When I saw the second half, I was wondering how this movie would end? If the ending is that they find a job and set up a family, the ending naturally seems happy and complete, but it cannot highlight the stark theme of the exploitation of workers in capitalist industrial society.
What if it ends up not finding a job? Then how should this ending be played? It will fall into an endless loop, and it will be in the process of looking for a job and losing it. But the director was smart and didn't specify whether the job was found or not, because it made people lose reflection on the middle story. It ends with a chicken soup that encourages dialogue, which is a neat ending. It not only inspires people not to give up this social value to life, but also implies that the oppressive nature of industrial society will continue to continue.
The whole film is a perfect combination of funny and irony, which not only maintains the viewing quality of the film but also deepens the artistic quality of the film. It is worthy of being one of the classic films of the 20th century.
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