The deleted part still affects the plot

Carmelo 2022-03-24 09:01:23

The deletion of the released version did affect the plot: 1. The film was around 45'28'' - 46'20'', and about 1 minute was deleted: the heroine husband (Kane) took a dagger and peeled off his teammate's belly, And saw the intestines peristalsis, and then Kane held a piece of intestines with one hand and a half, and saw the intestines peristalsis in his hands, the whole process was filmed. That is to say, after watching this video, the team members began to panic. At 67' of the video, Anya found that her palm prints were wriggling and changing just like the bowels she had seen before. The relationship between the master is not ordinary, which is also one of the reasons why she tied the other three teammates behind her; 2. At 62' of the film, the head of the teammate who died of the bear attacking the teammate was deleted, and the teammate's throat can be clearly seen here. There is no more, and the foreshadowing of the bear making a human voice is also buried.

To be honest, only the second brush can feel the emotions of the characters in the film. What is the difference between suicide and self-destruction? Freud put forward the human death instinct: will show aggression or self-destruction. "There are very few people who commit suicide, but many are self-destructing." For example, the heroine cheated and ruined her marriage, and Josie experienced the sense of existence through self-mutilation. People are participating in the operation in the self-destruction of human life, frustration, shadow and therefore cycle but do not know who . The heroine also voluntarily participated in the action. On the one hand, her self-destructive tendency is on the other hand, and she feels guilty for her husband. At this time, the heroine thought it was too simple.

At the 39' of the film, Cass tested the reason for the heroine's participation in the action, but the heroine's lie was exchanged for the truth:

Cass: I think there must be a reason for that.

Hostess: What do you mean?

Cass: Volunteer for this squad...if the family is happy, you wouldn't do such a thing. We've all been hurt.

Afterwards, Cass cited the "injuries" of her teammates one by one, including her own.

After the conversation during the day, the heroine must have thought a lot, and she should have guessed her husband's "injury". At 53' of the film, the heroine finally asks the team leader why her husband voluntarily participated in the action/"suicide". As a psychologist & the leader of the psychological assessment, I first introduced "self-destruction" to the heroine, citing several examples of self-destruction, such as destroying a marriage... It seems casual, but actually told the heroine the answer. I think as the leader of the team, she must know the real reason for each team member's participation in the action: Kane, just as the heroine estimated, already knew that she was betrayed, and her love for the heroine caused her heart to suffer. Looking back and thinking about it, Kane deliberately said to the heroine before departure: I do...love you. It seems to be explaining something. Combined with the whole film, it is found that this is actually a last word to the heroine.

Team leader: "Actually, you may be more qualified to explain this issue than me."

The heroine contacted the fact that she had ruined her marriage at this time, and she was very alert and even slightly aggressive and said, "What do you mean?"

Seeing the heroine pretending to be stupid, the team leader changed the subject with a disdainful smile and gave the heroine a step down.

At this point, the heroine finally confirmed that her self-destructive behavior not only ruined the marriage, but also directly led to Kane's "suicide" behavior. The road ahead, she must go! My husband needs to be rescued~

This is good, the group is destroyed.

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Extended Reading
  • Erika 2021-10-20 19:02:31

    "And when you see beauty from decadence, your heart has changed. Decadent will try to occupy you."-"Lost Southern Border"

  • Audreanne 2021-10-20 19:02:32

    The living are begging for death, the dummy is begging for truth. Everything in the southern border seems to be polluted, the borders are shrouded in waves, fraternal flowers are blooming in the same vine, the teeth of raptors are interlaced, and the plants grow into human shapes. The world outside the South is so clean, betrayed in order to seek physical pleasure, in order to arrive with curiosity, and in order to feel the repeated suicide of life. The appearance of the flash, is it a bad omen from the sky, or is it a bitter fruit to eat? Everyone has a lighthouse in his heart, living in the same human form as you.

Annihilation quotes

  • Josie Radek: [to Lena, about the Shimmer] Ventress wants to face it. You want to fight it. But I don't think I want either of those things.

  • Lena: Why did my husband volunteer for a suicide mission?

    Dr Ventress: Is that what you think we're doing? Committing suicide?

    Lena: You must have profiled him. You must have assessed him. He must have said something.

    Dr Ventress: So you're asking me as a psychologist?

    Lena: Yeah.

    Dr Ventress: Then, as a psychologist, I think you're confusing suicide with self-destruction. Almost none of us commit suicide, and almost all of us self-destruct. In some way, in some part of our lives. We drink, or we smoke, we destabilize the good job... and a happy marriage. But these aren't decisions, they're... they're impulses. In fact, you're probably better equipped to explain this than I am.

    Lena: What does that mean?

    Dr Ventress: You're a biologist. Isn't the self-destruction coded into us? Programmed into each cell?