A romantic, sad, and politically metaphorical fairy tale.
Architecture, as a space and a relatively stable physical structure in which people live, often best represents the realm in which people live. The castle where the king lives in the cartoon is very representative, towering into the clouds, and the structure is precise; there are a total of 207 floors, and each floor has a special purpose. Such a huge, detailed, and technologically-sounding building disciplines the king and his many servants all the time. In contrast, ordinary people do not have a fixed residence, are dark, and have never seen the sun and birds. So when the shepherdess and the chimney boy escaped to the ground, the first question everyone asked was, does the sun really exist? What color is it?
A few other characters worth mentioning.
Birds are born with wings and the freedom to fly and sing, so they also act as a leading protagonist in the play, lobbying and leading everyone to fight; and his motives are relatively straightforward: the king kills while hunting. dead his partner. But this role is not a completely trustworthy role. On the contrary, because of his natural lobbying ability, people can't help but be a little more vigilant about him.
The most positive character in the play is actually a wandering musician, and he is also a blind man highlighted in the play. The contrast here is clear. Although he is physically blind, his mind and perception are open: he cares about the sun, birds, and freedom. And was thrown into the lion cage by the steel giant. When everyone thought he would be eaten by a group of hungry lions, he began to play music. The lions temporarily forgot their hunger and began to sit around him and listen to music. There are obviously some wishes of the director here. When people become beasts because of hunger, I hope there will be some beautiful things that can arouse everyone's conscience and civilization.
In the end, the two young people are finally free, but the end of the movie falls in the figure of the lonely steel giant who demolished the building. Demolition is easy, so what then? This is probably the question the director gave us, and it is also the question of each of us: we yearn for freedom, we are not satisfied with the present, we want to destroy, then, then?
The bird at the beginning said, this is a true story, this is a story that I have experienced myself, and it is also a story that everyone is experiencing.
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