A movie that I haven't seen for a long time, I always thought it was a warm literary film when I saw the name, but after watching it, I realized that it was a metaphorical philosophical film.
When the fake classmate recommended it, I swore that it would definitely be the style I would like. I downloaded it because of Uncle Jin's name. After reading it, I suddenly realized that I fell into a trap. I really like this style, but the meaning behind it is thought-provoking. The consciousness of the four paragraphs is very clear, and the spring at the end reveals some reincarnation.
Feeling inexplicably heavy. Although I don't believe in Buddhism, I am not at all disgusted with the presentation of Buddhism in the film. On the contrary, I strongly agree with the original sin in human nature. Young monks tied stones to fish, frogs and snakes with ropes, causing them to die; young monks fell in love with girls who came to heal and stole the forbidden fruit; middle-aged men killed cheating wives... And these are all the same personal. In the world, people make mistakes all the time. Some mistakes can be corrected, and some mistakes are irreversible. When people realize the mistakes they have made, it is equivalent to carrying a heavy stone on their backs, and they cannot let go of them for the rest of their lives. The old monk put a heavy stone on the back of the young monk just to make him understand this truth.
The temple in the middle of the lake, a wooden boat, the creaking temple gate, the big tree not in the water, the surrounding mountains, everything is beautiful. The still scenery, the dynamic characters, and the cute little monk jumped out of the film, which made my Zhengtai control's eyes light up. In fact, for himself, he didn't realize what was wrong with tying small animals with ropes. He just found it fun. This is also the best explanation for the evil nature of human nature. People may not intend to be evil at the beginning. It's just that in the process of self-satisfaction, it has a bad influence on the surrounding unknowingly. Good and evil are all in one thought. How to lead back to the right path for unknowing faults or self-knowing faults? Whether to deny it completely, or to follow the good guidance from the good side, I think you can get a lot from this movie. Good inspiration.
Let's talk about the old monk. I like his An Ran attitude towards life, his teaching of the little monk, his calm and cold eyes, his beautiful calligraphy, and his final self-immolation and turning into a snake. In a sense, the old monk represents the most perfect life, spiritual richness and enjoyment, free from all material and carnal degeneration, but before the old monk becomes an old monk, his life must be like that of a young monk. In the same way, making mistakes, going through detours, getting lost in the self, also being violent, and also hesitating, in the end, in front of the Buddha, everything is fleeting. In this film, the Buddha has become a spiritual sustenance, a self-help force, or, in other words, a shadow of the inner desire for enlightenment.
The young monk grew up, became young, middle-aged, old, and returned to the temple in the lake to take over the mantle of the old monk, suffering from self-cultivation and eliminating his own sins. The Buddha is so great that he tolerates all impurity. All I can say is that whoever can do it without fault can be regarded as truly enlightened. The countless images that appear in the film, fish, frogs, snakes, dogs, chickens, grasshoppers, and cats, are in the lives of two monks, and they look very harmonious and lovely. There is very little dialogue in the film, and all you see are large sections of scenery or characters, but silence is better than sound. With the change of seasons, the mood also changes.
The whole story is peaceful, with a little bit of Buddha's compassion for redemption in the peace. Whether it is through the guidance of the old monk, or the final enlightenment of oneself, it all boils down to one heart to Buddha. I have to admire Kim Ki-deok's acting skills. He played a young monk in his old age. He became enlightened and returned to the temple. Climbing up to the top of the mountain overlooking the earth, the temple is as small as an ant, which means that in the eyes of the Buddha, all living beings are like this overlooked landscape. The reincarnation of the four seasons of spring, summer, autumn and winter is the life of the human being and the life of the heart. Only after experiencing all the suffering, despair, love and hate, can we finally see everything and let go of everything. At this point, the Buddha is in the heart.
I like this one more than Kim Ki-duk's earlier works. Although there are passionate shots that are indispensable as an erotic master, these shots are a good expression of the young monk's longing for love and the original impulse to sensuality. This is human nature, so it doesn't look dirty at all. . Many of his works express death, destruction and darkness, but at the end of this film, although the adopted young monk still enjoys playing with small animals, the appearance of new and old monks is a metaphor for new teachings. And nurture, the arrival of spring, while sin will still be there, but a more optimistic view of the future.
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