James Benning’s first film called The United States of America was a 1975 trip across the country, capturing its scenery through a car windshield. This second one also crisscrosses the nation, but without a car, carving it up instead into a series of static shots of just under two minutes, one for each state, presented alphabetically, from Heron Bay, Alabama to Kelly, Wyoming. The names of the places are nondescript, but the images attached to them are anything but, immaculately composed shots of landscape, cityscape and the spaces in between. As we move from A to Z, the images coalesce into a portrait of today’s USA, tracing out its fault lines almost in passing: fenced-off facilities, a river bed running dry, factories and refineries, run-down streets and gas stations, a camp under a bridge. The past is there too, seeping up through the songs and speeches that sporadically pierce the background noise or the motifs that evoke a whole career; the clouds, trains and cabins are stand-ins for films, not just states. As always, there’s time for more abstract thoughts too: each image may stand for a state, but representativity is slippery. Which state is more cinematic than the rest?
細節非常多，隱喻也非常多。需要考據党幫忙考究一下。人類文明文化輪迴史與寓言。就是，不建議拌飯看，會有點胃不舒服...
杂乱昏暗的世界背景下充斥着各类畸形怪物，在大量定格模型的镜头下显得真实可怖，以一种先遣队探险式的路线走进下层布满惊恐无序压抑的环境中，看出了压榨掠夺和战争的反讽元素，但导演最终的核心没有能把握到。
源于自然崇拜和英雄崇拜，寄托人对美好生活的向往，所以一种自然的、自发的、未收到摧残的状态，肯定就像这样：各路神灵遍地，见神就拜。古希腊就是如此，那些原始民族的也都是如此。
我看不懂 但我大為震撼
。。。用网文的思路去看顿时就好理解了，上古战争灭世，天魔横行奴役三界，为了推翻魔道人类不断派遣修士，结果被魔头挖出元婴，翻手间创世灭世（doge）
结尾归到核爆不好，前面感觉有点在反思生命反思宇宙
虽然看到快睡着、对这种意识流表达毫不感冒，但看到倒数二十秒的时候我震惊了：这部动画的制作年份是我的出生年、制作时间几乎等于我的年纪！
是核爆炸吧？是吧
ps：导演是不是把自己的噩梦拍出来了
完全是好奇心催使我看完的，感觉是一个循环，最终那个医生还会派更多的士兵去
7分。生与死轮回不止，生命更迭的圣经故事。相当阴间的定格动画。无对白，全靠配乐烘托氛围，多年制作，道具细节很强。我看不懂但我大受震撼。
a weird yet inspiring journey
又“看不懂但大受震撼.jpg”了，不过很享受观看过程。
梦穿过罅隙蜉蝣在现实的触须之上。勇敢至极的想象力，仿佛一场奇观，意义在这个世界已经丧失了意义。何等的疯，何等的神。
触目惊心的想象力实在令人叹服，跨度30年的绝大成本所形成的独特性也确实不能以一般的文本去要求本片了，某种程度上讲真是一部究极的电影，或许可以说它的存在就是来终结定格动画的？
真踏马讨厌恐怖片导演当谜语人
极度讨厌这种形式太过于大于内容的东西，导演还是继续搞视效吧别拍电影。
两个男主之间 太有感觉的，那一根一起抽的烟，闹翻后几年不见依旧觉得你会选择帮助我。电影该有的紧张和氛围我觉得都很到位，故事很流畅很舒服
我看不懂但是大受震撼，仿佛被导演夺去了贞操
"Hoping is waiting for someone else to do it. We'd all be much better off without it."
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