Later, when I look at the drama, I admire the genius of the director and screenwriter even more. No minute is wasted in every episode.
When watching movies, I understood the cycle of JESS, which can actually be simplified into a repeating sequence. JESS1, JESS2, JESS3 are a group, and cycle continuously, JESS1, JESS2, JESS3, JESS1, JESS2, JESS3, JESS1, JESS2, JESS3...Each large cycle is composed of three small cycles. , Boarded the big ship three times, and then the big return ship went to the pier to sail from the JESS car accident, until she fell into the sea and was washed to the beach to go home and kill herself. Complete a big cycle.
The director first took us into the first JESS1 cycle, and then experienced the JESS123 cycle. It made our clever movie-watchers think that we understood it. In fact, it was composed of three small cycles and was complacent and looked forward to what happened on the ship. JESS breaks the cycle of reincarnation. As a result, she was washed up on the beach and returned home to kill herself decisively. Then she took her son to leave, thinking that the cycle of reincarnation was finally over. Until JESS hit a bird and threw the dead bird on the beach, she saw countless numbers on the beach. The dead bird, only then knew that everything was still in reincarnation... This is also the usual tactics of Western directors, and there is such an implication in the death of the gods. You try to change reincarnation, but everything is in vain.
The other thing to be admired is the dialogue and some very symbolic things, in fact there are stories behind them.
The taxi driver means death. Westerners seem to like to imply that the driver is the incarnation of the god of death. It may mean that a person's life is just a beautiful journey in the world. After death, the god of death will lead you on a journey to another world. Just like a Mercedes-Benz advertisement, when the car is driving, the god of death sits next to him and sighs SORRY to the driver. Pulling away.
Back in the movie, when a group of people on the ship saw the ship's name Aeolus through the corridor, they mentioned that Aeolus' son Sisyphus had been punished by God and had to push the stone endlessly up the mountain, and then watched the stone roll down the foot of the mountain. Victor wondered what serious crime Sisyphus had committed to suffer this. Sally replied: "He cheated death. No, he made a PROMISE to death that he didn't keep." I made a promise, but didn't keep the promise)
When I looked at it, I kept thinking about the meaning of this sentence. He made a promise to the god of death, but did not keep the promise. Then this sentence must be a reminder of the cause of the loop. . . . It's a pity that I haven't figured out why after reading it. IQ is not enough, haha, after reading the analysis, it suddenly became clear. At the end of the film, Jess took a taxi to the port. The driver (ie, the god of death) said: "I'll leave the meter running...you will come back won't you?" Is that right? Subtext: You can only go to the pier and have a look, and you will return to the underworld after you finish watching, because your fate of death is an unchangeable fact) Jess replied: "Yes, I...I PROMISE. "This PROMISE is the key, that is, Jess's promise to the god of death, and the commentary by Sally on the ship are surprisingly consistent. This explanation makes perfect sense. I'll just SHOCK after reading it, it's really like that.
Look at a background material to understand: that is the Greek myth of Sisyphus pushing stones. After being beaten into the underworld, Sisyphus asked for three days to return to the Yang world to bury his corpse, but when he returned to the world, he was nostalgic and refused to leave, betrayed his promise, and was eventually captured by Hermes.
Of course, all of this is everyone’s guess, and the director has not confirmed that it must be the case. But the director must be a perfectionist, the trace is too deep and too deep! ! !
Jess stood in front of the car after the accident, looking at his son and his body (worn in a skirt). Understand that he is still a dead soul after all, and he also killed his son. At this time, the driver came to her and said, "It is a waste of effort to save this child, and there is no way to save him." It means that she should stop being obsessed and give her a chance to go with her. Jess agreed, but she wanted to go first. port. When getting off the bus, the driver gave her another opportunity to ask Jess would come back? Jess said yes, I promise.
So everything that leads to the cycle comes from JESS's obsession...JESS is SISYPHUS.
Jess stood in front of the car after the accident. This was the end point, and the cycle stopped. Every time the god of death would come to her and say: "It is a waste of effort to save this child, and there is no way to save him." Asking her if she wants to go with him, the reincarnation is only between her thoughts. If she looks away and chooses to go with Death, then the reincarnation will be over. If she is still obsessed with going to the port, Death will still give her another opportunity to ask her, will she come back? If Jess comes back to reconcile with death after watching Greg and the others, the reincarnation will stop and the soul will rest in peace. If Jess still chooses to get on the boat and try to change everything, then she will be punished by the god of death, for her missed appointment, for her obsession, and waiting for her will be endless reincarnation.
In addition, there are several symbols. After I understand it, I feel that it is the director's perfectionist plot at work! But it's really the key to understanding the depth of the plot.
Jess killed the bird, which looked like an albatross. And on the neck of jess hung a pendant with a picture of his son. What do these two plots have in common? ——1. Both of these two plots remind everyone that JESS is in an endless loop! ! The countless pendants falling on the ground made JESS understand that he was in the small loop of JESS123. On the way to drive, I thought that I had killed myself at home and got rid of the circulation 123, but the dead bird was thrown to the beach. Seeing that there were countless dead bird carcasses on the beach, JESS realized that he was still in circulation. , She did this thing countless times. She fell into deep fear, which led to the car accident.
The second key point, look at a background information:
The famous narrative poem "THE RIME OF THE ANCIENT MARINER" by British poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge (translated as "The Song of the Old Sailor" or "The Ancient Mariner's Song") tells about an old sailor leading his companions out to sea, because of reckless shooting An albatross brought bad luck to the sailing boat, so the wind stopped and the world seemed to stand still. The boat that could not sail by the wind was trapped in the middle of the sea. The crew was weak because of extreme hunger and thirst. In order to punish the old sailor, He took off the cross on his neck and hung the dead bird. At this time, a deserted ghost ship sailed from a distance, and a lonely banshee stood on the ship. She symbolized the nightmare (The Night-Mare) and also symbolized the "LIFE-IN-DEATH was she). After boarding the ship, the sailor’s companions fell to the ground one after another under the curse of the banshee. Their bodies would not rot. They also kept their dying eyes open and stared at the old sailor bitterly, as if condemning him. Negligence caused all disasters. Only the old sailor could not die anyway. He spent seven horrible and painful days and nights on the boat and finally confessed deeply and prayed for the albatross. In the end, the old sailor finally survived, but he was destined to live lonely and blame himself for a lifetime. In the resentment with the undead, he repeated the story when he saw people, admonishing people to be cautious of their words and deeds, and not to trample on any life even if they seemed so weak.
The theme of "The Song of the Old Sailor" is about the original sin of Christianity. Jess snatched the apple from Victor when he saw the seabirds pecking Downey’s body on the deck (Vector took a bite in the restaurant and ran out with it) and hit the seabirds. The apple was the original sin. It means that all disasters originated from Jess. In the poem, the crew once hung a dead bird on the old sailor’s neck to remind him of his crimes. On Jess’s neck was a photo of her son, implying that Jess’s son was like that innocent albatross because of his mother’s rudeness and selfishness. He was hurt (Jess always beat and scolded his son because of the pressure of raising a child by a single parent), and eventually died in a car accident caused by his mother. And Jess can only live in confession with a necklace that symbolizes his sin forever.
This is the deep reason why the necklace and the dead bird have countless hints that JESS is still in the loop, and it is also the deep meaning of the necklace and the dead bird. Too emotional.
The last thing is Heather and the champagne in her hand.
I saw someone asking on Baidu Knowledge that the director’s fault was that JESS on the boat and JESS who went home were the same person? Why did she stupidly drive her son and the person she killed to the dock after the reincarnation, and still not concentrate on driving...
If this is really a failure, then the character of Heather appears and disappears inexplicably, no Is it also a failure?
Deliberately overlap with the myth of Sisyphus, deliberately even on the sea, suddenly there is no wind, everything stagnates and then clouds appear, the symbol of the bird, must overlap with the "Song of the Old Sailor", the apple that implies the original sin also reminds JESS is the original sin, every time Everyone thinks that the reincarnation is different. After reading it, I realized that it is a repeating sequence of 123 123 123. No matter how you escape it, it will be stuck in the loop. It is a completely error-free loop! Will directors and screenwriters who pursue perfection make such obvious mistakes?
Pay attention to one detail: JESS drank the champagne Heather gave her after boarding! !
And Heather disappeared after the ship capsized... and Jess's own soul didn't remember what happened. He just secretly felt that he didn't want a cruise ship. After boarding the cruise ship, he saw the room and felt familiar. In fact, Champagne may be the ecstasy soup that made her lose her memory. In fact, everyone on the ship is an illusion, an illusion made up by death to punish Jess.
It's really chilling.
Some people say that the story is about an undead trying to make senseless struggles in front of the god of death, sinking deep into the purgatory created by his own thoughts and suffering.
Some people say that the theme of this story is a futile struggle by a soul who does not want to admit that she has died. She wants to violate the laws of nature to restore the lost life, restore the lost love, and make up for the harm she once brought to her son. And all this is destined to fall into the purgatory created by her own heart, an endless cycle.
Some people say that the director of this perfectionist plot actually wants to tell us something that you will not be perfect no matter what you do. The heroine always wants to change the occurrence of events and always fails. Is this a bit contradictory and self-deprecating?
But the director said nothing.
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