——Analysis of the character image of William in "Falling Down" from a personal perspective
. A hot morning in Los Angeles, an inexplicable road construction caused a big traffic jam. The buzzing of flies, the sharp laughter of the child, the vulgar red lipstick of a strange woman, the suffocating smell of smoke, the billowing heat... William finally couldn't bear it all, and left the car to escape it all. But he didn't know that from the moment he closed the car door, everything was irreversible.
This is a film about the ineffective struggle of an ordinary person under the background of rapid economic development. In my opinion, this struggle is somewhat anxious, like touching a certain string in my heart.
The film is arranged in a way that two story lines alternately narrate and finally meet together. The screenwriter's design arrangement is somewhat intent to compare William and Prandtl. It is true. Under pressure, which attitude is correct? Was it William's breakthrough? Or is it the only promise of Plantes?
I pity William. As a victim of an era, he seems to have enough reasons to retaliate against society. A high-spirited engineer, but in the end he couldn't even become a small employee. Such a huge contrast would be a huge blow to any enterprising person. As a man, he shoulders the heavy responsibility of taking care of his wife and raising his daughter, and the hope that his family places on him is more like "exacerbating the situation." From the recurring close-ups of William's face in the film, we can see the character's inner struggle. On the one hand, he is controlled by reason, but on the other hand, he can no longer bear the complex emotions that accumulate in his heart. There is a scene in the film where William returns to his home to watch a previous family video. When he sees his daughter and his wife laugh, he also laughs, and when he sees his evil words against them add up, he falls into deep contemplation. Such a realistic portrayal of characters is moving, and this characteristic of "both right and evil" in him is a true portrayal of many contemporary people's hearts. The screenwriter actually arranged for William's experience after the rise of the pole. The high-priced Coke in the grocery store is a metaphor for the current rapidly rising prices; being extorted in the slums means that the country is extremely poor, the people lack a sense of security, and the society is full of instability; the fast food restaurant’s menu appears bright and delicious. When it arrived, it became a shriveled burger, implying that the false propaganda in the society is overwhelming, and businesses continue to deceive consumers for profit. What is even more chilling is that consumers have long been accustomed; grocery store owners cynicism with gay customers, and police detectives The molesting is a reflection of the discrimination of people in reality, and even the oppression of others... This kind of invisible but natural and true attack on society is worth pondering. Living today, what things we must discard , And what do we need to stick to?
I also hate William. As a man, he lacks the most basic forbearance. He is under great pressure, but who is not under pressure now? The teenagers who shot him may also be suffering from racial discrimination and economic poverty. The South Korean boss he beaten is just barely living in a foreign country on the meager income of the grocery store, and those fast food restaurants that he intimidated. The clerk often struggles in life... One of the very heartbreaking scenes of the film is when William picked up a bazooka and shot it at a construction site. The workers he threatened, oppressed, and panicked under the explosion are not the same people who are forced to desperate by life like him? He can get rid of his heart by destroying buildings or even killing people, but what about the poor workers? It is from this clip that I feel that William is hopeless.
This film seems to have different functions in the eyes of different audiences. For ordinary people, it seems to be saying: "Hey, man, this is the end of people who only take themselves as the center regardless of the consequences." For the government, it seems to be saying: "Hurry up and rectify your country, don't let this This tragedy takes place in the real world.” As an ordinary person living in a big city like William, I just want to say that we must find a balance in the struggle of rationality, and neither lose nor fall. The struggle that each of us is experiencing, since there is no escape, it is better to smile at it.
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