The two main scenes, the stairwell and the wilderness road, seem to be more interesting in the former.
The stairwell section looks more like a stage play, trying to tell a long story in a small space. When all is silent, Oliver, as strong as a bull, is doing pull-ups, and his unwilling eyes are immediately reminiscent of Sarah Connor in Terminator 2 having the same scene in the mental hospital. At this moment, the messy arrangements and the confusion that had fallen into an accident were suddenly condensed. Only a trapped beast flashed from the suffocating despair and stubbornly stabbed into this tomb-like airtight circulation space.
Space has stopped, and time has passed. To live, although it is not brocade clothing and jade food, nor can you invite friends and companions, but it saves the burden of life, you don't have to worry about your job, you don't have to keep your voice low, there is neither disease, no disturbance, or even pain, because this world has cut off all thoughts, or To borrow Shawshank Kerry's line to say HOPE is dangerous. The only thing to do is to kill. Although there are not many options, repetition does not necessarily mean boring. For example, exercising can create excitement, taking a shower can keep you refreshed, and doodles can help pour out. Of course, the imprint of memory occasionally reappears, but it will not sting me forever. It is as leisurely as nibbling on an apple and reading a book, and it is as common as a beard that grows and needs to be cut short.
This setting is really interesting. If it wasn't so gray and not so closed, if the space was bigger and more comfortable, if there were three or five old friends and delicious food, if there were mountains and rivers, flowers, birds, insects and fish, wouldn't this be the wonderland that the world can't ask for? If you take these "ifs" away and return to the skinny reality, you will come to the minimalist stairwell. In fact, people live a nine-to-five day in a cement forest. Even if there are more ways to kill, it is still a habitual cycle, and sometimes it is difficult to distinguish whether life is for work or for killing. If this is the truth, isn't it an accident, and apart from the accident, what else can we do besides helplessness?
Functionally, the stairwell infinitely magnifies the impact of an instant event on the human heart, allowing people to live with it forever. Whenever the mind goes back to the moment when the event happened, no matter what age people are, the situation is still so clear, like a shadow. This technique reveals the scary side of life. It is inevitable that life will not grow a heart lock. People may build it because of guilt. It is a pity that only the instincts of the creatures remain in the decayed body before the exit, or it is even worse to break out of the shell and become reckless, so as to go astray and lose the nature - this is probably This film is meant to express. But what is even more shocking is that on the other hand, people may also build it because of their dreams, and as a result, they are unhappy because they cannot get it, and they even risk it, just like a moth to a flame.
The mosaic design of this film is not difficult to smooth out, but it still feels a little bit unsatisfactory. Maybe it would be better to solve the mystery in a cleverer way at the end. When the old lady in the wedding dress was lying on the escalator, since she broke free of the loop, it probably means that Carl is dead, but he should have found the original name before dying - Oliver.
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