Endless, Endless. How to explain it, is it the magical Loop circle, or the cruel reality of life.
About the mysterious cult organization
The background of the film is that two brothers who are working as cleaners received a mysterious video tape-it turned out to be a video sent by the cult camp where they had escaped 10 years ago, revealing to the audience the two brothers 10 years ago. The "secret" life.
At first glance, the structure of this mysterious organization reminds people of Aum Shinrikyo in Japan in the mid-1990s. A group of people ran to remote places in poor rural areas to break away from the original "native family" and establish a new life order. Stay away from the labor division system of capitalist society, rely on simple labor skills, and live a "simple and stable" life in a small group. It's like a sentence in the movie "It smells good".
This "Xanadu Camp" in the movie is the place where the movie's protagonists-brother Justin and younger brother Aaron (digression, the name uses the real names of the actors) escaped 10 years ago. When my elder brother left the camp with his young brother 10 years ago, it also caused a sensation in the media, making the camp instantly "notorious" and quickly being labeled a cult by the world. Ten years have passed, but the lives of the two brothers are not satisfactory. They are doing meaningless cleaning work in their careers. Their romantic lives are often frustrated because of the "black history".
The video tape received at this time made his younger brother Aaron propose the idea of going back to the camp again. In Aaron's memory, camp is full of good memories; and these "goodies" were distorted in the eyes of his brother Justin, which was the cage he struggled to escape 10 years ago. However, in order to allow his younger brother to regain his motivation in life, Justin agreed to the proposal of "revisiting the old place".
Who is the core leader of the Cult organization? It is the Higher Power that everyone in the camp is pursuing. It is this Unknown Higher Power that allows people here to live like siblings, oh no, it is a more peaceful life than brothers siblings. There seems to be no "selfish desire", no "possession", everyone is looking for or waiting for Higher Power's instructions, as if there is the highest wisdom, pointing to a happy life.
By the way, in the mysterious cult circle, certain concepts have their own definitions. Suicide is not suicide, but ascention, which is wonderful. Save 1000 words here...
About loop
Just when the audience thought that the director was going to discuss a cult, the story turned around and two moons appeared in the sky.
"Isn't this Murakami Haruki's 1Q84?" Numerous psychological questions crossed. 1Q84 also talked about cults, and there have also been "boundaries" across time and space. The most important thing is that there are two moons in the world in 1Q84.
When I thought the director was lazy about the story, two moons became three moons. What's even more amazing is that the Loop circle similar to Miss Tim Burton Pei’s fantasy castle appeared. More complicated, some of the boundaries of the Loop here are created artificially, and some are like the cult organization above, allowing a Higher Power to determine the time of the third moon, which is the boundary of the Loop.
Since then, the movie has moved towards surreal and magical themes, sweeping away the original literary accent, and replacing it with a pale face that hangs, bursting blood, and a clock that keeps returning to the starting point. When the audience also started to lose their way in the movie, the director gave us a little hint. Those who voluntarily choose to commit suicide have a breath that is closer to humans. They will be angry, ridicule, sigh, and helpless. This is the biggest difference from the previous camp organization members. Those who can't escape the loop, although their lives are inevitably repeated, they insist on using their own hands to draw a line between the time and space of this cycle.
On the contrary, the members of the camp organization waited for the third full moon, and they formed a circle, waiting for the "rescue" of higher power.
About brothers' grievances
Of course, at this time, his younger brother Aaron still insisted on returning to the camp to live. In his opinion, returning to real life is also a daily endless cycle, and it is also a meaningless life. When you sigh, oops, why did my brother live so pessimistically? Congratulations, you have reached the core of what the director wants to express.
From literary films to thrillers to science fiction films, the director finally wants to wake up the audience and slowly throw out the main point of the story.
When they walked back to the camp for the third time, the third moon was already full. The people in the camp went to the empty building, and the two brothers walked into the house that had been blocked. There were no monsters or imprisoned members in it, but an eye-catching video tape that recorded all the video tapes in the camp. They saw the last moment when the members of the camp were heading for destruction. The entire camp was torn by the Higher Power, and the two brothers drove away quickly out of survival instinct.
Then the director set up a small trick here. The car can’t start anymore. My brother insists on being the person who starts the car as usual, but my brother says let me try it. At this moment, my brother Justin has changed positions with his brother in a critical moment (Wow, the director’s change is really a bit Suddenly). In the end, after the younger brother "confessed his affection" to his elder brother (perhaps it moved God, or moved the screenwriter), the car started... and then the end, it was a successful return to real life.
At this time, I suddenly realized why my brother is so pessimistic about life (although pessimists are very likely to be born). All the decisions of brother Aaron's life are Justin's choice, not Aaron's choice. For his younger brother, his brother helped him decide everything in his life. From escaping from the camp 10 years ago to working as a cleaner, Aaron's unbearable lightness in life comes from this kind of life's passivity. When your life is where others help you choose, of course you will put all the responsibilities on the other person. Compensation is that you will never be able to appreciate the true motivation of life.
When the steering wheel is not in your hands, it is of course difficult for you to have the motivation to believe that the desert will become an oasis. You will only blame the driver for being an idiot and ruining your journey. Brother, the Loop circle and the three moons are all pretends, what I want is My Choice.
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