Humanity, Spirituality, Divinity

Jerry 2022-03-25 09:01:19

From Apichatpong’s film winning the Palme d’Or in 2011 to Mo Yan’s novel winning the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2012, magical realism, as a unique artistic symbol in the postmodern period, is no longer a purely utopian spiritual appeal. With the expansion of people's ideology, it will more and more profoundly show the philosophical proposition of the harmony and unity of nature and human nature in its supernatural form.
This film tells a story about the bizarre reincarnation of humans and animals in nature. It evokes my long-standing inertial thinking about human nature, nature, and fate, and shows a bold conclusion: all things have a spirit, and all reincarnations , all originating from past causes and effects. Humanity, spirituality, and divinity will be transformed into each other at the right time. This is undoubtedly a well-intentioned warning to the human beings who claim to be the masters of the world, especially the materialists who claim that man can conquer the sky. Personally, I think this film is a rare masterpiece of magical realism.

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  • Idella 2022-03-27 09:01:18

    Whether it is the dark and gloomy jungle landscape or the tropical style under the sun, the film keeps a "retirement" attitude by looking back to the past in fragments: the dead relatives are taken care of, the son becomes a ghost monkey, like a ghost monkey. The cave of the womb, the sex between the princess and the catfish, and the anti-communist behavior of Boonmee, the connection between fate and causality is derived from mysticism, as well as the director's political reflection and thinking about life.

  • Alberto 2022-04-23 07:03:58

    Occasionally terrifyingly funny, but mostly boring.

Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives quotes

  • Boonmee: You know, this is a result of my karma.

    Jen: What is?

    Boonmee: This illness. I've killed too many communists.

    Jen: But you killed with good intentions.

    Boonmee: And I've killed a lot of bugs on my farm.

  • Princess: Are you some kind of ghost?

    Catfish: I'm not a ghost. I'm a catfish.