Yuzi is the genetically modified "best sow" born in an American technology company ten years ago, and Mirando, the female director of the company, has personally become the endorsement star of genetically modified pigs. In the "Best Sow" contest, 27 cubs were entrusted to farmers in 27 countries to raise them. Ten years later, one pig was selected as a superstar. For ten years, Mirando has been concealing the fact of "genetically modified pigs" from the public, packaging them into new breeds discovered in South America, giving them health and environmental connotations, and making them a household name through media operations. Yuzi and Mija have lived in the mountains of South Korea for seven years. When a technology company came to reclaim the best sow, they realized that Mija, who had separated from Yuzi, broke to pieces and the piggy bank in the house was smashed from the depths of the mountain desperately. He ran to Seoul in an attempt to snatch his own jade from the tech giants.
Starting from "Snow Country Train", Bong Joon-ho no longer only focused on the social reality of South Korea, but began to try to use movies to explore more in-depth and universal globalization and human issues. Just like "Snow Country Train"'s discussion of global warming and human doomsday, "Yuzi" is like a big news that spans ten years and covers almost all of the current hot topics, from nature to consumerism to the future of mankind, giving it to the public Very broad thinking space. The whole film conforms to the current rebellion against "elitism" that is blooming all over the world, and completely subverts the social order that is considered "already ossified".
The first is the proposition of humans, animals, and nature, where pigs are no longer the species at the lower end of the food chain responsible for giving human nutrition. In the history of literature and film, the pig has always been a favorite animal by the author, used to think about human beings. Orwell's "Animal Farm" and Imamura's "Pig and Warship" are both representative works that use pigs to express humanity and criticize consumer society. Yuzi is more like a tiger and a bear under the lens of Jean-Jacques Arnault. By establishing emotions with individuals in humans, they fight against a social machine and the so-called social order built by humans on the opposite side. Yuzi, Mija, and animal protection organizations formed an alliance. Although they don’t know much about each other, Yuzi and Mija simply hope not to separate. What the animal protection organizations pursue is to expose the shady technology companies and stop these genetically modified pigs. Become human food. However, their tripartite alliance based on faith finally completed a perfect blow to the monopolistic plutocrats and the social order they built.
In "Paris, the Capital of the Nineteenth Century", Benjamin revealed the essence of the "entertainment" of commodities at the World Exposition. The colorful products and entertainment make the "display value" of the product replace the "use value", and make it glow with entertainment. What Mirando created is a vigorous "star-making movement". The sow has become a star in the TV arena, Mirando has become the spokesperson of ecology and environmental protection, and the public's attention has long since been "eaten by sows". "Value" is transferred to the "entertainment attributes" created by the media. Mirando also has a strong desire to become a star. At the last moment before the press conference, she lamented that after ten years, the public’s goal has finally shifted from "sow" to herself, and she finally has the opportunity to become a surpassing "mother". Superstar of "Pig". Yes, the final celebration of the film brings the film back to the discussion of entertainment itself. Here we review the history of the development of art and entertainment, from the "concentration" in the painting period, to the "distraction" in the era of mechanical reproduction, to the "distraction" in the era of mobile Internet, entertainment is presented to people in different forms, and entertainment itself The essence of is always a kind of interconnection with the social power mechanism.
And "anti-elitism" is the public's rebellion against this kind of social and cultural manipulation. Mirando has resolutely become a spokesperson for health, green and environmental protection. She has toured around the world to give speeches and is undoubtedly an elite in business and culture. The elites have created a seemingly free and democratic society. People can choose the president and parliamentarians they like, and they can look for the media to expose their own rights and interests. But under the seemingly just social order, what is hidden is indeed the perfect use of this set of social rules by the elites, who know too well how to use this set of social rules for their own benefit. The anger of the people began to erupt at the moment when animal cruelty appeared on the big screen, and the people demanded the release of the animals in the laboratory to stop this deceitful lie. Looking back at our current world, Trump was elected president of the United States, and the people’s anger at Park Geun-hye’s political affairs is undoubtedly a strong counter-measure to this “elitism”.
"Yuzi" blurs the boundary between film and news. To be precise, it is more like a sci-fi news, and through this news, a channel can be established to connect to the real society. It makes us think about the various phenomena around us, the numerous charities in the background of the consortium? A TV star that tens of thousands of people watch on TV? Or an elite who holds the words and authority? All in all, "Yuzi" tells us how to question the world.
Original: Deep Focus
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