'The Square': The ultimate satire of the state of Europe

Angie 2022-04-20 09:02:05

"Square": This is a Swedish film, the original translation was "Freedom Square", and later changed to "Square", the reason is that the latter corresponds to the main plot, but the former is not the title. The film also invited Golden Globes Elizabeth Moss and British actor Dominic West to make guest appearances, so many scenes in the film are spoken in English, rather than Swedish throughout. This is a real literary film, because many times you will feel dull and obscure, the overall plot is still messy, and the plot is a bit more branched and not very coherent. But when I thought about it after watching it, I suddenly found that the director Ruben Ostrund really had a lot of ideas, and these ideas were embedded in the characters' words and seemingly dull plots, but Director Lu had too many ideas. Cramming the film too much blurs the point instead. The protagonist of the film, Christian, is a curator and director of an art exhibition hall. After his divorce, he leads a prosperous life with his two daughters and is also a celebrity. One day, on his way to work, his wallet and mobile phone were taken by someone, and he found that the mobile phone was in a certain building by locating his mobile phone. With the encouragement of the staff, he used a seemingly simple and effective method to recover the lost property, but this matter gave him brought a series of unexpected troubles. At the same time, his exhibition hall is planning an art exhibition. The theme is a square. The idea of ​​creating this transmission is that everyone who steps into the square trusts and cares about others, shares rights and responsibilities, and is full of of positive energy. Christian has been planning the promotion of the exhibition, distracted by the mobile phone incident, he casually approved a promotional video, but after the video went online, it brought him endless trouble. In addition, the entanglement between him and the female reporter played by Moss, the artist played by West is disturbed by Tourette's patients during the interview, and the performance art of the climax of "The Beast" testing human response to threats... What is "simmered" in a pot of hodgepodge? The first is the hypocrisy and selfishness of the upper class and the propertied class, who say that all living beings are equal, and advocate treating others kindly. In fact, they are always on guard against others taking advantage of themselves; the second is the insensitivity and pretence of intellectuals, who talk wildly about the so-called art, do not pretend to understand, and talk insincere; Once again, there are ubiquitous political correctness and self-censorship of speech, because patients can only tolerate harassment of foul language, regardless of the interests of the majority; creation targeting beggars is an infringement on vulnerable groups, regardless of the nature of such creation. intention. And all this

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The Square quotes

  • Christian: The Square is a sanctuary of trust and caring. Within it we all share equal rights and obligations.

  • Christian: If you place an object in a museum does that make this object a piece of art?