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"V for Vendetta" is a 2006 British-American co-production of a sci-fi thriller action film. The film was produced by the "former" Wachowski brothers, and although they had James McTeague, who is good at thriller, direct, the film still fell into full Wachowski style. The story takes place one day in the uncertain future. Britain is under the rule of a totalitarian government. At this time, a mysterious V geek appears and uses his brave actions to awaken the people and fight for freedom.
The United Kingdom in "V for Vendetta" cannot tolerate the existence of social characters such as homosexuals and pagans; and off-screen, Larry, the older brother of the Wachowski brothers, is also destined to be an alien: still directing "The Matrix" 3", it has been reported that he is injecting estrogen and preparing to undergo surgery to change gender; and after "V for Vendetta", Larry really became a woman, which is today's Lana Wachowski. The Wachowskis became siblings.
In December 2012, "V for Vendetta" was broadcast on CCTV6, which made the audience extremely happy, and the Internet ran to tell each other; in January 2013, on the eve of the release of "Cloud Atlas", the Beijing Film Archive also screened the film. Although the film was only a small-scale academic screening, hundreds of spectators lined up in front of the theater early in the cold night in Beijing. After the video was played, the audience applauded enthusiastically.
That's the beauty of the Wachowski team (and certainly not forgetting McTeague's contributions) and V for Vendetta. On January 23, with the promotion of the film "Cloud Atlas" in Beijing, the "legendary" Wachowski siblings, Tom Teckworth, and V geek Hugo Weaving (poor Mr. Hugo in "V" In "For Vendetta", there is no face-to-face scene with a mask) really came to the theater where the premiere was held and appeared in front of the Chinese audience. And through the screening of "Cloud Atlas", I also really touched the consistent emotional expression of "Cloud Atlas" and "V for Vendetta". This familiarity is pleasing.
"Cloud Atlas" consists of six parallel and potentially intersecting stories, three of each of the Wachowskis and Tom Tekwo, who are then assembled into one through superb editing techniques. Among them, the story that takes place in New Seoul in 2144 has the most obvious continuation relationship with the "V for Vendetta" and "Matrix" series. This scene takes place in a place called Song Restaurant, where there are many clone girls serving as waiters, who follow the manager's instructions, wake up on time every day, work on time, and drink a drink called Supu to supplement their nutrition; because they They are clones, and they also have many taboos, such as completely obeying instructions, not being able to contact the real world outside, not being able to communicate freely with real people, not to mention falling in love. Every year, the manager will engrave a star on the collar of the waiter, and when the 12 sets are full, they will send the halo of honor to the "paradise".
Everything seems to follow the rules, but there are two rebellious clone girls, the two played by Zhou Xun and Pei Douna. The waiter played by Zhou Xun is a "bad girl" in the eyes of managers. She dares to challenge taboos and secretly plays a movie for Xingmei played by Pei Doona. The submissive Xingmei caused a great shock. At this time, another important figure, Zhang Haizhu, a member of the Alliance to fight back against the city's law enforcement officers, appeared in her life and took her on the road of escape and resistance.
Zhang Haizhu is looking for Xingmei, because she is the "savior" that the alliance needs to find. This scene is both reminiscent of Neo, who was locked up as savior in The Matrix, and V for Vendetta's relationship with Natalie Portman: he's hers Life mentors, they know each other and break through the taboos and love each other boldly. In pursuit of true freedom, Haizhu and Xingmei sacrificed their lives to wake up the ignorant gangsters. This is exactly a line in the film: love is a natural phenomenon, and with it you can conquer death.
In "Cloud Atlas", there are many philosophical golden sentences in the section of Xingmei. As Xingmei said, "Every good deed of human beings, every evil deed, will determine our future rebirth", "The consequences of individual life will be repeated again and again until eternity", "Death is a door, when it closes , another door will open" ... wait, this is the style and brushstroke that the typical Wachowskis are good at (David Mitchell's original novel also provided inspiration). Xingmei finally went to death with a smile, calmly, and without fear. "I will laugh from the horizontal knife to the sky, and save my heart and heart." Her sacrifice not only revealed the truth, but even moved the investigators as city law enforcement officers. Until another time and space more than 100 years after the decline of mankind, she was still worshipped as a god by the natives of Hawaii. , isn't it another living Statue of Liberty!
There are many touching stories like Xingmei in "Cloud Atlas". It is not just six stories, it tells the life course of the whole human being. As Tom Teckwall said at the meeting: This movie is to tell everyone how to live, how to live, and how to die. Life, life, and death, each of us will encounter, while we are alive, will we muster the courage to fight for the truth? "Cloud Atlas" attempts to use the Eastern Buddhist concept of reincarnation to tell us: always stand on the side of justice, accumulate virtue and do good deeds for the next reincarnation, because life is eternal.
Human beings often face many so-called "truths" and "myths" in the course of their lives. These "truths" and "myths" remind you that the world has a certain natural order, and opposing this established order will never succeed. But "Cloud Atlas" also tells us that the liberation of human life is hard-won, don't ignore the weak power of the pioneers, and don't ignore the spark of humanity created by your kindness and conscience. This is just like the relationship between a drop of water and the vast ocean, and it always gathers together slowly. This kind of spirit of upholding the truth and striving unremittingly for freedom is not the fighting spirit of Wei Xia! If you like V, I suggest you also go and see "Cloud Atlas", I believe that you will surely gain the same courage and inspiration.
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