Post by wonderlust on Jul 30, 2011 15:33:53 GMT -5
www.imdb.com/title/tt0157016/
For the duration of the film, I was exposed to the barren mind, a man so tortured and hateful that watching this film is like taking a trip to the darkest pursuit of human corruption.
Philippe Nahon stars as the Butcher. He has no name, and doesn't require one. He has alienated himself from the world so much that his identity means nothing.The Butcher's narration accompanies nearly every scene in the movie. He is a most awful character, spilling his thoughts on how much life has been unfair to him. He fills his inner thoughts with excessive dialogue. He hates the world, himself, his mistress's baby, his mother-in-law and everyone else who crosses his path. He never smiles. His eyes are glowing with madness. As the days go by, he increasingly builds up the rage.
After watching a porno movie ....complete with graphic penetration shots... the Butcher goes home to his mistress. His rage grows greater, yelling a string of obscenities, calling her every foul word you can call a woman, before kicking and punching her repeatedly in the stomach, killing her baby. His narration is chilling, as he comments that the baby is now hamburger meat, and is better off dead than living with these two "retards."
He finds his daughter from a first relationship who now is a young woman and mute, she was born that way. He takes her out of the state home to see The Eiffel Tower but....
I Stand Alone gives us the Butcher, who arrives at a conclusion that is immoral, but tries to assure us it's okay, and we get a sunny ending to reinforce that stance. Instead, he takes her to his hotel room, where he contemplates whether he should have sex with her and kill her. His justification for the matter is that he wants to make her feel like a woman.
This presents a grave problem. The Butcher's desires are no doubt sinful, but the movie ends on a soothing note. He justifies himself by saying he's doing it out of love. Why are we getting this "upbeat" ending while hearing the Butcher talk about how it's okay for him to have sex with his daughter? the director puzzled me with this...all in all Brilliant film.
For the duration of the film, I was exposed to the barren mind, a man so tortured and hateful that watching this film is like taking a trip to the darkest pursuit of human corruption.
Philippe Nahon stars as the Butcher. He has no name, and doesn't require one. He has alienated himself from the world so much that his identity means nothing.The Butcher's narration accompanies nearly every scene in the movie. He is a most awful character, spilling his thoughts on how much life has been unfair to him. He fills his inner thoughts with excessive dialogue. He hates the world, himself, his mistress's baby, his mother-in-law and everyone else who crosses his path. He never smiles. His eyes are glowing with madness. As the days go by, he increasingly builds up the rage.
After watching a porno movie ....complete with graphic penetration shots... the Butcher goes home to his mistress. His rage grows greater, yelling a string of obscenities, calling her every foul word you can call a woman, before kicking and punching her repeatedly in the stomach, killing her baby. His narration is chilling, as he comments that the baby is now hamburger meat, and is better off dead than living with these two "retards."
He finds his daughter from a first relationship who now is a young woman and mute, she was born that way. He takes her out of the state home to see The Eiffel Tower but....
I Stand Alone gives us the Butcher, who arrives at a conclusion that is immoral, but tries to assure us it's okay, and we get a sunny ending to reinforce that stance. Instead, he takes her to his hotel room, where he contemplates whether he should have sex with her and kill her. His justification for the matter is that he wants to make her feel like a woman.
This presents a grave problem. The Butcher's desires are no doubt sinful, but the movie ends on a soothing note. He justifies himself by saying he's doing it out of love. Why are we getting this "upbeat" ending while hearing the Butcher talk about how it's okay for him to have sex with his daughter? the director puzzled me with this...all in all Brilliant film.