After reading "The Mole" in the book bar, there was spontaneous applause. Although my hand didn't move, I couldn't help but want to applaud the director and take off my hat to pay tribute. In 2 hours, it covers various elements of religion, history, philosophy, and psychology, and puts it together in one film, which is only a few people can control.
The division of the whole film is still very clear in three parts (the meanings of some symbols are borrowed from people) The
first part: The first part is to trace the massacre as a clue, the plot shows the protagonist's marksmanship, and explains the children, characters and the like. Guns represent rights, and this part seems to only interpret rights from a very basic level, like a warrior with the courage to win and kill, and violence to subdue violence. There are many alchemical symbols in it, and I don't understand it very well. A man's genitals symbolize rights, and being circumcised represents defeat. The position of women in it is worth pondering.
The second part: about the search for four masters, the first master symbolizes the id, the second symbolizes love, the two are gloomy Venus and Cupid, the third symbolizes the spirit and spirituality, the relationship between the heart and the brain, and the fourth Symbolic thinking or truth? I'm not sure, maybe it's the so-called fusion of man and sword or something, but it ended in suicide and left me feeling confused. This passage is very interesting, I would like to hear everyone's discussion. The people who appeared later in it, I think, symbolize the devil and represent temptation. There is a lot of feeling like the snake tempting Eve in the Garden of Eden, but the director expresses far more than that. Women symbolize desire, and in the first and second parts, reveal a very obvious masculinity. In the end, it was found that the desire and temptation had all abandoned the male protagonist. As he said, when he returned to the place, he would die. It ends with a group of freaks carrying him away.
Part 3: A lot of zen and enlightened feelings are incorporated at the end. In the end, he made a mole metaphor in the camera like a title. The mole is the equivalent of truth and truth, and people who seek truth are burned by it. The truth that the sage saw and the truth that transcended the small town progressed layer by layer. The church shooting scene has a very strong religious irony, and the final part of the sitting is very Zen. There are also very obvious expressions of money and Freemasonry symbols, black slaves and exploitation. The wise and foolish protagonist appears as a saint (the grown-up son pointed a gun at him and said, I can't kill my master). The whole town epitomizes the human society of money and exploitation. Looking from the lens, it caused me a strange and complicated feeling. This may be the so-called surreal expression of the intense experience of reality.
This is roughly the case. I think this is a movie that is very worthy of discussion by a group of people who love movies. In addition, I don’t agree with people saying that the director is playing tricks and tricks. Those who can play tricks to this extent and can arouse people’s thoughts are also quite qualified directors. .
In addition, in terms of shooting techniques and scenery, it is also quite a good watchable film.
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