In "K Star Alien", there is a passage about the fate of the universe, "It will collapse to a point, and then expand again, and so on. When the universe expands again, everything will repeat itself. The mistakes you made The plenary will repeat itself, time after time, and forever reincarnation." This statement is very fatalistic, because if this theory is true, we don't know whether our life is the zero premiere or the CCTV6 rebroadcast. But if you assume that you are facing the original life, this theory is very positive. Obviously, at this time, we must muster the courage to make the right choice, and try to make up for everything we have done wrong, so as to avoid guilt and guilt from gnawing on the painful soul again and again in the whirlpool of time.
If the legend of Sisyphus is the key to the interpretation of the plot of the film, then this passage in "K Star Alien" can be the best footnote to the film. In the "loop" setting, the two are similar. More similar, with the understanding of the plot, the two are also consistent in the warning of "don't make mistakes". It's just that in "K Star Alien", the doctor muster up the courage to finally communicate with his son, and everyone is happy; in this film, Jess tries to make up for the image of a "bad mother" in front of his son, but he can't complete it. Pros and cons complement each other.
In order to support the above conclusions, the following is an understanding of the plot. There are many analyses in this area, so follow the trend and repeat them as follows.
1. Regarding the cycle of the "two" Jess and AEOLUS boats,
anyone who has watched this film will know that the boat will always maintain the state of these three Jesss. According to Hua Orange, they are named the boarder, the lurker , and the man in black. (I think the term masked person is not accurate enough). When the "Men in Black" was knocked off the ship by the boarder, the remaining four persons were all dead. At this time, there will be scenes of five people calling for help at sea. Then five people boarded the ship, the new "boarder" appeared, and the original "boarder" and "lurker" automatically entered the next state. So it goes round and round.
But we will also notice that the things encountered by the first "boarder" Jess and the second "boarder" Jess (at this time the last Jess became the "lurker") are different. The first "man in black" that Jess met always wore a hood, and finally stood and was chopped down into the sea by an axe. This "person in black" is kinder, at least he hesitated when killing "self". Jess, who was the second to board the ship, met the last "lurker" and had the experience of being pointed at by herself with a gun. The "men in black" she met were more ruthless with the hands of Downey and Sally, and were finally "boarded." "Knocked it down on the ship with an iron rod and then pushed it down into the sea. At this time, the "man in black" had removed his hood.
The different situations they encountered are not a bug, but a more clever side of the film setting. Jess, who was always followed by the movie camera, met the "Man in Black" who took the hood, and finally became the "Man in Black" who took the hood. The movie shows a complete process, from boarding to being shot off the ship. But it didn't show everything that happened on the ship. To be more precise, only about three-quarters of what was shown in the movie about the ship’s affairs lacked the process of forming the ruthless "Man in Black".
A more reasonable explanation is that after boarding the ship, Jess will have two different development directions. They will become a "kind man in black" and a "cold man in black" with a hood, and then they will be disembarked. The "boarder" will eventually become the "man in black" when boarding. This is a strictly corresponding process. At this time, the "lurker" caught in the middle will become another type of "man in black" in the next stage. In a simpler description, "good men in black" and "cold men in black" appear alternately, ABAB cycle. And the formation process of each "Men in Black" is strictly replicated.
The reason for this disagreement, especially the appearance of the "cold man in black", is the influence of the "stalker". The most obvious is the shot in the movie where Jess pointed the gun at Jess. The performance in that section was wonderful. "Boarder" Jess faced himself with the gun, with a rich expression, shocked, astonished... The viewer can savor it for himself. We noticed that Jess, who was more accustomed to the camera, didn't even know that "Men in Black" was himself for a period of time when he became a "Lurker". And the second Jess who boarded the ship was able to judge very early that the black killer was another self through the above shots and the death of the companion behind, and he realized this crazy cycle earlier. She hopes to jump out of the loop and return to her son. The sooner the despair comes, the more madness will happen. Regarding the formation of "Cold Man in Black", the film is a fictitious writing, which also makes the film dizzy-a main plot is omitted. But if they are all shown, the film will lose a lot of suspense. In fact, this process is also more difficult to express, and the character changes are indeed great. This not only avoids the difficulty, but also leaves room for the audience to imagine, making it more attractive. The director of the film is the same person, really a god-man.
Simply put, after Jess got on the ship, there were two development directions, and he became two different men in black and got off the ship. These are two independent and mutually influencing processes. Two development routes, three states. If you divide everything that happens on the ship into modules, you need to divide it into six pieces, each with a different Jess. The most interesting thing is that the process from boarding to being smashed off the ship is strictly replicated every time it happens. In addition, the plot on the ship is free of bugs, not at all, and the details are very close. I hereby pay tribute to the director.
2. About "clearing"
In the process of "recycling", some are "cleared", such as the corpse of Theater and the corpse of the hall with food. Some are accumulated, such as the Jess message note, the necklace at the bottom of the boat, the corpse of Sally and the corpse of pigeons. This can only be based on the statement of a certain bean friend (I'm sorry to forget who it is), under the influence of Jess, there will be certain (or irrelevant) things that will not be cleared. Can be used as a setting for the movie.
3. About the loop starting point
I think it was after the car accident at the end of the film. Because everything that happened to Jess in the center of the lens before was logical (plus a circular assumption), but after the car accident, she looked at the scene of the car accident unscathed. Jess in the trunk bag came out and the bag was gone. If it was just a car crash, the body would not come out of the bag so easily. Jess got into the taxi with all his memories, boarded the boat, and then took a nap on the boat and lost most of his memories, only deja vu (a feeling of deja vu). Some people think that this place should be the starting point. I don't think it is right. This is a well-explained plot, the "repressive" theory of psychological defense.
4. The
biggest puzzle of the ultimate drama film is the appearance of Jess after the car accident, when she was not injured. The plot I understand is like this. Jess was invited by Greg the day before and planned to take his son to the boat the next day. Before leaving, she once again lost her temper to her son (it is understandable that this is not the first time. Children with intellectual problems do torture people). Then on the boat, the flower skirt drove her son to the boat. She and her son died in a car accident on the road. After death, she remembered that she felt guilty about her son's attitude, and had a deal with the god of death (in this case, the introduction of theism is normal), she wanted to see her son apologize and compensate and then come back. As a result, she deceived the god of death, and when she was punished, she entered a Sisyphus-style suffering cycle. In fact, she can jump out. Just before boarding the boat, the taxi driver said to Jess: "I don't stop the meter, will you come back?" But Jess didn't come back. She still hoped to go back to the boat to experience everything and then come back to change everything. It's just a pity that she lost her memory on the boat, so all tragedies repeated. The taxi driver is actually a god of death.
This explanation is a little bit bloody, but in view of the pivotal position of the legend of Sisyphus in the play. We will find its rationality by comparing it. The story of Sisyphus is described by Wikipedia as follows (in fact, Sally probably said something in the play):
Sisyphus was known for his cunning and wit, and his wit made him hoard a lot of wealth. When he felt that the god of death Tanathos was almost coming, he tricked Tanathos into making the god of death handcuffs himself. As a result, no one on the ground entered the kingdom of the underworld, and people stopped offering sacrifices to Hades. Zeus ordered Ares, the god of war, to go to Sisyphus to release Tanatos, who immediately took Sisyphus' soul. Before his death, Sisyphus asked his wife not to make sacrifices to Pluto. Pluto Hades and Persephone could not wait for the sacrifice. Sisyphus hoped that Pluto would release himself back to the world and ask his wife to make a sacrifice. Come back after the festival. However, Sisyphus did not return to the underworld as agreed, which angered Hades, and Hades sent Tanathos to take away Sisyphus' soul.
Because he was too cunning, he was sentenced to push the boulder up a steep mountain. Every time he tried his best, when the boulder was about to reach the top, the stone would slip out of his hand, and he had to push it back again, doing endless labor.
Sisyphus' hard labor was due to his failure to fulfill his promise to the god of death, and he did not return. If Jess wants to jump out of the loop, it's just to fulfill her promise and come back-her answer to the taxi driver is "Yes". So the above plot can still make sense. Basically, Jess's experience is a modern version of the legend of Sisyphus faithful to the original interpretation. Going back to the so-called "meaning" at the beginning of this article, it will be easier to understand by looking at it again. The mistakes made are irreparable, especially some things, once they are wrong, they cannot redeem themselves. When you are alive, you should be cautious and treat yourself better to your relatives and friends.
This film is undoubtedly the best suspense work of 2009. Although the author's viewing in 2009 was limited, the standard of the film was not inferior to "Mulholland Road". The degree of obscurity was low, and the viewers could see it. The best of 2009 is well-deserved.
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