Reference movie for this article:
"Death Illusion"
"Life and Death"
"Infidelity"
"The Shawshank Redemption"
"silent Hill"
This film review is from Zhu Luling. That is "ling". She wrote not many "movie reviews" during her lifetime, but any shots must be fine. And the film was originally recommended to her to watch and appreciate. We shared it on Tencent, and the later work "Death Illusion" that she thought was inspired in this film review was also introduced to her. I personally wrote a film review for this film, but it really pales in comparison to Ling, so I chose to extract her more understanding and transparent one. The most important thing is that in fact, this film review contains my part. , But Ling thought that my interpretation was a little bit frivolous, with only the "parallel universe" part. This movie has a deeper religious meaning, so she reminded me that what I wrote and wrote made this article a "re-recording of old texts." Movie reviews. Therefore, this film review does have my bones, but it is more of her painstaking efforts. Even the beginning of this film review, such as "The Transformation of Erotic Directors", was only when I told Ling that she knew about it. This film director " Adrian Lyne " movie works, Ling also likes "Infidelity".
Therefore, this article "Her Ren Yan" can be regarded as an excellent comment that I and a woman have shared in their affectionate time, or, in other words, it is the text product of a collision of like-minded thinking between me and her. It's a "child", from the perspective of "anthropomorphic". For me, commemoration is of great significance. The original birth date of this article "Sherenyan" is June of the eleventh year (2010).
I personally prefer "Death Illusion" more because the structure is a bit "simpler". The most important thing is that "A Floating Life in Another World" hasn't been revisited for a long time, I really forgot. Ling is a fan of " Tim Robbins " because of "Shawshank's Redemption". Also, everything Ling Zhen commented on felt like "Silent Hill"... She really liked playing this game.
June 19, 2010
"A Floating Life in Another World", the first feeling, like "Death Illusion." Facts have proved that this erotic director’s transformational film became the inspiration for the "Silent Hill" game and inspired subsequent movies such as "Death Illusion". Have to compare it with "Death Illusion", first of all, the names of the two:
The English name of "Death Illusion" is Donnie Darko, which is the name of the protagonist. This last name Darko has a dark meaning, and translated into Chinese as the title of "Death Illusion". The English name of "A Floating Life in Another World" is Jacob's Ladder, literally translated as "Jacob's Ladder", Jacob is the protagonist, and the ladder finally appeared in the end, it turned out to be a kind of medicine. However, the translation of the Chinese title is exactly the same as "Death Illusion", giving people a sense of mystery, magic, and strangeness. People can't help but want to see what the movie says.
Jacob’s ladder, anyone who has a little knowledge of the Bible knows that it comes from the 28th chapter 10-19 of the "Old Testament·Genesis".
Jacob left Beersheba and walked towards Haran. When I arrived at a place, because the sun had set, I stayed there, so I picked up a stone from that place and placed it under my head, and lay there. He dreamed that a ladder was standing on the ground, the head of the ladder was against the sky, and an angel of God was on the ladder, going up and down. The Lord stood above the ladder and said, "I am the Lord, the God of your ancestor Abraham and the God of Isaac. I will give you and your descendants the land where you are lying now. Your descendants will be like those on the earth. There is so much dust and sand, it will spread east, west, south and north, and all the people on the earth will be blessed because of you and your descendants. I am also with you. No matter where you go, I will bless you and bring you back to this place. Forsake you until I fulfilled what I promised you." Jacob woke up and said, "The Lord is really here! I don't know." He said with fear, "How awesome is this place! This is nothing else," It is the temple of God and the gate of heaven."
Jacob had deceived his brother Esau and made Esau lose his birthright. This little son did something wrong, but God took care of him and asked him to create the kingdom of God. Because he was chosen by God, Jacob’s ladder became a channel of communication between God and man. Some people say It is Jesus Christ. The ladder has also become the path to the sacred and holy place, guiding the soul upward.
The film is based on the trauma of the Vietnam War. The way Jacob Singh wears glasses makes me think he is very literary. And the painful look of my son's photo also reminds me of the sad soldier killed in the Vietnam War in "Ghost Whisperer", so sadly in the midnight of the storm, seeking someone to take him home.
After 100 minutes of complete transformation between illusion and reality, "Ladder" finally appeared. It turned out to be a violent drug developed during the Vietnam War. The drug is named after a ladder, because the excitement after taking it is like falling from a ladder. Of course, what this drug brings to mankind is a painful memory, an inside story that has been blocked for many years. At the beginning of the film, it was destined that the main theme was about the Vietnam War. Originally thought it was a sequelae of military war trauma, then it was suspected to be schizophrenia, and then later it was regarded as a parallel universe. Basically, I have guessed the tricks of this type of movie. Times, so the final ending did not surprise me too much. Regarding the consequences of the "ladder", I also completely guessed it. This medicine, like the peculiar "Ice-9" in Vonnegut's novel "The Cat's Cradle", is a kind of water that can freeze at room temperature. In the end, the water turned the whole world into an ice lump. The two terms "cat's cradle" and "jacob's ladder" themselves can be compared, and they are the two most common shapes in the flip-flop game.
Pulling away, back to the movie.
I have been thinking about who the angel who can guide Jacob on the path of holiness will be in the film. Obviously, the chiropractor Louis. It was he who told Jacob: If you are afraid of death and want to stop, you will see the devil take away your life, but if you can let yourself be calm, then the devil will become an angel and save you from this world , The key lies in how you think about it.
The "ladder" has become a symbol of depravity, the incarnation of the devil. This man-made demon did not increase the combat effectiveness of the army as expected, but made people kill each other. Analyzing the main theme of the film from the perspective of "anti-war" or "humanitarian" alone, you will find that the film is a bit thin in these two aspects, and its narrative style is also true and imaginary, and the deep love for the family is both It makes people sigh and bewildered. The film is not simply schizophrenia, or overlap in time and space, and we can even put aside how to explain all of this and simply watch such a story——
A veteran took a terrifying drug, and his life was extremely painful; and the creator of that drug was also trying to atone for his sins. All people are doing their best to make their souls stable, serene, peaceful and quiet.
Floating like a dream.
Only Jacob, no ladder. Everyone is Jacob in the film. Ladder, you don't even know if it is a devil or an angel. We are all looking for a way to calm our conscience. And there are no angels and no ladders in this world.
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