Its feature film starts at the 16th minute.

Magma represents the force that created the land, and rain heralds the birth of life. Times have changed, the stars have changed, creatures have climbed from the ocean to the land, and humans have recorded history on the slate. From now on, humans are the protagonists.

The primitive tribal culture is full of the imprint of faith. The harsh sound of the chainsaw and the little girl's glimpse in the depths of the green leaves opened the prelude to the destruction of nature by human beings. Crowded, confused, filthy. At this time, faith is the carnival of some people. At Grand Central Station in New York, the clocks are spinning fast. Although the changes in the human world are so great, one thing has never changed. Life is limited. In the three-dimensional world, time is always moving forward, which makes human beings do everything possible to save time, streamline operations, megacities, and meticulous division of labor. So what have these measures brought us? Exploitation of the same kind, pollution of nature.

What follows is a discussion of human inexhaustible desires. Smiling children on bicycles and prostitutes in brothels express the common and unique human sexuality. The warplanes and burning oil fields show the exaggerated possessiveness of human beings. When you see the gas chambers where the Jews were massacred, you can't help but wonder, why is humanity so evil? However, this is far from over. The towering synagogues, the loyal soldiers, the magnificent pyramids, and the dense terracotta warriors and horses show that the human desire for power has no end. However, the people who wash up by the Ganges River have no heart to distinguish. The corpse was burnt in full view of the public, and it was not very abrupt. Human beings, what are the differences?

Between the monks striking the bell and the primitive man jumping, the film comes to an end. The beauty created by human beings is also innumerable. And all of this comes from the thoughts in my mind. In this thought, there is evil, there is good, and there are all things.

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its feature film starts at the 16th minute

Cecil 2022-04-21 09:02:55

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Eliane 2022-03-25 09:01:14

The fickleness of the world and the insignificance of the earth are brought to light through the nature/society clips captured through slow music and slow motion. Editing the daily life of countries and ethnic groups with different skin colors/cultures/development levels around the world, and depicting various religious ceremonies that seem to be completely different or even tit-for-tat. It seems to be a simple description of the customs, but in fact it conveys a kind of sentient beings. All suffering, the meaning of the Great Harmony of the world, can not help but remind people of the Gnostic trend of thought in the late classical era. Considering that the film was made in the year after the end of the Cold War, the expectation of "the end of history" is even more obvious. In the 1990s, Europe and the United States, which believed that they had achieved the ultimate victory, were very popular with this concept of Datong and fraternity, which to a large extent constituted the origin of the later behavior of the Virgin. The world, it can be said that it is an ironic backlash against this kind of death.
Guiseppe 2022-04-24 07:01:17

Ah, the nature is really scary... I am afraid that I am not strong enough in this life and do not want to appreciate the strong religious atmosphere and primitive power. I finally realized what the guys in Trainspotting said when they saw a piece of nature, I feel like throwing up... I and other common people still stay in the air-conditioned room to enjoy the convenience brought by the materialistic society, and by the way, I have a sadness with the girl who has nothing to do with the world. hello