So beautiful, stunning work.
The temperament of the film is so special that I can't define what kind of film it is. It's like a documentary, like a game CG cutscene (no derogatory meaning, just from the perspective), and it seems to be a feature film in the middle (but photography and a lot of inner lines make it impossible to define it as a traditional feature film)
I define the feeling of this film as a film that talks to myself.
1. The strong presence of the camera
The presence of the camera is as if there is always an off-set following, the camera is constantly emphasized, and the combined narrative is like a dead character watching the film. Or the introspection process of the character. Hand-held, tilted at an angle, making it always immersive.
2. A large number of inner monologues externalize the characters' hearts
Don't let them "act" or "speak", the film is like a large-scale confession made by the director, projecting his heart through the characters
3. To imitate the process of human intercourse and production with the process of natural birth.
(Man is a part of nature) (Universe - Nature - Man) The two sea creatures like male and female genitals appearing at 30 minutes and 10 seconds are really wonderful
4. The Broken Narrative
The interceptions are all fragments of life, and there is no complete narrative. ——It is very similar to human memory (the director imitated human perspective and memory with the film!) Therefore, this cannot be a film that is perceived purely by logic, it requires you to participate with emotion and life experience. The director almost filmed the death replay before the death, which is too rare.
5. The most tangible feeling of life
Life cannot be completely understood with logic, and the movie actually succeeds in showing this fact. I took a look at the director, who was born in Harvard philosophy. Does the idea of the "Real" that Lacan cannot express in words actually feels like it has been photographed? ? ? Lacan believes that the real is beyond, even prior to language, and the primal perception that humans can never reach (similar to the concept of integrity that infants have about the world and their own bodies before they know the world, thinking that the whole world is "I", It has not been separated from the outside world and has become an independent state)
5. The cycle of life
From infancy to rebellion, the teenager witnesses death, the girl he likes, and the ignorance of sex. rebellion against father. The father was strong, stubborn, old-school, but not very successful in his own life. He instilled these teachings harshly on the children
6. The Oedipus Complex in Psychoanalysis
The strong desire to kill his father and marry his mother, "why have him", a gentle mother and a stern and taciturn father, confused young Jack many times, and even wanted to kill his father while he was repairing the car, or ask God kill the father.
Shouting "she only loves me" in front of my father is the most obvious expression.
Jack stole his mother's underwear and threw it into the river in fear, thinking that he was no longer the same as his two innocent younger brothers and could not go back. "Similar to the feeling of original sin in Christianity" In fact, this is his subconscious awakening. From a psychoanalytic point of view, he found that his libido was poured into his mother, and the traditional incest taboo let him know This is not good, the moral imperative (Lacan's symbolic order or the Big Other) is challenged, so his superego reacts violently and creates an incomprehensible sense of guilt.
Although the director did not shoot it, but if you think boldly, you can calculate the future growth route of Jack
a. Jack gets a little older and transfers the libido to someone else, or traditionally, another girl, so he can keep traditional ethical boundaries with his mother, and the guilt will gradually ease (but it will be difficult to completely disappear) , may be hidden in his unconscious)
b. Jack can't forget this, and this can lead to psychological problems in his adult life, a dislocated sexual desire that can't be vented, and gradually internalized into a sense of shame that manifests in other areas of life, and he will become sensitive and suspicious.
7.
Everyone is talking to nature/the Lord
Jack, who is old, talks to the old man
The beginning and the end are the transcendental experience of stream of consciousness, fragmented and beautiful imaginary fragments. With classical music, express divinity
Marriage is expressed in the form of wife and mother dance, which is very beautiful, elegant and mysterious
8. The cycle of life is endless
From the beginning of chaos, life began to multiply, grow, destroy, rebirth, and so on, and finally return to the original place of chaos.
In general, the strong Vipassana style of this film may confuse many viewers, but as long as you put aside logic and try to feel it with your heart, you will definitely be able to experience some similar moments in life in it.
I think this film is almost a great work.
Feelings cannot be told logically, feel with your heart, with your heart, with your heart. Please keep this in mind.
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