MOVIE :Enemy (2013)

From the beginning of the movie, a unique mise-en-scène scene appears, which seems to imply something, and when a naked woman steps on a spider crawling out of a plate, it is possible to guess a little about the symbolism and the flow of the movie to be developed. do. For a moment, I had a feeling that the spider meant Jake Gyllenhaal himself, but as the case progressed, that feeling soon became more certain. The spider appears several times, and later it can be understood that it also symbolizes 'desire' as a double medium. Desire is again revealed as 'Anthony', a person with the same image as Adam. In the second half, it comes to a tragic end. Through this tragic ending, the audience finally realizes a certain 'core'.

At a similar point in the incident, Anthony's wife, Helen (Sarah Gadon), asks an important question, which also makes the key point revealed more clearly. At the last moment, Helen suddenly turns into a giant spider, and she can't look at the screen properly because of the ugliness the visual conveys. At the same time, I realize that the director deliberately placed these endings. As I said before, spiders are like human desires, so I think it is a visual expression of how ugly and dangerous instincts twisted are.

Looking at the film's theme as a whole, it metaphorically criticizes modern people through formulas such as 'repetition of boring everyday patterns - expression of twisted desire - chaos - yielding to desire again'. The main character, 'Adam', in his history lecture class, says that 'history repeats like a pattern'. In conclusion, he will directly carry out a vicious cycle that is consistent with the words he unintentionally uttered. In the first half, he points out the meaninglessness of 'everyday life' that 'on the surface' doesn't seem to have any other problems. When 'existence' is engulfed by daily life, it quickly crosses scenes of going to school and having sex with a girlfriend at home . It refers to the dilemma that leads to unstable chaos through I think it's probably like a mental illness that most modern people unconsciously tolerate.

Despite the short running time of 1 hour and 30 minutes, I felt that the development was a bit loose. The symbolism that is easily revealed in some scenes, the distinctive sound that intentionally creates a suspenseful atmosphere, and the slow movement of the screen, etc. I think it may have been connected with a sense of déjà vu that I had seen a lot, and it had an influence on the emotional depth of the film.