The film has a lot of symbolic meaning in it. For example, rich old people who can't get a normal sleep, such as noble prostitution, such as lovers and friends who are lost in drug confusion, or such as teenage protagonists who are struggling in the turmoil.
I watched the abridged version, so I knew that I must have missed a lot of wonderful, delicate and beautiful teenage nudes, and I must have missed a lot of symbolic events that old people do to teenage girls. So the following plot and symbolism about the old man, I generally guess. You don't have to be too serious.
The images of the old people who first appeared in the movie are all successful people in the universal sense. They are generally wealthy and personable. But through their conversations and their behavior towards girls, it can be seen that they actually feel a failure in their own life. The meanings of the three old people are different. It's just that I'm a little sleepy, and I don't really want to talk about it for so long. I'll leave this to you to discuss.
Let's talk about the first one, which is also a more representative one. For his story, it is actually a story about youth.
If the story is told like this, maybe everyone will understand it better:
When I was young, I woke up and felt that I should live a new, ideal life, but I gathered the courage to go outside I found out that I didn’t have the life I wanted, so I returned to my old place in a disheartened way, and everything went unsatisfactory. That's probably the case, don't do hopeless struggles, from now on, I live a life of peace of mind.
What he wants to say, in summary, is that people are always tempered by reality. Life is just long patience. Patience becomes a habit, and there is no inner struggle to speak of. Everything goes well with the heart and the scenery, and the ears are smooth and the destiny is known.
It was because of this that the first and last old man could die so peacefully by the girl's side. Because he has seen through the life of the world, he has no regrets or regrets. Clara also seemed to understand, so Clara was not surprised at all about his death, but seemed destined to happen. Yes, life, old age, sickness and death are common sense. So there is a contrast here, a contrast between Clara's reaction to both the old man and the young girl losing their vital signs. This comparison reflects the screenwriter's love and calmness for life. Clara's diametrically opposed attitude is reflected and reinforced by her calmness about the old man's departure and her enthusiasm for saving young lives.
When the young man woke up, he actually fell asleep, and when the old man died, he actually woke up.
If you have seriously studied Zhuang Shengxiaomeng, maybe you will agree with my point of view.
Speaking of which, I even believe that the screenwriter also wants to express such a point of view. From the Chinese scenes that should not appear in the movie, it seems far-fetched that the screenwriter may like this Chinese fable. Or, at least the screenwriter is someone who likes oriental culture. The girl's lesson is Go, and there are also a lot of black-haired Asian faces in the film. And there is no shortage of discussions in the West about whether people live in dreams or outside of dreams. It can be seen from the popular "Inception" a while ago.
This can also explain why the end of the film ends with the girl sleeping peacefully in the video she shot. The screenwriter may just want to say, death, maybe, we just slept in a deeper dream.
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