The black comedy full of absurd jokes, and the irreconcilable value conflicts gradually brewing push the story to the edge of uncontrollable madness, bringing a strong emotional impact.
"My hometown-Salas, the protagonist in my book, they can never leave; and I can never go back." The successful writer accepted the invitation from his hometown and went back to accept the award ceremony of the'Outstanding Citizen'. And his return, intervening in the life of his hometown again seems to just verify his "unable to go back."
Salas, the writer's hometown, fits the definition of a'small town' in the Chinese context. Compared with big cities, in addition to population size and urban construction, a'small town' has a defining label of values. Blocked, conservative, without an open mind, of course, there are many such people in big cities, but in small towns, such people are more concentrated and values are more integrated. They are compatriots of the writer, and he is'the protagonist in the book'.
The pick-up driver who appeared at the beginning was an interesting mockery. When the writer ridiculed himself by tearing up the book to keep warm in the field, the driver calmly tore the book in front of him to wipe the shit. Then, people from their hometowns of different forms appeared one by one, constantly challenging the writer's principles and values.
Here, the fame of the writer is separated from him. People admire him as a Nobel Prize writer, follow him, drive him parade, give speeches, take pictures, erect statues, all kinds of flattery, exaggerated and embarrassing. He is capable, but everyone does not understand him and his thoughts. In the open class, the audience's question "Why don't you write more beautiful things?" He completely denied his writing.
The doctor who participated in the painting competition is the most representative figure in the town. He is the most steadfast defender of the town’s values. In the escalation of the confrontation between him and the writer, we can see that the people of Salas have an attitude towards art. The ignorance and indifference of the writer, the writer’s struggle seemed in vain, and when he finally gave up and left, he realized the smooth and orderly experience that death brought to the writer under the crazy guns of his childhood friends and partners.
This is the process of creating a novel. The writer said at the Nobel Prize award ceremony: "Such unanimous recognition and praise determine the end of the writer's writing career." In his hometown, in the struggle, the writer was crusade and expelled. I have the inspiration for creation again. The film uses the form of chapter style, which is intertwined with the fiction and reality of the writer's novel. It is the inspiration and process of the creation of the novel. As for how much is fiction, how much is true? 'The truth does not exist, only deconstruction and interpretation. '
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