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Downsizing, the scientistic theme in the film, reminds me a science fiction novel “Micro-Epoch” was written by Liu Cixin in 1998. The novel is about, if one day all the scientists over the world, they come out the same conclusion. That is the sun will have a brief flash of energy after 18000 years, and the temperature of the earth will drop to -100 degrees. How can we survive after 18000 years? When human is facing a catastrophe like this, it is too difficult to interstellar immigration everyone; Some people thought they can move to the depths of formation, and move out after the solar energy flash. However, after the cataclysm, the ecosystem of the earth will be totally destroyed and the human being cannot survive. Then a genetic engineer came up with the idea, about what would happen if the size of mankind was reduced by a billion times? Thus, after 12500 years, the idea became a reality, human beings can be reduced to about 10 microns, just like the size of the cell. Additionally, the structure of the body is completely unchanged. Their viability has also been enhanced by hundreds of millions of times.
Research of subliminal moment
Alexander Payne’s film Downsizing shares a few ideas with the Johnatan Swift’s novel Guliver’s Travels. The idea may have been inspired by Johnathan Swift’s “Gulliver's travels” one of the earliest anti-utopia books. Though the film doesn’t show an as deep analysis of the contemporary society, as Swift does in his famous series.
Downsizing was initially constructed to ‘save the planet’ from human consumption and overpopulation. However it became a popular practise for the average Midwestern consumer. The process appeals to Paul Safranek and Audrey who struggle to get by and downsizing allows them to ‘live a life of luxury’. Downsizing would help with money aspects of their everyday lives.
Research of subliminal moment
Darkest Hour is a 2017 British War film, which was directed by Joe Wright, it is set in May 1940 at the beginning of World War 2. Before that time feminist movements such as the Suffragettes were not strong enough and were weakened with other problems in society such as the economic crisis. Sexuality has been represented in this way in the film due to the fact that in the 1940s this was how people were seen, back then for the most part it was just a normal way of life.
I believe that sexuality aspect in this film was used to connect viewers with the main character on a personal level. For example, the scene where W.Churchill comes out bare out of bathroom. We do not see him naked, but we believe he is because of the reaction of his young typist. This scene, in my opinion, was intentionally constructed in order to present naturalism of the character. As the film progresses, so does his state of nakedness.
Sometimes women were portrayed as the weaker gender, but not necessarily from the main characters, in the lower classes such as the typists all in the same room together, when the man walks in they are all quite giggly in a way that might seem ‘fake’ to the viewer and act rather flirtatious in an unintentional way.
Darkest Hour is a 2017 British War film, which was directed by Joe Wright, it is set in May 1940 at the beginning of World War 2. Before that time feminist movements such as the Suffragettes were not strong enough and were weakened with other problems in society such as the economic crisis. Sexuality has been represented in this way in the film due to the fact that in the 1940s this was how people were seen, back then for the most part it was just a normal way of life.
FILM REVIEW
I believe that sexuality aspect in this film was used to connect viewers with the main character on a personal level. For example, the scene where W.Churchill finishes washing, he warns the Miss Layton that he is in a "state of nature," and bursts out of the bathroom. As an audience, I do not see him naked, but I believe he noticed that the reaction of his young typist (rushes out of sight as he exits the bathroom in a short notice). At this time, W.Churchill was too focused on preparing the speech to bother covering his privates with a towel and his nudity means nothing. In my opinion, it was intentionally constructed in order to present naturalism of the character. As the film progresses, so does his state of nakedness. Discursively, I approach this character becomes more personal. In the family, W.Churchill can be expressed as a child due to the fact that, he lacks the understatement of emotions towards others.