1. Marriage: Partner and Self
The story begins with a marriage crisis between an old man in his fifties and sixties and his wife.
The old man used to be an illustrator and published a book, but now his career is not going well, he has lost his creative inspiration, and his wife is cheating on the old man's good friend.
The wife keeps up with the times and adapts to high-tech products, such as autonomous driving, VR glasses, and automatic home furnishing. At this time, the old man is at a low point in his life, and he is not used to all high-tech things. Can yell at fuck.
The son started a company and made a lot of money, and he was still persuading the old man to work in his company.
All this made the old man even more frustrated.
The wife drove the old man away to live with his cheating partner. Soon the wife discovered that the new man lying beside him had become the old man he used to be: unshaven and snoring in sleep.
Finally, when the old man came back with a new look, his wife realized that she was the stubborn person, the one who stood in the same place and the one who needed to change.
A partner cannot redeem her marriage, only she can redeem herself.
2. Life: falling into a low point and self-salvation
Everyone eventually grows old, loses the capabilities they already have, and then falls into a trough, and the two people in the marriage part ways. Life is like this, and you can't blame marriage.
Aging and the loss of existing abilities are frustrating, depressing, and de-energizing. Why do old men always want to cheat on young girls, who can resist the feeling of being young again? Why cannabis and alcohol are loved by everyone, and who can resist the feeling of experiencing the peak of vitality?
So we still have to face and accept, face ourselves, face problems, change and accept new things and people. Ask him how clear he is? For there is a source of living water.
3. Cycle and end, hold on and give up
The relationship between the characters in the film is very cleverly conceived. The wife was tired of the old man, and the son signed up for the "Good Dreams Day Trip" project for the old man. The boss of the project is the son's Faxiao, and the boss's girlfriend plays the old man's wife, but she is the wife of the young man.
Wife and old man, boss and girlfriend are the two most important relationships in the movie. In the relationship between the boss and his girlfriend, reconciliation, quarrel, breakdown, and reconciliation are constantly being staged. People don't have enough courage to end such a relationship, and the same drama is staged in a loop, which makes people a little desperate and a little crazy.
4. Virtual and reality, technology and society
The movie is a bit like Westworld. Automatic dialogue, emotion recognition, plot tracking, scene simulation, high-tech means have built a realistic dream factory.
The opening and ending of the story are particularly realistic. It begins with the old man returning to the cafe where he first met the actress, and ends with the actress leaving and turning back into a short-haired woman with a husband and children.
Although the actor is playing someone else's life, the emotion is real, so some moments make people feel that it is real; but the dialogue between the actor and the director keeps reminding the audience that this is fake, and this is a dream factory. All of which make it difficult to distinguish between virtual and real.
The application of high-tech means continues to meet people's needs, but it makes people lost. Who can grasp the trend of technology?
5. Rapidly evolving technology and people who can’t keep up
There are too many humanistic concerns in the movie. Technology has extended people's lives and expanded the breadth of life, but there are always people who can't keep up with the times, and people will always get old one day, and the feeling of not keeping up with the times is uncomfortable. , but what can be done? Just accept and embrace it.
5. Finale
After watching the movie, I have a lot of thoughts, but only this sentence is left in my mind: C'est la vie.
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