Rabbits and Hedgehogs under Consumerism - A Highly Recommended German Movie "100 Dinge" ("100 Dinge")

Durward 2022-11-10 08:38:16

The main theme of the movie is very clear, and the opening is a wonderful clip. Florian, who is a director, screenwriter and actor, plays the IT male Paul in the film, which tells the possession and loss of family members in different generations: the great-grandparents experienced a The war and the financial crisis, they lost 57 things they had, but they still believed in God; grandparents went through World War II and lost 200 things they had, but they still believed in the future; parents went through the cold war and lost 650 things they had things, but they still believe in freedom...In today's society, the average person has more than 1,000 things. Wealth, freedom and the future are in front of us, but we already have a heart disease. And over-consumption rule people's thinking logic!

When consumerism has entered the post-modern society, consumption is no longer to satisfy one's actual material needs, but to constantly pursue the satisfaction of desires that are stimulated or imposed under various commercial packaging and marketing promotion. In this film, "Nana" developed by Paul has been upgraded to the era of artificial intelligence, and its grasp of personal habits, personality, psychology and desires has reached an incomparable level. No wonder IT predators are so obsessed with it and eventually steal it for themselves...

The film's "good friends" (true friendship, non-stop sleeves) Paul and Tony are the representatives of this materialistic era. Paul developed "Nana" because of his strong desire to shop, and Tony kept packaging himself in pursuit of perfection. , but after gambling on "a hundred things", they recognized themselves and looked at each other. In addition, there is also the heroine Lucy who is also a shopaholic...

In addition to the major theme of criticism, the film is also full of friendship collisions. There are two stories about the rabbit and the hedgehog running in the film, and the rabbit is a metaphor for Tony, the hedgehog is a metaphor for Paul, the story of the rabbit and the hedgehog, no matter how fast the rabbit runs, the hedgehog is already there... In Tony's eyes, Paul is too perfect , he has everything Tony wants, and Tony must strive for everything by himself, every glance, every bit of attention, because of this intense jealousy in his heart, Tony has taken Paul's favorite Anna Korosco.

In addition to friendship, it is Tony and Lucy's love, borrowing Tony's sincere confession of criticizing himself: We all have a hole in our heart, and we always want to fill this hole with money, or other people's care, etc. However, a person , you must recognize your own imperfection, so that you will not be defeated, and you will be able to manage this imperfect life with others!

As the first protagonist, Paul, emotionally, only has painful memories, and there is no plot to make up for it, which can be regarded as a big loss...

Paul has many advantages, fresh, elegant, free and easy, sincere... But maybe Buddhism should be his biggest feature. Is Florian in reality also otherworldly?

The family part in the film will not go into detail...

Although this film is not particularly rigorous and delicate, and the content is overflowing, there are very few talents who write, direct and act. The ubiquitous humor, full of positive energy, and the sincere streaking of the two handsome guys, whether of the same sex or the opposite sex, can't help but stop and fall in love with it?

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100 Things quotes

  • Anton Katz: You can't go a day without your crap.

    Paul Konaske: 100 days!

  • Renate Konaske: Happiness is like water. If you hold onto it, then you will always go with clenched fists.