It's a well-placed game, not even for a specific person at the beginning, full of randomness. When the prey appeared, he took him into the trap step by step, and after biting the hook, he drew the line away without a trace, completing a wonderful hunt.
The film begins with the protagonist, Bill, recounting what he likes to do: stalking people. He explained this as, I'm a writer and I need inspiration. According to the mood of the day, he locked a tracking target, and then followed Ta to the destination. When Bill became interested in this person, he would sneak into his home. Don't steal, just watch carefully.
It was just a coincidence that one day he stalked the "elegant thief" who had the same hobby, and a hunting game seemed to start quietly from then on. Cobb, who was being followed, took the initiative to confess and expose Bill's intentions, but the two hit it off. From then on, Cobb and Bill found a house together to commit the crime.
Inferring one's life from the furnishings of a house is voyeuristic, but at the same time it is interesting to observe itself.
From a futon, Cobb can infer that the owner of the house is a young man, and from the pictures of women placed in many places, he points out that she is quite confident in her appearance; if a man's desk is messy, he judges that this person is probably not a formal job. . Inference is subjective, but the traces of our lives do reveal our own characteristics.
In the current era of dense human life, the distance between two residential buildings is enough to know a thing or two about the lives of strangers. There is a shelf of woolen materials in front of someone's window, and this person may like to do some handicrafts. There are double rattan chairs in front of some balconies, which may be because there are more elderly people at home. Or if there are only three white walls in the home and no important furnishings, it may be a busy tenant. (The above is just my personal opinion)
The private space in which humans are located can provide more concrete evidence for observation, and observation at this time is more like a thrill-seeking, and is satisfied by constantly confirming self-conjectures.
But just observing people themselves is already interesting. A person's clothes, shoes, and accessories become evidence, and aside from these, there are only facial expressions that reveal the mood or state of the moment. The wandering eyes mostly indicate lack of confidence, and the shortness of breath may be a precursor to anger. The battle of attack and defense in the heart is nothing more than finding these fleeting points and breaking them one by one.
If you zoom in again and don’t observe specific people, when you stand in a square or some public places and take a casual glance, where they are going, who they are with, and what state they are in, it will be a wonderful human life and society when put together. Because there are thousands of human beings, but each individual has no rules to follow, and they will not be roughly similar. So the fun is endless.
Bill slowly followed Cobb on the road, and the senior also took good care of the novice. Later, Cobb let Bill go alone, and Bill became acquainted with a woman in a bar and fell in love with her. Following her request, Bill was arrested and the police said he had killed someone. The person he "killed" happened to be the woman he fell in love with.
Framed, framed, but flawlessly.
"We found some of the victim's belongings at your residence."
"We checked the address you provided, and there is no such person as Cobb."
"The apartment belonged to a man named Elrod, whose home was stolen two weeks ago and only one credit card was lost."
"We found this bank card in your home."
Links are intertwined, and Bill ends up saying that it was Cobb who did it, but in the end he starts to hesitate. The film gave a flashback, Cobb appeared in a crowded street, and disappeared into the crowd. If you think about it carefully, does Cobb really exist? Would it be equally plausible if it were Bill's fantasy?
If it's Bill's fantasy, then the film is a bit chilling when I think about it. There is no evidence of any trace of Cobb, everything points to Bill, who seems to have never existed.
If you look at director Christopher Nolan's directing resume, you will find that no matter how the film is explained, it seems reasonable. And no matter how you explain it, it's just as wonderful: when it's Bill's fantasy, then the story is the perfect excuse for the schizophrenic to justify himself; if Bill's real, then the story is a hunting game that seems to have been foretold in advance.
Nolan's infinite loop world originally started from "Follow".
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