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answer questions from fans
1 You can see this film Are you speaking to those in power?
2 How to interpret that gun?
3 What does the theme of the film have to do with dignity?
4 Can you see the class represented by middle-aged black people and disabled elderly people?
The following content is the script version of the upcoming film review program, please do not reprint! ! !
Academy Awards (2006; 78th) Awards: 1
Award · Oscar Award-Best Foreign Language Film
I tell you, this movie is not good at first glance, and the story is flat and nothing new
. Female: it is Well, there is no feel at all. Some people say that this is an encouragement award for South African films. I think it is possible.
What I'm worried about now is that if our filmmakers can't feel the pulse of the Oscars, I'm afraid they won't even get the encouragement award! Besides, when did the Oscars give out the Encouragement Award, and which movie was awarded for being encouraged?
Man: Think about it too, let's talk about it one by one, the Oscars and the three major film festivals are really not comparable to those pheasant awards!
You have to look into this movie! Again, Oscar is not kidding!
Woman: If you can tell me the connotation of this movie, so that I think he deserves the Best Foreign Language Film Award, I will give you a knock on the spot...
I tell you, this movie will be blind if it doesn't win the Oscar Woolen cloth! You listen to me and read it before you come to a conclusion.
From the beginning of the film, everyone finds that the protagonist is a heinous thug who robs and kills in the subway, and kills an innocent person. He is crazy and cruel to the point of heinous... Everyone's key thinking is, what was his conscience awakened?
M: His friend glasses, after being beaten, made a word, Dignity! And it is repeatedly mentioned in the dialogue, which I think is related to the theme.
Yes! Let's talk about the emergence of dignity. For these children who grew up in slums, the word dignity seems to be a bit pretentious. Of course, it is estimated that this is a translation problem, but it probably means that!
Let’s say, dignity isn’t something that is called out. On the surface, living a decent life is dignity. It’s delicious and spicy... He is very concrete and composed of many aspects.
The lack of a gold medal does not mean lack of dignity, but there is only dignity. The jingle of poverty is not called dignity, and this thing is very evil, it can make people go crazy and become demons, and it can also make people return to reason...
A sense of existence, a sense of belonging, wealth , the key is your sense of identity with the life around you... These are all components of dignity, and the plot behind the film is all about interpreting these, which are actually all elements to arouse the conscience of the devil.
We say that the sense of existence, one's own perception, and feeling are very important! The male protagonist was awakened by a young life. Only when he felt this young life, did he induce his buried conscience, because it was also related to his childhood memory. When he picked up the baby, through touch, the young and lovely life triggered him Kindness at heart.
Going to the rich family's house, seeing the favorable living environment and the arrangement for the children, he feels warm, and rich families can always find more shadows of love. Thus, the conscience of the thugs was awakened again.
The same is true for fat people. It is very important to find happiness in eating and drinking, a sense of existence, and the meaning of life! I emphasize here that material enjoyment can make everyone have a positive impact on life!
Matter is the foundation of civilization!
Meeting the most basic material needs of the people also reflects the dignity of a country. If your people don't have a sense of existence and suffer from famine all day long, who will talk about bullshit dignity!
What did he do after that? He found out that his accomplice was going to kill someone in the rich man's house. Because at this time, his conscience has been awakened, arousing his reverence for the life of the rich, he killed his accomplices under the inspiration of love, he felt his dignity and value, and his sense of justice was bursting at this time.
Woman: Yes! And what is the role of the fat man in this film?
But Fatty thinks that he wounded and killed another accomplice. He will worry about when it will be his turn. When a person finds that he is no longer important, he must be vigilant and choose to leave. Fatty feels that the male protagonist is not the same as before. The boss who loves him.
Female: I have never seen or loved before. I don’t know when I will die. The first thing I think of when I meet an enemy is to risk my life. Whoever offends me and touches my forbidden belt is death. It doesn’t matter whether you are a friend or an enemy, you are dead or alive, the jungle law. These are habitual, like wolves eating people.
right! In fact, everyone hopes to live in a caring collective, and the gang is no exception. Their dignity must be realized in the collective mutual help and mutual assistance, that is, a sense of belonging.
In fact, these few people are in a state of confusion. That glasses, repeated alcoholism, is a kind of person who is lost and can't even find his own. How about dignity? These outcasts, soulless, run in the rain, in the long night, like all the poor children.
Woman: That is to say, these thugs have something in common, right, they are all lost.
To look at these children abandoned by their families is to know their state of existence. What does poverty lead to, hatred, cruelty...Childhood facing domestic violence, indifference, can abandoned children feel any love, presence or dignity?
Male: To put it in a bad way, it's all because there are people who have no one to support them, and the five elements lack love. What should I do?
Therefore, under the pressure and embarrassment of life, the children who grew up in the slums are like wolves to make a living. The key is to think about who is responsible for such a living environment?
In a beautiful woman's house, he saw rusty iron and colorful glass, which represented mood. In the dialogue, he said that works with different moods are different. Through vision, beautiful sensory feelings will create a person's mood, warmth and love, and a sense of existence.
The more you come into contact with beautiful things, the more you can appreciate the value of life, and you also feel that you are alive!
That pretty woman can actually evoke the softest part of a man's heart.
Man: Yes, yes, many black bosses are like this, they are very cruel to their subordinates, and they are obedient to women, and many of them end up in the hands of women.
This is because love awakens the conscience, and the beauty of motherhood is often the warmest. A mother is a kind of healing to a child, a woman to a man, and a person who is hurt in the heart!
Seeing the woman breastfeeding, he turned his face away. In fact, the hero is still ashamed! In fact, we can't find that kind of peculiar ferocity from the actor's form, and it is no wonder that the woman is not afraid of him.
Let's talk about disabled people. When the male protagonist found out that someone couldn't walk, he was puzzled, why didn't this person commit suicide?
He had this thought in itself, which was an indifference to life, thinking that others should commit suicide if they had no legs. If this was the case with himself, he might have broken himself.
Slowly, the male protagonist found that he suddenly thought that even a disabled person would not think highly of him or even be afraid of him. Then he was just afraid of the gun in his hand. Shooting and killing people can't bring him dignity and pleasure at all.
In the end, he realized that he had hands and feet, so why not live a good life? This is the sense of superiority brought by being stronger than others. After that, he gives the weaker care and money, so that he can realize his own value and dignity.
Also, there's actually a guy with a gun, but it doesn't appear in this film, but it's quite important, and I'll explain it to you at the end. This is the biggest highlight of the film!
In the second half of the film, the male protagonist is choosing, if he has a home and can't go back, either go to live in the cement pipe together, or send the child back to the rich man's house, as expected. Here should be the subtext: even a thug knows this truth, if you truly love a child, choose to give him a good environment, let him grow up happily beside his parents, and hope that the country can provide those poor children with warmth s home.
Think about it, in addition to the male protagonist of this film, who has to face a dilemma?
Dignity is composed of many elements. A series of sensory feelings will bring you a sense of existence. From the beauty of life, you will realize the value of life's existence. You will also pay attention to the value of others' survival and think about the meaning of life.
Among them, dedicating and giving love, caring for young individuals, including disabled people... can experience the existence of their own lives, give and care to vulnerable groups, and respect the lives of others in order to appreciate their own dignity. Stealing the wealth of others and trampling on the right of others to exist.
The causes of mistakes, the basics of crimes, and the solutions are all shown through stories, not dialogues!
Woman: Yes, as you said, that would not be called a movie or even an art.
The key point to note is that the return of the male protagonist is completely in a state of introspection. No matter how lost you are, you can find your original way and find your conscience! No external force, no preaching, all rely on perception, spontaneously awaken to find the conscience and the original way! This is very important, and I will finally decipher the meaning of this concept!
Look at the rich. At this time, they also know how to be considerate and understanding, for fear of angering the murderer...
Female: I am thinking, since the nobles are neither wicked nor greedy, why don't they know how to share? It is better to formulate a policy than anything else. To the uncontrollable ending?
well said! Tragic childhood is the root cause! If a child suffers too much, he has no concept of life, no safety, and no love. Does he know what to cherish?
At the end of the film, he returns the child to his parents, his eyes are hazy with tears, and his hands are raised. At this time, he has already repented, which also shows that he has the instinct to survive. A thug, he has just learned to fear life, feel dignity, and give life to life. In the process, he picked up his soul and found his true self...
Did you notice? At the beginning of the film, the male protagonist also raised his middle finger, and the fuck gesture came out! Immediately after that, the subtitles of the video will start. Immediately after the plot is to go to the subway to kill and rob, I said, the society is very harmful, we think, who is he to fuck? In fact, this is to declare war and provocation to your social system, including the high-level...
Can you see that, in fact, that black man is a nobleman, a symbol of the person in power. After the gangster subway kills people, go straight to Huanglong!
Woman: Well, his family is indeed rich enough! ...
As I just said, the end of the film is also a gesture, with arms outstretched, no dialogue, complete gestures, expressing surrender, begging for mercy, and also praying for love, leaving some wealth for your people to build a family, a little love... later edited With one cut, the film ends.
This is the director playing the language of the camera lens, expressing his thoughts, and reminding the audience to pay attention!
Watching the key parts of the movie, although it is not better than watching it frame by frame, but let's at least pay attention to the close-up, let's see this comparison!
Let me interpret it now. The male protagonist challenges the social order, the overall framework and class, and finally surrenders to the police and class.
Now you fully agree that this film has political metaphors, right? The director is satirizing the system's shortcomings?
Man: Yes, it is indeed, the slums, the inequality between the rich and the poor, is caused by the system!
I am starting to enlarge the trick now, listen carefully, the following is the most exciting part of this film!
Now it is completely possible to draw a conclusion: the director is directly confronting the nobles and those in power through the film. The following proves my point of view. I will tell you all the subtext and you will understand. All changed.
Then the subtext is the overtone of this film:
1. He can know how to share, give wealth to the poor, know how to share, he can love a baby, can't you as a person in power, your heart is colder than his hard?
2 He all knows that guns are just tools to threaten people, and no one will be afraid of you without guns. Can you people in power understand this?
3 He doesn't even need to preach, he completely relies on self-examination to find his conscience and find his own way. How about you? (The male protagonist of this movie has not been preached or criticized.) And you? My director did not make any direct criticism of you in power in the film, but can you in power understand the subtext of the story, and use me to directly criticize you? Are you better than someone who has never gone to school?
Female: Wow, it's amazing, I didn't expect these to be hidden in the movie!
Man: Yes, it's all about negotiating with the rulers, and using vulnerable groups such as male protagonists and disabled people to satirize the rulers and warn them!
So we see that the conscience of a thug is awakened little by little! From all the warm and beautiful feelings around, poor and bitter childhood can only turn people into thugs.
The only way to solve social problems, very simply, is to share and adjust with your system. If the gap between the rich and the poor is too large, it will inevitably cause social problems, and the rich will not have a good life. If your society doesn't give me a warm family, I will ruin my childhood, and I will ruin your future. In the end, everyone will die together. This is a declaration of war, starting from killing each other at the bottom, to challenging the aristocratic system, going straight to Huanglong, destroying your homeland, and taking your children, are you afraid? !
Woman: Indeed, there is a problem with the social structure and framework of this country, and the class gap is too great.
This is the accusation and warning. The thugs take away your children and warn you. If you don't accept the lesson, if you stimulate these people again and make them frantic and angry, you may not be so lucky next time!
Woman: Yes, yes, I remembered that black nobles are especially worried about the police wanting to stimulate the male protagonist! Don't just treat this kind of thing as a case, really need to be vigilant, to see the crisis, the storm is about to come!
If you read these subtexts, you can read the story. You have to see the overtones, things at the artistic level! Did you see it, just based on the director's level and skill, if he really wants to play the story, you still can't believe it or not?
Man: Hey, I just found out that Oscar is really good, really not mixed with water...
Female: Master Sensen's film reviews are even better... Please accept my knee!
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