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Akira means light in Japanese. The Bible's Old Testament Genesis once described that in the beginning of the heaven and earth, God saw that the world was in darkness and chaos, so he said, "Let there be light!" As a result, there was light, and all things in the world began to appear, grow, and recover. So for light it is a metaphor for hope. The same is true for the boy named Akira in the movie "Akira". His appearance brings destruction and rebirth.
Miyazaki Shun said: "A supernatural boy stands on the ruins of Tokyo, and everyone will say that this is Otomo Keyang." This film, which was released in 1988, is still full of infinite surprises and sighs from the current perspective. The film mainly tells the story of a boy named Tie Xiong, who accidentally met a boy with super powers but his appearance was old, and he was also arrested for human experiments. And when he woke up and escaped, he found that he already had unparalleled superpowers, so his heart began to swell, so that he could not control this terrible power and eventually embarked on the road of destruction. Through a surreal story, the film shows Dayang Yuke's exploration of the human state in the future world. Perhaps the highly developed science will finally get rid of human control and push human beings to destruction.
Science fiction movies generally tell about the future world under the rapid development of science and technology, and in today's highly tense social competition environment, the public undoubtedly needs a dream beyond reality as their spiritual home. Maslow divides human needs into five stages. When the public obtains the most basic food and clothing, they need to meet their spiritual needs. Science fiction films replace the spiritual sustenance brought by past myths and become a piece of human beings in the film A unique place of spiritual exile. Since the 1960s, many countries have entered the post-industrial era, which has also made people reflect on mechanical civilization again. The film attempted to peek into the future in 1988 and set the film time in 2019, which is 30 years later. The post-war Tokyo shown in the film is full of violence, ruthlessness and despair, with all kinds of speeding cars, gunfights and explosions everywhere. Although it is Japan in 2019, the audience feels a sense of turmoil, and this feeling also It is Otomo Keyang's inner attitude towards the future, just like Akira appears at the end of the film, everything is swallowed up and destroyed, which also implies the pessimistic values of the Japanese, and destruction also means rebirth.
Unlike previous sci-fi films, Tie Xiong, as a person with Akira's ability, is not a superhero. On the contrary, he has been bullied by others before, and even needs the help of his companion Jin Tian every time. When he discovered that he had unparalleled superpowers, his heart began to swell, greed and arrogance filled himself, eager to seek more superpowers, and as a result, he was swallowed by superpowers. Such a pessimistic character design also lacks the true side of human nature. Let the audience look at themselves through Xiongtie, what will the future human be like?
Human fear stems from: darkness, death and the unknown of the future. With the continuous development of science and technology, human beings will eventually experience a high degree of civilization, and what will this high degree of civilization bring to the public? Perhaps the answer has been given in the film, as the girl with superpowers in the film said: "Aguilar's energy exists in everyone's body, but the choice of how to use it is an individual choice." In the end, it is the choice of human nature, because no matter how the world develops, human nature can never be changed.
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