First of all, let’s interpret the documentary itself. This is a work from the 1990s. Looking back at the conditions at that time, its pattern conception, space layout, and elaboration of the image power of the lens can be regarded as the leader of the niche documentary, even if it is released. At the moment, there is still a lot of educational significance, so for a documentary, this film has completed its own mission.
However, for works of documentary nature, reading it in the moment must have its limitations. First, today is different from the past. The reshaping of production relations by the Internet and the mobile Internet has brought earth-shaking changes to human life and even the evolution of civilization; The overall understanding will cause great trouble; thirdly, the one-and-a-half-hour silent film can be said to be a great challenge for today’s young people, and the recurring religious scenes aggravate the head of the film, leading to follow-up The length of the narrative is less suspected of being top-heavy. Furthermore, this film is very similar to the documentary "Reincarnation", but the rhythm of Samsara's story is significantly faster and the context is clearer. Friends who like this kind of work can watch and compare further.
Returning to the content itself, the story is mainly divided into four themed chapters: civilization and belief, survival and life, peace and war, annihilation and new life. Each chapter has a fixed frame and a relatively clear rhythm, but it is mixed with other chapters. At the same time, the five flavors of life, seven emotions and six desires, birth, old age, sickness and death are included.
1. Civilization and belief: The natural civilization carved by nature with tens of thousands of time, ocean, waterfall, canyon, ravine, desert, green space, all of these have experienced the transformation of history and gave birth to the birth of human civilization. It has also become a part of human civilization in the long river of history. Human civilization begins with the worship of nature, fear, and belief in power and domination. Along with the inherent historical heritage of natural civilization, it also inherits the experience of human history. Although some of the content is out of tune with modern life, it is not for human beings. As far as the greatest spiritual sustenance is concerned, although its creation is more or less related to the ruling class consciousness at that time (whether it is Qin Shihuang's burning books and Confucian scholars aiming to unify thoughts in the name of war, or Han Wudi's dismissal of a hundred schools of thought as the sole ruler of the world). Confucianism hopes to be gentle and elegant not to resist. The ideology and religion of all dynasties and dynasties are closely related to the ruling class's maintenance of imperial power), but it has been internalized as a part of people's life, and it has always been shining and radiating.
2. Survival and life: You eat fried chicken in Meidi Square, and I pick up garbage in the grasslands of South Africa. People in different regions reflect different living conditions and living conditions under different economic and spiritual lives. I used to think that as long as the rich and everyone gave their love, there would be no poor people in the world. But as I got older, I realized that, just as I am not the God of Medicine, poverty is a disease that can kill people. Even if the rich distribute their wealth to some poor people, without the support of the underlying thinking logic, wealth will eventually flow into the pockets of a few people, not to mention that if the rich do not plunder through abnormal means (such as Trump's tariff policy), there is no There is no reason and no obligation to distribute wealth to the poor. If I have a reasonable reason, I will put it in people and things that are inferior to you in the world. Don’t use your own lower limit to challenge the bottom line of others. This kind of result will only fix yourself in the Deep swamp.
3. Peace and War: From the origin of human beings to the use of tools, from tools to the age of cold weapons, productivity and production relations have not undergone essential changes, so even five thousand years of historical civilization has not resisted the invasion of foreign black swans . The era of weapons of mass destruction brought about by firearm civilization has revolutionized productivity. The principle of winning by quantity is no longer feasible here. More attention needs to be paid to refined management and operation. The various types of DF system missiles we have developed are the best explanations at present. History cannot repeat itself, but we still have to be beaten when we fall behind. The reason why we face external constraints at home and abroad, such as Hong Kong independence and Taiwan independence and other separatist forces such as internal and external troubles, lies in China. The powerful other world looked sideways. The current war has evolved from a war of destructive weapons to a financial trade war, a digital information war, a spy war, and an all-round global war, such as a war of alliances between neighboring trading countries. It affects the whole body, and we are not on the sidelines of history. Although they are still going on and have many difficulties, they still have confidence in China and the people. After all, the belief and strength of this nation are different from those of any other country.
4. Annihilation and Rebirth: Frankly speaking, this is not the first time I have faced death in front of the camera (although I have never experienced it once in my life), but the real cremation scene really surprised me, life is going through After so many sufferings, joys, and sorrows, after you return to dust, everything is annihilated in the long river of history over time, and it never even existed, so what is the meaning of our existence? The earth has evolved for millions of years, and human life is only less than a hundred years. While inheriting all the civilizations in history, what role can we play other than the transmitter? Such as the screws in the factory, the chickens in the assembly line, we are not the small screws under the huge gears of the whole society. Under the lens of speeding up the progress, after the rush of people, our destination will be the same, and the destination is already clear. Why rush to the present moment? What’s more important is that we grew up, we listened to our father when we were young, our teachers when we went to school, our boss when we were working, and our wives when we got married. Who can hear our own voices like the wheels of history? Whether it will be played repeatedly or recorded separately in the future will be written by the new generation.
We are never alone, but each individual will eventually complete its own time trajectory independently, but is this an established time rule, or is it a time wormhole full of unknowns? In addition to the spirit of exploration and adventure, it requires great thinking and wisdom. There is a story behind every speck of dust, but this story is too late to tell, and we have no way to listen.
Listening to it, watching it, smelling it, is my best explanation of who I am, where I came from, and where I am going from this film.
A long time, eyes closed and opened, a day has passed;
The time is very short, once you close your eyes, you can't open your eyes, a lifetime has passed;
How about you?
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