Movies don't die, they just fade away. This is a meta movie, a movie about actors, a movie about movies. You can see "Eight and a Half" in it, you can see "The Truman World", you can see "Personal Order", you can see the shadow of any movie, but it goes beyond these movies. In each scene, everyone can be regarded as the concept itself of actors, movies, and audiences. Only in this way can you understand the film, can really understand the thoughts expressed by the director, and truly get emotional resonance. To understand the film, we must first understand the background of the film. The movie takes place in the far future, the movie is dead, and everyone can provide the script to customize it instead. Sacred Motors is an agency that specializes in this kind of customization. Filmed using an invisible camera rig similar to a pinhole camera. As a profession that has disappeared, movie actors can only be forced to join car dealerships to provide customers with personal customization. The DNA detection door lock in the second mission and the URL on the tombstone in the third mission all hint at the time of the story. Therefore, each task in the film can be divided into three levels to understand: 1. In the film, it is a custom-made story that takes place in the future; 2. Corresponds to our current form of film; 3. The story itself conveys the author's thinking about the actors and the film. At the beginning of the opening film, the movie theater is playing a silent film, and the audience is silent, as if falling asleep. The sleeper, played by the director, is awakened and walks into the cinema. In the process, looking in the mirror represents self-judgment, implying that the film is meant to express the director's mind. Looking out at the fish tank where the lights are already glowing means that the movie is the art of light and shadow. The director's hand becomes the key to open the back door of the cinema, which means that the director is the key to open the door of the movie world. "Exit" is written on the door of the director entering the cinema, which means that the way out of the film is silent film, that is, returning to the origin of the film. Then the audience under the stage didn't buy it, and fell asleep. This paragraph can be understood as the director's personal order, or the whole movie is the director's private order. The first shot of Mission 0 shows the little girl appearing in front of a round window with reflected trees. The little girl represents the audience, and the round window represents the camera. This story makes it easy to think that Oscar's identity is actually a businessman, but after contacting the text, it is easy to understand that this is actually his last task yesterday. This story corresponds to a film element today, a commercial element. Oscar said on the phone: "There aren't enough bodyguards anymore, we're going to make our own Caracal." This is the first pistol independently developed by the UAE, representing self-protection. Here the director calls on all filmmakers and audiences to join forces to protect the future of cinema. The first task The first task is very simple, Oscar plays an old lady begging along the street, but no one cares. Corresponds to the poor elements in the movie. The old grandmother muttered to herself: For many years, I saw nothing but stones and feet, no one loved me, and I was homeless. But I'm still alive, I'm so old, I'm afraid I'll never die. It's a confession of cinematic art that hints at the future of cinema, which no one cares about but still lingers on. The second mission Oscar went to a movie factory and shot a special effects monster movie. The corresponding movie elements are seduction and special effects movies. There was a vista before Oscar came in, and we could see that he was just one of many actors, and it was less of a place to create dreams and more of a factory to mass-produce products. In this factory, Oscar first filmed a scene by himself, and then filmed a passionate scene with an actress. During the whole process, Oscar was tired and dizzy twice, suggesting the actor's current situation, always overfulfilling the performance task. The filming used motion and expression capture. Finally, the monsters are formed on the screen by digital synthesis. In this process, the actor does not show his face, the concept of the actor completely disappears, and the actor becomes the shooting tools. Oscar eats lunch in the car between missions. Dedicated actors all dine on the set. For the sake of performance, they can forget about eating and sleeping, and sacrifice their health for filming. Surveillance filmed the road conditions outside. It implies that the film should be inherently documentary. In the third mission, Oscar played the madman Dmitry, who was directed by Callex's "Tokyo!" The characters in the film represent a rebellion against the status quo of the film. First of all, Oscar goes through the sewer, this and the tunnel in front represent that he travels through time and space to the place where the next story takes place. It is implied that cinema is a spatiotemporal art. Before each mission after that, Oscar has to go through a tunnel or drive a long way, which is equivalent to this, so I won't go into details. The presence of refugees in the sewers is a sign of the era in which this story took place. Then Oscar came out of the sewers to a cemetery, which was the movie's cemetery. There is a tombstone that says "www.tobeornottobe.jrquestion", the director is thinking about the future of the film, survival or destruction, this is a question. A photography history repeatedly shouted "beauty" while shooting a supermodel. Then after seeing Dmitry, he began to turn to shoot him. Here, the model and Dmitry correspond to the two elements of modern movies, beauties and eccentrics, and represent a visual tendency of modern movies, just to attract the attention of the audience. The so-called "humanistic care" is to achieve this purpose and earn money Box office excuse. Dmitry bites off the assistant's finger to represent the director's revolt against this tendency. Then Dmitry carries the model down the drain, smokes a cigarette, eats the money and the model's hair, and then changes the skirt into a face mask Put it on her. The model looks like an Arab woman who believes in Islam. The mask represents belief, and the director is telling us that a movie should not only have money (capital) and beauty (visual), but also a belief ( thought). Then Dmitry took off all his clothes and lay on the model's lap, the script, the model sang a lullaby like a mother. This is the director's heart, the film is his mother, and only on her mother's lap can he Sleep well." When you wake up, you'll have all the foals. "This is the good wish of the movie. He hopes that everything is just a dream. When he wakes up, the movie will have a bright future. The 4th mission Oscar plays a father to pick up his daughter. The daughter has just attended a party, But because she was unpopular, she locked herself in the toilet the whole time. And because of self-esteem issues, she panicked Oscar. This is the family element in modern movies. The experience of the little girl corresponds to the current tendency of the movie to be visual: good-looking Those who are very popular and not good-looking can only be discarded in the toilet. At the same time, it also conveys the author's mood. He also hurt his self-esteem because of being discarded. When leaving, Oscar said to the little girl: be yourself, go your own way Lu. This is his self-improvement, don't care about the box office and other people's eyes, shoot the movie you want to make. The 5th mission interlude. This should be the 5th mission, because it appeared in the mission book. It Corresponds to the musical element of modern film. The story takes place in a church that symbolizes faith. Everyone plays strong music under the leadership of Oscar. Film is like music, which is the belief of many people, and they also want to continue to develop like the director. Film art, save the film. The director is not alone. The sixth mission Oscar plays a killer who goes to a factory to assassinate a man, then makes him look like himself, but he accidentally kills him. Corresponds to the violent elements in modern movies Theo, who was killed, said to him: "It was an accident, Alex, you know I didn't mean it. " Oscar replied: "You should not do that on purpose, Theo." Theo and Alex are both homophonics of the director's name Leo and surname Calex, but they actually represent the director himself, so they use an actor to play the role of the director. . Here is the director's reflection. He once followed the trend for the sake of box office, so he wants to kill himself who made mistakes. But that self kills the current self again. This is his inner struggle between film art and box office. Between missions, the owner of the car dealership who symbolizes capital appears in the car. He was ugly and had a scar on his face. He was tough and only allowed himself to ask questions. The director used Oscar to express his disgust for him, and even wanted to kill him. This is the director's disgust for the ugly face of capital. In a sense, they are the culprits of the death of the movie. Oscar said: "When I was young, the cameras were taller than me, then they became smaller than my head, and now I can't see them anymore." Here is Oscar's nostalgia for the camera as an actor, behind the director's for the film A nostalgia for a past when art flourished. The boss asked: "What motivates you to continue to persevere?" Oscar: "The beauty of interpretation." "Beauty only exists in the eyes of the audience, what if the audience is not watching?" The beauty of interpretation is the highest requirement of an actor, but it requires the audience's Witness, not the actor's self-appreciation, just as the art of film itself also depends on the audience's appreciation. If one day the audience is not watching, then the actor loses the value of existence, and the film will go to the grave. During the surveillance, the city glows at night, implying that the movie is an art of light and shadow. The seventh task here should be the seventh task, otherwise the number of tasks seems to be insufficient. The corresponding element is violence. Oscar angrily rushed out of the car door and killed the banker who represented capital. The director used him to achieve a feat that could not be accomplished in reality and kill the capital. The Arc de Triomphe, to which the car heads, represents victory. But the car turns before crossing, representing the invincibility of capital. The 8th mission Oscar plays Mr. Vogan, who meets his niece before he dies. This is a common life and death bridge in modern movies. Leia undresses in front of the camera, representing the status quo of the actress, who must dare to expose her body to the camera. Here the dying Mr. Vogan represents the film itself, while Leia represents the audience and the director. "The last struggle is always harmless. Don't people feel better before the end of life? I was afraid that you will continue to wait here." "I have been waiting here for three days and will continue to wait if necessary. "I think you'll come one day, but I'm not sure. Such a long journey. You were like an angel at my bedside, angel of death. is the most beautiful angel. In this episode, Leia plays the role of the audience. She really loves the movie and is willing to wait forever. She doesn't want the movie to die. For the movie, the audience is the angel, the angel who witnessed his demise. "I was looking forward to it. It's not death, it's the moment that belongs to both of us, not death. "How important you were to me at that time, you paid so much for me, you were my everything. I would rather die than lose you. "I'll stay in your heart." "You made me rich, and you gave me everything I had." "I'm afraid I'll destroy you with my own hands. You've been punished." "Yes, I've been punished. "I don't want to know anything, don't think about anything, just stay with you for a while now. You just need to know that I'm by your side and I love you." Leia's identity gradually transitioned from an audience to a director. This passage expresses director Calex's deep love for the movie, he doesn't want to see him die, and is willing to trade his life for his future. After the performance, the actor who played Leya never came out. The implication here is that actors are often unable to distinguish between reality and drama because of their working relationships. Oscar catches a cold between tasks because of the task, which once again shows that dedicated actors will sacrifice their health because of the movie. Oscar fell asleep, and the picture on the monitor became blurred, becoming an impressionist picture. Again, film is the art of light and shadow. Encountering an ex-girlfriend Oscar and his ex-girlfriend ran into each other at the Samaritan department store, a well-known department store that has been abandoned for many years. The two were actors when they were young, but they broke up and met again 20 years later. The two decided to use twenty minutes to make up for the regrets of these twenty years. There are many broken models and cameras in the department store, the models represent the actors, and the cameras represent the directors, suggesting that the movie has been abandoned like this department store, and the directors and actors are in the past. Ex-girlfriend sang a song: Who were we? Who did we become? Who will we be? What were we like back then? Would the outcome have been different if a different choice had been made at the time? We once had a child, we called her... Then we went our separate ways, and we all drifted to the ends of the earth, and love turned into a beast, and we couldn't see each other again. No chance to start over. This song represents the past of the two of them. Both of them were movie actors before. During the process of indulging in the performance, they gradually could not distinguish between the movie and the reality, which eventually led to the delay of the relationship. Two people once had a child, she should be called a movie. The last sentence also shows that this relationship has been irreparable, and there is no chance to start over. It's an actor's tragedy. Finally Oscar said to his ex-girlfriend: "Time is with us Instead, I had better not meet him. "Then turned around and left, the same as 20 years ago, and went their separate ways again. Then his ex-girlfriend jumped off the building wearing a flight attendant's clothes, and Oscar burst into tears. But it is impossible to tell whether the ex-girlfriend jumped off the building because of separation or because of a mission. Oscar knew that everything would return to zero because of the end of the mission, but he still couldn't help crying. The highest level of actor performance has completely blurred the boundary between film and reality. Infrared thermal imaging images appeared in the monitoring between another mission, suggesting that The movie is the art of light and shadow. Oscar sang a song: The end is coming, we will face it. The end of the movie is coming, and we are destined to witness his demise. Oscar dreamed of the silent film, which represented the director's commitment to the original film. The 9th mission The last mission is the same as yesterday's last mission, he came to the so-called his home arranged by the car dealership, but this time there were only two orangutans in the family. The actor's work further integrates reality and film Blurred, so much so that he lost his real life. "We want to do it all over again, we want to walk the exact same path of life again. Maybe re-experience those great moments, touch those moments that are no longer there, now is not the time to rest, we should be doing what we love to do once. We thought it was noon, but it was dusk. No, none of this is possible. ” This is Oscar’s inner portrayal. He neglected his real life because of his unemployed performance. When he looked back and reached his twilight years, he glowed with a desire to start over, but he understood that life could not be repeated. At the same time, this is also the director's regret for the history of the movie. He hopes that the movie can start over and continue to achieve new achievements. Everyone thinks that the movie is in its golden period, but his life has come to an end. But the director also understands that everything is futile. , the process of history cannot be reversed. At the end, it returns to the sacred car dealership, its English is "Holy motors", alluding to Hollywood "Hollywood", so the protagonist's name is Oscar. All the cars represent its studio, a All of them are machines that make movies, and in this system movies become mass-produced products, which is an important factor in the decline of movies. Finally, all the vehicles start to talk like crazy: we are going to be obsolete, and people no longer need to see Mechanical (movie) don't see any mechanical action anymore. It implies that the movie is doomed to decline, because the audience no longer just needs to watch, they want to be there and participate in it. The last sentence "Amen", it's Callex The director's prayer for the future of cinema.
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