A person who becomes a vampire gains an immortal life, a symbol of privilege. In order to maintain the privileges, it is necessary to suck human blood. Because of self-consciousness, vampires regard people as low-level beings. This is undoubtedly a shameless excuse for their evil killing, just like Hitler.
The vast majority of vampires fear to become human again, because not only will they lose their privileges, but they will also be sucked by a powerful evil race. No one wants to be weak. It is difficult for people to resist the violent forces of evil.
The weakness of vampires is sunlight (a metaphor for sunlight, openness, and justice, like the publicity of official property and public affairs) and the pierced heart. Therefore, they have to live in the darkness all their lives, living in the shadow of evil. However, the irony is that if vampires want to become humans, they can pass through the sun, the thing that vampires fear most. Edward, played by Ethan Hawke in the film, uses this method to wash away the evil and recover as a human. However, this process is extremely painful, not only the pain of physical and mental tears, but also his own demise if he is not careful. Say: Anti-corruption
to destroy the party, not anti-corruption to subjugate the country) The first one is purely coincidental and inevitable. The vampire played by William Dafoe is at the bottom of the vampire (car modification self-employed). Due to the economic crisis of the vampire society (the reduction of blood supply caused by the decline of human beings), the vampire was forced to become a human due to accidental exposure to the sun. The weak evil group was the first to be subverted.
Although it was an accident, a vampire who was forced to become a human must choose to be a human through the comparison of two identities. This is a restoration of human nature and a divine sublimation. Moreover, he also gained immunity from the vampire virus.
The survival of free will. The little girl who committed suicide at the beginning of the film, the protagonist played by Ethan Hawke. Although they gained eternal life, they said goodbye to freedom (no heartbeat, no sun, no children, almost all the good things of mankind are lost) and they live in the dark all their lives In a prison, and can only survive by killing innocent people. Their perception of the ultimate meaning of life made them choose, one is to die in the sun, and the other is willing to risk dying and be exposed to the sun.
corruption. The continuous expansion of the vampire team will inevitably lead to the paralysis of the food chain (it seems that every 20 people in the world support a vampire), and ultimately the food source is insufficient. High-level vampires rely on power to divide more blood for themselves by creating inflation and special confessions. Low-class vampires cannot be worthy of two ways to continue their lives: one is to suck their own blood by killing chickens and eggs, and the other is to suck the blood of other vampires (black eats black, kills each other). But both methods will degenerate oneself into the devil among the devil, and killing becomes the only mode of behavior. Metaphor: The morality in the system will also collapse.
Salvation. After a vampire becomes a human again, his blood can turn other vampires into humans. The vampires have turned their backs on God (killing the innocent and the immortal), they are sinful and will inevitably be destroyed. Ethan Hawke’s younger brother gave himself out for the sake of his relatives and friends, in order to redeem the vampire, and used his own flesh and blood to purify the sinful vampire. This is almost a deduction of the Passion (he is the son of William Dafoe, because he sucked the blood of William Dafoe, can be regarded as the son of God Jesus)
the self-evolution of the vampire. The way vampires kill humans is destined to be unsustainable, so they also want to produce their own food (blood substitutes). If human beings die, their killing instinct will inevitably be hidden due to alternative food. Then, apart from being immortal and unable to live in the sun, it seems that the whole society is not much different from human society. Just as the Germans conquered Britain, the expansion of Rome began to survive with barbaric killings, the killable people disappeared, and they turned to civilization. (This is not entirely correct, as long as you know it).
There are many more metaphors in the film, let's use your imagination to realize it.
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