I didn’t read the original novel. For this film, Total Recall, if you must set a tone, then I’m afraid it’s a classic philosophical and political dual proposition in a sci-fi world dressed in Cult, and finally ushered in the director’s hope. The warm end of it. Because of the core warmth that cannot be stranded, those sudden horrors will stay on the fun level, but they won't really make you tremble with fear.
We define ourselves as if we cannot do without the memories and cognitions left in our minds in our past lives. Truman world and out-of-control players are the source of information—the world (space) you have always relied on to be skeptical. , Groundhog Day and Horror Cruise are cut from the continuity and non-replicability of the medium of time. This film directly starts from the storage/carrier/container/organic terminal that receives and processes information to generate memory and cognition. Start with the brain, the plot is found in the Recall company that Quaid’s brain was deleted. The memory begins, and the false peace is finally broken. The plot turns abruptly, but it makes people breathe a sigh of relief, and there is no need to guess that weird smile. Some monsters were about to move in the calm and stalemate. After all, the fear of the unknown is much more tricky and terrifying than the current predicament.
The main clue of the whole film lies in how Quaid retrieves the lost memory-and the deviation and contradiction that he unintentionally formed in the established plan between him in the past and the present. All the changes in thought and behavior of Quaid were in Hauser’s plan, but it was because Quaid had determined that he was the current Quaid and not the Hauser of the past, so he did not hesitate to betray. "Own".
From the perspective of some kind of God creation or the theory of the One, Hauser created Quaid, and Quaid’s life should have been just a form, a transition and use that summoned Hauser to come back again. After the lie of life ends, he is destined to be annihilated by Hauser's return. But in this short retrospective process, he not only resisted the monopoly and totalitarianism of Heibelin, but because of his own agitation and unyielding, he instead swallowed his creator-the former himself. From this point of view, the core of the film also has a certain anti-Christian color, and to a certain extent praises part of the fundamentalist content of Satanism. Mutants on Mars may seem ugly and filthy, but they represent naked truth and justice, with joy, anger, love and hatred, and they all come more quickly and energetic than the humans who are dressed like walking dead in the square concrete walls of the earth.
Some metaphysical virtues are rising on the ugly skin of the mutants. They are more penetrating than ignoring the high-temperature radiation of the dome. You don't seem to be able to adapt to those strange faces with revolutionary loneliness in a few minutes. The director is familiar with the rhythm of the audience watching the movie, and jokingly inserts the timing of Cult Moment, like "the quiet flowing rhythm will be sucked into the treacherous belly in the next second, revealing the great head of resistance." "Eyes stick out the tongue." At the distorted near-death moment, the magical pen of alien wisdom that has been hidden for a long time is activated, and the huge white column of steam gushes through this extreme red planet. Everyone is instantly saved, including mutants, including the heroes and heroines on the edge of life and death, including the audience. I don’t know if I am at this moment in my dream."
Before the Doctor took out the pill, I always thought it was too reasonable for Quaid to be deceived, but then, the will for justice helped him defeat the viper's minions. I don't know if Hellen's name hides the meaning of disaster. She comforted Quaid with her body, but she couldn't erase Melina who was suppressed in the depths of his mind. It’s not that Quaid in the dream is the real Quaid, nor is it his predecessor, Hauser, who made him, just like Heraclitus’s river of life and death, only current beliefs can help Quaid make choices. The last kiss, even if it was just the fulfillment of the dream, he would have no guilt for everything when he woke up. Just like the title Recall, it not only completely recalls one’s past and present, but also alludes to recalling all the qualities missing from Hauser through the current Quaid predecessor: the will to resist, the virtue of integrity, and the emergence of a suspicion. Blood path, perseverance, unremitting bravery to establish oneself.
The analysis of the plot and thought comes to an end. Let’s talk about the setting and style of the film: Not long after the film started, when the familiar pyramid appeared in front of us, it might be traced back to the earliest George Merrier’s "Moon Journey". "The earliest Cult, I feel that the special effects and tones of the film are also quite tribute, and the texture of the cardboard and plastic props can add a sense of absurdity. After all, 90S was not in 1968 when the Planet of the Apes was born. This slightly Raw and Tough texture accentuates the Cult color, including some hand-painted paint effects, such as the spring driver and Quaid's prostitute helmet. (The version I saw with three breasts seems to have been deleted)
The simplicity of Recall’s memory-rooted machine cannot stand a closer look, but the technological elements of unmanned driving and holographic projection are undoubtedly not outdated in the context of the early 90S. I will watch Fan Hoven’s "Robocop" and "Star Wars" when I have time (I heard that the latter’s Zz is extremely inflammatory). The director does not regard the cult as a goal, but only an embellishment. A means. Like the burst of laughter when stating a serious proposition, does it affect the completeness and depth of your statement? not at all.
An unpopular sci-fi classic with rich colors, vivid, warm, naked without sacrificing ridicule and simple ethical values. At this point, when the mutant traitor was chasing the male and female master at a certain exit, the bloody noise of the tank on the chainsaw buzzed in his ears. He wanted to express the shock of his heart by some variation scenarios, and worried that it would be too long. Still put the recommended key to everyone, push open the door of this film, wander in the meantime, and experience it by yourself.
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