Meaning on two levels

Daryl 2022-10-06 08:28:26

This film has two levels of meaning: the first layer is constituted and the evolution of human society, the second layer is the reincarnation of the human creature

start with the first layer, as if the film house six people in various social Crowds, like crowds, come together for a purpose, and then come into conflict and conflict, alliance and betrayal, war and death, and ultimately, survival. In fact, there are many points of analysis in this general direction. Some people think that the old JC is a pervert, and some people think that the doctor is a hypocrite. There are different points of view. Many previous film reviews have already described it clearly, and I will not repeat it here. Repeat.



The second layer is the key point I want to say, specifically, the two sentences mentioned in this film: "In the end, you still do nothing" "The existence of

human beings itself is a kind of sin" The development of human society has been so far. During the three or four thousand years of the test, there were constant wars and killings and regime changes. In the rounds of reincarnation, the productivity has been greatly improved. At that time, people's productivity could hardly feed themselves, and now a person's productivity It can feed several people, but nothing has changed. Although most countries no longer worry about food and clothing, human beings are still conflicting because of many things, and wars are still emerging. Although the situation of human beings seems to be much better than that of primitive societies , but actually "in the end you still do nothing". Taizu has a cloud: "Where there are people, there are left, middle and right." I really don't deceive me.

"Man's existence is a sin in itself" comes from the Christian original sin theory. In this film, the views of Chinese Laozi are also reflected to a certain extent. Lao Tzu advocates that society should be governed by fools. From the rulers to all the common people, everyone must be humble and quiet and do nothing (in the film, the "fools" are arranged to survive in the end). This point of view seems unreasonable at first, but it is actually easy to understand: if all human beings exist in society in their primitive appearance, and the productive forces do not advance, the impact on nature will not be so great. The natural self-healing ability can also tolerate human survival. On the other hand, it is not necessary to go into details on the impact that the high productivity of human society has brought to nature today. At first glance, modern powers such as the United States do not seem to have many environmental problems, but in fact they are just moving polluting industries to less developed countries, and their impact on the earth has not diminished at all. When a certain creature has an impact on the earth's environment, nature has a way of self-regulation, such as the collective jumping of Arctic lemmings into the sea, etc. This behavior is simply incredible for humans. If nature ordered a billion human beings to jump into the sea collectively, it is estimated that these billion people would immediately riot. So nature uses another way, that is, wars, diseases, and disasters brought about by "natural laws" to control human beings by massacres. However, after each war, technological productivity progress and economic prosperity will be brought about, and human beings will reach a new peak, so another wave of "natural laws" will come... When human development reaches an uncontrollable step, nature How to treat human beings is unimaginable. Therefore, "human existence itself is a kind of sin." When you are born, as a member of this human society, you start to occupy the earth's resources that exceed your personal quota, and you have already shouldered the sin.

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  • Quentin: You want to come with us, Worth? Down the hatch!

    [Quentin drops Worth through a door in the floor, and Worth screams as he falls into the room below]

  • Worth: I don't wanna die, I'm just being realistic. Do you think they'd go to all the trouble to build this thing if we could just walk out?

    Quentin: Do you think they would have left us clues and let us beat it so far if there wasn't a way out?

    Worth: You think we matter? We don't.

    Quentin: Put us out of your misery so we can get on with getting out of here.

    Worth: Oh, you're not getting out of here.

    Quentin: Yes, we are!

    Worth: No, you're not!

    Quentin: Yes, we are!

    Worth: There is no way out of here!