Such an opening can easily remind people of the isolated lake surrounded by mountains and the lonely but serene little temple in the middle of the lake in "Spring Comes to Winter", the only difference is the eye-catching colors of red and green The blending of the film makes the world in the whole lens no longer so arrogant and completely independent from the mundane world, but only a distant view, a kind of disconnected birth, a world of small people, and no Buddha. Fortunately, there is no Buddha, and there will be no Buddha, because what fills this world is people's feelings, people's desires, people's humbleness and courage, people's tolerance and love. Kim Ki-deok seems to always prefer to be immersed in a world where there is no real right or wrong. Even if it is evil, the characters themselves will ultimately carry out their own redemption. All beings seek perfection from the good. the spirit of.
At the beginning, when you enter the world of old people, girls and the sea, you will be attracted by the very simple and pure colors and soothing and peaceful rhythms. In the bottom of your heart, you are trying to wait for a love from heresy, but this expectation is in Dissolving in the bright water waves, in the chattering words of people from the world and the eyes full of evil desires, the old man and girl who have been silent seem to have become bystanders outside the world, and the words that have disappeared become more and more. The more clearly pointed to Zen, from the "reincarnation" of "Spring and Winter Comes", to the "salvation" of "Samaria Girl", to the "nothingness" of "Empty House", to "Bow", the image of boat and water The return after "The Drifting Room" has led to a completely different level of Zen - crossing.
The bow carries most of the ideas that Kim Ki-duk wants to express in the whole film. It is not only a weapon used by the old man to protect his girl's beautiful dreams, but also a very special musical instrument to express the old man's love for the girl. With his lonely and desolate voice, the poster of the movie tells us even more clearly that even the ship at sea is an open bow, which carries and points to the two most powerful psychological states in human nature, desire and Hope and desire are easy to lead to the extreme of evil, and hope often leads to the smooth road of good, from evil to good, or from good to evil, but they are only human instincts, and they exist forever under different living conditions. In a process of crossing, the other side and this side, who is the ultimate, and where there is nirvana.
The world of the old man and the girl was originally as perfect and harmonious as the Garden of Eden. Even if there are people from the world who justifiably intrude in, their desires point to this sixteen-year-old girl again and again, but even if they use the sinful The act of trying to rape a young girl still can't make a single crack in this perfect world, because both old people and young girls can use bows to protect each other. The sharp blades of bows and arrows deter these worldly lewdness and make the whole world like the sunshine of the four seasons. Warm and beautiful. But the brokenness of this Garden of Eden is inevitable and unavoidable. Not only evil thoughts but also the temptation of kindness and beauty come from the mundane world, and the girl's mind matures day by day, and this maturity brings a kind of magical power, slowly. He pulled the girl out to the outside world, and pulled her out of the loneliness of the past ten years. But this change is imperceptible, and the girl still seems to be content with her stylized life until someone finally awakens the power in her heart.
The girl's smile appeared again, the muscles on her face relaxed naturally, and there was no worries and depression in her heart. Facing the vastness and calmness of life like the sea, the corners of her mouth floated up slightly. This is a kind of peaceful and peaceful smile. It is like wet spring rain, cool summer, better than the swaying autumn scenery, jumping over the bleak winter, the young girl uses this smile to send the old man to sail away in the early morning, and uses this smile to listen to the long melody in the clasps of the bow piano, Use this smile to decorate her sweet dreams when she was sleeping soundly in the warm sunshine, and use this smile to accompany the crisp sound of the sea water with her feet to enjoy the bird-like pleasure on the swing. This smile seems empty but not lonely, detached but shows A bit charming, facing every worldly person, even facing the aggressiveness of evil has not changed. The smile seemed to be closer to eternity than all words, but it was still interrupted.
The one who awakened that power and changed this smile was a boy who also came from the world. Because there is an indescribable attachment to this young man, the girl's unconscious smile is no longer empty. This kind of attachment is new to her, never before. The kindness and tenderness of the young man are handsome. Her beautiful appearance and cheerful personality deeply attracted her. Since then, the balance of love in her heart has been out of balance. Of course, this love is not necessarily love, but this kind of love is like a snake that sneaks into the Garden of Eden and makes this perfect world slowly. Sliding to collapse. The innocence of the young girl made her learn not to hide her liking, her desire for her own love, her anger, her resentment and her disappointment. The fissures between them appeared. The smile on the girl's face faded, and her eyes were filled with resentment. She began to resist the old man, carrying out malicious revenge, making the old man suffer from indifference, jealousy and fear, and gradually pushed the old man to the edge of sanity collapse. From false skipping the date to tearing up the calendar to finally dismantling the upper and lower beds and putting them together and forcing the girl to sleep beside him, the old man indulged in the constant expansion of his desires in the fear of seeing hope shattered, the mournful melody of the bow again and again Breaking through the dark waves, the taut bowstrings tremble, just like an old man slipping into a heart of despair, the strings can still play a beautiful tune, but when the heartstrings are loosened, the load of life becomes unbearable.
The second arrival of the young man completely destroyed the old man's fantasy of forcibly maintaining heaven. All the realities from this world seemed so powerful and irrefutable. The old man could only use his last fragile life to fight the fate of the girl's departure. Kim Ki-duk seemed to be very addicted This kind of game of fighting against fate with life, in "The Drifting Room", the dumb woman uses the fishing line that hooked her lower body to fight against the departed lover, while the thick cable in "Bow" is still taut with such extreme and Cruel human nature and fate. In the end, the teenager could not take the girl away smoothly, and could not prevent the marriage between the girl and the old man. He seemed to be a spectator in this world, or even an intruder. He tried to bring redemption to the young girl and the old man with persistence. The girl's solemn sea wedding, the extremely bright colors of the traditional ethnic wedding dress, finally made him understand the paleness of this redemption. In fact, as early as in the middle of the film, in the storm at night, the old man and the girl were closely attached to each other in the bumpy boat. At that moment, their lives were connected, and this connection for the past ten years has been deeply rooted and forever for the girl. Indelible, maybe her final identity belongs to the world, but her soul only belongs to this isolated island drifting on the sea. The redemption brought by the youth is only a kind of creed that belongs to the world. It is no more beautiful than this world. The instinct of love revealed by the old man and the girl is definitely not allowed in the world, but it is the purest and truest human nature.
Kim Ki-duk said: "In this film, I want to think about a question, when we are old, are we really powerless to do everything? We give up a lot of things just because we are too old. Through this film, I hope Let the audience see that when this old man puts 'selfish' love on a young girl, he can still be beautiful, even on the day when he steps to death. I think it's beautiful to be endlessly longing for one thing Especially if such a long-term attachment is for other people." The
old man threw himself into the sea, the boat slowly slid back to the side of the big boat, the girl woke up from the dream reverberating with melodious music, but had sex with the old man's soul; After carrying the girl away in a small boat, the big boat started by itself and followed. It was not until the girl waved goodbye that the big boat slowly sank into the calm water until it disappeared completely.
The myth at the end of the film resolves all the evil behaviors in human nature with a Buddha-like detachment, so that even desire is sublimated to an ethereal and beautiful realm. In the end, who will be redeemed? Maybe there was no redemption, the girl finally left her Garden of Eden on the sea on this ship, her smile melted love and memories like water, her fate pushed her back to that imperfect world, she pushed her The love of the old man is left to the old man to live forever on the ship that sank to the bottom of the sea. It is painful to imagine her experience of returning to the outside world, because that kind of life does not belong to her, so Kim Ki-duk finally took us with the bow and sadness. And the long music stayed together on the sea that seemed to be forever pure, and the boat crossing to the other side, as long as it carried a kind of hope that seemed to be good, it was enough.
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