"Whoever dared to break free of the chains of grinding chests in an instant is the one who is determined to freedom of the soul"
The choice of the word treasure hunter in the film title is also worthy of taste. The word hunter emphasizes the concept of pursuit. The randomness in the pursuit process is mixed with danger, and the connotation of treasure in the film, in my opinion, symbolizes a slight deviation from social conventions. Orbit’s value orientation and life choices are marginal, integral in internal logic, private, and therefore precious.
Kumiko has always been in a depressed state. In addition to being relieved by the recurring and recurring social animal life from 9 to 5, she is also withdrawn and unsocial. She is unwilling to join in gossip gatherings with colleagues, and she also has to face an older person. The problem that single OLs must face is to find a suitable person to marry as a housewife or to pursue career success. But she has been having a slightly absurd dream. She is looking for a treasure buried in the fargo of the United States on the other side of the ocean.
Most people's lives are in a kind of huge inertia, meaning is mixed with non-meaning, reading, working, getting married... step by step, everything is standardized. The cruelest aspect of modern society is that it presents you countless possibilities, but in reality, once you really think about and practice it, you find that there are many things to worry about and anxiety. Even if you are punk and go to the normal life of ya, you will still worry, you are going to live, and this may be the main reason why many people who are unwilling to live a normal life dare not let themselves go.
But if you look carefully, you will notice that our protagonist's process from obedient social animal to "bad girl" is, after all, a continuous negative accumulation process. The spit that finally spit into the boss cup is the initial resistance, resisting the gender stereotype in the concept, resisting the environment where everyone is institutionalized, resisting the huge unquestionable collective unconsciousness.
The two screenshots above are a very interesting set of contrast images in the film. Kumiko was eating instant noodles in a dark hut and watching the happy dance of the couple outside the window. It's bright and dark, this is indeed what people think of, or expect the "tragic" of middle-aged and older single women, the leftover women who can't find a target after eating the raunchy noodles.
I have always had a question. It seems that we have been advocating indirect life too much, study hard and enter a good school and then you can do what you like, work hard to save enough money and then choose what you want, then, then, Then... everything is to reach that starting point, the starting point of the life path you are yearning for. Although I say this is too idealistic, shouldn't the place where you really should work hard should be at the starting point? Why do we always spend all our energy and all our passion on the way to the starting point.
The protagonist in the film raises a rabbit, and before Kumiko plans to hunt for the treasure, he plans to release it and give it freedom. However, the rabbit just stayed in place. This is just like most of us, even in the face of freedom, we dare not own it and deal with it. In the end, the rabbit died so sad.. (Abandoned by Kumiko on the subway) True freedom is always bloody. A raised rabbit can live very well, if it doesn't have any messy ideas.
However, those who are thinking about things and thinking about it will not be willing to support them. Those who firmly believe in a kind of value judgment, it is an unavoidable problem to choose soul freedom with painful resistance or choose life comfortably with painful living and living. Pain is an indelible background color, and it is also necessary to face the challenge of making choices alone.
To be honest, the metaphor of a pack of money does feel a bit rough... Kumiko can’t get happiness from the ordinary OL value system, so she naturally turns to look for another value system. Without it, she won’t be able to live. Go down. People are really obsessed with the "meaning of living".
ps still reiterate that everyone has their own life choices for their own reasons, and they are all worthy of respect. It's awesome to be alive and honestly...
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