"Most people think that time is a rushing river that will never return, but I know the true face of time, it is like the sea in a storm..." This film reminds me of this famous line from the Prince of Persia. Those who use time as the main narrative element can be roughly divided into two groups: there are chaos theory schools, such as "The Butterfly Effect" and "Back to the Future"; there are fatalists, such as "Memento" and "Prince of Persia (Game)". This film can be roughly classified into the fatalist school from the theme. But it has a divergent and strictly unified infinite loop structure, which is the first time I have seen it. The rigor of its logic and the splendor of suspense are all in the upper layers of this kind of film, only "Memento" can compare with it. Of course, time in this film is just a little trick of the atonement motif. The endless loop and endless killing is a perfect punishment that transcends the physical level, goes deep into the depths of consciousness and even metaphysical level, it reminds me of the purgatory in Silent Hill, filled with fog and never getting out small towns; both are also the pure world of redemption derived from the mind. The difference is that the triangle's worldview seems to be included in the endless hell of Buddhism. It is more cruel and desperate than the purgatory presented in Silent Hill. It is a kind of constant giving you hope and leading you forward. The power to act but always bring you back to where you started; a will that allows you to perceive change, that allows you to seek escape, but that accommodates your efforts in its ultimate endless loop. It plays with you. This is the ultimate terror.
The details that can be figured out in this movie are quite rich, and because of the official explanation, they will not be repeated here. The detail that struck me the most was the striking echo between the discussion of Sisyphus on the cruise and the words of the symbolic taxi driver at the end. With this layer of details, this film was able to upgrade from a type of suspense film that plays with the structure and sells off to a masterpiece that tells the philosophy of religion and has the ultimate concern. The philosophical discussions that can be drawn from this film are therefore endless. In addition, the title Triangle also seems to imply the ultra-stable cyclic structure of space-time as the executioner, and 3 is also given religious symbolism in the context of this film.
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