Because it's a manifesto to break with the world, and because it says so - "Every road leads to death, every friendship, every love is torture, loss, betrayal, pain, suffering, old age, Humiliation, and a sickness that cannot be cured for a long time.”
Actually, I think there are only two things that the whole film wants to say, one is that “the heaven and the earth are unkind, and all things are regarded as cud dogs”; the other is “life is a sea of suffering, death It's liberation."
So much so that it would be more appropriate to give the film a more appropriate name for Westerners, "Confessions of Satan". Because, after all, it is rare to see such a film, which can so blatantly express the disgust for life, the hatred of God, and the yearning for death.
It can be said that this is the screenwriter McCork McCarthy, after "No Country for Old Men", once again condensed his sight on a more nihilistic and darker abyss. In this story, a white professor who has attempted suicide is rescued by a black man, and they have been chattering about life and death, gods and demons, meaning and meaninglessness, and the nature of the world in their humble houses.
And from the beginning to the end, this dialogue drama, which completely abandons the interfering elements, gives the feeling that the author is indulging in self-destructive despair, while he unkindly obtains heterogeneous pleasure and happiness. calm.
Most obviously, the big picture is centered entirely on the lengthy confession made by Tommy Lee Jones. And as the winner of the debate, he's an extremely misanthropic speculator and manages to bring down a sunny character's mind at the end (Samuel L. Jackson).
He has been saying: "I long for darkness, I pray for death, the real death."
Or, "I hope to pass away, pass away forever."
And affectionately narrate the ultimate meaning of "death" to him—— "That kind of darkness, that kind of loneliness. That kind of silence, that kind of peace. Just thinking about it makes my heart warm."
He even said, "I don't think my current state of mind is to see the world pessimistically. I I think my state of mind is like the world itself."
But in fact, there is only a fine line between investigating life and death and falsely discussing life and death. As for what is here, I dare not say. I can only say that in terms of style and form, the film is indeed trying its best to put aside the reality and complete a narrative of life and death - the skin color of the characters is divided into black and white, and the character names are also replaced by black and white, including the sunset train, all of which show its beauty Highly metaphorical.
In the 90-minute closed scene, under the model of binary opposition - either God on the one hand, Satan on the other;
But the final answer is: this world is a concentration camp, all the wise should die as soon as possible, and immortality is the ultimate nightmare.
What do you think?
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Attached, the professor's confession
1
I long for darkness, I pray for death, the real death.
But if after death I meet the people I knew in my life, and I don't know what to do, it would be the ultimate fear, the ultimate nightmare.
If I were to see my mother over there again and do it all over again, only without the expectation of death, it would be a final nightmare, an endless nightmare.
2
I wish to pass away, pass away forever, pass away forever.
Because no one exists, there can be no group, no society.
Just thinking about it warms my heart. That darkness, that loneliness. That silence, that peace.
And all of this is only a heartbeat away.
I don't think my current state of mind is to see the world pessimistically.
I think my state of mind is like the world itself.
Evolution is unavoidable, and it allows the most intelligent beings to finally realize one thing, one thing above everything—that everything is nothing.
3
If people can see the real face of this world, see what their life really means, and get rid of those dreams and illusions, I believe they will choose death as soon as possible.
I don't believe in God, can't you understand? Look around you, man, can't you see?
The people in pain were moaning, and it was the most pleasant sound in his ears.
I hated these discussions. He said, "The brutish atheist who only loves cursing all the
time ." And he denies that he has such a view.
4
Your group is a group that can give nothing but pain.
If you gather this repeated pain, its enormous weight will drag the whole world down from the walls of the universe and
bring it down, Burning through the most endless night it can make, making it disappear until not even a ray of ashes remains, and the
so-called brotherhood, the so-called justice, and the eternal life are all nonsense .
Sad God, let me see if there is any faith that exists for nothingness, for death, and if there is, I will enter its sanctuary.
5
And your beliefs exist only to survive, to delusions, to hallucinations, and to lie.
If the fear of death is removed from the hearts of people, they will not live a day, and who would want such a nightmare if it is not for the fear of a more terrifying future?
The shadow of this sharp axe hangs over all joy.
6
Every road leads to death. Every friendship, every love is.
Torture, loss, betrayal, pain, suffering, old age, humiliation, incurable ailments—all of this, with only one outcome.
One for you, the ending for every person and thing you have ever cared about.
This is the real organization, the real group, and everyone is a part of life.
You tell my brother is my salvation?
Then I curse him.
Curse him in all shapes, in all disguises, in all forms.
Did I see myself in him? I did.
And what I saw made me sick.
7
In fact, the shape of things I see gradually becomes vague.
They no longer have any substantive content. They're just a shape.. a train.. a wall,
a world, a person, a noisy space without logic.
Something wobbly, its life has no meaning.
Why would I want to get along with something like this?
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