When the prophecies of science fiction gradually come true, the human imagination is leading the direction of world civilization.
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We have been exposed to a lot of science fiction movies, and the science fiction blockbusters in Europe and the United States have still been the peak of the science fiction film industry in the past thirty years, Nolan, Cameron, Spielberg, Scott... They have created countless science fiction masterpieces with boundless and profound imagination.
Every time you re-watch their science fiction works, it is a shock to the brain and the heart, and the incredible thing is that the real world is also replicating the world in science fiction movies, and some of the predictions in it are coming true step by step, which is the charm of science fiction.
Science fiction animation does not have a flood of beasts like the movie, there are not many science fiction animations left, there are very few that can become classics, science fiction animation is more difficult to show the gorgeous and profound science fiction imagination than science fiction movies, and the masters in this field are even fewer, and Katsuyo Otomo is one of the few god-like characters of science fiction animation, just like the meteorite explosion in the starry sky renders the era of masterpiece controversy.
Speaking of Katsuyo Otomo, we have to mention "Akira", this sci-fi animation was selected as the 51st in the "Top 100 Non-English Films in Film History" by Empire (British Film Magazine), and wired, the world's authoritative film journal "Wired", was named one of the best 20 science fiction films in the history of cinema, and was the only animated film among them.
The "Memories Trilogy" to talk about today is a science fiction animation classic jointly created by Katsuhiro Otomo and Toshi Ima and many other masters of the animation industry, and there have been too many praises for this movie, in fact, there is no need for my tongue-in-cheek proof, this 1995 work is still the pinnacle of science fiction animation even today.
The Memories Trilogy consists of three unrelated stories, namely "Her Memories", "The Stinkiest Weapon" and "Cannon Street", three story fragments with different themes to form a "trilogy", and the eerie, humorous and absurd story style is particularly impressive.
The profound meaning expressed by the author's deep brain hole, the grand and peculiar world view created by the author has far exceeded the scope of the times, and has become a treasure in the animation industry, and only God can create such a divine work.
1. [Her Memories]: The illusion at the end of the universe illuminates the darkness and magnificence of human nature
"Her Memories" is the most beautiful and sad story in the trilogy, telling the story of a space transport ship in the middle of the darkness of space in 2092 AD, when a space transport ship suddenly receives a mysterious distress signal, and the astronauts decide to go and save the survivors.
An abandoned spaceship floats in the vast space, and the two astronauts enter the ruined spaceship and find that inside is a graceful and gorgeous castle, where champagne, wine, food, and various works of art are sitting in it, gradually making the two intoxicated.
After investigation, it was found that this place turned out to be a castle where a unique singer once lived, she was a popular female singer before she died, beauty, fame, and money were attached to her, and this famous woman had countless honors in her life, and was praised by the world like a princess, and also met the prince who was the most loved in her life.
She died of love, her fiancé was murdered, and a generation of singers withered away, leaving only gloomy memories entangled in the satellite castle.
The two astronauts are deeper and deeper in the search and rescue of the castle, and The memories of Ge Ji devour their souls like ghosts, and the darkness and desire in their hearts are amplified little by little, awakening the deepest memories, gorgeous and dreamy pictures and terrifying scenes switch back and forth, creating a strange world where reality and dreams are intertwined, reflecting people's sorrows and joys.
The two astronauts were swallowed up by the illusion and exiled into the vast universe.
2. [The Stinkiest Weapon]: The disaster of weapons experiments, the self-destruction of mankind is anti-war thinking
"The Stinkiest Weapon" tells an exaggerated story of the destruction of the world caused by weapons experiments. A small staff member of an institute who had eaten a secret medicine developed for the government for a cold and emitted a strangely smelly chemical gas, and when he woke up, he found that all the people in the institute had died, which was the beginning of the disaster.
As the source of the disaster, he did not know that in order to complete the task of delivering medicine to the government to the destination, everywhere he went was in a miserable situation, people, livestock, birds and animals did not survive, the power was as great as a nuclear bomb, the special forces sent by the government were completely destroyed, the aircraft, tanks, missiles and cannons still could not stop his action, and the military strength of a country could not defeat this "stinkiest weapon."
The US military has a very high opinion of itself, sending soldiers with high-tech equipment to arrest the small staff, just when the top level of the government thought that the operation was successful, a big joke happened, the "most smelly weapon" hid in the protective clothing unharmed, the secret medicine was delivered to them, the disaster continued, I am afraid that no one can resist the "most smelly weapon".
This story is full of the irony of black humor, describing the disaster comedy of "the most stinky weapons" in an exaggerated and absurd style, a strong American humor style, an abnormal storyline that makes people laugh, the brainlessness of the protagonist, the ignorance of the government, and the challenge of the entire military force by one person, this sharp contrast forms a strong irony, which is an alternative reflection on political warfare.
3. [Cannon Street]: Shelling the world of castles, the whole people shelling satirize the numbness of war
Cannon Street is the most absurd story in the trilogy. Set up a world of castles where people shell everywhere, there are many forts everywhere, and people are born only for shelling.
This bombardment society had strict hierarchical uniforms, the highest rank was the commander, who was responsible for directing the firing of artillery, the rest were artillery and workers, the huge arsenal was meticulously divided, and the workers repeated the same work every day, producing, transporting and reloading shells.
The children's classroom learns the trajectory calculation of the shell, the teacher seriously explains the scientific principles of the shell, and the children dream of becoming the bombardment commander.
It's a world where there's only shelling, and no one knows what to fire for, with whom to fight, why to fight, who the enemy is and where, and no one to ask what the significance of shelling is.
"Cannon Street" and "The Stinkiest Weapon" have similarities in thematic ideas, both are based on absurd irony, without deliberately adding elements of comedy, because the story itself is full of black humor, numb and ignorant people, shelling for the sake of shelling, but completely aimless and meaningless, Bo people laugh at the same time to leave the audience with an anti-war nature of thinking.
The "Memories Trilogy" can be regarded as a work of art of excellent quality, the form of animation combines science fiction elements, and the exaggerated story reflects the real phenomena of reality, dreams, history and politics, and combines classical, technological and civilized elements seamlessly.
The distorted character image, the dark tone background, presents a strong and profound sense of visual thought, like a humorous fable, and like a thought-provoking comedy story, making people seem to understand non-understanding, but in the confusion of sorrow and joy, they feel the magnificence and profound thought of the story itself, which is the peak realm of science fiction animation!
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