http://forums.productionig.com/ ： jerryku
I think “Innocence” is about what you see in the poster for the film: dogs and dolls. Also, in the trailer, it says “Innocence. That’s what life is.” Dogs and Dolls are innocent because they are not cognizant, they are not conciously self-aware, they have no ego. I’m not sure how to put it. But I heard someone saying that Motoko’s quote at the end of the movie, where she talks about how people see evil in the mirror of oneself, is about how people lose their innocence by becoming obsessed with themselves, their own importance, own purpose. And do you remember Kim’s spinning globe that Togusa spins in the mansion? I think that globe represents “life”, and thus, “innocence.” As it spins, the globe shows images of all sorts of animals. Lions, monkeys, and at the end, a dog. Innocent creatures that don’t think about their own importance very much.
In an IGN interview of Oshii, Oshii says that in the first GITS movie, he thought that what makes a human a human is their mind, and their memories of life. The body is not important. But then he says he has a different conclusion for GITS2, and he says our body as a whole is what makes us human, and our relationship with others is even more important. And I think when he says “our body as a whole entity”, he’s talking about how it fits in with life in general. Our human bodies are a part of mother nature, that kinda thing.
In GITS2, Kim, who is nothing more than a cyberbrain… with no body.. is insane. He has no relationships with others. He is not innocent. This is what happens to people when they disconnect themselves from their bodies and relationships with people. They go mad.
In fact, almost everyone is sad, moody, and somber in this movie. Every human being that is. Oshii said somewhere about how GITS is not really a ‘vision of the future’. It’s about the present, because he thinks the world is so full of sadness right now, and that’s why so many characters seem sad. But Batou’s dog is not sad, and the cheeriest character in the film, Togusa, is repeatedly shown to be strongly connected to his family, especially his daughter.
Togusa is definately the most innocent human character of the film, sometimes he comes off as naive or kinda spaced out. He doesn’t mope around like Batou does, he playfully spins the globe as he walks around Kim’s mansion. He eats a bun while Batou interrogates. He curiously gazes into the model replica of the mansion.. and in the end, he says he can’t be Batou’s partner anymore. It’s not just because he has a family, it’s also because his family represents his innocence. Working with Batou seems like it will lead to his loss of innocence, it will corrupt him. Remember that Togusa only says he wants to stop working with Batou after Kim has hacked into his cyberbrain, which scared the bejeezus out of Togusa. Afterwards, Batou questioned Togusa’s confidence that he even had a family! In the end, Batou says “you got a daughter, and that’s real.”
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