Although the language flow of philosophical thinking about the human nature of the society is mediocre, it has the same flowing texture of water as the dream of the male protagonist in it.
I think this film is not intended to convey serious philosophical thinking in the form of dreams, but rather the unconscious nature of the language after breaking away from the limitations of rational speculation. Large sections of dialogue in the film are grammatically correct and have a smooth style, but you will find out after careful consideration. In fact, these words are superimposed on facts and logic. The content of language and what is happening are intertextualized and refer to each other, just like two drops of paint fused in water.
Regarding this point, the most obvious is a section of the male lead watching a movie in a cinema. The content of the movie is that two people are discussing the movie. The sacred moment of the movie is a bit like two people who talk about cross talk. Under the language of the two people, the film picture formed by the two people has become a very appropriate explanation. Finally, the two people performed this sacred moment in front of the camera, and the language and the picture merged into one.
All the people encountered by the male protagonist throughout the story, all the languages heard and spoken, all the events that have occurred have the surreal nature of the reality structure of the dream that is not controlled by reason, and every subtlety does not attract attention. The place forms a logical structure of fracture and transcendence.
The resulting interaction between the false and realistic dream content can actually be analogized to the writing of a movie script, that is, the plot goes beyond the frame of the story and is related to the act of writing or the creative act of shooting itself.
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