The cycle of chaos and order

Marion 2022-10-26 13:49:59

~~A college history associate professor who once dreamed of being an actor, specializing in how history repeats itself, ironically, his life is constantly cycling between chaos and order
~~ This is a film basically composed of various symbolic things and The action is a cleverly combined film
~~ The highlight is that each scene carefully selected from the background city basically fits the theme
~~ The dark point is that the film is 90 minutes long and there are still many places that seem to be streamlined, shooting materials At best, it is a one-hour short drama
~~ The straightforward analysis of various symbols is as follows (do not enter without watching the film):

The black room at the beginning of the film--all kinds of people who open the door of desire, all yearn for the The spider is tortured by guilt again, and his heart has moved towards chaos

Spider--the key to inner desire

--the key to the door of desire

Pregnant woman--wife

girlfriend--the third

-rate actor--Adam's imaginary avatar, representing his former actor Dream

University Associate Professor--Real Work

Car Accident--Occurs when Adam and his wife get back together, representing the separation of inner desires (Little 3) and returning to life order

Open the envelope--restart inner desires, break the order again

Blueberry--the true self and the doppelganger Mark, the one who likes the blueberry is the doppelganger (become an actor, is loyal to the wife), the one who hates the blueberry is the real me (associate professor, boring job, boring life, no friends, betrayed wife)

Mother -- important character, new apartment mentioned in the opening call In the dialogue at the end, it is mentioned that blueberry's preferences, job choices, and former actor dreams are all unified

apartment managers -- the epitome of society, Adam's pusher to restart the door of desire (elevator dialogue), symbolizing the society's impact on the individual Impact




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  • Anthony: Control, it's all about control. Every dictatorship has one obsession and that's it. In ancient Rome they gave the people bread and circuses. They kept population busy with entertainment but other dictatorships used other strategies to control ideas, the knowledge... how do they do that? Lower education, they limit culture, censor information, they censor any means of individual expression and is important to remember this, that this is a pattern, that repeats itself through out history.

  • Teacher at School: Where There's a Will There's a Way.

    Anthony: It's true.

    Teacher at School: No, it's a movie, I saw it a little while ago but um... I remember it was... I liked it.

    Anthony: Hmm. Where There's a Will There's a Way.

    Teacher at School: Yeah, that's it. Local film, if you...

    Anthony: I'll keep it in mind.