Personal understanding of some of the problems in the movie (serious spoilers, don’t click in if you haven’t watched it)

Adeline 2022-10-16 08:08:06

I think today and tomorrow in this movie are like the result of two mirrors. Today can affect tomorrow, and tomorrow’s result is because today, you have me in you, I have you in me, like an endless loop, if one day If you don’t follow tomorrow’s photo, the loop will be broken, just like one of the two contrasting mirrors has been removed, but this doesn’t happen in the movie.

1. Why can we make money based on the results of the racing dogs seen by the camera in the future?

This can be understood in two ways, but the result is the same

The first explanation: This is the explanation of other bean friends, I will explain it again here. Suppose the protagonists find that the camera time is on the 4th, and the second male wants to use the camera to help him win the dog race. He will think like this: "Since the camera can get pictures of tomorrow night at 8 o’clock, then I only need to plan on the 5th tomorrow at 8 pm on the 6th. Click to post the results of the race dog on the 6th, then the camera can first take pictures of the things that I plan to do on the 6th on the 5th, and then I can get the result of the race on the 6th. Then I can make money." For example, today’s A originally planned to go to KFC for dinner at 12 noon tomorrow. If other things that change A’s plan do not happen midway, then B can see A eat at KFC at 12 noon tomorrow. , Going to KFC for dinner=posting the results of the dog racing, B sees that A is eating at KFC=camera, now separates the roles and imagines that B has the ability to predict tomorrow, then B can see that he is going to KFC for dinner the day before. This is easy to understand, right? It’s just that A and B are the same person now, which feels a bit convoluted. In other words, A plans to go to KFC for dinner tomorrow. If there is a future camera at the door of KFC, then A can get a picture of himself eating at KFC tomorrow. Isn't it easy? So once the second male has the plan of "tomorrow I will post the results of the day's greyhound racing on the window at 8 pm", then he has already had an impact on the future. In other words, he has already It determines the result that the camera will take tomorrow, and based on this result he can win the dog racing.

The second explanation: This is my personal thoughts after watching the movie. If the first explanation still feels too convoluted, you can understand it like this: "In fact, the timeline of the entire movie is not single. The protagonists who just appeared It’s the first batch of protagonists. The second men of this batch plan to post the results of the day’s racing dogs tomorrow night. The photos of the results of the races are for the second batch of protagonists. They are one day later than the first batch of protagonists." Those who found the camera were the first protagonists, and those who used the camera were the second protagonists, so that we can understand why greyhounds can make money.

Of course, the second explanation is definitely wrong, because in the film, there is an endless loop, but it can help understand why it is possible to make money through the future camera racing dog.

2. About the male protagonist’s painting in the photo

This is an endless loop. The question of "there is the picture or the inspiration first" should be an order of magnitude in depth with the chicken or the egg first. The male protagonist got his drawing inspiration based on the photo. There is no doubt about this. Tomorrow’s male protagonist also painted according to the photos of tomorrow he saw, and the paintings in the photos of tomorrow seen by the male protagonist of tomorrow are also based on what he saw in the photos of tomorrow’s tomorrow’s male protagonist. Painted... and so on, so when did the male lead first draw inspiration? I can't think of an answer to this question, just as interesting as which chicken lays the egg first. The action of the male protagonist getting inspiration through photos is like the sudden contrast of two mirrors. In each mirror, there will be an infinite number of mirrors instantly. There is no end in it, and the male protagonist’s inspiration has no source. However, there is a detail worth noting, that is, the picture of the male second and kissing. The painting inside is not finished. The male protagonist is thinking about how to draw next, but the next day the male protagonist got the inspiration for the next painting, and finally drew one. The infinitely twisted clock is not inspired by photos, but by himself.

3. Is it to imitate after seeing the photo, or to do it naturally before being photographed?

I think this problem is still a phenomenon of contrast between two mirrors. The present and the future have already interacted and influenced each other.

Photo of the second male and the female protagonist kissing: If they did not see the photo, then the male protagonist would not have the inspiration to paint, and the male second would not have the opportunity to have an affair with the female protagonist. It was because he saw the photo that he decided to do so. Do

Photo of the conversation between the second man and Ivan: If the second man does not see the photo, then the second man will not call Ivan, and it will not cause the result in the photo

That is to say, the future photos affect the development of the present, and it is because of this impact that the future photos are created. This is an endless loop, and the result produces the cause, and the cause causes the effect. Two contrasting mirrors can see the self in the opposite mirror in the opposite mirror, and also see the opposite from the self in the opposite mirror. In the instant of comparison, there are infinite results, and they can see future photos. At that time, I think it is like a mirror that suddenly contrasts between two sides. Today there is tomorrow’s result, and tomorrow there is the cause of today, because the cause of tomorrow produces today’s result of tomorrow that is seen today.

4. Why did the female lead kill the male lead in the end?

The female protagonist loves the male lead, and the male second is only used to vent loneliness, emptiness, and coldness. This is very clear. The female protagonist has more news than the male protagonist and the male second, and they know how to use the time camera before they. This means that the male protagonist and the male second use the time camera to gain (the male protagonist gets inspiration for painting and the male second gets money). The only female protagonist did not clearly gain the reason why she still insists on not calling the police and not destroying the camera. She wants to use the time camera to have a further relationship with the male protagonist. The principle is the same as that of greyhounds winning money. She only needs to plan tomorrow in her mind today. The things to pay attention to are written on the glass, then the camera will first take pictures of the things that are planned to be done today and tomorrow, and then she will do the things to be done today according to the prompts in the things planned to be done today. This is also a death cycle. In other words, what the hostess has to do in one day is to write down what she noticed yesterday for the camera at 8 o'clock in the morning, and then go to the camera to take a picture of the things she noticed today that will be written tomorrow. Both things must be done. One thing is to remind yourself of yesterday’s things to pay attention to, and one thing is to remind yourself of tomorrow’s things to pay attention to today. Once you don’t remind yourself of yesterday, this cycle will be broken, and there will be no tomorrow you want. This is why the heroine desperately rushed back at the end to post the drop reminder.

I personally think that the heroine is lost in this cycle. What she said before killing the heroine seems to be that she can go back to yesterday (actually not), or that she has given up the result of today, reminding herself to do it yesterday For today’s affairs, she may have given up on the world she is in today, just wanting to deal with yesterday’s self better, or she may have lost herself, thinking that she can return from today’s self through a sleep Yesterday's self.

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Time Lapse quotes

  • Callie: [reading from Bezzerides' journal] I know the rule of time and causality is that one should not attempt to change the future. But under these circumstances, it seems to be a risk worth taking. If I believed in God, I would pray today that no greater harm will come from what I am about to do.

  • Jasper: Don't fuck with time.