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| THIS IS AN ANIME ONLY DISCUSSION POST. DO NOT DISCUSS THE MANGA BEYOND THIS EPISODE. ---------------------------------------- Ummm, well if I didn't read the details here on MAL, I honestly would have had no idea what in the world I just watched. I love artistic anime and all, but this one was just too weird for me. |
| It was weird but its meant to represent all 8 of the different sufferings mentioned by Buddha. >> |
| lol I gotta stop watching these things I have no idea what is going on |
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| What is life? |
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| Well that was surreal. And creepy. Usually I would like or at least appreciate videos like this but it was confusing. |
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| It was confusing and a bit boring, those symbolic things made it worse. 5/10. |
How I learned to stop worrying and love the bomb --- Dr Strangelove  |
| The tank scene reminded me of Angel's Egg. Also there was a very EoE-esque shot. All in all, great visuals and music choices, somewhat unclear presentation (expected from a surrealist work). Here's Kawamoto's explanation: A lot of people say "I don't get it", but I know very much what it means. In the Spring of 1968 the Soviet Union invaded Prague and killed a lot of Czech people. The film is about the Life of Suffering. Buddha says that life is suffering and there are four basic sufferings: birth, disease, aging, and dying. These are the four major sufferings in a person's life. There are a further four sufferings that Buddha spoke about. These are having to meet people you find annoying, being parted from a loved one, not getting the things you desire, and the sufferings of the mind and body. In order to get rid of those sufferings one must achieve a state of "satori", or enlightenment. This is the theme of Travel. All of these elements of the eight sufferings are contained within that movie. The main character of the girl wonders if the Indian man she meets might be her lover from a former life. There's a scene where she drops the statue she is holding. The Book of the Dead is basically about these very same themes. |
