K of 2049

Barrett 2022-04-23 07:01:13

Not too different from K in the early 20th century or an employee in the early 2000s. These characters can share a literary archetype.

The form of film itself is not mature enough to be compared with the classic art form, so if it is not chosen as a street story because of the investment-return law, or even if it is still a street story, when it has a certain After the literary quality is high, its grade is a little higher (a better film is often literary if it is not an "art film" with formal language or poetic quality). The core of literature is the description, performance, and even writing of human nature. So it is not so much a cyborg film that explores topics like "identity" and "soul" (of course it is), but rather the experience of human nature in this institutional background and identity crisis. And the whole mechanism of this identity crisis is actually very similar to the early 20th century, and also very much like a small employee in the modern system in the early 21st century.

So this K, drove a broken car, and after bidding on a business trip, killed the same kind and nearly killed himself, he had to take a system test when he came back. The principle of the test is actually translated like this. If you answer yes immediately, you will pass. After passing the test, he received his pitiful bonus bonus, returned to the dilapidated rental apartment, bought new equipment for his virtual girlfriend, and then ate fast food by himself. Later, the organization asked him to give him a bad mission, and the result of conscientiously completing the mission of the organization was that he began to suspect that he was not a fool and could fight for his ideals. In a barren and treacherous future landscape, after bloodshed and twists and turns, I found that other people's ideals have nothing to do with him, so this kind of powerlessness under this indescribable huge system, this kind of nothingness that can't be achieved no matter how much tossing. The sense, whether in the expression of texture or in the setting of the plot, is the same as that of Kafka in the early 20th century, and it is also the same as that of runners under the huge system of the 21st century. Whether it is in performance, phase, or structure, it has a certain abstraction (this is an important concept, even higher than pure artistry), making it a higher level.

Of course, in the end, the most well-trained professional, Commander Gao still tried to complete the task very seriously. Instead of turning into a big beetle and rolling around, he chose to be a West Horseman, in order to relieve the alienation predicament of the replicators. made a last effort.

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Blade Runner 2049 quotes

  • Niander Wallace: [to Deckard] You do not know what pain is yet. You will learn.

  • Rick Deckard: What's the plan?

    'K': We don't run.