In Levi-Strauss' mythological study, the most basic dualistic structure of early Greek mythology is in "blood and land", that is, where does man come from: is man born from the land? Are people born from their mothers? Therefore, is the emphasis on blood? Or deny kinship? The role of myth is to overcome these cognitive contradictions.
The film attempts to answer these questions on a narrative level—with a modern perspective, of course. First of all, how do you view the character Theseus? The role of Theseus can be positioned in the following three sets of corresponding relationships: "Man/God", "Zeus/Titan", and "Theseus/Hainepolis". In these two oppositions, Theseus is portrayed as a bridge-like connection point, and he is even included in the lineage of the gods through his own efforts to become a god (in fact, it is more likely that he is Zeus in the world). one of many bastards). On a narrative level, it is because Theseus lost his mother (the mother was killed) that he was able to return to his father (to Zeus). That is, in order to return to the "father's name", the mother must die (in the perspective of psychoanalysis, Theseus and Hynepolis are even a pair of mirror images - they do not believe in gods, and they are stubborn in the inheritance of children , they all used the power of the divine bow - it was with the help of another self that Theseus killed his mother). If the mother is the symbol of a fertile land, then in the film, this land is at war just as the mother bears the name of "bitch", and Theseus eventually goes to his father, to blood and lineage. This is in line with modern people's understanding of "where do people come from". It is impossible for people to come from the earth. It is impossible for Cadmus to bury his teeth in the ground to grow warriors after killing the dragon in the myth. At this level, the narrative of the film is not presented as a myth, but a denial of myth, a pseudo-myth. Because of the juxtaposed contradictions and doubts that exist in mythology, those polyphonic doubts have now been replaced by the loudly proclaimed "name of the father". At this point, Theseus was no longer an underclassman of unknown origin, but a fully symbolized "hero" - the reason why he is a hero is not because he saved mankind, but because he was originally It should be a hero who saves mankind, and his glory comes from his noble blood.
This pre-modern view of blood is precisely the foundation of the modern view of heroes. Deceptively, the "father's name" to which this conception of blood is attached is expressed in a more personal and democratic way in modern society: order (as opposed to chaos), democracy (as opposed to dictatorship). ), bravery (vs cowardice), justice (vs evil) (however, these opposites can be reversed at any time, and the outcome depends on whether the battle of the gods is won by Zeus or Titan, and the victor has the right to give victory a high morality sense and meaning). Just as the film shows a strong cult of personality (dictatorial hero view: divine right of the monarchy, mobilization, saving the common people), while satirizing the Greek parliamentary political tradition (the Speaker still said before Hynepolis killed him: we Negotiable.) At this level, the film's use of democracy at both the narrative level and the ideological operational level is ambiguous, thus showing a pre-modern violence.
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