The dilemma of modern man

Mercedes 2022-03-24 09:03:48

The whole film is set in a constructed sand village. The hero has never returned to Tokyo, but the story is about modern people living in a big city and living according to a set route. Because the male protagonist was trapped in the house of the girl of sand and forced to become a member of the village, the living environment changed, and the male protagonist began to resist; but he failed to escape and found some fun in life (such as using siphon phenomenon to get water), which made him re-examine his new life. The result of the scrutiny seems to me hopeless, and it coincides with the words of the heroine who has never seen the world: this is not different from Tokyo. The same hard work in exchange for social resources, the same marriage and children, desire and siege; even the same two people talking and laughing but could not understand each other at all (this clip is very similar to waiting for Godot); and what he pursues The so-called ideal of , is even more ridiculous here. Poor modern man, couldn't even be trapped in a worse place!
The director did not explain a way out for this darkness; or there is, it depends on how you interpret the ocean in the desert at the end of the film...

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  • Julien 2022-03-27 09:01:21

    Prisoner sand, phantom, worm, trapped beast... The environment is a game with nature, fantasy and cruelty coexist, just like the naked enchanting life after the gorgeous mask is removed... It's a movie from 64 years, a little surprised

  • Carroll 2022-04-21 09:03:46

    Very hesitant to 4 stars or 5 stars.

Woman in the Dunes quotes

  • Entomologist Niki Jumpei: Come on! We can just pretend!

  • Entomologist Niki Jumpei: If not today, maybe tomorrow.