First of all, I don't think this is a movie with an infinite loop of time and space. The movie describes the life trajectories of 4 people from beginning to end. Sorted from real time.
1. Stepfather Uncle Ruben 2, Police Daniel 3, Oliver (Carl) 4. The bride
The following will explain the key points, which will be analyzed separately later.
1. Whether it is in a parallel virtual world or real time, the direction of time has always been normal.
2. The virtual space is the space that we cannot feel in reality, which I call our inner emotional world here.
3. Part of the film is what happened in real time, and the turning point is the explosion, which means that the world after the explosion is the virtual world in the film.
4. The reality before the explosion is 50%, and the details are exaggerated by people in the emotional world. Thereby deepening the level of guilt and regret over time.
Okay, let me take a look at the first character and continue the uncle's line.
In reality, Uncle Ruben's
childhood: on a bamboo raft with a friend, the friend died unexpectedly, and he felt guilty.
Middle-aged: Married to policeman Daniel's mother. Because of uncle's carelessness, Daniel's sister gave her a drink with lemon and smashed the medicine. In fact, her sister did not die, but returned home safely. Daniel's mother had said that he could not be left alone with the child. Because of various reasons, Ruben and Daniel's mother later divorced.
Old age: Lost, drunk, looking for prostitutes, and finally committing suicide.
Then there is the uncle of the emotional world:
1. Because of the accidental death of his childhood partner, Reuben fell into self-blame, and it took 35 years of self-blame to get out of the shadows. In fact, 35 here is just a number, he can represent half of his life. Or one-third of your life, what he wants to express is that when you do something wrong as a child, it may take a long time to recover your emotions, but you recover better in the emotional world, and only in reality can you recover. Live better. Finally, Uncle Reuben spent 35 years forgetting the emotional damage caused by the accidental mistakes of his childhood partner and walked out. Corresponds to Ruben's childhood reality.
2. Uncle Reuben finally got out of the shadow of his childhood. Throwing away the corner of the raft in the car means that he really forgot the pain and injury caused by the past. But then, because of my carelessness, I gave my sister a drink with lemon and smashed the medicine. The emotional world directly led to the death of my daughter. This is what I said. The emotional world exaggerates what happened in the real event. % is true, it is true that he caused his daughter to become ill, but not dead. But because of this incident as the fuse, which led to the divorce later. Uncle Ruben has always attributed the reason for the divorce to this matter, so he has been unable to get out of the emotional world.
3. The old Ruben lived in the emotional world like a year ago, still drunk, and died every day when he was in his seventies and eighties. Corresponding to himself in the real world, he is also drunk, looking for prostitutes, and committing suicide. Before he died, Reuben said, I once forgot what my name was. At that time, someone told me to remember it, but I didn't remember it, so I am now like this, they told me not to get in the police car, and I forgot.
Let me analyze these sentences:
I once forgot what my name was. What I said was that he forgot his true self and everyone's true inner world. He only remembered that his carelessness caused his daughter's death, but he forgot that it was actually himself. The reasons for the failure of the marriage. He even forgot his own name. He forgot how much pain he suffered because of the accidental death of his childhood friend 35 years ago, and he still doesn't know how to cherish what he has now.
As long as you get on the police car, you will forget it. This sentence means that you are doing something wrong now, and time will make up for your damage, but don't forget what you cherish most, and don't forget to bring it back because of what you did wrong. consequences to come. Time will pass, 35 years have passed. You may forget the things you cherish, and forget yourself. Just like childhood, you are the most innocent and innocent. When you reach middle age, you become yourself to cater to the world. Maybe you looked at the future you when you were a child. I don't even know you, this is you. In a word, "don't forget the original intention", but how many people can do it? The police car here is just a point in time. Or a choice, do you choose to forget your original intention, or choose to become a person who you don't even know yourself in order to cater to the world?
Uncle Ruben's words were actually an exhortation to the young man by someone who had come over. Because he has experienced a lot of things, he doesn't want Daniel to repeat the same mistakes, he is trying to explain Daniel, obviously Daniel listened to it at the time, the first time he didn't get into the police car means that he once rejected the temptation, but in the end he still failed to resist the temptation In the police car. became another person.
Okay, let's talk about Police Daniel's line: Daniel in
real life:
Childhood: Because he forgot to bring his sister's spare medicine, his sister fell ill and blamed himself.
Middle-aged: Worked hard to get into a police school and became a police officer, still loves playing cards, married a wife and had 3 lovely children. Because the two people who were chasing the brothers accidentally hit the brother in the leg, he was depressed and went home early to meet his cheating wife and shot the adulterer. If it weren't for the incident, he probably wouldn't have gone home early to find out about the adultery. Sentenced to prison.
Old age: Spend the rest of your life in prison and die when you get out.
Next up is Daniel from the emotional world:
Childhood-middle age: In the emotional world, because I forgot to bring spare medicine to my sister, my sister fell ill and died. Taking care of yourself cleanly, making a fire to cook, is much better than a stepfather who is ignorant, so don't talk about the benefits of exercise, etc. In fact, it is also a feedback from the real world and the emotional world. In the emotional world, he constantly repairs himself, let him Gradually forgetting the pain, he can live better in the real world, and even become a policeman to marry and have children. At the same time, it confirms what Uncle Ruben said: the general content is that when people are young, it is easy to forget the pain, so that they can live better. Older people can only spend their time in constant self-blame and regret.
Middle-aged: In the emotional world, he chose to get into the police car and survived in another identity. He lost his hair in the car, which corresponds to the hair found in the collar of the police car in the stairwell at the beginning. At that time, he was still inexplicable. Said, how this came to mean that he had forgotten the painful 35 years before and ripped off the cards. (The moment Daniel got on the police, he actually chose to say goodbye to his past, so he laughed, he forgot his name was Daniel, and for some temptation, he chose to give up himself.) Then came the chaser, the red book His future was arranged like a script. He shot and injured Oliver's brother's leg in a mistake, which directly resulted in death (the emotional world is exaggerated). In reality, Brother Oliver is not dead. But in the emotional world, Daniel blamed himself for killing Oliver's brother and blamed himself. Because in his subconscious. If he hadn't been injured, he would have gone home early and felt depressed, and he would not have killed the adulterer impulsively, leading to his imprisonment. That's what Daniel said to Oliver after the shooting. Sometimes you don't even know what you're doing, like you're suddenly walking down the street and don't know why you're there. Shooting exists in the real world, and then the explosion sounds. Enter the emotional world, exaggerating the death of Oliver's brother. Enter an endless cycle of regret, self-blame, and guilt. Directly leads to the sad life of Daniel in prison for the show world.
Old age: He ate, slept, slept and ate in the stairs every day and night, like a walking dead. Before he finally died, he remembered who he was. He said his name was Daniel. Before Uncle Ruben asked him to let him remember who he was, he forgot his original intention, and finally made an unforgivable mistake. He wanted to tell Oliver not to enter the elevator. The elevator and the police car here are actually the same meaning and a turning point. Don't lose the most precious original intention just because you get something. That is, when you encounter some temptations in life, please remember not to violate your original intention. Don't make choices that you regret. Don't forget yourself. Elevators and police cars are that "temptation". Like Uncle Reuben, he told Oliver as a past person. Then die in remorse.
Just like inheritance, Uncle Ruben told Daniel before he died, and Daniel told Oliver before he died. Suddenly I remembered a sentence called, if you don't listen to the old man's words, you will suffer in front of you. ..haha, well, go ahead.
Next into Oliver's line:
There aren't many hints about Oliver's childhood. Enter juvenile.
Teenager: I don't know how to do anything. I mix with my brother all day long, and I even betrayed my brother to lead the police. As a result, my brother was shot and injured his leg. It is conceivable that my brother may become disabled in the second half of his life and blame himself very much.
Middle-aged: Became an elevator attendant, and accidentally dropped a customer's allergy medicine, causing the customer to fall ill and die. Although the movie did not make it very clear, it is conceivable that he also spent the rest of his life in self-blame.
Oliver in the emotional world:
Teenager: His brother was injured by the police, which directly led to his death. (The emotional world is exaggerated) It made him feel very guilty, but in reality, his brother did not die. He adjusted in the emotional world. Not bad, works out all day and also trims and cleans hair. The barrage talks about the benefits of exercise. In fact, what I want to express here is that people always make mistakes when they are young, and they all need to adjust themselves. Only you can adjust your heart better. The faster you can recover. It also corresponds to what Ruben said, young people always heal their wounds quickly.
Middle-aged: In the end, I didn't resist the temptation to go into the elevator, and found that the script had already been arranged in the elevator, an identity brand Karl. By the way, when he accepts this identity, it means that he has given up on himself. Open the red book with what to do next. The honey in the bottle deliberately smashed the guest's allergy medicine, and the guest died. Then at this time, I don't know what happened in the real world, but I can know that in the emotional world, he will be trapped in self-blame and guilt and regret for the rest of his life.
Next, let's talk about the bride. A character that runs through the beginning and the end.
It was as if the story would pass, Uncle Ruben to Daniel, Daniel to Oliver, and Oliver to the bride.
When the bride entered the elevator, she asked where Oliver was from, and Oliver said it was Italian. The bride went on to say: "We originally went to Italy for our honeymoon, but unfortunately it was not peaceful there, so we decided to go to South America." Perhaps it was because of this inadvertent decision that she and the groom came to this hotel, so the groom happened Allergy accident (or accident without death).
Moving on to the next 35 years. ...
and finally a few dark lines in the movie: the
rabbit, which runs from Daniel's childhood to the bride's hotel. I think the meaning here should be that the rabbit represents the purity of childhood. Every time they enter another to receive a switch identity, and Daniel enters the police, they throw away this innocence. It's like abandoning yourself.
In life, we will face many temptations and make many mistakes. When we are young, we still have time to correct these mistakes and face up to our own hearts. Become another self, and when you look back temporarily, you will find that everything is fake. Don't forget yourself.
I said a lot, I really admire myself for writing so much.. . So be it.
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