I agree with you in terms of "... this (the ending) will still take some reflection on my part..." , what caught my attention was how - in the beginning - the Title of the movie was presented: 4 words on a 4 block square showing: EVIL (upper left), EXIST (bottom right) then DOES (upper right) and then NOT (lower left) the later in red letters... When I get past that, I'll make more comments :)
My pleasure! And great question. I personally see many ways that the Title can be unpacked… One example that comes to mind is the Glamping project that the company naively believes won’t cause any issues for the community in this Village. No harm done right? Not quite… As for the ending, this will still take some reflection on my part, but I was struck by the idea of Deer being harmless creatures. That is, unless they are wounded… I feel like that draws a parallel between the integrity of the village, its intimate relationship towards nature and the state of its inhabitants.
Thank you for a reply! Quite nice take on parallel between deers and people of the village/mail character, it added to my understanding. As for the name of the movie I’m still quite lost. Even googled Japanese kanji for evil to maybe understand some hidden meaning, but there is none - it’s quite literal translation of the original name. Only thing that comes to my mind is maybe that in nature there is no “evil” or “good”, just survival. And therefore people are also animals and their actions should not be judged as “evil”, they just do whatever they feel needed for them to live. But it seems a little bit overanalysed for such a transcendental movie 😅
I agree with you in terms of "... this (the ending) will still take some reflection on my part..." , what caught my attention was how - in the beginning - the Title of the movie was presented: 4 words on a 4 block square showing: EVIL (upper left), EXIST (bottom right) then DOES (upper right) and then NOT (lower left) the later in red letters... When I get past that, I'll make more comments :)
Hey, thank you for the review! How do think the name of the movie corresponds with the ending or with the story in general? :)
My pleasure! And great question. I personally see many ways that the Title can be unpacked… One example that comes to mind is the Glamping project that the company naively believes won’t cause any issues for the community in this Village. No harm done right? Not quite… As for the ending, this will still take some reflection on my part, but I was struck by the idea of Deer being harmless creatures. That is, unless they are wounded… I feel like that draws a parallel between the integrity of the village, its intimate relationship towards nature and the state of its inhabitants.
Thank you for a reply! Quite nice take on parallel between deers and people of the village/mail character, it added to my understanding. As for the name of the movie I’m still quite lost. Even googled Japanese kanji for evil to maybe understand some hidden meaning, but there is none - it’s quite literal translation of the original name. Only thing that comes to my mind is maybe that in nature there is no “evil” or “good”, just survival. And therefore people are also animals and their actions should not be judged as “evil”, they just do whatever they feel needed for them to live. But it seems a little bit overanalysed for such a transcendental movie 😅