The bottom of the food chain is the top of the happiness chain

Duane 2022-04-20 09:02:55

cr: Wang Tongyu

What is happiness? Although everyone’s definition of happiness is completely different, in essence, happiness means that all of one’s needs have been temporarily satisfied, and it is predicted that there will be no hidden dangers for a certain period of time in the future. The individual is happy, content with the status quo. But happiness does not belong to one person forever, and very few people have happiness all their lives. Because people will always breed new needs, new desires, and at the same time, they will inevitably encounter some troubles and sad things in life from time to time. Therefore, only a "sage" like Lazaro can have no desires and no desires. Be happy all the time. As a key figure in "Happy Lazzaro", Lazzaro is the bridge connecting reality and magic. With him, the story can go on.

The Marchioness is clearly the wolf in the film's allegory, an old-fashioned wolf. Just after Lazaro fell off the cliff, the whole film was reversed, telling us the fable of a wolf and a saint through Anto's monologue. Fables are not futile, but have a deeper meaning. The old wolf in the wolf pack was driven out of the wolf pack, which refers to the landowners in the feudal period. At present, the old wolf, the Marquise, is left. At present, the tobacco business has been gradually disappearing, and the old wolf is very hungry and hungry for food. At the same time, the Marquise also has an ideal side on the opposite side. She is eager to control this situation through her own efforts. She believes that for those slaves who have been deceived by her, maintaining their ignorance is not only for the convenience of controlling them, but also for letting them A way for them to maintain their most pristine happiness. The Marquise's heart has sublimated herself, and she has that top-level need - self-realization. It was originally a malicious start, but she later grew a trace of ambition in her heart. She paralyzed herself, thinking that this method was actually helping the villagers of Inorata to maintain the most primitive happiness that was maintained by the labor of her own hands forever. The core idea of ​​the whole film is to tell us a truth, no matter what era it is, there will always be an unfair food chain in society. Big fish eat small fish, but the bottom of the food chain is not necessarily the worst fate. . Have the villagers of Inorata lived decently since they left Inorata? not enough. Every day depends on swindling and cheating to survive, and live in a shack that is built casually. They have moved away from the original purpose of happiness - labor  The threshing floor picture that evokes my childhood memories No matter what period of time, people's happiness and sadness will not develop more or more with the changes of the times. few. Many scenes in the first half of the film "Happy Lazaro" reminded me of my hometown when I was a child. In the Xinghua area of ​​Suzhong, Jiangsu, when the farming is busy, the village adults can always be seen in the fields. They gathered around the threshing machine and worked skillfully, but the people in the fields always had sincere smiles on their faces during the harvest season, and it was very fulfilling to see that they had finally achieved results after a year of busy work. But now things have changed. People have gone to work in southern Jiangsu, Shanghai and other areas, but during the Chinese New Year, the lively scenes of the past are no longer seen in the alleys. The people of Inorata have spent half their lives in the closed environment of Inorata, and they have not even attended school. It is a school that only nobles can attend. In the society outside Inorata, they have not learned any knowledge, except for being abducted, in fact, they do not know any survival skills. Although there is a salary, the basic

No matter what period it is, people's happiness and sadness will not develop more or less with the changes of the times. Many scenes in the first half of the film "Happy Lazaro" reminded me of my hometown when I was a child. In the Xinghua area of ​​Suzhong, Jiangsu, when the farming is busy, the village adults can always be seen in the fields. They gathered around the threshing machine and worked skillfully, but the people in the fields always had sincere smiles on their faces during the harvest season, and it was very fulfilling to see that they had finally achieved results after a year of busy work. But now things have changed. People have gone to work in southern Jiangsu, Shanghai and other areas, but during the Chinese New Year, the lively scenes of the past are no longer seen in the alleys. The people of Inorata have spent half their lives in the closed environment of Inorata, and they have not even attended school. It is a school that only nobles can attend. In the society outside Inorata, they have not learned any knowledge, except for being abducted, in fact, they do not know any survival skills. Although they have wages, they have basically been eliminated by society. It is better to work for Madame Viper (they got their names for the Marquise) in Nainolata. At least they can live with dignity, not It is said that there is no dignity without wages, but it means that they can rely on their own labor in exchange for a dignified life.

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Happy as Lazzaro quotes

  • Marchesa Alfonsina De Luna: Human beings are like animals. Set them free and they realize they are slaves locked in their own misery. Right now, they suffer, but they don't know. I exploit them, they exploit that poor man. It's a chain reaction that can't be stopped.

  • Marchesa Alfonsina De Luna: He who knows himself well is humbled in his own presence. And the praise of other men provokes no pleasure. If I were to know everything in the universe and scorned the charity who would bring me the grace of God? Who would judge my actions? One should go beyond the thirst for knowledge that is the root of distraction and disappointment.