The idea of breaking the rules can be taken as such a small thing or expanded into a grand endeavor. Some of us, like myself, broke personal rules. Other people broke societal rules and others toed the line of the law.
The freedom (or ensnaring chains) that are consequential to the breaking of rules is also of significant importance. Sometimes the consequences were inconsequential or completely unnoticeable. Other times, rule-breakers may face persecution or resentment from others. Sometimes the rule-breakers become the start of change in societal standards--revolutionaries that eventually alter the fundamental ideas of a community.
It all comes back, I feel, to this video on Youtube. Every time I watch it, I notice something else, some new message.
I feel that movie addresses many societal concepts.
Most noticeably is perhaps the theme of music. Art can be a beautiful thing to one person, but other people may not understand. Moreover, a society may not be ready for a particular artist's ideas. A person with a new idea might do anything to get that idea out, consequences be damned. And regardless one's voice may be silence, their ideas yet live in the minds of others.
The speakers, too, were significant. What designates your daily ritual? What does one hear, versus what does one want to hear? Is the "man behind the curtain" the be-all-and-end-all? Or are there others even higher up with whom to contend?
The monotony of an artless society, the aged colours on the table underneath the blade and the chopping block, the repetition for something as simple as a door cushion, the shared name and unique number, the clean environment that was at the same time dirty and old...
I just love this movie.
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