7.5/10
Did David really live in a wonderful context?
Does he really "can be called God's perfect masterpiece" as the film's introduction says?
Perhaps, but from the layers of dreams, it is not difficult for the author to see the profound impact of childhood trauma on him, this invisible deep force pushes him to greater trauma.
vanilla sky
"Vanilla Sky" is the title of the film, and it is also a painting by Monet in the film (but the real name of that painting is The Seine at Argenteuil, the Chinese translation is the Seine of Argenteuil).
That painting becomes a thread that links two themes of David's life in the film: childhood traumatic memories (the death of his mother) and Sophia (true love), two themes that confirm David's growth as a man. The moment Vanilla Sky appears in the film is also the perfect moment for David: David meets Sophia, David recovers, Sophia wakes David up on the street, the top deck of Life Extension (witness David’s life in this place) Growing up, David jumped from the top floor of Life Extension against a vanilla sky). David, who lives in layers of dreams, reintegrated his life and redefines his true memory in the fast-edited flashbacks. It was then that he clearly realized what was fantasy and what was reality.
about dreams
Freud said: The meaning of a dream is the fulfillment of a wish. Combined with his discussion of dream material and dream mechanism, he explains "dream work" in one sentence, which may be "combining childhood memories , traumatic scenes and wishes that appear in the form of "makeup" in dream thinking with physical stimulation and whiteness . Together with the remnants of the sun, after condensed or unified 'processing', through secondary processing , coherently presented in the story scene in the dream ( representation ) ”
[Note: Freud referred to dream thinking, bodily stimulation, and daytime remnants as the material of dreams, and called concentration, unification, secondary processing, and figuration as the mechanism of dreams. Dream thinking consists of childhood memories, traumatic scenes, and desire together]
Confused.
A nightmare story, but the nightmares all stem from a series of fears caused by the Oedipus complex in David's growing up (women's threat to men) and a series of actions triggered by fear (frustrated Oedipus complex - constantly changing sex object).
"Who will interpret the dream?"
The answer to the question is tragic, and David in the film interprets the dream by jumping from the top floor of Life Extension to reconstruct the dream, which may also be the most "worth the deal". Some nightmares are the seeds planted by the problems of the original family. There is no way to blame anyone, but who will make up for it. This may still be a question to be answered.
Thriller, the factors that create threats and anxiety have not been completely banished and completely eliminated.
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