?

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The author who wrote this long commentary is called "Xu Sizhe". Ye Weilin clicked on his profile and found out that the other party has a lot of background. He is a professional film critic and has been invited to participate in the selection of several major domestic film festivals. He is also a member of the Asian Film Critics Association and a celebrity in this film critic forum.

He doesn’t publish many comment posts on the forum, most of them comment on the classics of the 90s in the last century, and most of them are foreign movies. He is good at analyzing the psychology of characters and detailed metaphors. The movie almost established the reputation of this movie.

Sure enough, in the next few days, the word-of-mouth of the movie got better and better. When Ye Weilin went to look at the movie reviews again, he found that hundreds of comments had suddenly increased, and the popularity was no less than that of several big productions that were currently in theaters. Film.

"I went for word-of-mouth. I thought that being spoiled by the movie critics would somewhat affect the viewability, but! Yes! Unexpectedly, it still gave me a pleasant surprise!"

"Severe horror movie lovers say it's worth watching."

"I, who love Japanese horror, said I was frightened! I didn't expect some traditional cultures in China to be more terrifying!"

"This movie is really good. Apart from the cloak rich in domestic horror elements, its core is not bad. It focuses on the shadow and trauma that death brings to living people. It explores life and death at a deeper level than many It’s a problematic movie, it’s to the point, it talks about deep thinking, and expresses the theme delicately and completely, it’s worth watching.”

"Although it was shot with a small budget, the picture effect is surprisingly good. It can be seen that most of it is real scenes, and there are few special effects scenes, but it is scary enough. In short, the camera changes are also very sophisticated, and there is no trace of a new director at all."

"The actor's performance is amazing! The last shot of the eye is so beautiful...Of course, maybe it's because I have low tears."

"After being amwayed by a friend, the dormitory organized a group to watch it. I feel that it is the most affordable movie in recent times."

"I scored 0. I went to see the bag being robbed late at night, and I fell down..."

Seeing the 0-point rating, Ye Weilin and Yin Lan, who were squatting in front of the computer, were a little speechless. In the past two days, they have also received feedback one after another. The attendance rate of "The Phantom of Hometown" has continued to rise, and it can no longer meet the needs of one show a day in the middle of the night.

Many theaters have begun to adjust their schedules and increase the number of shows, but they still cannot meet most of the needs. The reason is that the coverage of movies is much less than that of other movies, and almost all of them are concentrated in first-, second- and third-tier cities. However, the larger market is It is a city and county outside the four or five lines.

Because these local theaters received many inquiries about "The Phantom of Hometown", they all asked the upstream theaters to schedule the film, which made the distribution department of Xingyu Century very busy.

But no matter how busy it is, Xingyu Century Company will not let go of the slightest profit. Not only does its theater chain continue to extend its film coverage, the major theaters change their schedules and increase the number of shows, and they also open up the broadcasting rights to almost all theaters in the country. line, even Hong Kong and Taiwan have sold it.

"I didn't expect your movie to be a dark horse." Ye Weisheng, who had already returned to the Hong Kong Island headquarters, couldn't help calling Ye Weilin, his tone was full of surprises that couldn't be concealed: "Conservative estimates, it won't be lower than 5000 million box office."

"Really?" Ye Weilin was surprised. The box office of 5000 million is not impressive in today's Chinese film market. As far as the cost of independent production is concerned, it can make a lot of money, not to mention that the leading actor and director are both newcomers, which can be described as reaching the sky in one step.

"It's just an estimate, and it depends on the market." Ye Weisheng was more shocked than others. He watched Ye Weilin grow up and knew him very well. He never expected this incompetent younger brother to do anything. , Make any serious movie.But this time, the other party surprised him.

"After you're done with your work there, take the time to go back to Hong Kong Island. You haven't been back in the past three years, so it's time to visit your grandparents." Ye Weisheng said.

"Okay, I have something to tell you too." Ye Weilin responded readily.

After hanging up the phone, Ye Weilin's eyes fell on Yin Lan involuntarily. The other party was busy preparing dinner in the kitchen. Even though he was wearing a young school uniform, his charm did not suffer at all. A single side profile attracted people's attention.

He was born so well, I don't know whether it is luck or misfortune.

Ye Weilin couldn't help sighing, Yin Lan's acting talent is beyond doubt, but it's not a good thing to have an overly beautiful face, just like his height, it limits his plasticity.

A handsome man in his 20s can act as a handsome young knight, a passionate white-collar worker, a considerate boyfriend and fiance, etc.; a middle-aged man in his 40s can interpret an emotionally frustrated middle-aged man, a single golden man, a senior police officer, a charming villain, etc.; 50 You can perform in a wider range of roles when you are older, such as Shengdou Xiaomin, street vendors, etc., and you can act until you are old.

But what else can a good-looking man play besides those handsome, handsome and charming roles?

"Brother, what are you thinking?" After putting all the dishes on the table, Yin Lan couldn't help being curious when she saw Ye Weilin sitting in front of the computer but looking at him.

"Come here and take a look, your name is the number one in the hot search." Ye Weilin looked away, pointing to the computer screen and said.

Yin Lan untied the belt of her apron, leaned over to take a look, her eyes widened.

I saw his name "Yin Lan" hanging high in the top search position on Weibo. After clicking on it, the page of the topic list used a close-up screenshot of him in "The Phantom of Hometown". Refresh dozens of Weibo comments, all discussing his various topics.

And "Hometown Phantom" ranked third in the hot searches.

The popularity of "The Phantom of Hometown" has far exceeded Ye Weilin's expectations, but what surprised him even more was Yin Lan.

Today, he has become an overnight celebrity.