2. The image of the fisherman is overlooked, but I think this is the most important clue, whether it is the play at the beginning, or the picture of the sea in the room, the picture of the waves hitting the reef at least twice in the film, and the final scene. That seaside shot. I think this intention is to imply that Funk's identity in the play - a fisherman - is also an ordinary person. There is no difference between a creator and a sailor or fisherman. This meaning is also reflected in the dance on the boat. The fisherman also represents a pursuit of inner peace, a state of mind without distractions.
3. The female secretary is the muse, first to that Bill, then to Funk. The Muse died, but left the head - the box. The head symbolizes wisdom, and this design symbolizes the death of the muse and the legacy of the muse, in other words, what the writer writes is the corpse of inspiration - once written, it is dead. The thing that is brought out in exchange for the applause of others is nothing but a head.
4. Box. Inside the box is the head but why not open it? There are several details about the box that are clearly implied. The first is that Fatty told Funk that the most important thing in a person is only this little, such a small box. This is actually saying that the only important thing for a writer is a little inspiration [or the corpse of inspiration]. Later, the fat man said, I lied to you, the box is not mine - the box therefore became Funk's. The girl by the sea asked him, is this your box? He said I don't know. The girl asked him what was in the box? He said, I don't know. This is indeed reasonable, and who can tell where the inspiration comes from and what is it? Fink also explained it when he talked to his boss, and he was unwilling to tell the story casually - when you tell it, the story becomes another story, and the inspiration dies. Then there is the fact that Fink got his box and started working on his most important work, which is also a strong hint that he found inspiration, although already part of the muse.
5. Who is the fat man? Fat Man is Crazy Monte and Charlie the Insurance, and I almost think he's some sort of Funk personification too. "I understand the pain of those people, so I'm just going to end it for them," he said. And Fink said that good work comes from some kind of pain, a kind of human pain that you can feel. This has to be said not to be a coincidence. If it is understood that the fat man is an incarnation of Funk's obsessive style, then the contrast in appearance and style can also be used as a proof. And the part where Fat Man and Funk wrestled had a strong sexual suggestion. When the detective asked him if he had a sexual relationship with Fat Man, he said that we were all men, and I only wrestled with him. That's a plausible explanation, but the detective says you're a pervert. Why? According to the content of the later script, we know that the wrestling written by Fink is a wrestling between a person and his own soul. This is a kind of spiritual collision and fusion at a higher level than sexual relations; it is more in-depth than sexual relations. level. And in the film, Fink repeatedly repeated two scenes when watching the sample: one is a fat man yelling that I will destroy you; the other is two people fighting non-stop. This is also a hint that Fatty, as an incarnation of the obsession in his creation, has a strong destructive nature. He first made noise, then kept disturbing Fink's meditation, and then made murders, arson, murder... Off-screen The Fink must have found an incarnation of himself in the creation, full of pain, lust for destruction, and uncontrollable because of deep feelings. But in the end the avatar went away after creating a mess that Funk couldn't handle - leaving only a box of inspiration. One is responsible for creation and one is responsible for destruction, both from oneness. Just as a stuck writer dug up another self while creating, the writer returned to his original self after creating all kinds of troubles and found inspiration.
6. Why does the wallpaper keep falling down? Maybe it's because there's something hidden behind it, men and women who have sex, mysterious murderers, and all kinds of unseen things.
7. What are mosquitoes? Mosquito, sucking blood, squeezing the creator's talent, killing the muse, the physical incarnation in the film is the neurotic boss, alluding to Hollywood? Maybe not accurate, it should be a creative environment that lacks features, mediocre garbage, a kind of vulgar lack of sensitivity, pervasive and greedy people.
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