as a shameful original party, decided to start with the original when talking about "The Fantastic Drifting of Juvenile School".
There is such a fragment in the original work, which was deleted when it was adapted by Ang Lee. It is said that before drifting to the cannibal island, the boy had a brief period of blindness, darkness, hunger, and despair. I don’t know how long he heard the voice of a human being. He thought he was saved, but he didn’t expect that it was just another one. The wanderers who died at sea were also blind. The two people’s boats ran into each other lightly and they shook hands with each other and wept with joy. Although they were not saved, at least they were accompanied, so they wouldn’t die alone in the darkness—obviously, this was the other party’s wishful thinking, because he was groping joyfully. After boarding Pie’s lifeboat, he quickly entered Richard Parker’s stomach. Pie regretted that. He neither saw him nor had time to ask his name.
In the vast Pacific Ocean, how likely is it that two small lifeboats will meet? What is the chance of blindness at the same time? What is the chance that there is a tiger on the opponent's boat? This is simply a miracle. But I am afraid that the moment he was bitten off his throat, he probably didn't believe that he died in the mouth of a tiger. So the miracle became a joke of God. Obviously, this did not meet the tone of the whole film, so it was removed by Ang Lee.
Can it be said that this is Li Ang's idea of adapting the whole story: it magnifies the mercy of God, and gently erases all the malicious mockery of God against mankind. The cruel and dirty stories in the story-the hyena ate the zebra’s belly, and Pie watched it bloody from the zebra’s belly; dry animal bones, human bones, and foul-smelling feces piled up on the bottom of the cabin like a mountain, taking advantage of Richard • When Parker ran to the big meerkat on Cannibal Island, Pie was able to clean up a little...These were all quietly hidden by the camera, and even the corpse was gone for a moment, leaving a clean bright red under the boat with a clear deep blue sea. It seems that it is the god behind the lens-Ang Lee couldn't bear to see him, so instead of us, look away. On the contrary, it is the tears of the boy who killed the big fish with his own hands for the first time, the emotion and pity that the boy and Richard Park wanted to talk about (the tiger fell into the water, and the boy decided to save it after struggling. The plot), the rescue of Vishnu as a fish, the lotus that envelops human teeth on the cannibal island. Even the panoramic image of Cannibal Island has become a lying down human figure. Although it is a concretization of a "god" in the broad sense discussed throughout the film, as a race of the same ancestry as Li An, we must first think of " "Reclining Buddha"-interestingly, although the Juvenile Sect is a triple believer of Islam, Hinduism, and Christianity, Buddhist metaphors are still vaguely visible in the film. Although not excessive, it is obvious that Ang Lee is carrying private goods. After all, is there any god who can be merciful to my Buddha?
This is also Li Ang's compassion, which cleans up, idealizes, and turns a story that was originally cruel. In the whole process of the fight against nature, what actually makes us remember more is that the mirror-like sea against the setting sun, the phantom-like deep-sea secret realm, humans and tigers can finally embrace each other, both of which are inviting. Marvel, incredible beauty, it shouldn't be what a muddy world should be, but from the perspective of God, overlooking the whole nature, praising the greatness of life. However, when the cruelty of cause and effect is ignored, it also weakens the sense of reality. Therefore, at the end of the film, when another version of Pai’s story is told, it will give people a feeling of "waking up from the dream". Two versions of the story, one is illusory and beautiful, one is cruel and bloody, one is full of divine nature, and the other is full of human nature, original desire, and animal nature. Which one you choose to believe, the answer is actually very simple-it depends on how much trust you have in your God.
From books to movies, the emphasis is always on "this is a story that will make you believe in." The pie in the book has many questions about various religions and gods when he was a teenager. Even after experiencing sea rafting, he survived miraculously, grew up, and got married, and became a normal and rich middle-aged man. His doubts Never stopped. This is exactly what I like about this story. He won’t tell you exactly what God is, what God can do, and the fact that the faction survives must prove something. It doesn’t give people any conclusions based on sorrow, joy, success or failure. Always use an open attitude to explore and absorb, it is up to you to decide how to choose and trust. To me, this is also a kind of compassion.
Of course, "Youth School" can be so clean and beautiful. In addition to "Lee Ang's Mercy", there may be a second story version, such as the director's production secret meeting "Zhan Long (James Cameron)" plan one, two, three, four steps Ah, the senior officials of Fox have explicitly ordered not to frighten the children. The Vatican, Mecca City Government, and Ganges Governance Committee jointly protested against one another... You choose which one to believe in, it's up to you to decide.
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