Joe is an ordinary person, living an ordinary life. He has dreams in his heart, but he always misses it. The last time he sees it, he almost loses his life because he always stares at the "target", which means that most people "seek" not" life.
22 is a person with talent but no goal, who has dabbled in everything, but can't really invest.
In the world where 22 lives, each soul's inherent emotions are obtained through learning, in other words, they are "arranged", and the last "passion" is to be chosen by oneself. But it seems to be her own choice, but in fact it still depends on the arrangement of the "mentor". 22 does not exclude any "enthusiasm". What she rejects is this arranged life.
I need to say a few more words here, because the shaping of the character of 22 has its era significance. In today's society, with the development of the Internet, many young people can easily understand the knowledge of "Jung, Lincoln, Copernicus" and other people like "22", but they can't touch their feelings at all, so they can't. generate real resonance. In the film, Joe takes 22 to learn to bake. They stand in front of the seemingly inexhaustible pizza, but they can't taste the true taste of it. It's like learning "knowledge" in the classroom, in books, and on the Internet. We seem to understand a bunch of concepts, but in fact, we have long since strayed from reality. In such a hypocritical context, 22's intelligence beyond mortals made her unable to avoid the natural rejection of the world.
What 22 wants to pursue is a kind of "reality", and this kind of truth is only possible in the "real" world. 22 The part of experiencing life is thought-provoking, but it is also a coincidence - if 22 is like us, It's not the first day she saw the world, but the things she was already excited about were so commonplace, could she still have a spark of passion? I personally think that "living in the moment" is a supreme state. The film only allows the audience to see a good result, but does not give a good solution process. Of course, we can't be harsh on the director because of this, this is far from a problem that a film can solve.
The film critiques teleological life, and Joe plays on the stage he's looking forward to his whole life, and ends with a question: What's next? The answer was to continue to play on time tomorrow. that's all? That's it. Shakespeare said, "It is better to be interested in pursuit than to enjoy it." Wilde said, "There are two tragedies in life, one is what you ask for, and the other is what you get."
Feel the good in life, live in the moment, who wouldn't want to solve all problems, but things can never be that simple.
For a person like Joe, letting a teleological person start to abandon purpose, he will gain a lot of confusion at the same time, when he begins to ask himself "there is no purpose in life, but what is the meaning?", On a road that cannot be turned back.
As for people like "22", if they are too intelligent and pursue truth, they cannot tolerate hypocrisy, then it is inevitable to experience disappointment in the modern society built by capital.
It seems that the director's admiration for meditation can be seen from the details, and the goal of meditation is a kind of "fusion", which is to abandon the evaluation of the past and the future, and only feel the present. Perhaps this is an effective way.
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