The film starts with the sub-line of Fanchuan Rimi's police department receiving psychiatric treatment, and leads to the main line of Chairman Kanjiro and Chiba Atsuko's confrontation between reality and illusion. And the main line intertwines all the protagonists to complete the collective psychotherapy of "returning to the self".
The film sets DCmini, a dream monitor developed by Shitian Haozuo, through this device to enter the patient's dream, and then find out the patient's subconscious, so as to carry out psychological intervention treatment for the patient, so that the patient can be relieved from the experience in the dream. mental disorder.
The opening is Fanchuan's dream. Because in reality, Fanchuan was faced with a difficult murder case, but he had no clue and was under great mental pressure, so he accepted the introduction of his friend Shima Torotaro, and the red pepper gave him a new type of psychotherapy---dream therapy. Fanchuan often appears in his dreams, a person he calls his "childhood friend". Based on the clues of various movie clips mapped by Fanchuan's 2nd-layer dream, Red Chili judges that Fanchuan's heart knot is related to the movie, and tries to find the first-layer dream. The inner monologue of Fanchuan is shown in the middle, but it is resisted by Fanchuan (look closely, you will find that there are still red-haired and red peppers in the hotel room after waking up from the dream, so it is judged to be a dream in a dream). The first dream intervention was not entirely successful.
And then something big happened - DCmini was stolen. Immediately after, Shimayotaro was hijacked by a dream in reality. Fortunately, Shimayotaro fell from a building and fell on a tree to save his life. After that, the red pepper sneaked into the dream and woke him up with a familiar scene of Shimayotaro. When he entered the dream, Bingshiqi appeared, and everyone listed him as a suspect. At that time, the puppet Bingshiqi said: "...Night is the day of dreaming, and light is the darkness of dreaming. The ignorant sun god, bury the darkness. , burn the shadow, burn yourself up sooner or later." This sentence is very important for understanding the film. The first half of the sentence "Night is the day of dreaming, light is the darkness of dreaming" is philosophical. Night and day, light and darkness, things that seem to be opposites can actually reflect each other, and the two opposites are unified. The second half of the sentence "The ignorant sun god buries darkness, burns shadows, and burns himself up sooner or later." The sun god implies that human beings only show one side of reality, if they blindly hide the other side of their hearts, the reality One side will eventually collapse.
At this time, the main character---Chairman Kansei Jiro appeared. Disabled, he can only rely on a wheelchair to live. He said to Shimanoyotaro that "a naive genius (referring to Toita) needs someone to guide him." This sentence reveals Kan Seijiro's attitude towards the invention of DCmini, which has actually been buried for the future. Foreshadowing.
At the same time, Chiba accidentally discovered that the amusement park in the ice room dream existed in reality, and went to investigate with Tokita. The picture in the mirror of the amusement park echoes the previous one---Chiba himself was in the mirror when he was hijacked by the dream in the ice room's house, but at this time, the mirror in reality reflected the red pepper (the same situation happened many times later) , on the one hand, it shows that reality is being swallowed up by dreams, and it also indicates the process of the mutual fusion of Chiba and Red Pepper's appearance and inner projection.
After investigation, the ice room fell from the sky and was swallowed by the dream, and it was found that the ice room was not the mastermind, and the mastermind behind the scenes gradually surfaced.
When Chiba told Xiaoshanuchi that she was going to enter the ice room to pursue the dream, and expressed her support and trust in Tokita, Xiaoshanuchi showed anger and jealousy: "The childishness and roughness on the back of the genius (referring to Toita) are precisely the The unfortunate reason", this sentence also laid a foreshadowing for the future, and at the same time echoed the previous words of Seijiro Kanjiro, from the calmness of Kanjiro and the irritability of Koyama, it seems to imply the relationship between the two masters and servants.
After breaking up with Koyamauchi, Chiba came to Tokita, and suddenly vented on Tokita because of Koyamauchi's evaluation of Tokita just now. If you don't watch the film, you may feel that Chiba's venting is unreasonable, but the unreasonableness here is the expression of Chiba's innermost emotions. Similarly, this episode laid the groundwork for the two to come together in the end.
At this time, Shimanotaro broke in and asked Chiba to immediately treat the collapsed Fanchuan. This time, under the intervention of the red pepper, Fanchuan gradually opened up his heart, revealed his deep love for movies one by one, and gradually revealed the true identity of the so-called "friend" who betrayed him at the age of 17. At this time, Tokita, who entered the dream of the ice room alone, was swallowed by the dream and lost himself, and the dreams of everyone began to overlap. "The vortex on the edge of the dream and the dream" implies the instability of the fusion of the collective subconscious and the huge power that devours reality.
Seeing that Fanchuan was swallowed by the dream, Chiba could only quickly get out of the Fanchuan dream, and Yujima Torotaro decided to enter the ice room dream to find the answer after discussion. The doll of Shitian is reflected in the dream of the ice room, which implies the strong jealousy of Shitian, and at the same time, it also reflects the huge statue in the hill that depicts the perfect male image in "Apollo on the Watchtower", which implies that the ice room is very jealous of the people in the hill. Emotion (corresponding to the BL magazine found in the previous investigation of the ice room's home), and finally, the image of the ice room that has been entangled with vines and has fallen apart appears, and the person behind all of this is --- Mikijiro. Its powerful force forced the red pepper to retreat, only to withdraw from the dream. On the way to the residence of Chairman Kiseijiro, Chiba said that Hiroshima's dream was no longer his own dream. The image of the rain gradually falling and condensing is like the image of the axon terminal and synaptic terminal of a neuron, which coincides with the topic Chiba said, a very classic shot.
Arriving at Ganjingjiro's residence, Chairman Gan has been waiting for a long time: "...Dream is deprived of science, and in the inhumane real world, the only place where humanity remains is the dream... That parade is being chased by reality. Refugees, I want to protect the dream, the keeper of the dream." "We stayed as human beings to protect this sanctuary of humanity from the rampage of science without ideas." This sentence completely reflects Chairman Gan's inner world also shows that he is a strong person who does not hide his heart, and only those who combine the two sides of human nature are strong, which is why uncombined red peppers are no match for Gan. Although he has great power, the disabled chairman cannot get the freedom of his body in reality, and the inhuman real world tortures his spirit, so the dream is that he is the only human being who can fully enjoy the body A place with spiritual freedom. But the birth of DCmini has trampled on this last sanctuary, which is unacceptable to the chairman of the board. In order to gain freedom forever, he wants to use DCmini to gather the subconscious minds of all mankind, completely separate from the real world, and create new order!
At this time, Chiba found out that what she was in was also a dream, and began to escape. During the chase, the red peppers turned into the Sphinx in the famous painting "Oedipus and the Sphinx", and Oedipus became Oedipus. This picture and the dialogue between the two are very meaningful, "Sphinx is not suitable for you." "You are a good researcher by day, and a loyal servant of the chairman at night. What is that?" "Don't say it! Humans are It is multi-faceted!" "For you who were prepared by the chairman, Oedipus is very suitable for you!"
This borrows the myth of "Oedipus and the Sphinx". "Oedipus complex", its external manifestation is a triangular interpersonal relationship structure, that is, the individual itself, the object of love, the enforcer (taboo system), accompanied by conflicts between love and hate, and fear, etc. Contradictory emotions. The external conditions for its existence are human gender differences and incest taboos. In the movie, the staff member Oyamauchi not only respects Kan Seijiro, a saint who has lofty ideals and transcends the world, but also is full of admiration for Chiba Tatsuko. However, because Kan Seijiro cannot tolerate the existence of DCmini, he must restrain himself The love for Chiba, one of the founders of DCmini, and at the same time a little bit of revolt against Kansei Jiro, coupled with jealousy of Chiba's feelings for Tokita, eventually led to the extremely contradictory and distorted heart in Koyama. And Oyamauchi's abnormal expression of admiration for red peppers and his actions against Seijiro Ganjing made this contradiction vividly and vividly.
On the other hand, under the guidance of the bartender, Fan Chuan completely untied the knot in his heart. It turned out that the so-called "friend" was himself! Deep down, the self who used to be excellent, loved movies, and chased dreams. But this self who was finally strangled by himself, he betrayed himself and his own dream! He sealed up this memory, so much so that he had a dual personality that thought he was a completely different person, but subconsciously, he finally found himself, the one who loved movies and had dreams!
With the help of Fanchuan, Chiba returned to reality, but reality has begun to collapse, more and more people are swallowed up, and the crazy parade procession reflects the image of all beings in society. When swallowed, the inner side of the heart is revealed: Office workers who choose to commit suicide due to work pressure, those who are forced to abandon their music dreams, those who are greedy for money, voyeurs, sexually open people, homeless people, overworked people, politicians, politicians, believers... The kindness in the heart of the world , evil, beauty and ugliness, all displayed in this illusory procession.
At this time, Chiba and Red Pepper met, and Red Pepper's sentence is worth pondering: "You think you and others will get what you want, don't you look like a bald old man?" Indeed, these two people represent reality and fantasy, respectively. A pair of seemingly opposites can actually reflect each other, opposite and unified. This echoes the previous "night is the day of dreaming, and light is the darkness of dreaming", which is the important idea of the film.
Chiba insisted on rescuing Tokita, and at the moment of dragging Tokita out of the abyss, the two people's beautiful memories were triggered, the familiar scenes reappeared, and they released themselves in the illusory dreamland, and their inner emotions finally burst out. This kind of beauty and ugliness The combination of the film breaks the prejudice of the world, and the true love of human beings instantly ignites the hearts of the audience, making the audience unmoved.
On the other hand, Maki, who obtained the body of Koyama, completely got rid of the constraints of the wheelchair and became the most perfect existence. Maki said, "For the sake of complete order, I will make up for all the deficiencies", while taking the form of the famous statue "Disc thrower" , which is a metaphor for "eternity solidified in space", has reached unparalleled perfection.
The red pepper instantly realized that "to deal with shadows, you need light, to deal with dreams, you need reality, to deal with death, you need life, and to deal with yang, you need yin." The normal state, and in the face of the perfect body, Chiba, who has become a perfect body, who shows his true humanity, only Chiba, who has become a perfect body after "returning to himself", can complete the fusion with the dry body. Therefore, the combination of red pepper and Chiba has finally completed the unity of opposites, stopping the reversal of virtual and reality, and bringing the world to peace.
Through the representation of consciousness, the whole film properly interprets the philosophical thought of spiritual redemption, opposition and unity completed by human nature, making the film full and full of tension. The film's ingenious and rigorous conception, compact plot, and in-depth portrayal of characters are truly a rare masterpiece.
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