Essay

Winnifred 2022-03-21 09:02:27

Very impetuous life. Corruption. So I decided to find something to be quiet. Like a horrific story or a horror movie. However, Nai He happened to turn off the lights and shut down the Internet when he was revisiting the god of death alone. After screaming in pain, the rogue flipped through the hard drive and suddenly found a movie that was downloaded at an unknown time. The movie is called "Double Personality". Originally, I thought it was a thriller about split personalities. However, it is not. It is indeed a film about split personality, but it is not thriller, and even has a bit of dark humor. A small clerk named Simon James, he passed by the gate every day for seven years in obscurity, but the doorman did not know him at all. He has a careful mind, a genius who is eccentric and isolated, but he is careful not to speak to anyone all day long. Suddenly, there was a Simon James who looked exactly like him. This one, however, is sociable, and as soon as he appears there is a door open for him and hot coffee for him. Two extreme and identical people, transparent Simon and heartthrob Jims. Jims teaches Simon to pursue love, and Simon helps Jims with his duties. It seems fine and everything will go on without incident, however, Jims robs Simon of his love, work ideas, and life. People who are too forbearing will burst into sharp and outrageous sparks under the unbearable repression. right. as you think. Simon locks up Jims, who is sleeping peacefully without knowing it, and kills himself. Jumped down without hesitation. Jims looked at Simon, who was standing on the terrace opposite, as if Simon was looking at the man who died before. Signal to each other, then jump off. Thick blood splattered under him. I thought he was going to die. But this strange drama didn't end that way. By the end of the show, I'm still thinking about the Jims smile on Simon's face. Who is dead? I have no idea.

2015.11.15

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  • Zane 2022-04-20 09:02:01

    The lighting is good, but I don't like it.

  • Jeffry 2021-12-25 08:01:37

    Doppelganger; Dostoevsky (the closest work to Gogol) personal existential crisis + Kafka-style trapped feeling + Gilliam-style wonderful world setting + dystopian tradition; various styles With details, music and quotes, Ayoade is so emotional! Look at it again another day~

The Double quotes

  • Workers' Services Executive: You don't exist anymore.

    Simon: Excuse me?

    Workers' Services Executive: You're no longer in the system.

    Simon: Well, just put me back in the system.

    Workers' Services Executive: I can't put you back in the system.

    Simon: Why?

    Workers' Services Executive: Because you don't exist. I can't put someone who doesn't exist in the system.

    Simon: But I used to be in the system.

    Workers' Services Executive: Not according to the system. In fact, according to the system, you've never existed.

    Simon: How reliable is the system?

    Workers' Services Executive: Hey, it's completely reliable.

    Simon: Yes, but I used to exist. I do exist! I'm standing in the this room, aren't I?

    Workers' Services Executive: And?

    Simon: So how do I get back in the system?

    Workers' Services Executive: You need a card.

    Simon: Right. So can I please get a new card?

    Workers' Services Executive: No.

    Simon: Why?

    Workers' Services Executive: Because you're not in the system.

  • Mr. Papadopoulos: Simon, give Rudolph his arm back!