Humanity, Spirituality, Divinity

Jerry 2022-03-25 09:01:19

From Apichatpong’s film winning the Palme d’Or in 2011 to Mo Yan’s novel winning the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2012, magical realism, as a unique artistic symbol in the postmodern period, is no longer a purely utopian spiritual appeal. With the expansion of people's ideology, it will more and more profoundly show the philosophical proposition of the harmony and unity of nature and human nature in its supernatural form.
This film tells a story about the bizarre reincarnation of humans and animals in nature. It evokes my long-standing inertial thinking about human nature, nature, and fate, and shows a bold conclusion: all things have a spirit, and all reincarnations , all originating from past causes and effects. Humanity, spirituality, and divinity will be transformed into each other at the right time. This is undoubtedly a well-intentioned warning to the human beings who claim to be the masters of the world, especially the materialists who claim that man can conquer the sky. Personally, I think this film is a rare masterpiece of magical realism.

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Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives quotes

  • Tong: Auntie Jen, you're deliberately stepping on these poor insects.

  • Boonmee: You know, this is a result of my karma.

    Jen: What is?

    Boonmee: This illness. I've killed too many communists.

    Jen: But you killed with good intentions.

    Boonmee: And I've killed a lot of bugs on my farm.