Dreams and split personality are important film expressions and creative themes. Among them are "Eight and a Half", "Masquerade", "Eight and a Half", "Psycho", "Fight Club", "Mu Holland Road", but these are mainly concentrated in the middle and late last century. From Freud's proposal of psychoanalysis, to its application in art films, to the development of commercial films, it has reached its peak. If Villeneuve wants to have a new expression, he must no longer play with dreams and split his personality. He can only find another way, that is, surreal (magic reality).
1 Why can not be interpreted with split personality
Human nature is complex, intertwined with a variety of desires and desires, some of which we know, some of which we do not know, and some of which we desire to know (Freud id, ego, superego). When used in movies, a character can be divided into multiple different people. In doing so, it can not only reflect the richness and hierarchy as a person, but also reflect the contradictions and conflicts of multiple people.
The key to this distinction is a unique time and space, because a person can only appear in a single time and space with a single personality. In other words, there will never be two personalities at the same time. This morning is a lamb slain, and in the afternoon a murderous demon, but not both a lamb and a demon in the morning. Some people here will retort that maybe two personalities are fighting, of course it is possible, and this is the so-called moment of choice. The good personality overcomes the sinister personality, which reflects the greatness of human nature. But please note that in the struggle, goodness and evil exist at the same time, or goodness rises to the top, or evil, they are at the same point in time, it will never be the afternoon evil that comes to the morning to fight against goodness, spanning time will go against reality .
In the movie, Anthony (a third-rate actor) and Adam (a history teacher) are obviously at two points in time, one after the other. The two crossed time. The past and the outsider met. How could they be dual personalities? The reason for the two time points is that there are two obvious evidences. One is a photo. When Adam (history teacher) took out the photo and compared it with Anthony (a third-rate actor), only half of it was himself, and the other half was torn off (obviously A group photo of a couple torn apart due to a breakup), but at the house of Anthony (a third-rate actor), he found a complete group photo, indicating that Anthony (a third-rate actor) was Adam (history teacher) in the past, when he and his girlfriend had not yet broken up .
After the breakup, Adam (history teacher) moved into a new apartment and became a history teacher, which can be seen in his mother's messages and conversations, while Adam (history teacher) did not have furniture in his residence, and the packing box was placed on the ground. prove.
According to this, it is enough to prove that Anthony (a third-rate actor) and Adam (a history teacher) are not dual personalities in the same time line, but two different time points, surreal meeting.
2 two very different people
Anthony (third-rate actor) and Adam (history teacher) are two completely different people, facing in opposite directions. Anthony (third-rate actor) wears a cool motorcycle suit and rides a wild motorcycle, Adam (history teacher) wears yellow shoes, Driving a low-key ordinary ride. Anthony (a third-rate actor) walks with his chest up and his head up, while Adam (a history teacher) hunches and nods. From occupation, clothing, posture, watch, means of transportation, etc., Anthony (a third-rate actor) and Adam (history teacher) can be shown worlds apart. The key point that connects the two is the mother's words, "You have a respectable job, stop daydreaming of being a third-rate actor", so it was Anthony (a third-rate actor) who became the later Adam (history teacher).
Adam (historical teacher) is reluctant to look back, he tries to make a distinction with the past, which is evident by saying that he never watches movies and doesn't like blueberries. Although Adam (the history teacher) tried his best to forget the past, the past came to him with a kind of present and met him directly. The face-to-face confrontation between the present and the past is the theme of this film, and it is also the so-called surreal. When a person faces his past self, and when a person faces his future self, in two cases, we will see two different character forms, which is different from split personality, because the past and the present have a causal connection, not two Equivalent form.
3 A day of swapping identities
Anthony (a third-rate actor) forced Adam (history teacher) to switch identities. Anthony (a third-rate actor) couldn't get over his cheating problem, while Adam (history teacher) came to his pregnant wife. He thought it was just an easy day. Human wells do not make river water, but the most surreal and elusive places appear. This leaves a huge room for interpretation. The pregnant wife knows that it is not Adam (history teacher), but wants him to stay and have a relationship. Who does she love? Adam (history teacher) also likes this and is willing to stay. Anthony (a third-rate actor) was unfortunately found and had a car accident with his lover.
4 pairs of shoes
In the interaction of characters at two time points, props become important tools, and they all appear in pairs and contrast with each other. In addition to watches, clothing, motorcycles and motorcycles, there are two pairs of shoes that play an important role for the two. Anthony (a third-rate actor) saw Adam's (history teacher) lover's shoes with a snakeskin pattern. The snake symbolizes desire and temptation, and he chased after Adam and Eve. And Adam (history teacher) picks up Anthony (third-rate actor) pregnant wife's pair of shoes that have been out of shape for a long time, giving birth to a longing for family. It can be said that the outside world has participated in changing the past, and the past has participated in changing the outside world.
5 What is the effect of surrealism
All surrealism is used to express reality, but in an exaggerated way, which has been common in literature and painting. In "One Hundred Years of Solitude", Macondo has been raining for several years. Back to the film, through the encounter between the past and the outside world, it tells about the two states of people before and after, the changes in career and love life, how should we view our own past, or directly intervene to change the past. All through this surreal triumph.
6 Symbols of the spider
As a manifestation of surrealism, spiders appear four times in total, each with a unique shape, and there is no particularly clear mental reference in itself. found existence.
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