Before listening to "Number 89757", I saw a movie called "Bicentennial Man" (machine housekeeper). In fact, I would prefer to translate it into "The Two Hundred Years Old". People who have watched this film will never agree to call him a machine, even if the cold shell blocks your eyes so that you can't see his warm heart; nor will he just think that he is a housekeeper because of his The ability is far beyond what a steward can do. He loves music, can make root carvings, he understands design, and of course he is afraid of being hurt by others... He condone the mischief of the willful young lady, but fell deeply in love with his second young lady...
The story takes place in the "near future", Neil The fourth generation of the new housekeeper, the robot Andrew. But a coincidence prevented Neil from treating him as a cold machine anymore, because Andrew had certain characteristics of a human being: he could perceive human emotions, kindness, apology and friendship, he had his own thoughts and thoughts...
stunts Movies often leave us the impression of grand bloody fighting scenes, or artificially exaggerated "beautiful" shots. However, the visual stimulation is fleeting, and warmth can only moisten the eyes for a long time. That's the beauty of Bicentennial Man. The tenderness beyond interpersonal relationship and the pursuit of human nature make this film have a more profound theme.
Andrew's humanization process begins at the seaside. In the film, depth-of-field shots are used many times: the foreground is a pile of dead tree trunks lying on the beach, Andrew and the second lady are walking towards the wind, and the background is the sea with rolling waves. The picture is simple and poetic. The two people with the purest hearts and nature are harmoniously integrated, which makes people full of yearning. The purpose of their trip was to find materials that could be used for root carving. The lifeless dead wood in front of them could turn into a lifelike root carving in the blink of an eye. This is the origin of the search for the meaning of life. A lifeless robot uses dead objects to create eternal artistic life.
If you are sad but you can't cry, if you are happy but you can't laugh, just like Andrew, who has only a steel exterior, is suppressed in his heart and cannot express it. "You can cry but I can't. It's cruel. My heart hurts so much but I can't express it." In fact, many people have experienced this feeling, but we don't have the courage to find the freedom to express our true nature. The loss of feelings made him start to pursue the same rights as normal people. With human facial features and human perception, it is not human in the full sense. From the pursuit of humanization outside the body to seeking the affirmation of human beings, Andrew began to understand this truth, and exchanged two hundred years of time for the completeness of human nature.
Facing death bravely, if you want to be human, you should not be afraid of death, because that is part of life. Andrew, who couldn't bear to hurt Andrew when he saw the spiders on the wall, had his life so precious to him. But after trying again and again, he finally understood that the meaning of life for human beings often depends on time. However, for him, he has infinite time, so he will not appreciate the meaning of life, so he chooses to face death. The director's implicit expression of time can be seen everywhere in the film. Neil's house is busy with all kinds of clocks, reminding the audience all the time how important time is to life. Seeing Andrew's firm eyes when he asked for freedom, Neil's helpless mood was not because he wanted to give up his ownership of Andrew, but because he had long regarded Andrew as his own child, and seeing one after another leave him, time changed. It hit Neil's heart again. However, Andrew didn't understand at this time what his departure meant to an old man. Andrew went out, the camera pulled away, and Neil's figure in the empty room looked so lonely. Sixteen years later, Neil finally saw Andrew before he died. This was the first relative to leave him. For the first time, Andrew felt the feelings that had already existed in his heart, but had nowhere to vent. Decades have passed, and Andrew has the same appearance as a human. When he returned to Neil's house, he regarded Bo Xia as the second young lady of the year. The change of time finally confused him, and he became more aware of the existence of time. The extraordinary significance of human society.
At the end of the film, Andrew was finally recognized by the society and truly integrated into this group with the highest wisdom, but he closed his eyes one step earlier and experienced the last taste of being a human being—death, without seeing him pursue his life hard. success. People who are accustomed to crying because of leaving forever, please don't be sad at such a moment, but comfort Andrew, because regret is an inevitable part of life. Andrew has an IQ far higher than the average person, has family, friendship and love, has many inventions and social recognition, his monthly income can be worth a year's income of the boss of the company that made him. But to be a complete person, he had to go through this part - regret. The director's meticulous arrangement made Andrew truly appreciate the perfection of being a human being.
Finally, please remember this sentence: follow your heart, be brave to make mistakes, because you are listening to the voice of your own heart
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