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Chapter 1648 Infinite Loop Gameplay

Li Yi and the main creators of "Source Code" are being interviewed by the Six Princesses Channel.

About science fiction movies, and also about Li Yi’s new film “Source Code”!
"Welcome Director Li Yi to our Channel 6."

"What gave you the idea for the movie Source Code?" the host asked.

"How should I put it? During the filming of "The Heartbreakers"!" Li Yi thought for a while and said.

"'The Heartbreakers'?" the host asked curiously.

"Yes, when we were filming The Heartbreakers, as you know, when making a movie, the content of the story will also affect the mood of the crew and even me as the director. To be honest, during the filming of that movie, the mood of the entire crew was very low!
At the time, someone from the crew asked me, "Why can we travel through time and space, but cannot change the tragedy of the past? Can we redeem the regrets?"

This question was also discussed by many movie fans after the movie was released!
But movies are movies, the past is always the past, changing the past is equivalent to changing the future, and the future is uncertain! Can you really redeem your regrets in that way?
The answer is not necessarily!
For this reason, I was thinking at the time, if I could travel back in time to the past, change past tragedies, and redeem past regrets, without affecting the future of the real world, wouldn’t that be perfect?

So I had a preliminary idea." Li Yi said.

"Then why is it eight minutes?" the host asked again.

"Actually, whether it's eight minutes or seven minutes, that's not the point. The point is that you can go to another time and space, or another world! To change the tragedies that have happened! In fact, the rebirth stories and time-travel stories in online novels can explain this thing very well." Li Yi said with a smile.

"Yunbin, during the filming of "Source Code", did you encounter any problems that you thought were difficult?" The host turned to the leading actor Lin Yunbin.

"Of course. In fact, when we were shooting the first take, that is, the scene at the beginning of the movie, we had to do it several times in a row! We know that the character I play in the movie is a warrior. So, even if I wake up in an unknown place, my first reaction will definitely be different from that of ordinary people. I will be surprised and confused, but more of a warning!" Lin Yunbin said with a smile.

"But how do we grasp it?"

"And, of course, every eight minutes of repetition, but every time is different!"

"Changes in attitude, changes in mood, etc., these are very difficult to deal with!"

"What elements of this movie do you like most?" the host asked again.

"How should I put it? First of all, in terms of setting, the movie makes the world of source code and the future full of possibilities.

What I like most is the positive energy that the movie conveys: that is to cherish life and be kind to everyone around you, just like the last moment on the train in the movie, the smiling faces of the people around you are the most beautiful.

Time is always the most powerful and magical thing. Those who understand and master time will become the most powerful people.

I personally like the theory of parallel worlds. Just like the butterfly effect, what happened in the past will drive the direction of future events. Although I still don’t understand the various hard principles of science fiction, I like this kind of interlocking plot. What happened in the past will always be connected to the future through a series of events and change the future. In fact, when I first filmed "Source Code", I was always entangled in reality and virtuality.

But as the plot progressed until the filming was completed, I had different feelings!

I think the whole film is full of suspense, thrill, sadness and happiness for 8 minutes. I must find the culprit as soon as possible in the limited 8 minutes to prevent more serious and terrible terrorist incidents. And every time I step into that period of time, every action is changing my future.

The film does not have gorgeous fighting scenes, but only tells the character's respect for life and love for life through each rescue. What should a person do if he only has less than a minute to live? The heroine Chen Juan gave a wonderful answer to this: I will make every second meaningful, and this is what really touched me! "

"Director Li, after watching Source Code, many people feel that they cannot understand the plot after the last kiss, and think that it is most beautiful and logical to end the entire movie at the last kiss. What do you think about this?" The host turned to Li Yi and asked.

“I think what happens after the kiss is the core of Source Code and the unique highlight of the film.

First of all, I want to say that this is a science fiction movie, not just a romance!

In fact, we all know that there are not many elements of love in the movie. If it only stays at the last kiss, then this is a complete pseudo-science fiction disguised as love. Because the logic is not closed!

Through the conversation between Yun Bin and He Qing before the last execution of the source code, I believe the audience can easily get the idea that after completing the task, his soul will be scattered, and both his consciousness and brain will be declared dead.

Therefore, the audience watched Yunbin's phone call with his father and his last kiss with his girlfriend, whom he had known for less than an hour, with the belief that Yunbin was bound to die.

So, is it the most in line with the audience's expectations if the scene is frozen at the last kiss and the hero dies in the source code?
Maybe, but it doesn't fit my idea of ​​the completeness of the movie. In fact, it happened long before that. For example, the male protagonist took his girlfriend off the train during a time travel, thinking that she could save his life, but in real life she still died in the explosion.

Therefore, the audience will think that "Source Code" cannot change the past, but can only affect the future. The people in that car have already died, so there is no reason for them to come back to life. The seventh time travel becomes the last eight minutes that the male protagonist's consciousness remains in the world.

Of course, as a director, I also have some selfish motives. If the ending can be guessed by the audience, then what’s the point of being a director?
The last kiss in "Source Code" is actually not new among many movies, but very cliché!

What’s the point of filming the last kiss if there’s no finale?
Wouldn’t that be the same as “The Heartbreaker”? So, I paved a way for him to escape, and each time he crossed over, the scene would be slightly different.

In fact, I have been magnifying these differences. The flash shot of Yunmen existed before the first time travel, and it was even said through Yunbin's mouth later, which was enough to hint and even make it clear. If Yunbin died in the ending that the audience expected, then the clues laid out before would lose their meaning.

Death is rebirth. This is what I hope Captain Lin in the movie will keenly discover. The core meaning of Source Code is that every time you travel through time, a new parallel world will be created. This huge flaw that even the inventor of the source code did not discover became his way of escape. "

“As I said before, Source Code is not destined to be a movie with a tragic ending.

Because when we made Heartbreakers, we had already had enough, so I just wanted to make a movie that, even if it couldn't change the future, could at least change the past.

This ending is a beautiful vision. High technology can change the future, but it is an indisputable fact that it cannot change the past in the same real world. !
For this reason, he finally sent a text message to He Qing saying, "Source Code is more powerful than you think. It has created another world!"
Because they don’t know that computers can, based on this limited data, accurately calculate and virtually create a virtual world that exists in the computer just like the real world.”

"I have another question. Were those explosions in the movie really only shot once?" the host asked curiously.

"Yes, in fact, careful viewers will easily find that the angle of each explosion is different, but in fact, it is the same train that exploded. It is mainly to save costs!" Li Yi said with a smile.

"So do you think the setting of "Source Code" is replicable?" the host asked again.

"Of course! If you have read online novels, you will know that the concept of cyclical time can really give rise to many fantastic ideas. Let me give you a simple example. For example, a person seems to appear in the same timeline, but does different things, but the result is the same. For example, a person is being hunted down, and no matter how he escapes, he will eventually die. So why is this the case? Why do we keep falling into this cycle?"

"For example, some thrillers have open endings, and to some extent, isn't this open ending a kind of cyclical thriller?"

"For example, if a person can repeat a cycle over and over again within a period of time, then can a weak person also become a superman through this infinite cycle of time?"

"Wait, wait, in fact, the concept of a cycle alone has infinite possibilities! Of course, a movie is always about telling a good story, and the setting is just the most basic foundation!" Li Yi said a lot of practical stuff.

The host's eyes lit up.

What Li Yi said is undoubtedly useful information. For many screenwriters and directors, it is absolutely full of useful information.

"Does Director Li have any idea of ​​shooting a movie of the same type?" the host asked again.

"In fact, there are some stories that I really want to film! Although Source Code is considered by some viewers to be a brain-burning movie, I personally still think that the clues in this movie are actually very obvious. If I really want to make it a brain-burning movie, I will choose another way!"

"For example?"

"For example, dreams!"

"Dream?"

"Yes, I don't know if you have ever had such an experience. For example, when we dream, we dream that we fall from a high place, but we often wake up before we fall to the bottom!" Li Yi asked with a smile.

"Now that you mention it, I really did. I remember one time, I had a high fever and dreamed that I was falling from a high altitude, but I kept staying in the process of falling. Finally, I woke up and the fever was gone!" said the host in surprise.

"I also had this kind of dream. It seemed like I was about to fall and keep falling, but I couldn't wake up. Finally, suddenly a hand pulled me up, and then I woke up!" Lin Yunbin also said.

"In fact, there is a saying that if you dream of yourself falling from a high altitude, normally you will never land on the ground, because once you really land on the ground, then you may really die in the dream, and then you will really die!"

"Hiss!" Everyone couldn't help but gasp.

"In fact, there is another reason. When we dream, we rarely dream about our own death! Again, if we die in a dream, do we really die?"

“So based on this, I was thinking, if we divide the dream world into levels, how should we divide it?
The initial concept is the real world, the first layer of dreams, the second layer of dreams, the third layer of dreams, and the fourth layer of dreams. I haven’t figured out the rest yet! "Li Yi said with a smile.

"What do you think of this idea?" Everyone was a little confused.

"I said if we assume that normal people are active in the real world and are in the first level of dreams when they are dreaming, then if they want to enter the second level of dreams, which is dreams within dreams, they must take general drugs. If they take general drugs, in order to wake up from a dream, whether it is the first or second level, then are there any conditions required?
My idea is that the first one is the impact of gravity falling, which is what I just said, falling from a high altitude.

The second option is to be killed. Of course, waiting for the drug to expire is not a solution either.”

"Another thing is, if we are dreaming, then most of the time, it is all bizarre and we cannot control ourselves here, and we may easily reveal our secrets. So, suppose someone can enter other people's dreams?
Is it possible to steal the secrets in other people's dreams in this way?"

"This idea is so interesting. How are the following levels of dreams set up?" The host became more and more curious.

"This involves a cycle problem. Since it is the third level, let's put it in a more difficult way. That is, a dream within a dream within a dream! If you want to enter the third level of dream, that is, a dream within a dream within a dream, I think you can set it up so that ordinary drugs are ineffective and enhanced drugs are required.

But if you enter a deep dream, how do you wake up?

When you wake up and find that you are still dreaming, and wake up again, you are still in the dream. This is a very scary thing. Therefore, if the loop wants to tell a complete story, I think there must be a bottom layer, and there must be a setting for entering the dream and the logic of waking up!

In this way, I believe it will be a very interesting story, and it will really burn your brain. Of course, there are still many places where this idea is not perfect!" Li Yi said with a smile.

This is another film he remembered while filming Source Code.

As far as I can remember, this film can be regarded as a classic science fiction film.

Li Yi also thinks so. In terms of brain-burning, "Inception" is the real brain-burning one, much more brain-burning than "Source Code".

(End of this chapter)