I was really moved step by step from the part where the girl sang. The song sings the unknown loneliness and anxiety that every child who grows up has. They don't know where these unease come from, but they have been troubled by it, and they don't know how to deal with it, so they are suffering. I believe that the director must have experienced such youth, inexplicable irritability, vague unease, and boundless loneliness and loneliness. Girls are lonely, and so are boys. Although the reasons for their loneliness may be different, as long as they have experienced this kind of loneliness, they can understand each other. Since then, the boy confided his thoughts. He didn't know why he killed his father. His father was a great man, but the boy always felt uneasy in his heart, lacked self-confidence, and suddenly became irritable and couldn't. Self-control, as if another self lives in the body.
In fact, this is the reason why he killed his father. He couldn't control his dark side, so he did the wrong thing to kill his father. There is a period of time when a child grows up. He doesn't understand that everyone has a dark side. He is unwilling to accept his bad self, but he cannot control his aggressive side. wrong in it. Then, because of emotions such as fear, guilt, and a sense of powerlessness over themselves, they lost self-confidence and became withdrawn and confused... These are actually the unique experiences of many children in their youth. Each of them has different experiences, and they can’t find anyone to tell them, and they can’t find recognition and acceptance. What they feel is an unbearable sense of loneliness, and sometimes they even feel that they don’t belong to this world? The director captured these, all of which are the unique psychology of that age. Maybe things that adults think are trivial will be very heavy to them, and sometimes inexplicably do things that adults can't even think of.
The story mentions this detail of the boy's real name. I always feel as if I have seen similar plots in other films of Mr. Miyazaki. In the end, the boy chose to cheer up because the bright side of his heart has always existed, pursuing his true self, so there is the dialogue between his shadow and the girl. The shadow and the body exist at the same time and cannot be separated, so when the young man finally chooses to accept the dark side of himself, face his family and the people again, and correct his mistakes, he has found his true self and became stronger. stand up. The clue about the teenager in the story is complete here, so the teenager's killing of his father is just a symbol, a symbolic event that he cannot face himself and control himself.
Another clue to the story: The witch wants eternal life and will do anything to get it done. But those who truly understand the true meaning of life understand that life and death exist at the same time, just as a person's light side and dark side exist in the body at the same time. Only those who can accept death can truly enjoy the beauty of life. Life does not exist alone, a person can survive with the help of many other beings, so those who are happy to enjoy life should know how to help other beings around them.
The theme of this film is the relationship between life and death, light and darkness. The two poles of the world cannot exist alone, and life is a process of maintaining balance. At the beginning of the film, a dragon kills another dragon, which means that the balance of many things in this world has been broken. Just as the darkness in the young man's heart defeated the light at the moment of killing his father, the later nightmare also means that The darkness in his heart still occupied the boy's body for a long time. Another event that represents the breaking of the balance is the spider witch's desire to achieve immortality through witchcraft. But the balance of the cycle of life will not be broken forever, so there is a later story.
In general, the plot and details of the movie are not so satisfactory, but the theme of the movie is really very good, especially the delicate portrayal of the psychology of growing children, which is very worthy of our affirmation. Moreover, the slow narrative method used in this film can give people a sense of authenticity and stability, and it also deeply touched my heart.
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