Behemoths can be seen everywhere in movie scenes, including square-style courts, towering doors, buildings, and neatly organized labor, while individuals are often placed under the giants, appearing extra small and oppressive. These giants, I would like to understand as "order", especially the order of modern rationalization. Everything is in order, but everything is lifeless. People repeat like clockwork, not only company employees, but also defendants like Brock, painters, lawyers, etc. Because everyone is so familiar with order, everything is in order without a sense of deprivation and alienation. I read the original book when I was very young, and of course I didn’t understand it, and I didn’t remember it. After watching the movie, I went to read the original book again (so the following feeling may not be accurate). Obviously, the movie changed Mr. K's image. In the original Mr. K until his death, he was "following orders". When Mr. K of the movie said "This is a prank, it wants me to feel the absurdity of reality" (to the effect), it seems to be the director's interpretation of Kafka's novel. So that also changed the tone of the movie. Mr. K failed to be integrated into the order and died. And the novel, without the sense of wonder at the trumped-up crime, at the actions of Bullock and lawyers, is numb until death, and it is even more difficult to grasp its meaning. But I have a feeling that in reality, most people do not have a sense of surprise (to a certain extent, this is something that only philosophers have), they live their lives "not seriously", they don't pursue even absurd things, they just endure it According to tradition and custom, a lifetime is over. So their lives will not collapse.
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