as if not doing so would be a waste of excess energy to survive, as if not doing so would be ignoring one's obligations.
Through their empty eyes, the window of the soul, I saw the desolation inside, and the terrible evil that might erupt from it. In fact, this is what the film is intended to present to the audience—through a stark "photograph"-like lens.
The story unfolds with a bitter first-person narration. From the very beginning, in an extremely depressing, distorted, and decadent atmosphere of some sexually-related "artwork" that may be white porcelain, a few young men with cold eyes drank a white liquid that was said to be human milk. One of them is the protagonist of this film. It seems that his name is Alex. I can't remember it. I will use A instead of his name below. Then there is the opening scene.
The feeling of depression is a bit unbearable, and the heart feels as if it is wrapped tightly by something and suffocated.
I continued to watch A's life full of violence and fornication progress.
After a violent confrontation with another group of hooligans, they drove to the suburbs, broke into a writer and his wife on the grounds that they had to borrow a phone in a traffic accident, beat the writer, and raped his wife. The camera features a cold close-up of the perpetrator and the victim's unsightly and unbearable expressions...
Many Chinese people don't like to watch this movie, or they disdain to watch it. Lu Xun once laughed at Chinese culture for not daring to watch it. In the face of the tragic fact, is this not a manifestation of human nature's thirst for goodness and beauty? But it is too weak, and if you don’t face it, it still exists and it still works. My heart is aching, I know that I am facing the problem of evil in human nature.
It was later learned that the film was based on the novel of the same name by Anthony Burgess, which is said to be a science fiction novel, which takes place in the United Kingdom at a certain time in the future. In my eyes, the word "science fiction" has become a prediction, a heavy reflection on human nature and social issues, and a strong sense of problem. It is a classic work by the great director Kubrick, which belongs to us Postmodern movie series to watch in those days.
The prominence of this problem consciousness is the manifestation of people's reflection on themselves and society. Only after the deconstruction and baptism of this problem consciousness can people and society achieve the reconstruction of life from death, can they settle into the modern age firmly, and can avoid the tragedy of creating disasters for themselves. Of course, this is just a beautiful ideal.
The original power of this deconstruction and reconstruction is rooted in the tension between the individual's inner perception of his own incompleteness and nihilism, and his desire for completeness and transcendence. If one loses these cravings, there is danger.
What is A's life like?
Finally the bitter narrator said that beautiful music was the only thing that supported his life.
Haven't I long since seen the emptiness behind his cold, empty eyes! ?
Nothingness is the meaningless state of being. The presentation of the meaning world is the essence of the existence of soul life. The annihilation of the eternal spiritual world, "the highest value has lost its value" (Nietzsche's words), the attack of this cold sense of destruction on the individual is undoubtedly an internal disaster. However, nothingness does not always stay in this sense, it is more of an opening of life, which prevents individuals from being deceived by false values (because all values that can be nihilized are false and false values), so that " Dasein is clarified and it is possible to enter the illuminating realm of the light of being, to rediscover and commit itself to the true divine value. It is this nothingness in the sense of unmasking and opening that prevents him from harming himself and others. And A's evil-doing form's psychic emotions are obviously only in the first half of the above-mentioned meaninglessness. Losing all hope and reverence for the inexplicable divine, the survival attitude in the form of indulgence and evil has caused disaster to others.
A was jailed and sentenced to 14 years after he was knocked unconscious by two of his cruelly-treated attackers after killing "Mrs. Cat". In that era, prison resources were strained due to too many vicious youths like A. To alleviate the problem and reduce evil in society, the government at the time introduced an experimental treatment to these youths. The method is very simple: use personal movies to magnify and pressurize the evil deeds done by prisoners, and show them constantly. Extremely show its cruelty and bloody side, until the prisoner himself feels unbearably disgusting psychologically and physically, and becomes a harmless to society who can't fight back when he is scolded, can't fight back, and loses desire for sex." Newcomer", which is what I understand the meaning of the name "Clockwork Orange". It looks like an orange, but it is actually a machine.
During the treatment of A, Beethoven's "Ninth Symphony" was unfortunately mixed into the image of Nazi atrocities. As a result, A also had a very disgusting and unbearable feeling for this music.
The effect of the treatment was affirmed in the mechanically numb applause after the trial was demonstrated. A can go home.
It is worth mentioning that, outside of that mainstream applause, a pastor in prison ministry objected to the consequences of the treatment, arguing that it erased the divine free will of man. The result was undoubtedly denied by those in power, who insisted they were doing the right thing because it reduced evil in society. "The hand of God's love always trembles," Pastor I say to you!
When A returns home, he finds that he no longer has his place in the house. So leave.
On the way, he happened to meet the old homeless man who had been beaten by him, and was retaliated by his gang. The two police officers who came to relieve the siege used to be A's subordinates. They were surprised to find that the desolate victim in front of him had been the boss who had cruelly treated him before, so he dragged him to the outskirts and beat him to death, and A was half dead. Climbing to a house to ask for his life, who knew that it was the home of the writer and his wife who had been victimized by him. The writer's wife is dead, and he himself is in a wheelchair because of that victimization. That wheelchair became a symbol of his innocent victimization. He recognized A, and his distorted facial expression spoke of his suppressed anger, but A was dying.
The perpetrator becomes the victim, and the role changes are all due to humans themselves. My body felt like a sudden splash of cold water.
In the lacerations that exist naturally, naked men and women can hug shyly. Under the devastation of man-made evil, how can the fragile mind face and bear the truth of this evil? Note that I say "burden" here rather than the "resolution" that the treatment expects because I'm thinking about it from the perspective of those who are already victims. The trauma of the victim's heart cannot be erased, and it will follow until death. The surviving victims can only bear the inevitable burden of it, dragging with limited disability. In this sense, "resolving" is meaningless to those who have been victimized. Such a solution is empty talk and does not exist. The meaning of resolution is for those who have the potential to become victims, and resolution is to make that potential impossible.
What are you responsible for? This is a question I can't answer.
The writer later discovered that A would be extremely distressed to hear Beethoven's Ninth Symphony. So he used this music to torture and retaliate against him. A, who was locked upstairs, was unbearable and jumped out of the window to commit suicide. The result was not dead. The next picture is a group of reporters surrounded by A, who is covered in plaster...
Under the shadow of nature's own ignorance and man's own evil, the survival of individuals in fragile lives is so unreal. , is this the natural and historical time in which I live? Why is it so unreal? Should there be another new dimension of time: only in which the fragile life of the individual is real, it is affirmed.
I remember reading a text that touched me like this:
"In the dead of night, the bell of silent prayer rang out in the secluded place in the dark. That is the heart is praying and knocking the spirit, ask her to answer where did the dream drift to?"
Jesus said: " The kingdom of heaven is near, you should repent!"
--From MTIME my blog 09.6.17
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