Regarding if.... this film, I think the filmmaker does not have a very firm stand. He wants to express a kind of helplessness and helplessness in oppression, and tries to find a solution, but when he chooses Give me a sense of hesitation. This sense of hesitation can be glimpsed from the title. First of all, if.... itself is a hypothesis, because some things can only exist in hypotheses. If you look at the English version of the poster and the movie title, you will find that the title does not use the uppercase If, but uses the lowercase if. This seems to be out of standard, but it does show something in the minds of the film producer. Kind of confusion. The dot of i in If is red. This unconventional way of writing itself shows a kind of rebellion against the existing system of the film, but this lowercase also alludes to an uncertain mentality; that point The orange-red color of, seems to show a certain group of people want to express their dissatisfaction through violence, but this kind of imagination seems to only exist as a wrong spelling in the text of the era, right? (This reminds me again of the intentional misspelling in the title of the movie "When Happiness Knocks on the Door"-Happiness is written as happyness. Of course, this is another topic about the art of title.)
The purpose of the school is simply I hope there is an atmosphere that is not "degenerate". What the school thinks of "degenerate" is the kind of lifestyle that promotes individuality and all is free. This way of life seems to have begun to be gradually accepted by the whole society from young people at that time. , But conservatives think this is a kind of depravity (note that I did not support or criticize either side when I stated the two). The whole movie is a microcosm of a school, and what I want to show is the struggle between the radical and conservative factions of the whole society. I personally think that there is no substantive conflict of interest, but only a collision and incompatibility of ideas. Therefore, here, I think that no one is just, which is unjust, and The so-called justice of war is often endowed by people. Which side you support is just.
In this battle, the two sides are clear, but in terms of strength, the two sides are very different. On one side are conservatives with status, material resources, and financial resources, and on the other side are a few students who have no money or status and are unrestrained in pursuit of individual liberation. The students in the entire school are actually under the control of conservatives, but some of them have become loyal servants who warm the toilets for the administrators without complaining, and a small number of them have become black sheep because they did not listen to warnings. Isolated by the entire group. When they were physically punished, the director specifically inserted the state of other students. Of course, the purpose of this kind of corporal punishment was to kill chickens and show them to the monkeys. Some people may sympathize with them in their hearts, but in order to protect themselves, they have to stay away from them in the future. As a result, these three people were completely isolated. They had no alliance, and they had no choice but to "college in blood" and start this disparity of power. Ironically, the last weapons used by the three protesters were those of their enemies, which also shows the isolation and helplessness of this group.
I don’t want to blindly describe conservatives as pedantic or cruel, because their lifestyle is the result of long-term accumulation, and they also have the right to maintain their original lifestyle. Everything has its two sides. The acquisition of some things inevitably means the sacrifice of others. Discipline and hierarchy may restrict human nature, but we cannot deny their importance and positive significance. Although free and unrestrained pursuit of desire is an inalienable right, it is extremely likely to lead to nihilism and various serious social problems such as drugs and infectious diseases. Not all people will make trade-offs and trade-offs among them. Some people may make extreme choices under certain circumstances and under certain pressures. Moreover, the differences between people are likely to lead to the appearance of some individuals who are incompatible with the group. They may think that the whole society is a mistake, and develop a mentality of revenge, and their choices will die. This also largely reflects the lack of communication and understanding in modern society. The older generation hopes to maintain their own society by forcibly instilling their values into the next generation, while the younger generations with distinctive personalities do not follow this practice and hope to live a different version of themselves. The conflict between them is based on different life pursuits, and there is no right or wrong life pursuit.
At the end of the film, there appears a manager who seems to be more considerate. He seems to think about the problem from the perspective of three students, but fundamentally, he and the three are not in the same group, and his existence cannot change the three. The situation of each student. So in the end he was shot to death, and the drama of the film appeared exactly here. In the last shot, the fight seemed to be non-existent. He disappeared from his original position. Perhaps this battle is also a hypothesis if they exist in their imagination, just like the male protagonist is bored in the dormitory with a toy gun and hits the people on the poster, right? (Speaking of which, there are some strange assumptions in the film. For example, is the firewood and fire after the two men and women fighting in the coffee shop are real or hypothetical? Is the scene of the bishop being injured and rolling on the ground real or hypothetical? Why would he inexplicably appear in the principal’s drawer afterwards? These issues are worth discussing)
I think that people have the same heart and the same reason. If there is an understanding based on real communication, then that kind comes from different pursuits or values. The conflict will disappear naturally. But human beings have always been stubborn. In many cases, he can't hear other people's voices at all, or even if he understands it, he accepts it in his heart, but in order to preserve his dignity, he ultimately acts in a completely different way.
From here, I have to think of two other movies with similar themes and also about campus life. One is "Death Poetry Society", the other is "Smelling Fragrance and Knowing Women", and perhaps more similar to the previous one is "Death Poetry Society". The protagonist of "Death" and his companions also face the situation of isolation and helplessness in this if.... However, he faces more contradictions because he loves his parents from the bottom of his heart. For traditional forces, he He didn't want to compromise, but he didn't dare to resist because of love, so he could only choose to aim the gun at himself in the end. A few of the people in If... are free to come and go without ties, because of hatred, they can do everything, but in fact, how can they be free from fear? In my opinion, the final tragic results of the two films seem to illustrate the serious consequences caused by the lack of communication and understanding, as well as the helpless stubbornness of people in some situations. "Wen" is different from the two movies. In the end, the protagonist insists on his choice and uses words to make people identify with their choice, which is integrity. The result of victory is that the protagonist persists and makes others identify with his stubbornness.
If…. Pursue a state of existence that is free and uncontrolled (this state does not even have a clear definition for the pursuers. They are just dissatisfied with the status quo and try to break free, but the so-called liberty is a mystery and mystery. It is very possible to derive disorder, the so-called chaos; "Death" pursues a life state of free poetic and timely enjoyment, which is more advanced than if... After all, the protagonist pursues the kind of life. It is healthy and complete, although the happiness of carpe diem may be coveted by some people; the issue discussed in "Wen" is smaller than the previous two, and integrity itself is also an abstract concept. When this concept is in real life When it is implemented, there will inevitably be many practical difficulties. No matter who the movie represents, what it wants to prove to us, or what it tries to convince us, I think the most important thing about watching a movie is not to be persuaded, but to understand. The confusion.
If.... This movie is wonderful, I think to a large extent it is because it gives a glimpse of the deep-seated problems in the structure of the entire society from a single point, and gives people a thought in the process And the course of choice. We may take sides unconsciously, but I think in addition to the joy of the last addiction, this movie gives me more assumptions and thoughts about loneliness and understanding. Of course, we You can also think of the dot in red and the lowercase i as an inverted exclamation mark, as a warning to some stubborn people (in fact, this movie really became a historical trailer. ). I think that every person who loves life and peace will have an if in his heart after watching this film, and start to think about the role and actions that he should play in the social and cultural antagonisms he is in. .
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