The first time I came across this film was at the end of 2000, when the DVD era of Zone 9 had just arrived, it was one of the first two discs I bought, and I chose it because it contained my favorite actor Sean. Connery. But I was very disappointed after watching the film at first. I couldn't imagine that he would take on such a bad film. The future scenes in it are as backward as "Future Water World" and "The Postman", and they are full of philosophical dogma and a bunch of crazy ideas. Xi men and women. Later, I re-watched it again and tried to change some opinions, but I still felt that it was rotten to the extreme. However, in the past few years, I have seen some comments from foreign netizens, which made me change my view of it. This is actually a classic dystopian movie. The content to be expressed and the phenomena to be revealed are far more I Can't Die (Logan's Run) has to be thorough, full of innuendo; at the same time, it is also a well-deserved cult film, more avant-garde than "The Heretic", such a film may have to pass through the precipitation of time to gradually reveal its light.
The story describes that in 2293, the society almost returned to the state of primitive society. This society consists of two regions, "Outer Domain" and "Central Region". Outland is a world of barbarians ravaged by war and pollution. Barbarians often go down the mountain to worship "Sardus", the only true god of the two regions. The "Central District" is controlled by some wealthy scientists and intellectuals, who retain high-tech achievements, breathe artificial air and live forever, and have no sex and no love for men and women. Thadus issued an order to the "outland" tribe "no killing, against cruelty"...Zade absorbed the knowledge of "middle region" and then destroyed their civilization, he provoked the sexual desire of women to make them taste A taste of motherhood (sex is the driving force of life) freed them from the lifeless communal system. This directly shatters the previous notion (penis is evil) instilled in the tribe by "Central District". Most importantly, he brought death and immorality to this pure land, making the breath of "lively people" replace the "numb people" who have long been bound by high technology. And the true god "Sardus" that they have always relied on is just a false god manipulated by machinery, a "marionette", and thus the "Central District" completely disintegrated. Sadhus and Kang Sola gave birth to a child after mating. The two lived together until death. The child grew up and left the cave. This sign of life represents a new society that is beginning. The earth seems to be back to where it started, and it's another cycle.
John. Boorman likes to look for fresh and inspiring subjects, and "Sardus" is a good opportunity for him to show his strength. The film especially emphasizes the possibility of belief and the dissemination function of information in the palace in the future society. The central organization of the crystal ball in the film has the multi-faceted functions of television, radio, telephone and radar. It dominates the minds and actions of its inhabitants, but its rigid programs are doomed to destruction (eg: computer HAL9000 in "2001: A Space Odyssey").
"Central District" is full of immortal elements, but some of those buildings are no longer complete, and what really remains is knowledge, but in the world where these scientists and intellectuals live, the information age has become a kind of Sad and boring.
Secondly, the true god "Sardus" rules the whole country on the surface, but he is manipulated by careerists in his bones, but he is a "marionette"? Who is the ultimate controller? Just like in The Wizard of Oz or Planet of the Apes, the real behind-the-scenes truth is even scarier. And Boerman's arrangement also expresses that religion is a means of stabilizing people's hearts and manipulating the masses controlled by those in power.
Like most prophetic films, Boorman sees the future of society as a world of ruthless dictatorship, and he creates a bizarre mix of ancient and modern in sets and costumes, from wrecked car wrecks to exquisite mirrored palaces, from prehistoric wastelands From Renaissance architecture to twenty-first-century space capsules... Films condense human civilization on the same plane, merging characters with Egyptian headdresses, bikini swimsuits and modern sculptures.
idea. The clan Zade believes that they should live according to their own will. After participating in the worship, he accidentally killed the operator inside "Sardus" (a big head), and was then brought into the "Central Area" by an inexplicable force. His way of living directly threatens the fate of the people in the "Central District"...
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