Eco Box (Vivarium, 2019)

Emery 2022-11-20 13:00:13

1. Heaven and earth are not benevolent, and all things are dogs. Nature's attitude towards human beings should be described in Daniil Kharms's (1905-1942) novel: "Kalugin screamed and tossed and turned in bed, but he could never wake up again, there was no way he could got up." In the end, because he was "worthless", he was "folded in half and thrown out like garbage".

2. The ecological box (Vivarium, 2019) refers to the glass box in which insects, fish and beasts are kept. In fact, from the point of view of this kind of “detention”, people are born prisoners, first of all, prisoners of the body, and also this fractal ( Fractal) ants in the small ecological box of the universe, but the charm of man is that he can find a breakthrough in human nature in the inescapable animal survival law, and jump from animal to human. The unfortunate part of this movie is that it still ends up in a tragic, painful and negative ending, which maintains the point of view at the beginning of the movie: it is natural, we can’t do anything (when the dove occupies the magpie’s nest, the child finds the chick Falling into the grass, the heroine uses this sentence to comfort the child).

3. Freedom for the West is still in the category of struggle and struggle, and it is futile and fruitless. At the end of the movie, the heroine travels through different spaces and sees scenes that are the same as her own, and sees people who are detained and suffering, complaining about themselves, and even committing suicide. This is actually a kind of reflection in the performance of drama and art. process with self-review. So, how can you not wake up or change your mind from these Senluo Vientiane? In fact, people will develop a kind of awareness in the predicament. They can wake up from the ignorant and blind impulses that keep spinning in place, develop reflection, discrimination and cognition, and finally achieve the balance of life. After all, in the binary response of acceptance and resistance, is it possible to create a third way? In fact, when one's heart changes, one can live without the hustle and bustle of horses and horses; at ease, freedom is omnipresent.

4. The roles of the male and female protagonists have a coherent meaning in the plot, one is a gardener (so digging soil), the other is a kindergarten teacher (so parenting), but this identity is not enough to develop the rationality of the story.

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Vivarium quotes

  • Gemma: [Last lines]

    [while dying, Older boy is about to zip her in a body bag]

    Gemma: I'm not your fucking mother.

    Older Boy: What?

    Gemma: I... said... i'm not... your... fucking... mother.

    [Dies]

    Older Boy: Whatever.

  • Gemma: What am I suppose to do with him?

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