Time is money, this sentence is vividly expressed in this film, not only that, time is life. From this movie, we can see: first, time banks are all over the world; second, the amount of time becomes the standard for dividing the rich and the poor; third, the time guardian replaces the police, because the only thing that can be stolen in the future world is time . At the beginning of the film, it is explained that once the age of 25 is over, life begins to be calculated by weeks, and the appearance of a person's life is also fixed at this time. So time-poor people die on the run, and time-thieves are everywhere to steal or rob. The wealthy area of New Greenwich at this time is actually a 25-year-old old man's area.
The film explained the world view of the future world from the beginning: everything is settled by time, and time is the standard by which everything is measured. But how is this world view established? How does time realize primitive accumulation? Why is this time system established? Why does New Greenwich store so much time? These questions are not introduced in the film. Corresponding to this time system, it can be seen that the world has undoubtedly undergone a new time zone division from the fact that the male protagonist took a taxi and ran directly to Greenwich after getting 100 years of time. The high cost of crossing time zones keeps people locked in their own time zone. No one has explored why time should be distributed in this way. Some are time thieves and time gambling.
run. Will's mother dies on her way to her son; in New Greenwich, Waiter reminds Will to do everything fast; Will robs a rental car for driving too slowly; Sylvia ends up running after the Time Keeper dies , she was luckier than Will's mother, running around without falling. In the eyes of the rich, running is something that only people in the slums have to do. At first, Sylvia thought so too. Later, after getting to know Will, she really realized that all running and running in disguise are saving lives.
theft. The thieves of time do whatever they want in the slums. The biggest time thieves - those rich people, those who set the time system unknowingly steal time for themselves. The maintainers of this stealing order are those so-called the time keeper. The only difference between a time banker and a time thief is that one is a stealth and the other is an open robber, both of which are essentially robbers. The order of the world is a stealing order, a stealing "civilization". Will was initially thought to have stolen a century and was chased by the Timekeepers to New Greenwich. I don't know if the Guardian of Time has struggled after receiving the time given by Will, but from his expression, it can be seen that the rules he swears by to the death seem to be shaken, although he did not show any concessions until the end of his life. I think the movie has its own purpose so far, no need to say it, let the audience experience it for themselves.
life value. Will originally ran for time in this order, and only discovered the existence of this stealing order after being reminded by someone with a century of time. Will is undoubtedly brave, wise, kind, and just, and dares to challenge this robber order and strive for equality and freedom for all people. Although he was misunderstood by Sylvia at first, he eventually won the favor of the wealthy eldest Sylvia, and the two fought side by side. Stealing back the stolen time, Will and Sylvia don't think they are robbing and stealing, but restoring the original order of the world: no one should live forever, even at the expense of one's life. As Will said, the value of life is not its length but its quality. Stealing other people's time and using it to squander it is a heinous crime. As for himself, one day is enough. It is the very different attitudes towards the value of life that some people want to live forever, while others only need one day.
Disorders in the distribution of time can lead to the collapse of the whole system, but by the end of the film, the two are still creating this disorder, and the time bank of robbing is so large and numerous that the task seems daunting. I think that's exactly what the film is trying to say: this order of stealing is still there, but it's being destroyed, but it's still alive and well.
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