“Slumdog Millionaire” Powerfully affirms the ups and downs of life through three structures

The bathroom scene smells like sweet chocolate.

When the movie starts, the viewer's head is forced to spin at full speed. First, the main character Jamal is shown undergoing a harsh interrogation at the police station. Then, the scene shifts to a scene where Jamal is trying to solve difficult questions in the "Quiz Millionaire" answer table, and a flashback scene depicts Jamal's path from his childhood to the present day. In other words, by skillfully moving back and forth between these three structures, the story assembles ``the reason why the protagonist is here now'' like a puzzle.

At first glance, it seems that the texture is completely different from Danny Boyle's traditional works due to the extraordinary drawing power that India brings. However, as you watch the work a second or third time, your mind becomes more relaxed and you gradually begin to see the unique characteristics of Boyle's work.

For example, the first thing that catches your eye is the protagonists' ``sprinting'' through the slums of Mumbai. The images of Renton and his friends running through the main streets of Edinburgh in `` Trainspotting '' overlap. Boyle's specialty is the way he dynamically depicts the main characters and the cityscape they live in as they dash along.

After that scene, a slum toilet is featured. However, it is a simple structure, just a shack on top of a sump. Trapped there, in an attempt to escape, Jamal dives through the gaping hole into the sludge below, becoming completely covered in shit.

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If you've seen Trainspotting , you'll recognize this as the scene where Renton crawls into the urinal of Scotland's dirtiest toilet. In both films, a lot of chocolate was used as a coating on set, giving it a slightly sweet scent. Furthermore, Jamal holds an Signs from a major star, Renton holds an opiate suppository, and both of them, soaking wet, shout as loud as they can, ``We did it!''

Looking back, `` Trainspotting '' was, as the famous phrase ``choose your life'' suggests, ``a story about the protagonist's choices'' (the atmosphere of the times brought about by the Thatcher government was strongly reflected). What about ``Slumdog'' on the other hand? This one first presents ``where you are now'' and then tells you, through the questions of ``Quiz Millionaire,'' what kind of decisions your life took to get there. It has a structure that allows you to look back on it.

Life is all about trial and error, getting covered in sweat and mud, and running all the time. All events are inevitable, and nothing is wasted. It's as if that Arrival is being conveyed. This feature of powerfully celebrating ``where we are now and the meaning of our existence'' is also firmly incorporated into Boyle and Beaufoy's next collaboration, `` 127 Hours '' (10).

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