I paid attention to him again because of the new film "Air Killer", I like the sky on the poster, the deep blue, and the two people who are bound by each other.
This is a depressing story. Maybe some people will close it at the first sight of seeing the character, because it is far from the beauty of Japanese anime in the eyes of the public, but I was fascinated by the image of the sky and the music of Kenji Kawai at the beginning of the film. absorb.
The film is narrated very slowly, and the time comes from a distant future. It is a peaceful world without war. However, in order to truly experience the feeling of peace, human beings have invented a performance war for viewing. There are still brutal casualties in the hail of bullets that this fake drama is actually doing. Fighting the sky with a fighter jet is the special warrior "Eternal Son". Their bodies remain in adolescence, immortal and immortal, but their hearts that have not stopped growing have deeper fatigue than ordinary adults, and dying in battle is their only way out. The teenagers who bear the helpless fate compose the cycle of love and hate, life and death between heaven and earth...
The description of the air combat in the movie is very exciting, the gorgeousness of 3D technology is amazing, and at the same time, it also produced the thrilling expression that the original work wanted to express. with cruelty. The sky is still the sky, and the children are still the same group of children. However, under the interpretation of Oshii Mamoru, the sky is the sky of the era when war was used as a game, but the children are the "eternal children" who will never grow up and exist as tools. How cruel the war is, even after being defined as a game, it still cannot escape the shackles of the "death code". The children are so weak, so weak that they cannot bear the endless cycle of day after day. Eternity is just a gorgeous mask to cover up the cruel truth. When it is torn off, the bloody truth makes every spectator hate not only the mischief of human beings, but also the fate that cannot be seen but walks ahead of us.
Although the film is set against the background of war, the theme is not war. Or maybe it is a game called war for those normal humans, and a war called a game for the "Eternal Sons" who kill each other.
In Kusanagi's eyes, this is a war. Because she cherishes the chance that she still has the chance to fight against her fate, "the only difference between being here and not here" is to watch the game or participate in the war, this is the answer she gave us. Because she values life and cherishes life, she treats it as a war. She wants to give herself a reason to exist and give her life a meaning. To die like a warrior means to die for the faith. Although that belief is false and ridiculous in the eyes of those "adults". But she still persisted.
That's why she was furious at the middle-aged woman who cried "so pitiful" at the driver's corpse. Refuting "Don't insult him with sympathy." This group of outside spectators would not understand the struggle of the "Eternal Son", and those who play with their lives are not even qualified to give their sympathy.
The description of the details in the film is amazing. Among them, the plot of Yudagawa origami has left a deep impression on me, and I am amazed at the fineness of Japanese animation production. Of course, after watching the film, I knew that this was a foreshadowing. In addition to the eternity of the body, the Eternal Sons will be infinitely copied like clones. The difference is that there is no memory. In those days, they were just machines, machines that were manipulated and could not resist.
The whole film is shrouded in fatalism, and the whole film is full of powerlessness. He clearly knew that he was just a game tool at the cost of his life, but he had to go all out. No tomorrow is scary enough, and even more scary is that he doesn't even know his past. In this case, there is no madness, only numbness. So everyone in the film is so sad, so slow, even with a round head, a lot of details are missing, do details matter? It was just a cloned body, and what really needed to be awakened was the sleeping soul inside.
Everyone has their own destiny, everyone has their own reincarnation.
Kannan Yuichi: In his last life, he chose to commit suicide because he felt that he could get rid of reincarnation. Now it has been proved impossible, so he did not kill the water element in this life, but went to the decisive battle with the godfather without hesitation. Although they are all dead, they have completely different meanings, and the final decisive battle is not so much Yuichi's death, but Yuichi's rebirth!
Kusanagi Suizu: She has lived for eight years and has witnessed too many things. It can be said that she is the only eternal son who has a sense of existence, but when everyone has no sense of existence, Suizu is undoubtedly lonely, so lonely and afraid Fear, fear to death. So when he faced the reincarnated Yuichi, he still hoped that Yuichi would kill him and forget how special his existence was. But at the end of the film, when Youyi didn't come back, she didn't light the cigarette that was next to her mouth, which showed that she did not feel that Yuichi's death was the end, that is to say, she did not give up the fight. This is also reflected in the animation after the movie subtitles. So what's really worth looking forward to is what happens next.
Kusanagi Ruiji: This girl can be said to be a direct testimony of Yuichi's existence in the last life. If you extend it, it can be said that this girl represents a real existence! The Eternal Son itself is an existence that transcends common sense. Shui Su said that he is afraid that this girl will surpass her. I think it is more afraid of age and physical surpassing her, rather than ability. When his daughter became an old lady, but he was still a child, no one had ever endured this kind of pressure, nor could he imagine it. The real existence can walk under the blue sky carefree, without thinking about complex problems, without facing cruel killings, this kind of happiness is beyond the experience of the Eternal Son, so when the picture appears, the little girl looks up to the blue sky alone. At the time, people can not help but sigh the cruelty of fate.
The Godfather: The Godfather is an adult, and the metaphor in the film is God, destiny, and death. Fate is powerful, and death is even more frightening. All the people who saw him wanted to run away, only two people who ate the forbidden fruit and had love dared to challenge him! Because only by killing the godfather can they be relatively safe, so that they will not forget who they are, what they have experienced, and most importantly, can keep the love in their hearts. And when the eternal son really has love, has his own stable life, plus the immortality of the eternal son, the consequences are unpredictable. That's why the godfather exists, so an adult is allowed to join the battle. His mission is to kill, to give the company a legitimate reason to erase their memories.
Other team members: Numb, because they have nothing worthy of their own protection, even if there is doubt, confusion, and thoughts of resistance, but there is no goal, the purpose is not clear, and in the end, they can only achieve nothing and continue to reincarnate.
Mom: This old woman has endured too much, as can be seen from the first sentence he saw Yuichi. This is really not a job done by human beings. She is powerless to change anything, so she can only watch silently and pray secretly. It's a testimony.
Mamoru Oshii also used insinuations when creating this work, showing us a portrait of the life of a contemporary Japanese young man.
The "eternal sons" are doing what adults do: smoking cigarettes and hanging out with women, but they think they are still children and refuse to grow up. "It's not that they can't grow up, it's that they don't grow up." , expresses the mentality of contemporary people, it is not that they cannot grow up, but they do not know the meaning of growing up, because they can still do what they see as adults as children, and escape tomorrow and reality as children.
So they are really children. They still don't understand that real growth is not about superficial humanization or physical maturity. This kind of growth is a psychological transformation, dare to face life, dare to fight with the same every day, dare to fight with fate, seek change, even if it is only insignificant, but it already has the qualifications to grow up.
Maybe immortality, war, is far away from us, but isn't life itself a war. Some people's bodies are still there, but their souls can no longer survive. Young people who are content with the status quo, people who indulge in unchanging serenity, quietly waiting for death, life is like "eternal sons" to them, after today, it doesn't matter what happens tomorrow. What life looks like depends on what you want it to be like, and like this game in Kusanagi's eyes, she sees it as war in her wishful thinking. So whether to play life or control life has become a question that we should think about.
There is also a real child in the film, Kusanagi Ruiji, and the dialogue between her and Kannan Yuichi is evocative. In their comparison, we can clearly see Hannan Yuichi's mentality and the disadvantages of being an "eternal son", one is a child who has not grown up, and the other is a child who has not grown up. One is a real child, and the other is a so-called child.
Kusanagi Suizou, Kannan Yuichi, and Tonozaki, they show us different attitudes to life. Tonozaki, he only does himself. This approach is the most positive of the negative attitudes. It is easy to be himself, but he is still a slave of fate. Hannan Yuichi, a person who was confused but finally woke up. In the face of fate, he was terrified, but did not flinch. Sui Su, from her last face to "Kannan Yuichi" who was reincarnated again, showed an unnoticeable relaxed expression, "I've been waiting for you for a long time", yes, I'm ready, just waiting for the moment to confront fate again, How can you not be calm. Live and wait for change.
From the age of Sui Su's daughter Rui Ji, we can deeply appreciate the sadness of Sui Su, how many times has she reincarnated, and how strong Sui Su has survived the storm of this fate! But every time, every time, she knew Du Ming by heart, but every time she would still fall in love with the same soul without hesitation. No matter how many times of reincarnation, "Kannan Yuichi" will still fall in love with Kusanagi. I really don't know whether fate is kind or cruel, kindly leave love to maintain hope, and cruelly let those who love each other suffer the pain of separation and the helplessness of reunion again and again. "Love" is a miracle belonging to human beings, whether it is "adult" or "eternal son", they are all existences who can carry out love to the end. Therefore, "love" is the hope of mankind and the redemption of mankind.
They are changing, aren't they? Kannan Yuichi surpassed Kurita Renlang, and he did not use death to escape. He chose to let his lover live and wait for change. Waiting for him to come back again and again to change their destiny. He still bravely stood in the position of "adult" and competed on an equal footing with the "adult man" of the "Godfather". The Godfather is the embodiment of the rules of the game. Everyone knows that the "Godfather" is invincible. Hannan Yuichi fights with him by his own will, instead of blindly pursuing victory and fighting like others. Fighting for faith and dying for victory are completely different concepts. Fighting with faith is fighting, so Hannan finally chose the method of death as both a warrior and a destiny protester. In life, we may not be strong, but like "adults: we are qualified to seek change, even if there is no victory, it is still worth showing off.
The slow rhythm, the instant death, in this rush and slow down, vividly shows the powerful tension and brevity of life. Thanks to Kenji Kawai's music, which gave this film a grand and soft background. Soaring killers, please don't murder your dreams and hopes.
Aerial Killer, gave us inspiration, gave us hope, and also gave us a touch, which may be a little heavy, but it is a warm touch.
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