Code 46: From a genetic point of view, any two people with the same genome can be considered the same person. Due to the development of in vitro fertilization, embryo transfer and cloning technology, accidental or deliberate genetic technology is prevented from reproducing incest Therefore, the regulations are as follows:
1. All parents who plan to give birth must be checked beforehand. If they are 100%, 50% or 25% genetically identical, they will be prohibited from giving birth.
Two: If there is no examination before conception, then the fetus must be examined. Any fetus that is conceived by parents with 100%, 50% or 25% genetically identical must be aborted.
Three: If parents know nothing about their genetic similarity, this code authorizes the necessary medical measures to prevent any possible further damage to code 46.
Four: If parents know their genetic similarity before giving birth and continue to give birth, then this is a crime according to code 46.
This is the subtitle at the beginning of the movie "Code 46".
Most of Michael Winterbottom’s shooting in Shanghai has created an extremely polarized future. The world inside is a bustling city with empty crowds. A kind of papelles similar to the certificate is needed to get from one city to another. People who want to get papelles must also After rigorous review, it ruthlessly limits the possible activities of everyone. The future is a controllable future, and the entire city is a strictly operating large company. The outside world is a desert, primitive people and simple houses, Where people do not live, they survive. The other thread intertwined with such a bleak and dim future is the love, love, separation, reunion, truth (Maria is a clone of William’s mother), absconding (because they violated Code 46), being caught, accompanied by Maria The monologue and Coldplay’s Warning Sign, after a sentence I miss you, the story ends. The two clues are closely intertwined, pushing their love to an end in a future full of cruel laws.
For the China that appears in most foreign movies, it actually makes most Chinese people who watch it very uncomfortable. It is inevitable that people will say that there is a kind of ugly purpose in it, but in fact, the reasons for cultural differences will come even greater, this time Winterbottom said: “Most of the film’s scenes are set in Shanghai, but this story can happen anywhere. It’s not about Shanghai or the current situation in China.” “A city is so mixed that you can’t tell who the locals are. , Who is an outsider, I like this feeling. Dubai is such a place. Fifty years ago, it was just a vacant lot. People borrowed ideas from various places to build this fuzzy and completely artificial city. Pudong also has it. This weird feeling of being created quickly." But I think there is also a budget factor in it, after all, this is a low-cost movie.
This is not a movie that makes people feel comfortable. For the indifferent and desolate future, it is always the background of science fiction movies. Winterbottom has always liked to pay attention to the people of the lower class. The extremely polarized world is based on his sketch of the future based on the present. , This kind of thinking inherited George. Orwell, the same Englishman, so we have seen the reappearance of the world in 1984 time and time again, but this Winterbottom's mistake is weak in the characterization. Tim Robbins and Samantha Morton are both powerful actors, but this time the role of the former is too stylized, and the role of the latter is somewhat elusive and redundant with language and behavior. The love between the two is not convincing at all, too. This led to a lot of reasons why critics did not give high ratings to this movie. The bleak future makes us feel cold, but the love that should have been moved makes us feel numb. No wonder Winterbottom, holding the Berlin Golden Bear, is very disappointing this time.
Going back to Code 46, the release of this law immediately reminded me of the famous three laws of robotics. If the future is really full of cloned humans born in test tubes, I would rather see a robot with a human touch, and would rather fall into it every day. When I think about whether I am a Ghost or Shell, I don’t want to find myself a clone of his mother after falling in love with a person. After all, it has become very powerless to love someone now. The originally scarce love is completely buried. Let the story of Oedipus and Iokastar be staged time and time again is the misfortune of mankind. It is that we are always so small in the palm of God, and everyone’s destiny and future are so uncontrollable. Everyone's fear of love brings together the fear of the future. Real science fiction is not to predict the future, but to tap our fear of the future, so that we can face the future more bravely. If we can prevent such cruel laws of Code 46 from appearing in the future because of these novels and movies, their existence will not be meaningless.
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