Danny Boyle is indeed a master of postmodernism!
In my opinion, "28 Days of Surprise" is definitely an underrated movie. If you want to rank a zombie movie, then "28 Days of Surprise" is definitely ranked second, because the first place is reserved for "Night of the Living Dead".
The first scene in "28 Days of Surprise" is the riot on the TV screen. This is not surprising in many zombie movies, but the scene slowly opens and brings out a furry creature watching TV. , But when the researcher in the laboratory uttered the word "violence" to the animal protector a few minutes later, the orangutan carrying the virus was watching a violent parade-the meaning of this small long shot suddenly became apparent.
And most of the zombie movies we often watch do not talk about human nature, but Boyle's "28 Days of Shocking Change" seems to be discussing deeper things, human instincts-violence, social living and reproduction. The performance of violence in the movie is obvious. Infected people do not eat or drink, and only attack all living things. In contrast, Danny Boyle's expression on the topic of reproduction is more obscure.
In the latter, Boyle designed a scene in "28 Days of Surprise" in which four people walked to Manchester and came to spend the night on a ruin. At this time, his father saw four horses running on the other side of the lake. They Living in groups, running, full of vitality, it also corresponds to the four people heading to Manchester. The light, shadow, color and music of the picture at this time are all relaxed and comfortable.
At night, the hero had a dream-dreaming that when he woke up, he found that his companions were gone, and there was no trace of the car or the fire. He felt panic and at a loss. The loneliness swept over him instantly, and suddenly everything was pictured. , A group of sheep on the broad grass also seemed to smell the danger signal, they quickly gathered together, ready to resist the danger. A montage is used here to splice a subjective perspective, and its meaning undoubtedly implies that the audience male protagonist hopes to find his own ethnic group.
This is the instinct of human beings, and it is nature. It has nothing to do with human nature or not.
Reproduction is human instinct. Although the soldiers in the quarantine area are for sexual needs, in the eyes of leaders like the colonel, sexual needs are also a necessary means of reproduction for the establishment of a society. This article does not rise to the height of the men and women's rights society, only analyzes the sexual behavior of a ethnic group. Then in a closed social environment, if you want to reproduce offspring, you must cooperate with women. If there is no one in the society, you can only get it from other ethnic groups. In this group of soldiers, a sergeant is pursuing a naturalistic view, thinking that the demise of mankind is a return to nature. This is undoubtedly an act of betraying the ethnic group, threatening the interests of the entire ethnic group.
There is also a very conspicuous statue
Laocoon in Ancient Greece↓
The story about Laocoon is actually familiar to us
The content of the sculpture is mainly based on the Trojan War of Greek mythology. "Laocoon" is the priest of Troy. He knew that the Trojan horse left by the Greeks outside Troy was a trap, so he went to tell the people of Troy that there were Greek soldiers hidden in the Trojan horse. But the god who guarded Greece did not want the conspiracy to be exposed. In order to punish Laocoon, he sent a viper to strangle him.
Danny Boyle is repeatedly emphasizing this statue. If you are interested, you may wish to interpret the deeper meaning.
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