The story takes place in the Kalahari Desert in South Africa, when a pilot accidentally dropped a Coke bottle and dropped it on the Xixo tribe. The Bushmans gathered around and stared at this beautiful thing, which was as transparent as water but extremely hard, and not only made a beautiful sound, but also used for grinding snakeskin, and even for other purposes, they regarded it as a God's gift. Unexpectedly, since having this bottle, the people of this small tribe have for the first time a strange emotion, that is, they are unwilling to share it with others, and everyone wants to monopolize it. Key decides to throw the "ominous thing" that disrupted their peaceful life to the end of the world. So he took the bottle and went on the road. He experienced various adventures along the way. Between the collision of modern civilization and ancient African indigenous civilization, we smiled and understood human beings and nature.
The Bushmans are the only human beings who have settled down in the Kalahari Desert for a long time. They are isolated from the world, far away from civilization, and have pure and lovely personalities. For example, they simply believe that thunder is the burp of God's fullness; they are in a simple and perfect harmony with nature. For example, they tracked by symbols and imprints, hunted food with narcotic swords, arranged leaves to replace surface water with dew...
And the cities hundreds of miles away, the highly developed human civilization, are like endless wheel tracks in the film , continuous, mechanical, and never stops.
The director kept switching screens, rioting and looting South African terrorists, speeding jeeps, clumsy and funny modern people, gentle Bushmans, rhinos ready to put out fires, wild boars jumping up when they saw red underwear , the cowardly and naive coyote, and the black and white honey badger that bites and does not let go, forming a stark and profound contrast, either praised or criticized, beyond words. The audience can't help but sigh, is the developed modern civilization more satisfying for us in a hurry, or are these animals and indigenous people living in the wild land better know how to get along happily?
We can't help but look at ourselves, and look at our standards for happiness, material things, and nature. Should the endless pursuit of materialistic desires have an end, should we learn from what the Bushman Prabhu said, "I think the end of the world is quite far, and you have to walk twenty or forty days to get there", are we It should also stop at the right time, let the desire have an end, and let the mind also stop at the inn to rest? For thousands of years, the gears of human civilization have been rolling forward, and the Bushmans cannot avoid it. This is only a concept of time. We can't ask ourselves to return to the selfless inner state of the Bushman people, but at least we can do is to stick to our simple and gentle nature, and a mature mentality that is adequate.
It's a really enjoyable movie. Funny performances, vast deserts, melodious indigenous flute sounds, diverse flora and fauna, what unfolds in front of you is an interesting natural beauty.
There are many funny scenes in the film, so I won't list them for now, just give an example. Ki finally found a place that looked like the end of the world, and tried to dig a hole to bury this ominous thing and throw it out of the earth. But it was snatched by a curious orangutan. The base station was under the tree, and the old language of Bushman sounded like a human scratching his head. Start listening and eventually drop the bottle.
Strangely enough, the author, at a very young age, was well versed in the Bushman speaking knack, and often practiced it in private. As far as I know, the entertainment effect is also very Bushman.
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