1. Closed and Open
2. Small Culture Type
A Father
B Tennis Star: Bubble on Bubble
C Those Artists
D Police/People Who Don't Follow "Rules"
E Couples
3. Temperament
4. Sexual Desire
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1. Closed There are no doors in the open
confinement room, the windows are blocked, it is a world without time to flow: rigid, suffocated, closed.
Nine people who were strangers to each other were arrested and lost all contact with the outside world. What can barely prove that they still have contact with the outside world is the cultural customs, prejudice, identity, temperament and so on that they each acquired from the outside world.
Priests, policemen, black street gangsters, gangsters on parole, tennis stars, costume designers, dancers, musicians, musicians' wives, etc.
From this aspect, the space for 9 people is open again. They collide with each other and are likely to create a new meaning of existence.
The desire to survive unites everyone: they bang on doors together, looking everywhere for an exit.
But it all ended as soon as it started.
This confinement room is full of cameras. An outside voice came and said to them:
Only one of you can find an exit. Those who go out will get $5 million.
I thought this meant that there would be a spiritual leader among the 9 people, who would find an exit and lead the crowd to leave together.
At first the behavior of the priest made me think like this:
he prayed before the meal, and others seemed to realize something and wanted to pray with him.
He comforted everyone and asked them to introduce their names. This may be the beginning of our sincere treatment of each other.
But $5 million was a temptation after all, and the pistols in the hands of the police became a threat.
These ideas are brought in from the outside:
money has a deadly gravitational pull, and money is closely tied to the value of life. 2. The subtitle
of small cultural type is not very good, and there is suspicion of misuse of words.
However, I haven't thought of a better topic, so I'll use this for the time being. Let me explain first. I try to use "small cultural types" to summarize the cultural backgrounds carried by these 9 people. It is precisely because each person is influenced by different cultures, so there are different ways of handling actions. In addition, at the last extreme, their actions are relatively similar, which basically reveals that although they each have different small cultural types, they live in the same large cultural ecological circle. Therefore, the so-called "small cultural types" are various manifestations in the large cultural ecological circle.
Father A
The behavior of Father A seems to embody the awkward situation that Christianity encounters in modern society. Merely citing the words of the Bible does not allow the great love of God spoken in the Bible to grow effectively in real life in a way. Furthermore, Christianity is supposed to give people the ability to believe, hope, and love, but missionaries do not have the ability to do this. Perhaps we can judge this way: the priest is only symbolic, a symbol.
As religious communicators in the modern sense, priests' actions can provide temporary spiritual comfort, but cannot provide a fundamental antidote.
The girl who fainted and was engaged in dancing woke up to the kind face of the priest.
Priest gives soul mourning to dead musician wife, black punk.
Before meals and before going to bed, pray silently to let love connect with the people in this space... The
priest just faces what has happened and instinctively does what a clergyman should do. He was incapable of making the whole situation develop in the way he wanted it to.
When the priest took the gun from the police, it also meant that he acquiesced to the rules that modern society abides by: discipline and punishment. And what he said to the fashion designer also proved that he really adhered to the existing rules of modern society: people are good and bad, good and evil, and discipline and punishment must be implemented.
He said: Musicians are unreliable, and that girl is too good, can you trust me?
A true Christian has the ability to believe, and does not need to rely on any one person at all. When the priest said this, it just showed how weak his conversion to God was. Perhaps, the faith was never really established, or the established faith was not tested at all.
However, this is not entirely a personal problem of the priest. What is more worthy of consideration is the situation of the entire modern society. It is like a huge network (big cultural ecological circle), which surrounds all people, defines everyone's position, and gives everyone the simplest mind. Don't think too much, just be dedicated to your work. So society is shipping normally. Those who follow the rules have a position/status in society, and those who violate the rules will be kicked out and executed. In such a situation, the priest is the staff of the church, living step by step. All his experience in dealing with problems comes from the step-by-step world of everyday life. Just imagine, in a "state of emergency", how capable can he be? (We can't ask too much of him)
B Tennis star: Bubble-on-Bubble
The tennis star woman in the confinement room, I call her Bubble-on-Bubble.
The most obvious feature of modern consumer culture is that everything can be consumed. Not only that, but also constantly making many things for consumption, "star" is one of them. In the continuous creation of stars, modern people have completed the disguise of their own emptiness, boredom, and homogeneity, and vigorously shaped (fabricated) meaning and individuation. So, "do not go the usual way", "I choose what I like" and the like came into being. So, what about the stars? They were accidentally "fabricated" and kept being fabricated, but they didn't know this and thought they were so "cow". Therefore, self-righteousness has become their basic characteristic: don't mess with me, don't mess with me, I can do whatever I want, you are nothing, I am higher than you. But, having said that, modern consumer culture is nothing but a big factory, which follows general productive principles. Strictly speaking, it can’t talk about “culture” (culture emphasizes “transformation”, which can deeply nourish the human mind. Rather than scrabbling up people's superficial desires), so, modern consumer culture is just a bubble. And the product that is produced is naturally the foam on the foam.
The tennis star's behavior in the confinement room is as follows:
At first, when everyone else is looking for a way out of the current situation or pain, or actively looking for a way out, she seems to be indifferent to it, very comfortable drinking. Being accused by others: How can you be like a queen? (Without a basic sense of responsibility for herself and others, with the lowest hedonic tendencies)
Then, when someone recognizes her as a star, and her actions are reminiscent of her, she wears a glorious face. (The value of her life is all there.)
Then, when the female prisoner on parole flips through her things, she reacts, behaves and behaves almost the same as the female prisoner. (There is no direct expression of cultural "culture")
Finally, when the female prisoner threatened her to kill her, she took advantage of the unexpected and inserted the wine opener into the female prisoner's neck. (Inner fear. Like enjoyment, it only stays at the level of desire.)
In fact, this kind of analysis just wants to show that every individual person faces the silent destruction of modern society. Maybe her performance is defined by us as "evil", "bad", but it is not just her personal reasons. She is sympathetic.
C those artists
The so-called artists, mainly refers to costume designers, musicians and dancers.
The identity of the costume designer is particularly obvious, mainly manifested in the fact that when he appeared, he wore a black and white plaid scarf (later this scarf became a prop used by musicians to strangle the black gangster and blame him), especially his way of surrounding. In addition, during the first "night" in the confinement room, he carefully hung his clothes on the water control valve of the bathroom where he could hang things. And murmured: There is only one piece of clothing, what should I do?
From this, it can be judged that this costume designer is such a person that he manages his life carefully and with a little flair. But because he is too cautious, he is often unable to let go, and he has no great courage. And his actions since then have proved it. When the priest asked him to show his trust, it was difficult for him to give a clear attitude. In the end, he completely returned to himself, fell into the need and fear of his own belly, and killed the tennis star (thinking she was coming for food).
In comparison, musicians, strictly speaking composers, seem to have no such obvious identities and occupational hints. The musician has always been a person who is prone to arousing feelings of hatred. At first, when everyone introduced themselves candidly, especially when his wife was serious about opening up to everyone, he stopped her all at once. After that, when everyone started to rest, he clearly expressed to his wife that he liked money and was defensive to the people around him, which surprised his wife and even couldn't understand it. Then, after everyone fell asleep, he went to the police to steal the gun. Next, killing black people, electric dancers, killing priests... A series of events followed. Some of the details seem particularly annoying, such as his expression when he secretly made a murder weapon with a wine bottle when most people were drunk, listening to music, dancing and revelling, and trying to please the man who manipulated it through the camera; Met the dancer in the hallway, his speechless, sticky eyes, manner.
Judging from the behavior of these two people, they cannot be called artists, but can only be workers who work in a certain category of art. Because art has not brought them anything, and they are not so different from ordinary people in realm because of the art they face. In short, in modern society, art workers often come out to pretend to be artists. When we recognize that they are art workers, not artists, we don't have to expect too much from them. After all, as a worker, he is not much different from workers in other industries, and both unconsciously obey the entire modern social network. It is in this way that we have good reason to forgive them and be able to truly sympathize with what has happened to them. Especially a musician, he may be doing his own artistic work decently outside the confinement room, and the nature of this art work determines that he cannot have too much desire for money. When he enters the confinement room, the whole external When the framework and the network no longer function, he will really reveal his desires, and this desire to love money by any means is not uncommon, it is a very obvious feature of modern society. When the musician actually exposes this desire, it also shows how deeply he is immersed in modern "culture". And he doesn't even realize it, which means how unconsciously he obeys the entire modern social network.
Dancer, I believe, no one can hide their love for this girl, and so do I.
After waking up, it was a strange space, a strange person, but she was not afraid of it.
I think the reason why a person is afraid in a specific situation is mainly because he has made too many "calculations" about the people, things and things around him, and used too much "scheming". "Once you get up, you have to spend your "mind" to deal with them. Some people can handle it and become the so-called "winners". But most people can't handle it, so they mostly show a weakness that is overwhelmed, that is, fear. And conversely, the more fearful, the weaker. Of course, the use of "scheming" for people and things around them, on the one hand, has factors of cultural accumulation (such as the concept of "others are hell"), and on the other hand, it is related to personal experience. Some people start from personal experiences and think that everything around them is is malicious. In any case, those who make good use of their scheming are unstable in their hearts. The musicians in the film kept plotting murder plans, and the costume designers had to hide in the corner and dine in the end. They are all paying close attention to the movements around them, how can they be at peace in their hearts?
In contrast, female dancers are in a comfortable state of life.
She doesn't hold ill will towards people. The black gangster was locked up by the police, and she was willing to share her food with him; when tragedies kept happening and everyone hid in the corner for fear that others would snatch their food, she still ate at the table as usual; When the temperature is getting higher and higher, it will not affect her heart at all, she quietly wears a small vest and washes her hair quietly.
Those who do not harbor malice towards specific people and things have peace of mind. She will also have true awe in her heart.
Finding herself in an enclosed space, she fainted. When she found out that she couldn't get out, she burst into tears.
(If you look at this girl as a whole, you will find that her crying is different from other people's.)
Only those with a keen sense of survival would have such a strong reaction.
When someone pointed out that the priest was suspected of stealing guns, she said very seriously: He is a priest!
She is in awe of faith and existence itself.
I have no bad thoughts towards others, so I won't hurt specific people. There is a fundamental reverence, and attention is also paid to what is revered.
Female dancers are people who live on the fringes of modern culture.
Still, she was forced to kill people. It was a thrilling scene in her life.
When the shock was uncertain, the door opened, and she picked up a bag in front of the door.
Go ahead, it's not over. The door opened again, and it was still a confinement room.
They were all terrified people, each holding a bag in their hands.
There was huge amazement in the girl's eyes!
This consternation made me feel that she was absolutely different from them.
The people in this confinement room in front of me, I think most of them are fighting for 5 million, and then I find that 5 million is useless.
They suddenly slammed into the cliff of survival, at a loss, their expressions were dazed, and their lives began to twitch.
The girl's astonishment made her wake up from the shock just now.
Perhaps, salvation begins here.
In the previous confinement cell, she rescued herself.
In this confinement cell, I believe she can transport others.
D Police/People who don't follow the "rules"
I call black punks and punks people who don't follow the rules. The so-called "rules" refer to the legal norms at the level of social life. It is the police who keep legal norms enforced.
By law, drugs are not allowed to be traded. The little gangster secretly conducts a private drug deal with people. The little boy has no obvious "bad deeds", but judging from his attitude towards the police and his description of his younger brother, he is at odds with the police.
The police and those who do not follow the rules, although they constitute a set of antagonistic relationships, are not very different in essence.
The police are "police-police" to people who don't follow the rules; the same is true of people who don't follow the rules to the police. They both pay close attention to each other's actions in order to adjust the course of their lives and confirm their presence. Their existence needs to be maintained by each other, and their meaning of existence also needs to be reflected by each other.
The opposing relationship between the two is actually what Hegel called the master-slave relationship. They are on the same chain, there is only transformation, not generation.
The cops and punks in the movie are people who are shrouded in this master-slave framework. While insisting on carrying out his actions in a certain name, the "master" restricted the "slaves";
The little bastard's initial scolding look is full of resentment.
(This resentment also stems from the habitual inferiority of his black identity. The white-black is a "master-slave" relationship formed in history.)
When the gangster killed the police, the resentment was resolved and the master-slave relationship was transformed.
(It is only a superficial understanding of Hegel's master-slave relationship)
E Couples
in the confinement room, the first to disintegrate is the relationship between husband and wife (or marriage, love?).
However, it is understandable to examine the characteristics of modern culture.
Love relationships in the modern world follow market principles: based on the idea of a desire to buy and a mutually beneficial exchange.
Buy what you can with cash or a mortgage, and treat others the same way.
The market will first locate men and women: what kind of men are tasteful, what kind of poses are cool, what kind of women are sexy, and what kind of eyes are attractive. The appearance of advertising people, the appearance of foreign company employees, the appearance of civil servants, the decadent type, the indifferent type, the gentle type, and the brutal type came into being. (TV, newspapers, magazines flooded the sky)
So men and women began to search the market for "goods" that fit them. First consider whether the other party is worth pursuing from the perspective of social value, and then consider your own potential, whether the other party will take a fancy to you. If the exchange value is equal, it also depends on whether the other party has the possibility of appreciation, that is, considering the potential issue. After considering the above issues, start to fall in love.
It just "gets together". People love only the various "values" provided by society, not individual people. Of course, under the shroud of modern culture, people tend to be one-dimensional people, and the individual has long since disappeared.
So, they're not really in love, and disintegration is a good thing.
(For the understanding of love in modern culture, get inspiration from Fromm)
3. Temperament
We often talk about this person's good temperament and that person's bad temperament.
What exactly is sex? Actually it should be "sex-emotion".
We all have an innate nature, and this innate nature, at the beginning of life, is quiet and peaceful. Because at the beginning of life, our hearts have not yet come into contact with the outside world, but just grow quietly like all things. However, it is inevitable that our hearts need to be in contact with the external environment, and when they are in contact, they will "feel - move". This is the desire produced by human nature, that is, "sexual desire". The result of "feeling-moving" is that we have "feelings" such as joy, anger, sorrow and joy. And "sexual desire" is love.
It can be seen that sex is the source of love.
If we keep following this "feeling", our "sex" will gradually be lost. Because, when we have "feeling" feelings, our likes and dislikes are also formed. The mind perceives foreign objects as they come in one after another: if they are in harmony with the mind, they like it; if they disagree with the mind, they dislike it. Therefore, our hearts think and act according to the likes and dislikes caused by the flow of foreign objects. That is, we think that our actions depend on our likes and dislikes: I can do whatever I want. Such thinking and actions are often reckless and reckless.
But if we can control and reflect on our own likes and dislikes, and constantly return to our clear nature, is there a better outcome waiting for us?
The little bastard in the film was rude at the beginning. But when he speaks angrily about his brother's experience, can we seriously ask? Perhaps, the little boy will face a major change in his life at this time.
but we lost the chance, only one chance.
Can we do a better way than scolding when the punks steal the personal belongings of tennis stars?
If we allow our own likes and dislikes to "go our own way", we will never see the beauty of others, and we will lose faith in our own life.
4.
There is no sexual desire in the sexual confinement room: the little
gangster first wants to show a good impression of the musician's wife, followed by the bloodshed;
the costume designer's action of untying his belt looks ambiguous, but he is actually trying to strangle the tennis star.
There can be no sexual desire in a confinement room.
In such a closure, everything is unfamiliar, and people suddenly lose the sense of reality of existence.
There is no time dimension, and the space is quite cramped. These nine people are actually abandoned by the world.
The fundamental existence of people is in crisis, and living has become a heavy burden, a difficult problem.
When people live in the world, they always have a general grasp of existence and a general feeling. If they have no general feeling or feeling on the whole, then they will not be able to do anything specific. Because doing anything requires us to invest energy in the root, if our root energy is empty, everything we do will lose the source.
So here is the problem. There is a crisis in the overall existence of human beings, and there is no interest in sexual desire at all.
Thinking of "A Cloud in the Sky"
"A Cloud in the Sky" and the lack of sexual desire in the confinement room seem to be the opposite.
Looks very erotic. But how similar the two are actually.
The impetuous and superficial media culture either makes people "heartless" to sing "love", or makes people vent their instincts like animals, and even their instinctual desires are reduced to performances. Living in such a world, the reality of people's existence is more or less evacuated. People often cannot find themselves.
Modern people long to love and to be loved, but in this case there is no way to love from the "heart". The men and women in "Heaven" have good feelings for each other, but it is difficult to express (the dialogue in "Heaven" seems to have only one or two sentences), and I don't know how to express it at all. Passing watermelon juice cup by cup?
Witch Tower, Winter 2005
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