A modern version of a sad but not sad ancient Greek tragedy

Alexandrine 2022-03-21 09:02:22

Although I am not familiar with the tragedy of ancient Greece, the soundtrack in the movie, the ancient Greek tragedy mentioned many times by Ian's actor girlfriend, and Terry's prayer to God for salvation at the end all make people feel that the meaning of religion is very strong, but it is not necessarily Christian , I think it's something like fate, the desires of the two brothers are similar to original sin, and their tragic fate seems to be doomed from the beginning, and we can see the direction of every step they take - destruction, and the ending is vulgar To put it this way: Good and evil will be rewarded in the end, and the pursuit of wealth and danger is just a dream. Here should be the title - Kassandra's Dream (the name of the little yacht of the brothers), is there anything in this name? The meaning of religion or myth? After I searched, the WIKI couldn't be opened again, so I had to succumb to Baidu's prostitute:
"Cassandra. The prophetess with prophecy in Greek mythology is a daughter of Priam, the king of Troy. That is, the princess of Troy....Leave out her love-hate relationship with Apollo in the middle...The curse that Apollo cast on Kassandra was that the prophecies she spoke were all over the place, but no one believed it. And she The prophecies spoken were somehow all bad prophecies - betrayal, negligence, death of people, fall of nations. So people not only disbelieved her, they laughed at her and hated her."
Kind of like that, but no Clear~~ Ancient Greek mythology is really broad and profound~~ I
haven't seen a tragedy that is not sensational for a long time. We have long known that the life of pursuing the illusion in the dream is basically a tragedy in the end. It's not pure beauty that ends up destroying, so it's not heartache; we're all full of human flaws, and if we put ourselves in their situation, we might be just as destructive, so even if Ian kills someone, I can't help but hate He, because of the murder, he was tricked by fate.
All mistakes are made by people themselves, but the mistakes themselves are predestined long ago. In the struggle between people and fate, people are always the losers, so this film has the feel of ancient Greek tragedy.

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Cassandra's Dream quotes

  • Father: Nobody wants to be selfish, but everybody is.

  • Mother: Everybody predicted great things for Ian. He's so nice looking and personable. Now, it's a mystery to me why he's not more successful.

    Father: Because he's not content with what he has. He sees himself like Howard, with a fancy life. Always got some scheme. Always waiting for his ship to come in.

    Mother: Well, his ship won't come in at the restaurant. He does that out of a son's love for his father.

    Father: Like the poet said, "The only ship certain to come in has black sails."