The political metaphor of this film is so obvious that it is a history of political changes since the disintegration of the Soviet Union.
The Soviet Union disintegrated, and the reactionary dissidents in the old era defected to Western capitalism early and started a gang business. The restaurant owner Simon was the representative. Cronenberg was very evil. Let this Simon, who represented the old reactionary, do the business of smuggling young prostitutes. Dedicate the youngest and most beautiful parts of New Russia to imperialism in exchange for survival. Look at where the young prostitutes he oppressed came from: a Georgian girl changed a truckload of wine, and the girl in the single-family brothel with the budding Nikolai came from Ukraine. She used to oppress the republics and started oppressing the people of the old region. . The representative of the new Russia, the fourteen-year-old Tatiana who died at the beginning of the film, she is from the new Russia, full of longing to go to the European Union to find a happy life, her father was buried by Russia's old economic mining industry, and she herself was buried by the empire. The rape of the old Soviet Union under the shadow of racism requires the sacrifice of two generations to give birth to a new hope, which grows slowly under the care of a brand-new Russian immigrant represented by Anna.
The old reactionaries were not doing well at all. Their first generation was too old to be a hero, and the second generation was powerless. The executioner's barber's nephew was mentally retarded, and Simon's son was gay. For the present Russia, the director pinned his hopes on Nicholas, who is witty, strong, knows how to cooperate with the West, has a humanitarian spirit, does not completely destroy, and is not cowardly, just wants to control his own people in his own cultural circle, then It means that the world doesn't like the drastic changes in Russia, I just ask you to control your current self, I don't care what you do, but when it comes time to catch the pests, everyone will work together to get rid of the early pests.
Don't forget to make fun of Chechnya. When the old Soviet Union was tough, Chechen drivers were obedient. Once the second-generation prince became a soft-hearted homosexual, he would spare no effort to ridicule and spread rumors. How do gangsters describe those Chechens? The barbarians from the mountains did not know anything, and as a result, the elite Nicholas of New Russia, even naked and defenseless, could slaughter the corpses of Chechen thieves all over the place without any strength to fight back.
I don't read much about Cronenberg. The history of violence and the promise of the East must be read together to understand a little bit of his view on life. Isn't the life of Tom's family of five in the history of violence not beautiful? The promise of the East is just beginning, isn't the family party that Simon throws on Christmas Eve beautiful? A silver-haired Russian restaurant owner who is kind and good at cooking, full of friends and children, what a warm and beautiful life scene, how much effort do they need to make in order to maintain such a beautiful life? An underground trading network all over Europe, using prostitutes to trade drugs, wine and household appliances, and using drugs and wine to win over all parties, the slightest flaws cannot be revealed, and they need to be solved by violence. No one likes violence, but violence is indeed possible. Exchange for a better life.
Anna's uncle, an old KGB reservist, after losing the protection of violence, he would only be sullen. When he saw the gangster's diary, he was terrified. When he saw the real gangster, he could only spit. Finally, he was protected and became a Pets, a testament to the changes of the old times.
The survival of Anna and the newborn is entirely the result of violent and brutal struggles of all parties. The purpose of the violent elements is not to kill and drink all day long to do bad things. What they want most is to fuck a blonde, beautiful, polite and educated like Anna. Little nurses, it is best to have the same cultural genes but not speak slang, and have no understanding of the details of their dark lives, give birth to a beautiful baby with the same cultural atmosphere, dolls generally learn to laugh, sing and act like a spoiled child, and their children and grandchildren are inexhaustible. also. . . . . . . Although there is no ooxx footage of Naomi Watts and Viggo Mortensen in this movie, Naomi has already fallen. Who can refuse such a powerful, intelligent and responsible man who can repair motorcycles, love children and understand geography? In the scene of saving the baby at the end, there is no such perfect Russian family of three in the triangular composition of the father, mother and baby The Na family buried two whole generations in exchange for it.
Maybe all the men who are enjoying a plain and beautiful life now will have a personal experience. This is how Lao Tzu worked hard to sit down and drink a little wine, smoke a little cigarette, and write a small film review. All the stinky diaosi who yearn for a not-so-beautiful but considerate and virtuous wife, obedient and sensible children, and loving parents and family life can only look forward to it, not worthy of it at all.
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