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The main purpose of the film-combined with the background of the times and the director's experience, the intention can be better understood. At that time, the Soviet Union made all-out efforts to develop heavy industry and military strength. Light industry and agriculture were insufficient. There were many weapons and machinery, but the people often had no food to eat. Art has been lost, science has become a tool of power, people are confused and lack of belief, like living in prison every day, without redemption. In the film, social issues, religious beliefs, and the true meaning of life are explored in three and one, but at the same time, it is like a magic mirror, reflecting the subconscious needs and ideas of each moviegoer, and most of them are unable to consciously recognize them clearly and accurately. Yes, so all the viewers see are their own obsessions and opinions differ.
The room——interpreted as the temple of faith where people seek faith and hope in times of despair, the final place of redemption, where their wishes can be fulfilled, but it can only be the only subconscious inner wish. The ungodly have distractions, Self-conceited wishes may not be realized, and even bad results will occur, and they will be severely punished. From the perspective of social problems, it is interpreted as a deified highly centralized person.
Role details:
a) Protagonist civilian role - representing people as hard and numb as living in a prison every day;
b) Artists represented by writers - pursuing fame and success, creating for the world, and thus exhausted of inspiration, cynicism, alcoholism and anesthesia, began to say that he went to the room to seek inspiration and miracles, and in the middle of it, he said that he actually didn't know what he was looking for, revealing Confused, questioning beliefs, and entangled in exploring the true meaning of life;
c) Scientists - in the name of scientific exploration, mixed with personal grudges against their bosses, and unfounded goodwill to prevent outlaws, they are going to use a miniature nuclear bomb to blow up the room and destroy people's hope of pursuing faith and seeking redemption. From another perspective, the scientist used to be a member of the nuclear bomb makers. After the team hid the nuclear bomb for fear of the side effects, they came to find the nuclear bomb to blow up the room. The room here symbolizes the deified totalitarian rule of the Soviet Union, and the people who once participated in the creation of this system. I was also oppressed and breathless, and took the risk to blow it up.
d) The identity of the protagonist as a stalker—the role of the ferryman, interpreted from the perspective of belief, is the role of the ferryman as a clergyman, who is a desperate person with sincere beliefs, but is distressed at risking his life to bring all that An ungodly person who is selfish and lustful, but does not agree with his wife's ferry request, worried that the room will be invalid for his wife, and follow the footsteps of the 'porcupine'. The contradiction here is that the stalker may also enjoy the power and desire of the ferry role. Money gains, my beliefs are not pure, my beliefs are not firm, I dare not step into the room, and I dare not let my wife in; From the perspective of social problem interpretation, he is a middleman in power transactions, without knowledge or technology, but he is well versed in power transactions. The operation process of the company can connect artists and scientists directly to the power center, and make profits at their own fees.
e) 'Porcupine' - a stalker who was punished for entering the room because he was not religious enough, the protagonist's master, entered the room with mixed thoughts and killed his younger brother himself
Other interpretations - in the film "district" is flooded everywhere, and the baptism of the Soviet Orthodox Church is immersion, symbolizing that "district" is a place blessed by God; discarded needles, guns, bullet casings, religious images can be seen everywhere in "district", It can be interpreted as the chaos, violence and lost faith in the world; there is a wine bottle and the bones of a couple in the small tunnel outside the room, and there is a small green sapling in the middle. , while devout companionship and love also hold hope for the afterlife.
Comprehension——Even if people’s lives are unbearable, they cannot be very religious and realize their wishes, but if they have faith and seek faith, they may still obtain redemption. The miracle of the last aphasia child who devoutly read the Bible and moved the bottle with his mind can serve as a reference.
Concluding remarks - quoting the dialogue and the Bible, 'miracles cannot depend on experience', 'a life of joy is better than a life of gloom, and life also suffers from misfortune of fear and humiliation, but it is better than no misfortune', 'you Go through the narrow gate, there is no way through the wide gate'.
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