Rather than the story itself, Eggers is more concerned with a certain way of filmmaking - let’s say a certain level of visual intensity and an innate authenticity inherited in folklores and mythologies that makes that type of storytelling the dominant narrative form in western cultures. That way he can get deeper into what those cultures are.
就像看了兩個小時的文青雞湯書的腰封一樣⋯全是金句輸出身心俱疲因為各種文藝梗很好笑所以加一星很討厭Molly和姐夫的角色⋯⋯就跟討厭現在只會逃避的自己一樣琪琪和小明這一對真的好棒⋯⋯只有自己能給自己安全感、就算飽受質疑至少我還能相信自己「莲花楼」即將取代「又粗又硬又黄又爽的视频永久」成為我新的對文藝比的jack the ripper式名言