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The prophet
answers the following questions from fans
1 Who is the prophet and what is the theme of this film? What is the metaphor for the resurrection of the dead?
2 Interpretation of dead leaves with a lot of camera language, road signs words on the TV
3 How to interpret the ending screen, the boss and the woman are walking in front...
Cannes Film Festival (2009; 62nd) Awards: 1
Award · Main Competition Unit - Grand Jury Prize
European Film Award (2009; 22nd) Awards: 2
awards ·
European Film Award - Best Actor
European Film Award - Outstanding Award
Female: I think this film tells the struggle history of a prison rookie.
What is the theme idea? We first analyze two characters, one is the prison boss, Caesar, and the other is the male protagonist. We must compare and summarize a lot of plots to find the theme of this film!
Female: I noticed some special effects pictures. Every word that the male protagonist learns, no matter the name of a friend or an enemy, seems to eventually become a turning point or signpost in his life.
Before returning to this question, let's look at some lens language:
these images have metaphors: many different road signs, the audience seems to see the execution of visibility, the so-called saying, doing.
Look at this detail, when the driver sees the road sign warning: What happens after that? Something happened right now!
Woman: Yes, a deer died...
This is actually related to the theme of the movie, like: After we see the warning while driving, if we don't pay attention, there will be consequences!
Woman: Well, traffic rules are lessons from blood!
Everyone remembers a few important elements: see, think, say, do, predict, reality, consequences
... Every word I wrote in prison became a signpost, a sign of my actions outside the prison, and I was a signpost of my life's path, which meant that I had to do what I thought, just like black and white, loud and clear, and road signs Even more lingering.
Woman: Oh, I have a feeling, like a knife engraved in my heart, and those words are the road signs of my life... It's really a goal, and the direction of the goal is clear! The director played this trick, really handsome!
Also, the male protagonist seems to have only the daytime in his eyes. Why is the film designed to be free time at 7 o'clock in the morning, and must go back to prison at 7 o'clock in the evening, every day?
We pay attention to an empty shot, the sky is white with fish belly, but could it be evening? At this time, we have to think like this, seeing the male protagonist must be during the day...
because the director wants to emphasize a thought: the male protagonist has only sunshine in his heart, so the daytime and freedom will accompany him.
And that Caesar, everyone pays attention to the close-up shots, the dead leaves under the high wall, and the seagulls in the TV. Enter 55:13, indicating that Caesar has more than his heart at this time, but not enough strength, so he can only strategize...
Female: Ha, it should be said that the planning is in the toilet, he can only make ideas in prison and be the commander.
Yes, Caesar is just the boss in the prison, what's the use of being bigger than the sky? Although the male protagonist is a small child under Caesar, he is indeed the boss outside the cell and can enjoy the sunshine and free air.
Female: And the male protagonist is very beautiful outside, and he is still flying. He can get rid of many people in one day, and he has done a lot of business...
The director wants the audience to think, who is the real boss?
No more cattle in the cage, but you can't get out, what's the use? The real boss, the cage can't be closed!
Female: I asked about a plot, my friend's testicular cancer seems to be just a joke in the eyes of the male protagonist, why?
He probably doesn't understand what's going on with cancer. It means that at this time, the male protagonist has no fear of death at all. He doesn't think about that at all. …
There are no such words as death and failure in the dictionary of the prophets. Since things will never happen in the future, what should I be afraid of?
Woman: Oh, I understand a lot when you explain it like this!
And I noticed some scenes: the prisoner killed by the male protagonist was resurrected in front of his eyes... What is the purpose of these plots and scenes?
The fact that the corpse can chat with him as a companion shows that he is so optimistic that there is no fear in his heart, and there is no place where the sun can't find it...
Female: Ha, atheists are basically the same!
Everyone pay attention, the death row prisoner is referring to the male lead, because the two have become one
female at this time: why do you say that?
Pay attention to the process of their tussle, they are completely fighting, long-shot close-ups, very exciting fighting scenes, and scenes of cutting throats and spouting blood, giving people a feeling of death that is indescribable and indescribable...
After the protagonist kills people, There is no sense of guilt at all. What's even more strange is that when the style of painting changed, the prisoner killed by him became friends with the male protagonist and led him to help him
. Reason, death row prisoners can achieve themselves only by resurrecting the possessed!
Woman: Borrowing a corpse to bring back the soul?
This is probably what it means. I believe this must be the creative intention that the director wants to express through the picture! If there are still audiences who don't realize it, you can repeat those pictures again.
After watching the resurrection of the dead prisoner, the film has a lot of technical processing. The man can light the candle with his finger, and the fire will still come from behind...
Woman: What does that mean?
It shows that the male protagonist has light in his heart, fire in his heart, and a path in his heart, and he does what he thinks.
Note that the death row prisoner seems to have borrowed the body of the male protagonist, so the male protagonist's actions have always been born to death, without fear, as if he was endowed with supernatural abilities...
Although these are artistic exaggerations, not some soul possession, But in fact, the director wants to use these means to prove that the male protagonist's will is firm and his actions are different from ordinary people...
Female: Oh, I see, it is to wrap him with art and imagination, to give the male protagonist the light of spirituality and divinity...
Well, in a place where drugs are rampant, any fantasy is normal!
Actually, who is the prophet? It's my alter ego, speaking inside. I predict what will happen, and based on this, I will take the next step. This is divinity and guidance, because the male protagonist seems to have some kind of divinity...
Female: It makes sense, and after all, he is in prison, when he is alone. Relieve boredom!
The prophet actually means the protagonist's powerful execution.
Because I can foresee the future, I can take decisive action. From a person who can't even hide 50 yuan to a black boss with all sides.
Let's see, Caesar in the play, he just said, that is, an order, and the male protagonist is doing, acting! One is talking, and the other is doing.
Everyone thinks: who is talking, who is doing, and who should be the boss in the end?
A man of unity of knowledge and action is always the boss.
I'm in prison, I can't guess what order you're giving me next, I don't even know you're going to gouge my eyes, I can't guess what you're going to do next, because this is a prison, and because people are unpredictable.
And I'm outside the prison, I'm God, I'm the boss.
As long as I have light and fire in my heart, I can dominate and use everything around me. This is the power of belief. Even in prison, DVDs, mobile phones, high-tech things, I can control everything...
Female: I remember The movie The Shawshank Redemption also talks about the power of faith!
Yes!
Prophet: When you have a strong execution, you can control the power of everything!
Woman: Oh, I understand that the
so-called prophet is actually a certainty of the future, a kind of determination, thinking that it must be done, and it must be realized!
The animated short film "Dear Basketball" is also of this idea; it emphasizes the synthesis of reality and dreams, reality is a dream, and I am what I imagined the future to look like!
When he was in prison, the male protagonist was checked on his body. The picture at this time: Maybe some people think that the male protagonist was humiliated, but I understand that: he is humiliating the prison guards, because the male protagonist is obviously looking at the prison guards with his ass!
Woman: Haha, it should be said that the director is insulting the prison guard. I really never thought that a criminal can be turned into a hero, and the film still has such a grand theme...
We all know this sentence: Movies are life metaphors! Any backstory may be a metaphor for the sunny, positive side of a person, whether in a prison or a hospital, whether he's a cop or a prisoner.
Generally speaking, prison themes or the vendetta of the underworld will not arouse the audience's disgust and resistance. Anyway, if the black eats the black, there will be no overflow of sympathy. At this time, it should be taken lightly. The director definitely does not want to preach, but he has to pass Thought, I just hope that the audience can have such a sense of pleasure and understanding...
Interpretation of the end screen, watching the cars behind him follow him, this picture is very windy... Why do the women and children of friends follow him?
Female: Because men with executive power are the most attractive and have the most sense of security!
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