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The gods must be crazy! When I first heard the name of this movie, an image of God with crazy long hair and laughing incessantly came to my mind. With curiosity, I finished watching The Immortal Must be Laughing Crazy. After watching the movie, although God didn't appear from beginning to end, I personally think that the movie is about civilization VS barbarism, which makes people re-examine the influence of modern civilization on human beings. However, this film has brought me some thoughts.

There are some dim color pictures at the beginning of the film. The films of the 1980s are just like the science and education films we usually watch. Hot and beautiful African scenery. Animals run and jump beside the sun, hay and rivers. In such a leisurely world, harmony is everywhere. Then the camera turns to the busy modern civilization. The city is running fast and people are busy with each other. n！ Shao's trip made two civilizations intersect, and two parallel lines separated from each other met, which made me feel intense anxiety and shame. Compared with those purely tribal leaders, our civilization has electricity, cars and looting, but it has also lost its kindness, sincerity and unity. We are selfish, violent and petty. In the film, we see that "civilization" brings power struggle, war and hostility between people ... how to reflect on "modern civilization"?

The protagonists in The Gods Must Be Crazy are Chigo and his two sons-the eldest son Kisha and the youngest son Kiel, and Steven, the boss from the modern world. The film mainly tells a story between Bushmen and modern people in kalahari desert, which is only over 6,000 kilometers away from the center of new york. Although those Bushmen don't have our modern civilization, they live a simple and self-sufficient life. They have no planes and cannons, no cars and ships, and no concrete buildings and villas. But they are kind-hearted, love peace and care about their families. They have not experienced the oil age or the information age. Living on the kalahari desert, they can only judge what happened by all the traces on the sand. They have no surface water for nearly nine months of the year. However, in the face of cruel nature, they know how to survive, they cherish every drop of water, and they also know how to get a drop of water to maintain their own needs.

In movies, what we hate most is the boss who desperately wants money. He is also a representative of our modern people. It is illegal to kill elephants, but on the return trip, in order to catch up with the time, he can disregard the life and death of Kisha and Kiel, and in order to transport the ivory out unnoticed, he will release Yamakaji and murder his companions and innocent people. These behaviors are all behaviors that cannot be done. However, under the temptation of greed, the boss knows that he can't do it. Is this one of the representatives of modern civilized people? Looking at China and the world, are there few people who know what they can't do? The answer is quite a lot. Not only many, but also many. There are many things to catch. Are modern people civilized? Is law enforcement strict? Why do so many people hold their heads and exploit the loopholes in the law? Why are there such people who disregard their own lives for economic benefits? Why can you even give up your personality, conscience and virtue for the benefit of society? How many Sanlu milk powder incidents will happen in China? ……

People in primitive tribes are simple and kind, and people are happy with each other. This is an idyllic life close to an ideal paradise. But we also see that Cain can't communicate with the outside world in the film, which brings a lot of "trouble". There is one more question to think about. In modern society, how can "they" keep their fine traditions and integrate into the rapidly changing world? On the one hand, it is undeniable that the pace of civilization needs to move on; On the other hand, modern civilization can't be a sharp weapon to bury human beings, so we should keep humanity while human beings become more and more civilized.

Those aborigines lived a primitive life of self-sufficiency. When they heard thunder, they thought it was God who burped. When I heard the plane ring, I thought God was sick. Maybe you should say that he is not smart or beautiful. But if smart and beautiful people are hypocritical modern people, I would rather be a native who is not smart and beautiful. But it doesn't matter if you say they are not smart. They know how to collect dew, how to walk home according to footprints, how to scare off hyenas and defeat stronger opponents. Observe the footprints of animals, observe everything in the sand, and they will know what happened. Can you say that he is not clever? He can lend a helping hand in the face of desperate people. Can you say that he is not beautiful? At least, his mind is beautiful. In the ethnic struggle caused by the appearance of a glass bottle, he was able to restrain his desire and resolutely take the culprit to a far, far place and throw it away for the sake of the unity and interests of his people. Isn't this collectivism exactly what we modern people need and learn?

God is unfair because he designed people's living environment so differently. Mr. and Mrs. Bush live in a backward world in transportation, economy and culture. Compared with the hustle and bustle of the outside world, George W. Bush's life is really hard and naive and unfair. But God is fair. Bushmen don't have a superior life, but they have an upright and kind heart. They are honest, friendly, helpful and United, and they have the most sincere faces. Modern people are rich, but they are poor in heart. Modern people want to pursue greater interests in order to satisfy their own desires, which makes their personality even uglier. There is an ugly face hidden inside and outside the shiny clothes. Through these comparisons, we should see a deeper problem-the gap between rich and poor in society. We can't imagine what kind of jokes a person living in the center of new york will make when he meets and lives with an indigenous person living in the depths of Africa's virgin forest. If we want the harmonious development of this society, we must have the consciousness of overall development, take the road of getting rich first and then getting rich, and run the road of getting rich. Otherwise, our world will go to extremes-extremely rich and extremely poor, extremely advanced and extremely backward. Then, at that time, can we still live in peace? What will our world be like? I can't imagine.

The funniest thing in the movie is the little animal whose name is unknown. Just because Stephen's boot kicked it, it was indiscriminate and had to take revenge on that boot. It pestered the boot, hit it, and was full of grievances, wanting revenge. It's the first time for me to meet such a stubborn little animal, with clear grievances, persistent struggle and personality. Isn't that what we need to learn from the myriad postures, postures and oddities of nature? Nature is mysterious and interesting, and the world outside us is still very big. We are just a drop in the ocean, and nature is still waiting for us to unveil its magical veil. We should devote ourselves to learning with an open mind. We can't be satisfied with existing knowledge. Things are constantly changing and developing, so is our knowledge. Never too old to learn.

Utopia of rest

-You must be crazy about God.

What is "Utopia"? The word "Wu" can't help but make people think of "fantasy" first. We look at this word with all kinds of hopes, but we still have to admit that as a social theory, "Utopia" is still illusory in practice.

So, based on this reality, let's take a look at the aborigines in kalahari desert. While countless people dub the indigenous society in the film Eden, I have to question how much respect should we pay to the Bushmen? !

The story is unfolded by a glass bottle. As an unprecedented "good thing" in the eyes of indigenous people, glass bottles have aroused unprecedented lust, and were immediately regarded as evil, and had to be sent to the "end of the world" by the protagonist. It's hard for me to ignore this point, that is, Bushmen are not without selfish desires, but lack the media to stimulate them. When their possessiveness suddenly declined, they had no choice but to escape from the "utopia" of Bushmen, a rare product that caused possessiveness, and build it under the coercive conditions of material backwardness. It is not the noble simplicity of Bushmen who can endure poverty, but only a poor life can make Bushmen noble.

Why don't most people have a negative attitude towards Bushmen? Because they are in a relatively primitive and simple tribal form. If we put it into modern society, we can think of the popular saying that the poorer the better in the last century-this is almost universally acknowledged absurd today and does not match the stage of human development. The emergence of private ownership is a major turning point in human development. The indigenous world without private ownership is different from utopian theory. The former is backward and the latter is ahead. In my opinion, rejecting the selfless society maintained by the development of material and consciousness is essentially a powerless escape. Therefore, Bushmen will always be a case in a very special environment. Compare the story of bushman, the American socialist writer Jack? In London's short story "The Power of the Strong", it is described that when the material environment meets certain conditions, private ownership comes into being with the inequality of private ownership, and gradually establishes its initial form after external shocks. Of course, London, as a socialist, deliberately describes the ugly side of private ownership and selfish desires, but we must admit that this process is inevitable in the big external environment.

I have no intention of advocating private ownership objectively or subjectively. I just don't think Bushmen aborigines can be equated with utopia. Go back to the beginning and look straight. From Plato to utopian socialism, the idea of "utopia" is impossible at present, and we can even imagine that it will not be realized in a short time in the future. This distant pursuit of hope is a unique product of human wisdom, which I admire very much. Similar to the highest social realm "Utopia" known to mankind at present, it reminds me of the pursuit of the ultimate truth, which is more nihilistic and has a longer history and never stops. Now, I personally put the pursuit of social theory "Utopia" into the category of pursuing truth and talk about my feelings.

In the concept of "Utopia", private ownership was eliminated. I think this is by no means an appeal to the primitive return, but an idea put forward by human beings through "introspection" on private ownership and social system after reviewing their own development. Reflecting on and knowing yourself has always been strongly advocated by major religions and schools, and it is the first step in the pursuit of truth. In other words, no matter how scientific and possible the "Utopia" thought is, we should also pay tribute to its spirit. Because many scholars know that it is a fable, and my generation will never realize it, but they will still devote themselves to it-just like "even if Nicholas does not live forever, the truth will not die." Under such a consciousness, it seems stingy for onlookers to dwell on the possibility of "utopia".

Because of this, I think the theory that Bushmen encounter "Utopia" is incomparable. Even if there is no private ownership, it is very different-the former is a harmonious public ownership in a static and lagging state in a very special material poverty and closed environment, which cannot stand development; The latter is the ideal theoretical product of human beings' active pursuit of development under the general resource environment, and the conditions of the two are not equal. Therefore, even if we are faced with the extraordinary simplicity, happiness and kindness of Bushmen aborigines, we don't have to sell ourselves short. Their world outlook on human beings is simple and they respect natural life. Just like Buddhist philosophy, we are all-inclusive and benefit all beings. Moreover, when viewers admire the simplicity and beauty of Bushmen, it just shows that these qualities have not disappeared from our consciousness, and we need not be too sad. Existence is reasonable, and different civilizations determined by different conditions should not feel inferior when they meet.

I'm not belittling, I just question the blind worship and praise of Bushmen. From the perspective of an ideal society, compared with the static and fragile Bushman society, I prefer to actively pursue and explore knowledge under the thought of "Utopia", which has nothing to do with system, class and times. This is just an endless road.

Review of the Gods must be crazy.

Does God exist? Even crazy? Look, this name is attractive enough! So what exactly is this movie about? After reading it, I realized that it was a microcosm of the collision between the unknown primitive civilization and modern civilization in the process of urban development in the 1980 s The story begins with the quiet and peaceful life scene in Kalahari, which is like a desert but not a desert. There is a primitive tribe-giving. Although their lifestyle is hard, they have no selfish ideas. People live in harmony, help each other and share the fruits. In their hearts, God watches them silently and blesses them every day. However, such a quiet life was disturbed by a wine bottle thrown by "God".

When Kay went out hunting, she picked up the bottle left on the plane and took it back to the tribe. Soon, the clever Bushmen discovered many uses of this bottle, and everyone wanted to use it. It's a pity that God is so stingy-only one bottle is left! So the disharmony scene that has never appeared before is presented to people. Everyone quarreled with each other over the right to use the bottle, and even fought, and many bloodshed happened. Kay decided to return the culprit who disturbed the quiet life to God, so he began his doomsday journey. Along the way, Kay experienced various adventures, which caused endless fun.

At the same time, after a group of clumsy anti-government armed forces failed to attack the President, they began to live in exile ..... And Andrew Stie, a zoologist and botanist who has been doing research in Kahalali, drove an old jeep that was unmanned and could climb trees instead of a priest to pick up Miss Tang as a rural teacher. In this way, Miss Tang can see the difference between this jeep and Dr. Andrews' title. When I was in Cheshu, Kay first met Andrew Stie and Miss Tang, and thought they were immortals! When he gave the bottle to Andrew, Andrew Stie told him to throw it away, so Kay walked away angrily. After Kay left, she was detained by the local government for three months for shooting a goat domesticated in civilized times. Fortunately, Andrew Stie hired him to volunteer for 1 1 week. This paved the way for their cooperation to defeat the militants. When anti-government terrorists broke into the village and took Miss Tang and her students hostage, Andrew Stie, who was doing research outdoors, discovered this dangerous situation and prepared countermeasures to rescue Miss Tang. As Andrew's deputy, Kay tactfully completed the task given to him by Andrew Stie. In the end, everyone was saved, and no one was killed or injured, except of course anti-government terrorists.

Although the story is over, some of the characters in it leave an indelible impression.

Kay from primitive civilization collided with modern civilization, so comedy was born, just like Chaplin's pantomime, full of fun and joy. Kay regards everything in the world as sacred, as a gift from God, sacred and noble. So that the garbage left by western civilized people-broken bottles as a gift from loving God. At present, this kind of garbage can be seen everywhere in the metropolis 600 kilometers away, and people are fighting a war without smoke for reputation and interests all the time. The reactionaries also openly attacked the president and launched an armed struggle.

In contrast, Kalahari, where Kay lives, may be the last spiritual pure land of mankind. Lovely Bushmen, pure, simple, kind and persistent, without jealousy, hatred and power struggle, are a very pure race. Work at sunrise, rest at sunset, and live simply for survival. Living a carefree and happy life without burden is really lamenting that there are such simple and clean races on the earth. There is a sentence in it that describes the Bushmen: In Kalahari, you can live happily as you please. If you are happy, every day is Sunday, you don't need a clock or a calendar to decide your schedule. This is in stark contrast to the city where Kalahari gathers 600 kilometers.

The original intention of people to promote social progress is to enjoy life more comfortably and make modern civilization develop and progress. However, advanced civilization makes everyone live more difficult and bears more life pressure and mental pressure, so that some people who are overwhelmed yearn for a carefree life in childhood, so they choose to be reborn repeatedly and let themselves live a happy life in childhood; Others choose to wander around, let nature take its course, beg for food when they are hungry, borrow a lamp when they are addicted to cigarettes, and lie on their floor when they are sleepy. It's called detachment.

Andrew Stie, a zoologist and botanist, is a stubborn intellectual. In China's words, he is a "bookworm". He is like a deer who drinks ethanol by mistake in front of women, bumping around and destroying it. Although he is sometimes an asshole, he still shows the courage of a man at a critical moment, not to mention that he is duty-bound when his favorite object is in danger. At this time, he used all available resources to let Kay anesthetize six terrorists with drugs, and then he took the initiative to arrest two other local thieves who had a fever while playing cards. When Andrew Stie, a gentleman, finally showed his heroic side, the opportunity was taken away by others!

In China, this is obviously the modesty of intellectuals influenced by Confucianism, so that even if the credit is stolen, they are unwilling to defend their achievements. However, this "lovely fool" finally won the heart of Miss Tang who abandoned the city and went home. Maybe she saw through all kinds of noise and intrigue in the city. In contrast, this simple and unconscious funny program made her feel more comfortable and happy, and let her find the life she wanted.

From this point of view, this virtual god is not crazy. He just planted some thorny roses on the emotional road of personal pursuit of a better life and arranged a robber on the broad road of state power, but in the end everything moved on according to the law of things. ......

I think if God really exists and sees what is happening here, he will snicker: everything has a destiny. Hearing this, the Tathagata also smiled.