What is a country? Is the country sacred? Does the individual have to obey the state?
In this film, on the surface, it tells the story of a middle-aged teenager pursuing freedom, but behind the story, he also gives his own answers to some questions that people have been puzzled for for a long time.
What is a country? According to international law, the four elements of a state are: territory, inhabitants, government, and sovereignty. As long as these four elements are met, the standards of a country can be met. Rose Island has already met the first three elements before being destroyed, they have their own territory (a platform); they have their own inhabitants (five founders, and more and more joiners); they have their own President and a series of ministers. They are only one last, and one step away from an internationally recognized legitimate sovereign state. Another Principality of Sealand, which is also built on the sea and whose territory is not as big as a football field, seems to be a sovereign country.
Is the country sacred? For a long time, in people's hearts, or at least in the hearts of Chinese people, the word country is still very sacred. But the film, in an unbelievably absurd form, utterly undermined the sanctity of the nation. It turned out that as long as you are willing, three or five people can build a country. The concept of the country, from the floating, sacred, and unreachable concept, was pulled to the ground by them, and they even stepped on it and started dancing. In "Rose Island", the white-haired president, who symbolizes authority and tradition, contrasts with the male protagonist who is also the president, who is young and full of ideals and the future; the minister who is furious and even hysterical, contrasts with the male protagonist on Rose Island Dad steals money from his safe, and is a leisurely "Minister of the Interior"; the uniformed, expressionless, puppet-like politicians in the parliament building are in contrast to those on Rose Island who wear bikinis and dance with their buttocks exposed. Young people, I have to say it's a very funny irony. In this comparison, we seem to be confused as to which one is the real orthodox and which one is the right one. This movie is simply a complete deconstruction of the concept of the country.
Do people have to obey the state? This problem is also best explained in "Rose Island". It was the male protagonist and the five of them who created Rose Island, Rose Island belongs to them, and Rose Island serves them. Bring them freedom, bring them joy, bring them wealth. How can they have to obey the truth of Rose Island? At the end of the film, the founders of Rose Island are hand in hand, and their eyes are firmly facing the cannonballs of the warship. Yes, they are protecting their country with their lives, and the reason for this is because they love this country and love it. The country they created. Not because they are obliged to do it, or because the state makes them do it.
The film is called "The Incredible History of Rose Island", and the incredible thing is that it breaks through many of our inherent cognitions. It turns out that ordinary people can also build an island in the sea? It turns out that ordinary people can also form their own country? It turns out that ordinary people can also say no to the rules of the existing society? It turns out that ordinary people can also build a new world full of freedom, equality and resistance?
It's incredible, but it really happened.
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