But this time the film "Yu Zi" may be due to the reason of co-production with Netflix and Plan B Entertainment in the United States. The literary connotation gave way to the characteristics of commercial films. Compared with "Snowpiercer", it showed the profound independent thinking and class rebellion. Violent is slightly inferior. In my opinion, what is still firmly inherited is the attention to human food issues that the movies "Okko" and "Snowpiercer" once flashed amazingly.
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In the film "Snowpiercer", in addition to rolling down the original "pyramid" human social structure, the director constrains everyone into a long and narrow train space with a perpetual motion engine. Until the ragged carriages of the poor class, the class conflict in human society has been stimulated and magnified unprecedentedly, and class riots are on the verge of breaking out. The most appalling part of the film is the description of the life of the lower class in the carriage, and the food issue is a factor that triggered the later mutiny: the protein energy blocks made by the middle management with cockroaches are provided daily in limited quantities to the ragged group. travelers. And if it wasn't for mutiny, they would never even know what the raw materials of the protein energy blocks they eat every day are.
In the film "Okja" directed by Bong Joon-ho, it is clear that the issue of food safety has once again been put on the important agenda. Yuzi is a giant pig that has been genetically modified by humans. However, Yuzi's transgenic experiment was not only successful, but also developed extremely well. The CEO of the business giant Mirando decided to promote it as an important corporate brand image to fool the public. The public does not know that the delicious pork jerky and the pork chops on the table are all developed by this genetically modified breeding company.
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During this process, the pig farmers who cooperated with the company were deceived, and the ownership of the pigs that they raised hard did not belong to them; and the general public who ate pork were fooled by them, thinking that they were eating high-quality pork, not pork. Genetically Modified Food.
The deceived heroine, Miko, walked out of the closed small mountain village and made a riot in Seoul, South Korea with a group of people from the Animal Protection Association, and embarked on the road to resist the atrocities of the genetically modified company.
However, the reality faced by the weak is that even if the rebellion makes the news and attracts attention from all parties, it will inevitably be used as a publicity stunt by business giants. Super pig Yuzi made a riot in the underground mall, which was beautified as "shopping shopping", and the resistance of the girl Meizi was beautified as a fearless pig rider. The entertainment draft and public opinion have achieved good results: the lively competition scene, frequent praise delicious pork jerky.
In this big gathering of fools, even if the animal rescuers exposed the lie on the spot, they could still use the police's violent suppression to clean up the mess. In a few days, it will be forgotten. In the era of information explosion, the most important thing is a steady stream of new information. There is no need to worry about the reaction of consumers. "As long as it is cheap, they will definitely eat it." There will always be people paying for the low-price strategy. As long as the food safety and quality inspection is obtained, the distribution is guaranteed, and the sales are still strong.
In the face of the powerful and solid class, individual resistance is vulnerable, and the few aliens who know the truth are only stumbling blocks on the road to be cleaned up or bought, which adds a touch of tragic color.
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is not far away from us. From GMO soybeans to GMO tomatoes on our table, GMO chicken and GMO pork may soon be coming too.
I still remember that when I discussed the topic of food safety in China with my friends before, my friend said in a relaxed tone, what are you afraid of? As far as the state of domestic food is concerned, after a few years of eating, the Chinese will evolve into a new species. Hehe, who said it wasn't?
In fact, as "Snowpiercer" expresses, food safety has always been a problem for the middle and lower classes of society. As for discussing whether it is safe or not, whether to eat or not, it is ultimately a matter of choice. And all power requires qualifications.
Finally, the film carries out the deepest and most fundamental inquiry and reflection on the relationship between people and food: what is the relationship between people and pets, and between people and animals that satisfy human carnivory? When pets are assimilated to become the emotional dependence of human beings, and stand on the opposite side of human nature as food materials, they are slaughtered and eaten. This is a cruel fact faced by all poultry.
Perhaps, those who oppose eating dogs say that dogs are man's most loyal friend, how can we eat them? So, pigs, horses, cattle, sheep, chickens, isn't it? What's wrong with them, who have to work hard all their lives in the rural fields?
I remembered the episode in the show "Wonderful Flowers", about the alien egg, whether it should be destroyed or protected. In the open mind, when aliens face low-level animals and humans, the first and most likely way is not to kill Do you eat meat?
Protect animals, this is not an empty slogan, but the premise is to give up all meat and only eat vegetarian food. can you do it?
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