This is a world with only long nights. The clear sky has long since sunk. There seems to be only one mysterious train connecting the outside world, but the outside world has never been revealed. Richard Ayoade's "Dual Personality" (2014) provides us with a heavy sketch of an independent kingdom of black and white, with the highest commander being the colonel. It is reminiscent of "1984", but these are two patterns. In other words, don't stick to "1984", after all, the world of utopia is just a human imagination.
Young man Simon James, shy, shy, and timid by nature, faced with an authoritarian and suffocating work and living space, his personality flaws became more and more at a loss and unable to express, always caught off guard, always looking ahead, always looking back. Being ridiculed and ridiculed. Even Hannah, the girl he loves, always mocks him. His sick mother was under the care of outsiders, and there was little communication with him, and the result of the visit was to pay the person who looked after her.
Others don't treat him like a human being. As he puts it, "lost, alone, and unattended," in contrast, he longs for "hope, dream, and love." But the road ahead is long, and there is no light in sight, like this eternal dark place. His only hobby is to look at the world on the opposite side of the window through a high-powered telescope. It is the same darkness, but there is someone shaking on the opposite side.
A young man was also peeping at him, beckoned to him, and jumped down, of course, dead. The old man who came to clean up said that if he stepped aside a little, he would fall into the rope net, at least not die. This is just a foreshadowing.
In the enclosed space, James couldn't escape birth. It doesn't feel good to be reprimanded repeatedly. Even if you are left out in the cold, you have to be reprimanded by everyone. It's simply not the life of a man. On this day, a new employee named Stanley came, applauded and applauded. This young man who looks exactly like him is undoubtedly his "clone" version, but his personality is completely different.
Stanley is lively, lovable, and even flamboyant. This kind of cool and powerful style is the opposite of James' character. Isn't this what he yearns for every night. He is always welcoming, and his speech is crisp and crisp, and he never knows why he is shy.
Stanley started teaching James how to behave and how to pursue Hannah. Until Stanley took his place and stood in front of Hannah, Hannah loved him so much. He also had sex with another slutty woman, Merlin. Even more dashingly, he asked James to hand over the keys and give up the room for him to enjoy.
James can only wander in the black. Not even a stray dog. The most outrageous thing is that Stanley stole all the research results of James as his own. James, who could not tolerate stammering, defended, and without opening his mouth, he would suffer a burst of beatings.
Nobody believed him. Even if he tells Hannah that Stanley she loves is just a guy toying with her, she doesn't believe it and tells him to go away. Even if she suffered an abortion in the end, she was still obsessed, until she was in James's room and saw his usual small drawing book, full of all kinds of cute looks of her from beginning to end. She was finally moved and woke up.
At this time, James, who was swollen and had nowhere to pour, was first insulted and then bludgeoned at his mother's funeral ceremony in the dark night. After waking up from a coma, he decided to fight back. He took out a knife and slashed Stanley's face in his sleep. Instead of changing his face, it was better to return to his confidence.
Then, in the presence of Hannah, James jumped, luckily, he fell on the net rope. He opened his eyes to see Hannah with a breezy smile, and the Colonel he had long wanted to see. The colonel smiled and said to him that in such a world, people like you are really rare.
"I feel like I'm unique," James said confidently. We all aspire to be a perfect human being. Desire to be welcomed everywhere. But in fact, it is impossible for people in reality. It's all just fantasy. What's more, James, who is in an unreasonable place of right and wrong, what can he do. His integrity, simplicity and kindness have become a rare commodity. What a wonderful satire of reality.
Build a place of imprisonment, let freedom become an inhuman imagination, and life is like an ant. The so-called dual personality is actually just the result of the oppression in the complex society. Like a pure baby, a transparent world, no dust and no evil, how come there are dual personalities. Only after growing up and entering the real world of ghosts and horses, will the world be replaced by sophistication and show people in different images. This is not the result of the real rush of ghosts and horses, but what else can it be.
2015, 7, 19
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