1. This is an apocalyptic scene under Kafka's "Castle".
First, it is highly bureaucratic. The nursing home is a typical bureaucratic institution. As Millie said, "it only cares about the registration card, not the life and death of people". The people in it are as calm as sleepwalking corpses. The poses are all the same, and Ping Ji said, "They may not even know which one they are." "Wrongful death" is the only product of the bureaucracy - the body is dying (the elderly in a nursing home), the heart is dead (the dead baby born to the painter Willie).
Second, human existence is severely forgotten. People have a particularly poor memory and retain their impression of others for no more than 5 minutes (doctors and nurses repeatedly emphasize that the escort time should not exceed 5 minutes, because they can't remember after 5 minutes). Whether in a sanatorium or in a hospital, human existence is in a state of oblivion, so it is only natural that Ping Ji can't remember her parents (they're almost missing). The sanatorium quietly removed Ping Ji from her name, as if she never existed. In the movie, everyone is so absent-minded, detached in appearance, and incomprehensible in words, like a Buddha without personality or sense of reality, dangling like a soulless body, driven and enslaved, losing any initiative and purpose. sex. Because their souls have been trapped in the labyrinth of the "castle", they have forgotten themselves.
Third, violence is rampant. Whether it's the scandal of bar owner Edgar (his cheating and domestic violence against his wife led to his miscarriage), the police, racing, shooting, "Dirty Getty", Willie's savage monkey, and more. Edgar is no ordinary violence, he is actually dead, his child is destined to be a dead baby, he is the representative of the victims of this bureaucratic world. The innocent casino in "The City of Sanctuary" has long been abandoned, replaced by the sex and violence symbolized by the bar.
Fourth, nihilistic emotional life. Apart from violence, sex is the only entertainment for everyone. Just look at the lives of Millie and her former roommate Dietrich, and Ping Ji was raped by Doctor Norton in a coma. Sex is completely violent and nihilistic. . There is also no emotion at all in relationships, such as between husband and wife (Bar owner Edgar and his wife Willie, Hirahi's demented parents having sex), between father and daughter (Hirahi and her old father), between colleagues (nursing home The indifference between colleagues who get along with each other day and night is exaggerated to a ridiculous level), among friends (Millie's companions downstairs care about each other, such as saving Ping Ji, but they are too timid to express their emotions and opinions, never Dare to take the initiative to invite Millie to join the dinner, and those indifferent doctors who have lunch with Millie every day). Everyone is marginalized, and ignorance, indifference and violence play a dominant role in interpersonal relationships, which is why Kafka likes Lao Tzu's old age and death, because that is a kind of realism under the bureaucracy.
2. The painter Willie is the Holy Spirit, the nurse Millie is the Holy Father, and the little girl Ping Ji is the Holy Son. They built a "sanctuary" of humanity under the dark "castle".
First of all, the companion nurse Millie is the only human left in this bureaucracy. On the one hand, she also suffers from "amnesia". The supervisor handed the newcomer Ping Ji to her, and she turned around and forgot. In addition, her love life was inevitably influenced by other people, and she became very nihilistic, relying on one-night stands and carnivals to satisfy herself. On the other hand, she was almost paranoid in the work and life environment where there was no communication at all. No matter her colleagues, or her companions in the hospital and courtyard, they pretended not to hear her words and ignored her existence, but she still He spoke sincerely, tried heart-to-heart communication, kept preparing dinners at home to entertain friends, and then was abandoned by friends. After Ping Ji was admitted to the hospital, she and Willie were the only ones who cried for Ping Ji (the double head in the mirror represents the split of the personality, and part of the human nature and Ping Ji died together). Ping Ji was the only one who was angry when she was "forgotten" by the nursing home. Tolerance, comfort, and protection for Hirahi in the second stage of a vicious transformation. She tirelessly reaches out to the weak like a savior, so she plays the role of "mother" in the last refuge.
Second, the little girl Hirahime is a Jesus-like suffering figure. The innocence, kindness and sensitivity of her nature made her bear the greatest pain, resulting in a sharp transformation in three stages. In the first stage, she was innocent, lost smiles everywhere in the nursing home, was arbitrarily frightened in the "Hidden City", and enjoyed friendship without any scruples at Millie's house. She is undefended everywhere, letting her naughty nature be revealed at will, reflecting the rare vitality of the desolate apocalypse. She doesn't have "amnesia", Millie has only been gone for a few days, she has already started to "miss" Millie, and others don't care about Millie's existence (including the supervisor), only Ping Ji remembers her and cares about her in this world She, praised her "You are the most perfect person I have ever met". But Ping Ji suffers from "deafness" and often cannot hear Millie's calling. Her frequent and unintentional wrongdoing shows that she has been deeply eroded by the bureaucratic world. Until she finds out that the people she loves are hurting each other: Millie has an adulterous relationship with Willie's husband and wants to drive herself away. So entering the second stage, Ping Ji, an undefended angel, was driven into hell by the evil devil and became the most depraved and weak in the world of nothingness and violence. When she changed her name, her personality also changed 180 degrees, from the best to the worst Evil, use the body to deduce the vicious and ugly side of this world. At the same time she dreams of the devil (and herself), she is afraid, and she is suffering the most. She woke up when she saw Willie give birth to the dead baby. In the third stage, she finally found her place in the temporary "sanctuary". She was no longer an angel or a devil, but a normal spoiled child in the "home of humanity".
Third, the painter Willie is an apocalyptic prophet. The witch (Willie) is always closest to the devil (Edgar). And Ping Ji understands her paintings because she has been to hell. And Willie was chosen by God because of her genius to give birth to dead humans from her body, and to draw the paradise of beasts from her pen. Contemporary society is an animal paradise, which is both dark and humorous. Behind Kafka there is a Nietzschean starry sky, which is the only possibility in the world. In the end, Willie shot the beast in the painting (the snake head in the painting is a penis, symbolizing violence), and rescued Hirai from a dying coma. It can be said that Ping Ji was rescued by Willie twice. Meanwhile, Willie suffers from "aphasia" and never utters a word because her voice is swallowed up by the "castle".
3. In the end, the three women established the last "sanctuary" of humanity on the deserted land after the ravages of the "Castle" world through a painful price. home. Here, the three finally became one and turned into a silent prayer.
In addition, the episode of Willie giving birth to a dead baby may be explained as follows: Edgar, the bar owner, is a devil, and the three women save him by destroying him. What actually happened that night was that Edgar's body was stabbed by their hands in Millie and Peace's bedroom (either he committed suicide or was killed by his wife Willie), Edgar's long-dead soul was in In his own home, his wife Willie gave birth to him, and he was naked in front of the world like a painting—death is the reality of this world.
In addition, the characters of this movie and the special phenomena in the plot can also be explained by physical theories, such as the relationship between electrons, atomic nuclei, protons, and neutrons, which is also very appropriate. Do not expand.
On the other hand, to interpret the film as three life stages for women would be a gross neglect of the film's horrific music and dark plot.
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