The whole film is relatively subtle in expression, filling most of the space with various normal life (normaler Leben), only a brief dialogue between Niko and Julia outside the theater, slightly revealing the director's intention, that is, the meaning of when people work hard The world becomes so strange (merkwürdig) when it collapses. When asked whether this change is because meaning constitutes the rationality of the world, or is there no rationality in the world itself, and meaning is just a veneer to cover up this nothingness?
Niko, as a rich second generation, originally had clear goals and life plans, went to university, studied law, and inherited his father's business. But growing up gave him the opportunity to touch the world with his own hands, and when he experienced it, he realized that something was not right. So he needs to stop and think about it (nachdenken), which is the reason he gave Dad about dropping out of school, but when he tried to express this idea and let Dad understand, this meaning was instantly questioned by Dad." I give you 1000 Euro a month to make you think about life for me?" (ich gebe dir 1000 Euro, damit du über mich nachdenkst ?) shattered instantly.
The weird thing about the world is that when we're immersed in our lives and having fun, we seem to have a sense of being in control. But when we try to think about it (the word nachdenken, "nach" is backwards, "denken" thinks, no doubt the most accurate), when we want to understand the content, or there is no reason or reason, we are involved. The torrent of life, everything is uncontrollable, the ordinary order and meaning disappears, and even the usual Kaffe becomes out of reach and difficult to obtain. In this day, Niko's misunderstanding of not getting coffee is interspersed in each plot. The seemingly simple and humorous is also the design of the director's point of view. In these days without coffee, life The order and ordinary habits of the novel become jerky and chaotic, and it is this breaking of the ordinary that pushes the protagonist to the reality of life step by step.
The director did not use abstract metaphors to construct this macro theme, but used a montage technique to organize small fragments of life, return to the world of life, and use everyday language to expound and express. Almost light comedy (not strictly a comedy, although one of the important elements of comedy, the unfortunate encounter of the protagonist constitutes most of the plot, but it goes beyond comedy to simply entertain the audience and does not reserve space for thinking) The style puts the audience first. Placed in a daily and relaxed atmosphere, occasionally a few seemingly serious thoughts and absurd encounters try to debunk the theme and lead the audience to think about it.
No matter in terms of the plot trend, or in terms of investment and impact, the film is very similar to "The Journey (or Thailand)" (both in terms of box office and evaluation), the difference is that the film The point of the film is not to make laughs, and to be deep by the way, but to be humorous by the way in the deep, and there are obvious differences in the fluency of camera language and plot design.
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