Before watching "Time", I basically hadn't watched Kim Kidd's movies, but when chatting with classmates, Kim's movies left an impression in my mind. Although I haven't watched the plot in detail, I still understand a little bit. Like the "Drifting Desire Room" that reflects the desire, the "Bow" that ignores the existing emotions around him, the "Bad Boy" that has a strong destructive mind, and the self-destructive "Samaria Girl". In a unique way, it conveys to the audience some of the views of Koreans on human nature, and these views may often not be recognized by many Koreans themselves, but it has to be said that Kim Ki-duk brings together many existing human living conditions in Korea in one of the movies. Or a few people can express it vividly through them, which is exactly what Chinese filmmakers rarely or basically do not pay attention to or express.
The story of "Time" is actually very simple. It is a story of a reincarnation "circular structure". The longer the time the love will fade. A love story where a couple uses extreme methods to make up for this. A pair of extreme protagonists, they are so afraid of the passage of time. Photos freeze happiness, only photos are eternal, because it records the moment of happiness, that sweet moment.
They have been in love for two years, there is no emotional twists and turns, it is plain and scary, but it is the waves in their hearts. The heroine Sexi is a close-minded person. She pays attention to the small changes of her boyfriend Zhi Woo: Zhi Woo’s eyes are no longer focused on her, he will pay more attention to the young waiter in the coffee shop, and will tire of himself. Bit his lip. It was these inadvertent actions that made Shixi feel perilous, and her inferiority complex was also tormenting her. After two years, Shixi didn't know what else she could use to hold Zhiyu's feelings and her aging face? An already very familiar body? She thinks Zhiyu's love for her will become weaker and weaker. Driven by this mentality, Se Hee became jealous, irritable, and extremely restless. On the other hand, her extreme love for Ji Woo made her unwilling to give up this feeling. She wanted to change herself through plastic surgery and comprehensive plastic surgery. Become another person, and win a fresh relationship between himself and Ji Woo with a brand new look and body.
The following actual situation shook the hearts of every audience. Zhiyu, the same extreme person, has not forgotten the previous Sexi, he just regards Sixi after plastic surgery as a substitute for Sexi. When Sixi understood the truth, unable to contain the panic and regret in his heart, she confessed everything to Ji Woo with a mask made of Sexi's photos. The angry Zhiyu couldn't believe that the woman in front of him and Sexi were the same person. He couldn't understand Sexi's madness. He also chose to have a plastic surgery and become another person to avenge Sexi.
The happy ending has never been Kim Kidd's style. In "Time" is no exception. In the days when Zhiyu disappeared, Sixi frantically identified everyone around him, trying to find Zhiyu. However, what he waited for was fooled again and again, desperate Sixi yelled Zhiyu's name at the bustling crowd. The back of a man's lower body appeared in the camera, Ji Woo? No one knows, if it might not. Sixi chased the man frantically, and a car galloped over, shattering all dreams. The man’s bloody face made her never know if he was Ji Woo... Sixi had a mental breakdown and stumbled into it again. Plastic surgery hospital...
That's it, like a fable, telling the story of love and time. I am afraid that only Kim Ki-duk likes to choose such extreme characters to tell the story, using complete plastic surgery to restore a dull relationship, or using complete plastic surgery to avenge someone. Love and hate are so pure and strong, and the two protagonists are also Are all melted to ashes.
There are a few places that left a deep impression on me. In each of Kim Kidd's films, there will be a prop symbol with symbolic meaning. In "Time", sculpture is chosen, which symbolizes eternity. Although the film does not show the scene of Sexi and Ji Woo going to the sculpture park together before the plastic surgery, we can see from the side that this is their common preference through the photos on the bedside of Ji Woo. After Shixi's plastic surgery became Sixi, the two of them also sat in the same position and had a group photo. The naive Sixi thinks that as long as she has a facelift and starts a new relationship with Ji Woo with a brand new look, Ji Woo will forget the past Sexi and fall in love with herself forever. However, compared with timeless and fixed sculptures, human feelings are unpredictable. Sixi lying next to the sculpture rubbed the cold sculpture with her hand, hoping that it could become the incarnation of the disappeared Zhiyu, and hope it could bring her eternal love, but these two hand-shaped escalator sculptures can only Provide them with a short nap, but cannot give them an eternal promise. Sixi finally understood that it was Shixi that Zhiyu still loved, so she had to sit on the sculpture escalator in the dark and wept sadly, and secretly swallowed the bitter fruit she had planted. At the end of the film, a sea submerged the sculpture, ending all feelings...
Another interesting point is: at the beginning of the film, Shixi, who was in a hurry to go to the appointment, accidentally ran into a face-lifted man at the entrance of the plastic surgery hospital. The woman with her mask tightly covered, the glass frame in her hand was shattered, and the broken glass covered the desperate and weird photos of the woman... At the end of the film, Sixi, who had a nervous breakdown, accepted the doctor’s advice again. , Walked out of the hospital with sunglasses and a mask after the plastic surgery, and happened to be hit by Shixi who was running oncoming. The two video content is exactly the same, just like a reincarnation, the story forms a loop, the beginning is the end. As for the meaning of such treatment, I didn't want to understand. Is it a warning about repetition, implying that the story between Ji Woo and Se He is still happening again and again? It still arouses the audience to think, if time can go back to the past, will Shixi go for plastic surgery? If all this is just a dream, would Sexi and Ji Woo take this extreme way to maintain their love?
Looking at the whole film, behind the extreme love and hate, behind the sadness and helplessness, what is revealed is Kim Kidd’s discussion of the relationship between the passage of time and love, and the profound impact of cosmetic surgery, an increasingly common phenomenon, on Korean society. Profiling. Simply put, the key words of the film are: time, love, plastic surgery.
We cannot help asking: Is love impulsive or eternal? After getting along for a long time, does love also become family affection? Is the "seven-year itch" still repeated in different forms among couples? No matter how strong the feelings are, will they lose their taste in the long and ordinary life...The vigorous feelings in the legend all stop abruptly at the most brilliant time, or separate, or get together, and then A long-term life is self-evident, because its next direction may be plain, slowly dying...
Human life is like a white horse passing by, fleeting, and love is just one of the components of life, no matter how beautiful it is. Love will eventually return to peace, and people will be infinitely attached to the original passion. Just like Shixi, who yearns for eternity so much, that time can stop at the most beautiful moment, so she chooses to deceive herself and deceive others-plastic surgery, trying to use such extraordinary means to save time and love.
This is precisely this "Time", or the reason why the movie is so attractive. The strong bionicity and the simulation of life allow the audience to think of themselves while peeking at the lives of others. Of course, the stories in the movie are all fictitious. It is basically impossible for people in real life to have plastic surgery and become another person in order to restore the passion with their lover. But plastic surgery is not a new topic today. . In our real life, there are indeed many people who may go for their own distorted perfectionist pursuit, or to please the opposite sex, or to make their appearance more competitive, etc., for different motives and reasons. Plastic surgery, in order to hope to be recognized and favored by the world. Director Kim Ki-duk said: "I hope to use this film to reflect how plastic surgery affects an emotional relationship. Because plastic surgery has formed a huge industry in Korea, more and more Koreans hope to use plastic surgery to become It’s another look, instead of himself, and in other countries such as the United States, I don’t think we can keep silent about this anymore.” So we saw that the director deliberately added Several related videos about plastic surgery, cut nose bridge, bloody face, full of cruelty. In fact, it is true. Behind every beautiful face that has been retouched is abnormal pain and blood. Statistics show that the current cosmetic surgery industry in South Korea generates approximately US$3 billion in annual income, and 70% of South Koreans have a desire for cosmetic surgery. Even old people with traditional concepts will not make irresponsible remarks about the cosmetic surgery plan of their grandchildren. Many Koreans say that plastic surgery is as easy as eating and sleeping. This perverted wave of seeking beauty not only makes the entire South Korea crazy, but also the Chinese who have always been restrained and conservative. Around us, there are overwhelming advertisements of plastic surgery hospitals, and all kinds of tempting rhetoric cover up the bloody process of plastic surgery. It seems that only through plastic surgery can you become confident and charming; you can change your life; you can get everything you want...The spirit of learning, cultivation, and hard work is insignificant in the face of plastic surgery, and your appearance becomes decisive factor! Is modern technology the omnipotent savior or the devil who seduces Faust? If it is the savior, then why can it give people a whole new look but not change two hearts that are estranged day by day? Through "Time", Kim Kidd ruthlessly exposed the lie about plastic surgery. The more than one minute plastic surgery process at the beginning of the movie is disgusting. It not only satisfies the need of narration, but also warns those who blindly seek beauty that plastic surgery is terrible and cruel. process. Jin Ji De's good intentions can be seen.
"Time", a realistic film, Kim Kidd set his sights on the mainstream society for the first time; Kim’s works did not include prostitutes, gangsters, and wanderers for the first time; Kim Kidd’s first time Paying attention to the hot issues of the society...King Kidd cast aside his secular and gorgeous coats in his image world, insight into the real society with a calm and sharp eye, showing the good and evil of human nature, as well as the so-called modern civilization. Alienated human nature. Through this "Time", it is not difficult to give us some enlightenment: the current Chinese movies, especially the so-called macros, such as "The Banquet" and "Full of Golden Armour", the stories are mostly based on some materials. Fictions and dramas far away from social reality, so why not learn "Time", focus on the current, pay attention to life, pay attention to society, and use a humanistic feeling to dig out more themes that are highly compatible with the lives of most people of the same time. ?
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