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Did Chen Sicheng mess up? Did you understand "Decryption"? Ten dreams are crucial!

2024-08-12

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UnderstandDecryption”, is inseparable from the understanding of ten key dreams.

The highest level of game and fight is for a genius to figure out the inner world of another genius.

The movie "Decoding" tells the story of a genius, cares about the fate of individuals, and pays tribute to the feelings of family and country.

Director Chen Sicheng teamed up with many outstanding creators to create a fascinating dreamland using audio-visual language with classical aesthetics and the image texture of industrial blockbusters.

The ten key dreams presented in the film are worth careful experience.

Warm reminder: There may be spoilers ahead, but you can still watch it with confidence.

1. Storm

This dream occurs at the beginning of the film.

Xiao Li Li discovered that Rong Jinzhen possessed a rare talent for mathematics and decided to take him home to train him well.

But just when Xiao Jinzhen was about to follow Xiao Lili, a strong wind suddenly blew up in the originally quiet house, and the doors and windows were broken.

The numbers and symbols written on the wall were blown up by the storm, and Rong Jinzhen's small body was also blown up by the storm.

He kept turning on and off the desk lamp, and his "dad" Mr. Yang told him in an almost roaring voice not to fall into the dream.

This dream fully demonstrates the ultimate visual and audio performance of the film's creators. Whether it is the use of lenses, lighting, music, or special effects, it makes this scene fierce, realistic, and destructive.

Such a scene is amazing and immediately draws us into the plot.

And the information it conveys is particularly important.

First of all, it tells us that Rong Jinzhen has the ability to dream, but at the same time, this ability to dream can bring him inspiration or danger, laying the groundwork for the pressures and difficulties he will encounter later.

Secondly, it shows us that the action of “turning the light on and off” is an important way for Rong Jinzhen to determine whether he is in a dream.

This is an iconic action that will appear many times in the subsequent plot, helping us to identify and understand Rong Jinzhen’s dreams.

Finally, the “storm” scene in the dream means that Rong Jinzhen will be caught up in the storm of fate.

Xiao Lili took him away from the old house to start a new life. The storm broke Rong Jinzhen's originally peaceful life, implying that he would move from an old state to a new state.

He will start a new life and enter a new destiny.

After seeing this dream, you might as well think about whether this is a "dream" in the traditional sense, or the so-called "lucid dream" concept?

2. Red Beach

Rong Jinzhen's rapid solution to a problem allowed us to witness an exciting "genius moment" and also allowed his teacher Xi Yis to gain a talented student.

During their interactions, Xi Yis and Rong Jinzhen established a relationship of both teacher and friend.

The dream of the red beach that Xi Yis first told was the first time that Rong Jinzhen demonstrated his ability to interpret dreams, but it also highlighted Xi Yis' personal inner world.

The red beach and the blue ocean have a sharp color contrast visually, which can bring a strong aesthetic experience to the audience.

The bright and warm red beach symbolizes temptation, danger and even oppression in some situations.

The vastness and fluctuation of the blue ocean symbolize the ever-changing nature of life.

The huge, unknown marine creature symbolizes the accumulation of time and lost things.

This dream hints at Xiyis' inner anxiety and his fate of being away from home and wandering, which also paves the way for his subsequent life circumstances.

3. The Reappearance of Red Beach

When Rong Jinzhen later walked into the dream of the red beach, the red beach, the blue ocean and the dazzling sunset took on even deeper meanings.

It includes the differences between Eastern and Western cultures, the changes in the relationship between Rong Jinzhen and Xi Yis, and two different forms of ZZ.

The huge creature that appears as a walrus combines Rong Jinzhen’s understanding of the song “I am the Walrus” and the traditional image of the collective unconscious, the “invisible elephant”.

The scene where the two of them sit on the beach and play chess again implies a certain reconciliation in their relationship, and also implies that Rong Jinzhen has found the answer to deciphering the code.

There is another key detail worth mentioning: that is the chess piece that Xis secretly took away. Its disappearance and reappearance also have special meanings, so you may wish to pay special attention to it.

IV. Infusion tube and Eniac

After being shot, Rong Jinzhen received treatment. He woke up from a dream and found himself full of IV tubes. In front of him was a row of black Eniaks, and blood was being drawn from his body by the Eniaks through the IV tubes.

This was obviously a dream with a terrifying effect, which hinted at some kind of fear in Rong Jinzhen's heart.

On the one hand, Schiess had introduced him to the early computer "Eniak", and he was afraid of this unknown and powerful force.

On the other hand, Xiyis's move made him feel less secure, which also made him feel uneasy and fearful.

In addition, this dream also shows that Rong Jinzhen's body and spirit are overdrawn, which indirectly proves the difficulty of the "decryption" work.

5. The Blonde and the Female Soldier Chasing Her

Rong Jinzhen is a genius, but also a human being. As a human being, he has desires.

While watching the movie, we will learn that Rong Jinzhen is not very good at communicating with women.

He seemed shy and even nervous when faced with the generous kiss between Xis and his wife, and when faced with the topic of opposite sex brought up by Rong's sister, he seemed shy and even nervous.

After he came into contact with the female characters in 701, normal desires began to flow in his heart. The blonde girl and the Ferris wheel behind her that appeared in his dream were the magazine covers and briefing materials he had seen at Xiyis's house.

This suggests that the Western culture represented by Heiss has had an influence on him, and also suggests that he has begun to have basic desires.

Especially when he dreamed of being chased by female soldiers in the reed marsh and surrounded by female soldiers standing on the lighthouse, this inner desire or subconscious was fully reflected.

However, even with the surge of desire, he would always think about the decryption problem he faced.

The repeatedly interchangeable doors and windows, the dazzling spiral staircases, and the constantly circling formations of female soldiers are actually related to elements such as connecting plates and wheels.

This also provided inspiration for him to realize that "Purple Code" was a mechanical code.

It may be difficult for people to overcome desires, but Rong Jinzhen not only did not get swallowed by desires, but was also able to quickly gain inspiration for deciphering from desires, which is truly admirable.

6. Amusement Park

A large Ferris wheel, teapots, carousel and chess pieces make up the dreamland of Rong Jinzhen Amusement Park.

For ordinary people, amusement parks can bring happiness and wonderful experiences;

For Rong Jinzhen, the large teapot represents the image of him and his family drinking large bowls of tea, and the large chess pieces represent the image of him and Xi Yis playing chess. These are all beautiful memories in his heart.

After he started to get in touch with Xiaomei, dreams expressed his subconscious thoughts.

He hopes that he can drink tea and play chess with Xiaomei, including the scene where he and Xiaomei play in the amusement park together, which is also the sweetness of love he experiences in life.

But he often thought about decryption work in his dreams.

Therefore, the Ferris wheel itself symbolizes the wheel code, and the three groups of Ferris wheels symbolize the three groups of wheels of the mechanical code; including the movement trajectory of the Ferris wheel in the dream, which is also the movement trajectory of the wheel code.

This also implies that he will gain important inspiration to decipher the "Purple Code" through this dream.

And when the Ferris wheel collapsed and crushed the facilities in the amusement park, it actually meant that while he gained the ability to decipher code to advance his work, he also lost the beautiful things in his heart.

From the perspective of character growth, this also means that he has bid farewell to the past and entered another realm of destiny.

7. Red Lantern and Pop Bands

This is actually a relatively short and simple dream.

Rong Jinzhen first saw a stage, where actors were performing the model opera "Red Lantern”, but when he turned around, he found a rock band performing behind him.

On the one hand, this dream achieves a clever film transition, and on the other hand, it also outlines a certain struggle in Rong Jinzhen's heart.

Because the two performance forms he saw were different cultural forms and different ideologies.

This implies that Rong Jinzhen was struggling, but he ultimately made his own choice, a choice that was inspiring and awe-inspiring enough.

8. The Walrus on the Train and the Chess Maniac at 701

After experiencing the difficulty of deciphering the "black code" and the thrill of being assassinated, Rong Jinzhen fell into a dream in which he met a rock band on a train, was chased by people, and then encountered a walrus with a gun.

This dream was obviously related to his experience of taking the train, and even more to the interference he was caused by the record sent by Shees.

Because Sheesh's records are seen as containing the elements for deciphering the "black code", Rong Jinzhen pays special attention to the song "I Am the Walrus", thinking about the mystery contained in it all the time.

Many elements in the lyrics entered his subconscious, causing him to encounter a rock band, being chased by foreigners, and walruses in his dreams.

This shows that he has begun to fall into the dilemma brought about by the "black secret", and has developed fear, anxiety, tension and other psychological states.

It also reflects that everything in his world is focused on cracking the "black code", so much so that he would have a conversation with the "chess madman" of 701 in another dream.

His sense of sympathy for the “chess maniac” suggests that he, too, is at risk of being driven mad by the code.

9. Labyrinth, Abyss, Whirlpool

This is an extremely oppressive dream.

In the dream, Rong Jinzhen first entered a maze. Facing a towering wall of numbers, he kept running, trying to escape. Then, he fell into the abyss, into a vortex full of numbers, and finally fell into the old house. What he faced was the talking Eniac!

Obviously, this dream highlights the difficulty of deciphering the "black code" and also highlights the tremendous mental pressure that Rong Jinzhen is under.

The maze represents the elusive and confusing nature of the "black secret";

The abyss means the trap of "dark secrets", which may cause danger for people's minds to be trapped and unable to get out;

The vortex and the numbers in the vortex mean that the "black code" is disguised. Its mathematical disguise distorts the statistical characteristics of the secret code, thereby misleading Rong Jinzhen's thinking.

The whole dream atmosphere is so tense and depressing that it reflects Rong Jinzhen’s psychological state very well.

Including his action of shooting Eniak, which also reflects his emotional excitement.

10. The room surrounded by Eniac

In this dream, Rong Jinzhen returned to the dormitory where he used to live.

The numbers that were originally densely packed on the wall suddenly floated up.

He quickly switched the light on and off, only to find himself in a room surrounded by Eniaks!

This fully demonstrates that Rong Jinzhen encountered many difficulties in the process of deciphering the "black code".

The complexity of "Black Code" made him mistakenly think that his opponent was the early computer ENIAC.

In this seemingly confrontation between the human brain and the computer, Rong Jinzhen felt that it would be difficult to make a breakthrough in the decryption work.

So he feels that he is surrounded by Eniaks, which shows how focused he is on his work and how much pressure he is under.

To sum up, the ten key dreams in "The Decode", whether long or short, complex or simple, actually contain important elements related to the development of the story and the inner characteristics of the characters.

Only when we try to understand these dreams carefully can we better understand the fateful story depicted in "The Decipherer".

Of course, the dream interpretations I have sorted out are ultimately my personal subjective understanding of the film. They may not be accurate and are just a reference.

But as for the movie itself, "Decryption" is definitely a masterpiece that cannot be missed this summer.

It is adapted from the novel of the same name by Mai Jia, winner of the Mao Dun Literature Prize, and has a solid textual foundation.

Chen Sicheng uses rich and delicate imagination to depict an immersive dream on the screen.

IMAX's special shooting technology is used to emphasize the aesthetic pursuit of light, shadow and color; the pursuit of music that fits the plot and matches the characters' emotions; and the pursuit of texture that pays attention to details and highly restores, creating an audio-visual experience that truly shocks the audience both physically and mentally.

StarringLiu HaoranBy smashing and recreating the character, the mathematical genius Rong Jinzhen is portrayed in a touching and awe-inspiring way;

Daniel WuLittle Li Li played by John Cusack, Sheesh played by John Cusack,Chen DaomingLao Zheng, played by the actor, serves as a family member, a mentor, and a guide, and he and Rong Jinzhen form three deep bonds that are touching, wonderful, and mysterious.

The brain battles between geniuses in the film and the decryption process full of thought games are very enjoyable to watch.

The emotional expression in the film is deeply touching.

There are two farewell scenes that made me cry:

One scene is the farewell between Rong Jinzhen and Xiao Lili's family. The pen that expresses care, the bag of crispy candies full of love, and the kneeling expression of gratitude, seemingly a simple literary drama, is actually full of emotional impact.

There is another scene where Rong Jinzhen bids farewell to her adoptive mother and her daughter. They have a long-unseen meal together and a long hug. When they think about their respective experiences and the emotions they have for each other, they feel deeply moved.

It can be said that the story of Rong Jinzhen's fate will move us; and the patriotism displayed by many characters emanating from Rong Jinzhen is enough to make us respect them.

Everything we have today did not come out of thin air.

There are always some people who carry heavy burdens and make great contributions.

"Decrypted" is a tribute to those who work on the secret front and also to the great unsung heroes.

So, what kind of deeply touching experience does the aesthetic expression and emotional perspective that director Chen Sicheng gives to "The Decryption" have?

What kind of rich meanings do the many dreams constructed in "The Decryption" have?

You may as well experience it yourself and then find your own answer.

So, are there really only ten dreams?

PS: The text is original by the author and the pictures are from the Internet.