——"The Sky Crawlers"
In "The Sky Crawlers", "Children" actually exist as weapons, unless they die in battle, they have eternal life. Maybe the upper echelons of the authorities know the truth that "it is too late to read a book in this life". Therefore, when "Children" dies, part of his memory will be transplanted, so that the newly cloned "Children" will inherit the combat ability and combat ability of the previous one. The sense of combat mission will not be easily wasted, an eternal weapon of war.
So they reunited again and again, parted again and again, reunited, parted, and began again and again. A never-ending war, an infinite loop of reincarnation. And Kusanagi, fell in love, lost, waited for the "reincarnation" of the "Children", and then lost each other again, very heartbreaking. Reincarnation fate, but can not remember the scattered fragments, in addition to the world's grief in the internal organs, repeated over and over again the pain that can't be told and is deep into the bones.
The literal translation of "The Sky Crawlers" can be called "Sky Crawlers", which may be an allusion to this group of children who are groping and growing in the sky, crawling like newborn babies; and "crawlers" also have "crawlers". It may also imply this never-ending cycle of life and death. This reminds me of the story of Zen Master Yuanze and Li Yuan, the old soul on the stone of Sansheng.
"The old soul on the Three Lives Stone, don't talk about admiring the moon and chanting the wind; I am ashamed that my lover visits from afar, although this body is of the opposite sex." Although this body is of the opposite sex, the soul is immortal, and the true nature is immortal. In fact, reincarnation and reincarnation are the basic concepts of Buddhism. Life after life, eternal entanglement, can not be liberated, only by letting go, can we escape from samsara. Greed, hatred, and delusion need discipline, concentration, and wisdom to resolve. How many people can let go? Perhaps, the six paths are ruthless, and there is love in the world. However, "Children" came into the world, not because of love, but because of the human-made attributes of war. Even if you walk on the same road, you can set foot in different places; and on the same road, you can appreciate the scenery that will not always be the same - but this is not enough.
"There are so many things in front of me and behind me, and I want to talk about the fate of the heart; Wu Yue has searched all over the mountains and rivers, but he has returned to Yanzhao to go to Qutang." Most people are born, and everyone has thought about where life comes from, where does death go, whether there is existence or not Reincarnation, why does it start, and whether it has an end. And the word love is like a fascination, like a charm, a steady stream, the wind roars, it seems empty, it seems to be empty, sinking into the breath, immersing in the soul, a single thought disappears, it is a past experience, and it disappears with reincarnation. Love is like a net, it is a catastrophe, and it is awakened by time, it is not broken, it is not destroyed, it is not destroyed, it is not born. Standing on your own three-life stone, remembering someone, forgetting someone; or maybe, in this life, turning mountains, waters and pagodas, not to cultivate in the next life, but to meet you on the way. The world is forgetful and forgets the world. The mundane dust is vague, the will of heaven is vague, it seems to be the same, and it seems to be different. Who can be sure that the sun that rises today is the same sun that sets yesterday? Spring has gone and come again, not this year's scenery.
A lifetime is very short, like a white horse passing through a gap, and fleeting, but this feeling is very long, like mountains and rivers, endless. The green hills are far away, the green waters are far away, the people are far away, looking for, looking for, going around, stealing and changing in fleeting years, the vast cold and the emptiness, the blue sea, the blue sky, the night and the heart.
Among thousands of people, meet the person you want to meet. Among thousands of people, in the wilderness where time is boundless, there is no one step earlier, no one step later, and when you meet, you can only say softly: "Are you here too?" - Eileen Chang
dreaming in a dream , comprehend the body and the body. Or, falling in love with different people and experiencing different loves is the meaning of reincarnation. I don't know if there is really a reincarnation. If there is, I will talk about the next life.
PS suddenly thought of "The Man From Earth". Very interesting quote-style film, dialogue around the fire. Traveling through 14,000 years, the story is eloquent, like a cup of strong tea, which is worth savoring. "The Sky Crawlers" is a little weaker by comparison. However, there is no direct comparison between the two.
Mamoru Oshii said something intriguing at the filming preparation meeting for the play, "Today, animation is a big industry in Japan to be proud of. But what no one has pointed out is that about 80% of animations produced in Japan involve war. There are also many backgrounds in the films directed by Hayao Saki. In other words, Japan is exporting the culture of war to the world through the animation industry.”
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