It is often those beautiful and radical pursuits that turn the world into hell

Vincent 2022-03-29 09:01:06

The Doctor (Elite) moves into a skyscraper (Paris), yearning for a better future. The hierarchy of the building is clearly divided, the upper floors are nobles, and the lower floors are civilians. The doctor tried to get close to the upper-class nobles, but was ruthlessly ridiculed. The red wine he sent was thrown away because it was too cheap, and the clothes were not gregarious, so he was kicked out. (18th century French court ball, the intention could not be more obvious) The doctor had to live in the lower class, but he was quite respected and popular. He insists on exercising, has good habits, and lives in style. He went to the supermarket to buy a book to learn French, but left it to the cashier girl, which represents his concern for others. (again hinting at France)
Afterwards, the buildings suffered frequent water and power outages and life problems (natural disasters on the eve of the revolution), only the lower classes were affected, causing strong dissatisfaction among the lower class residents. At first, the cleaners at the house of the building designer (King Louis XVI) went on strike and stopped sanitation. Later, it was discovered that the cleaner was actually the wife of Wilde, a lower-class resident, and was plundered to the upper-class family (the nobles have the right to the first night, implying that the nobles enslaved the commoners). This is a big trouble. By leading the children to ignore the building management regulations and occupy the swimming pool, it can be seen that Wilde is a very "revolutionary" and rebellious person, and there is hidden violence (drowned by drowning). the poor dog). He has a very good popularity among the bottom-level residents. Under his leadership, the bottom-level residents began to be in chaos, ignoring the order, and went to the supermarket to loot the necessities of life (the outbreak of the French Revolution was brewing). The upper classes were not indifferent, but with little success. At this time, the doctor's attitude was very interesting. The food began to become corrupt. He still followed the order to go to the supermarket to shop and check out. He was a law-abiding citizen; everyone went to the supermarket to scramble for items. The person with the bottle of paint (Painter oil painting, art). Everyone later became completely confused, and their own people began to plunder their own belongings. Men fought, women stole things, and Wilde raped the woman he had always longed for, liked, and admired (alluding to the civil strife between revolutionary factions). At this time, the upper-level residents decided to attack Wilde. The doctor refused to perform lobectomy for Wilde (the elite protects civilians), and was almost thrown out of the building by the upper-level and fell to his death. The building designer saved the doctor (the king needs elite rule). Later, Wilde found the designer of the building, saw the highest authority of the building, shot him (King Louis XVI was executed), and Wilde himself was killed by the women. That's right, Wilde represents the Jacobins who murdered and revolutionized the most thoroughly.
There are still many characters in this film worthy of consideration, for example, the doctor himself, which force is mapped? He is the owner of room 2505, and room 2605 is also upstairs. There lived a beautiful widow with a shy and reserved son. Gorgeous picture. The beautiful wife of the building designer, but the proud Austrian princess, and the pregnant woman with a big belly, gave birth to a baby in the chaos, what does all this mean?

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    Anthony Royal: How dare you JUDGE ME!

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    Richard Wilder: You just sit there... and think about what you've done