Continuity and Chaos

Marco 2022-03-21 09:02:57

As the last part of the "Life Trilogy" reflecting human nature, the first three deaths correspond to indifference, miserliness and fear. Through fragmented narratives and long shots, the absurd and restrained life of loneliness is expressed. Scenes such as group kisses in the small bar and the army entering the bar break the rules of the camera, giving people a sense of visual depth. The two people who sell entertainment products at the same time give people a sense of sight in "Waiting for Godot". Everyone is living a ridiculous and ignorant life. In the end, only a test monkey and a pigeon were left thinking. We all live in empathy with others, and the appearance of existence is the end of everything. At the end of the film, the salesman finds himself, and with a furious heart, he yells at his friend who betrayed him: "Don't manipulate others with your own speed." However, the arguing was stopped by the director of the apartment by interrupting others to rest late at night, so the life that was out of common sense was revised again and returned to daily life again. He grabbed something, but looked so pale and powerless. We have to learn to try to perceive something and learn to introspect (self-discovery) in order to resist this deep sense of meaninglessness. As the end of the film says: "Which day is today, it's impossible to know by feeling, it has to be recorded continuously. If you can't record continuously, chaos will follow."

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  • Fay 2022-03-19 09:01:07

    Your own life is boring, how can you make others' lives interesting? A holy and lonely life.

  • Domenick 2022-03-16 09:01:06

    The director adopts a fixed scene in the form of a stage. Each scene is static and funny, just like a short play of human behavior. All the participants are expressionless and have strange smiles. The theme of the second half gradually rises, especially with the ending "killing" as the end. Life is a comedy, but to survive in such an absurd world, it becomes a tragedy. The disadvantage is that it's a bit like a short show rather than a movie.