Chapter 6 underground empire

People often ask, where does the frightening power come from in David Lynch's movies?Why does every film have to be controversial? I think the most unpleasant thing about him is that he calmly pointed out that parallel to our seemingly quiet and peaceful world, there is a dark underground empire.There are also directors who express that world in a more extreme way. After all, there is no harm to the water, but he is willing to prove the intimacy of the two worlds. For example, in the famous opening of "Blue Velvet", red and white tulips bloom beside the white fence, and the sky is also blue. The students walk out of the school with their textbooks, talking about light topics, and the old ladies are drinking afternoon tea step by step. Then, the comparison came right away. Someone picked up a human ear full of ants on the grass.There is also "Twin Peaks Town", the body of the female high school student Laura was found, the male policeman who took the photo fell to the ground crying, the principal of the middle school choked up in front of the microphone, the sawmill was shut down for a day, and the neighbors came to Laura on their own initiative to be with her parents at home, which, by all accounts, is a rare occurrence in this small town.But in the end, it turned out that the good girl in everyone's eyes and the proponent of the meal delivery program for the disabled was a drug addict, prostitution in a hidden bar on the river, and masochistic tendencies.

There must be such an underground empire, evil is the driving force of its operation, violence is its concise image label, pure and reasonable rules do not work there, and all familiar ways of dealing with the world are rejected.In the normal world, if you cut your finger, you might have to go to the hospital surrounded by your whole family, but there, life and death are just a matter of one thought. The Underworld and our world run side by side, often intersecting.My female colleague S, the number one beauty in our unit, was walking with her husband in the night market one day when she was molested by hooligans. Her husband defended himself and wounded the hooligans who were besieged with a bicycle chain, but was tied up in a car by them and taken to the suburbs. The female colleague was terrified and fled home to ask for help from the neighbor downstairs who had just been released after serving her sentence. In the end, because of the neighbor's matchmaking, under the mediation of a certain elder brother, the disaster was quelled by paying a huge amount of medical expenses.A female colleague told me in horror that the person her husband injured was "Zhang Jun!"—probably an important figure in an underground empire.Later, both of them resigned and went to Shanghai to start a jewelry business. I am afraid that this matter has a lot to do with it. They may think that letting themselves go a little farther and not appearing in the dark place where two worlds meet like a night market is a way to stay away from The best approach to Underworld Empire.But, is this underground empire and our world so distinct, black and white?Violence actually takes many forms, sometimes hidden and twisted, and even as graceful as a waltz—forgive me not to list them all.

To point out to people the existence of this dark world, and its inextricable connection with our lives, is a serious offense.There is a newspaper in our hometown, which earnestly implements the policy of "one murder case per day", describes in detail the process of the underworld capturing a woman, practicing throwing knives and burying it alive. More than a dozen full-page reports are full of pictures and texts on the serial killer Shen Changyin. Brothers kill, dismember and cook The details finally made public outrage, and the masses launched a tens of thousands of signature campaign to boycott it.It thinks that it must cater to the vulgar tastes of the masses, but it does not know that there is a bottom line that must never be touched, and that is to repeatedly point out that our lives are at stake.

Being David Lynch in movies or in reality is not welcome, what don't we know?We just pretend it doesn't exist, or has nothing to do with us.It is this courage of self-deception that cheers us up.