keep doubting, keep thinking
Who is this guy?
The first scene does not explain the identity of the protagonist at all. OK, then I'll wait. Seeing Oscar getting into the car in a suit and talking about "commissioning", I thought he was a business tycoon. However, when he got off the car, he was begging for the elderly.
Oh, a business tycoon who experiences life and tests humanity.
Not right!
One by one entrustment can give birth to one by one vivid character creation, so the performance of madness and unity, without worrying about the harm and destruction of the surrounding, is not with the purpose of goodwill and influence.
Oh, an actor, a performance artist who treats reality as a stage. But what is his purpose?
After an injured commission, his conversation with the organization finally emerges in its entirety.
It's a question of performance. Driven by the beauty of the performing arts, it is always exhausting, not to mention, maybe no audience cares about beauty?
A few words explain the background of the times: it should be more future, people have broadened the boundaries of performance, no longer on the screen or on the stage, it may become a kind of spiritual satisfaction.
- Do you still like your job? I'm asking this because some of us think you've looked a little burnt out lately, and some don't believe what they're seeing anymore.
- I miss the cameras a lot, they used to be heavier than us, they became smaller than our heads, and now you don't see them much at all.
- So I sometimes find it all unbelievable, gangsters can believe what they see even if they don't look at the surveillance cameras.
- Want us all to be paranoid?
- Aren't you already?
- Yes, very serious.
- For example, I always believed that one day I would die.
- What drives you forward? Oscar.
- Motivation is the beauty of acting.
- beauty? People say it's hidden in the eyes of those viewers, what if one day there's no viewers?
But I still wonder: if people pay to hire performances to fulfill their wishes. But there is a scene that consists entirely of two actors, and there is no "employer side" involved. So where do they watch the show? After the play, is the chat between the actors also in full view?
Oscar has presented us with a lot of characters in nearly two hours, of course, each has its own meaning. This is a test of rhythm control. We can't make every character perfect, but leave some characters so that we "don't need to understand".
When is Oscar himself?
This long-awaited moment finally ushered in an opportunity - a car accident between peers.
Here is the only song and dance segment, in a symbolic venue, the woman uses singing to lead us to think about the question of "who am I" and to tell the story between them.
The day is over. Oscar becomes the husband and father of the orangutan; the female assistant puts on a mask and leaves the garage; the stretchers talk about their future.
- They'll be sending us to the junkyard soon. We have become good enough.
- Humans don't want existing machinery anymore.
- That's right, no more engines, no more action.
It's only 24h, but it feels like a long time has passed. Such a high-density work, not to mention the strong substitution requirements of actors, how to quickly withdraw? How not to show fatigue?
Really feel the desolate feeling that is close to the "finale". But it's so everyday, it's not worth feeling sad.
We often lament the foolishness of frogs being easily conquered by warm water, but we have never thought about how deep the pot is? If you can't jump out of the face of objective facts, is it wrong to keep warming your heart and adapting to the environment?
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