画骨、画皮
“want to wear human skin”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
那么多妖
“why so many demons”
画骨 、 画皮
“want to wear human skin”
非要做人
“and become human.”
“They craft every detail of an artificial body just to disguise what they really are.”
Refers to Pu Songling's famous tale where a demon paints a human skin to seduce mortals, symbolizing duplicity and the perilous allure of outward appearances.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to paint bones; to sculpt internal structure
Literary phrase derived from aesthetics and folklore depicting the deep construction of a form.
painted skin; deceptive outer facade
A famous cultural idiom derived from Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio referring to seductive disguises concealing monstrous realities.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“You can capture the form, but never the heart.”
“A skin-painted demon.”
“A skin-painted demon.”
“Killed by the skin-painted demon,”
“was to investigate the skin-painted demon.”
“do you know the skin-painted demon?”