edge of light and dark

Athena 2022-04-19 09:02:21

The theme of this film is self-evident, that is, modern people's ignorance of today's advanced civilization is like blindness, but when human reason and human physiology (vision) degenerate to a primitive state, appetite and sexual desire have become human beings. After all the pursuits, whether the essence of human civilization (government, collective, caring, etc.) accumulated for thousands of years is trampled again after the war by the backlogged animal nature of human beings, or is it because of the awakening of conscience that people move from isolation and alienation to dependence and unity? It is the spiritual torture that the author sends to the world.

Obviously, the author created the only female image who can see the light, not only for the convenience and rationality of the narrative, but the doctor's wife is the only remaining conscience of human beings, and it is also a fluke hope for human nature. She is kind, attentive, tolerant, and most importantly, she has the reason to reflect on human beings. From the beginning, in order to take care of her husband, she lied that she was sick too, and then she took on the responsibility of taking care of everyone in the madhouse building. She witnessed the primitive desires of people in the building, when she saw her husband and a woman wearing sunglasses. When making love, she thought, "This is how the world started." She would cry because she forgot to wind up her watch. At this time, she is "bright", while others are in the "darkness" of their hearts, the building has become a hell on earth, and people are defecation everywhere, "...dirty quilts, lice bites, bed bug bites, The fleas are jumping around..." and people began to fall into a state of anarchy, where only violence could conquer everything. At the end, not only in the building, but when the white eye disease has spread to the whole society, the world is paralyzed, and even the dogs are biting people's corpses, then the doctor's wife said: "There is no difference between the outside and the inside, here and there. Likewise, there is no difference between our present and our future.”

Does blindness re-close the increasingly distant distance between people, or does it once again expose the vulnerable animal nature of human civilization? It is just the loss of national vision, which can lead to "people turning into beasts". Interestingly, at the end, the first blind man regained his sight, and he saw the darkness in front of him, and then he realized that he could "see", is the movie intentionally metaphorical, the sight of a normal person today? Instead, it is necessary to let the heart fall into "darkness" again from the primitive collective dependence and unity, and people will return to the cold and numb state under the distortion of industrial civilization? In my opinion, the last one to restore sight to all people is not a hope for mankind, and I really disagree with the "persistent and tenacious yearning and appeal for the future of mankind" in the relevant comments. In fact, this should be a more severe torture for human beings after the test of blindness. After human beings regain their sight and society restores order, the world has fallen into a kind of unconscious blindness, which is difficult for human beings to detect. , in the final analysis, it's just a shift from one kind of blindness to another "blindness", people's bestiality is hidden, but the ruthlessness of this society is still there (the government's actions), and the alienation is still there, no wonder the doctor's wife wants to restore him After seeing the sight, I thought, "...there is a strong sense of loneliness at this moment", "Now it's my turn (blind)."

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  • Phyllis 2022-03-27 09:01:12

    Evil in milk, hope in coffee cup.

  • Jeffry 2022-03-27 09:01:12

    extremely disappointed

Blindness quotes

  • First Blind Man: He stole my car.

    Doctor: It doesn't matter, what are you gonna do with a car, you can't drive anyway?

    Thief: [referring to thief] He stole my sight!

  • Doctor: You of all people... born blind should understand empathy... and human decency.

    King of Ward 3: Shut up. Shut up. He's blind. That's all. That doesn't make him good or bad! That just makes him blind. And now, he's blind with a purpose. Because he's looking out for the sick and the hungry of his own ward.