Presumably, the drove in a circular pattern since it had been running for 17 years prior to the events in the movie. At one point, the creepy woman with glasses who seemed to be at least partially in charge mentioned that the nose of the train, when breaking through ice laying on the tracks, turned that pure snow to water, which was needed for the passengers. However, surely there would have been a safer way to collect water than risk a derailment by plowing through an ice-covered track.Was any other reason given for why the train had to stay in motion? The big deal about the 'miracle of the train' was that it was perpetual motion engine: if it were to stop, it would no longer be contributing the momentum necessary to maintain its forward velocity.As for Why the train needed to keep moving in the first place: the entire film is a parable about society, from a dystopian perspective.

Snowpiercer: The Escape (MOVIE TIE-IN) by Jacques Lob and Jean Marc Rochette Jun 2, 2020. Paperback $14.99 $ 14. Pre-order Price Guarantee. FREE Shipping on orders over $25 shipped by Amazon. This title will be released on June 2, 2020. Children of Men. Presumably, the Snowpiercer drove in a circular pattern since it had been running for 17 years prior to the events in the movie. At one point, the creepy woman with glasses who seemed to be at least partially in charge mentioned that the nose of the train, when breaking through ice laying on the tracks, turned that pure snow to water, which was needed for the passengers.

In the event of a global crisis, an ultra-efficient system is created in microcosm of the society it was spawned from. With each noseward carriage the revolution passes through, the higher standard of living and thus class they experience.The train must keep moving to keep this system in place: if it were to stop, there would be a problem with the current status-quo, and thus an examination and potential change of situation, which would not suit those currently at the front of the train/ruling class.Sorry its such a short answer, but this is kinda covered within the film itself. The train has to keep moving because that is its purpose: its a metaphor for progress. But the film is saying this progress is an illusion that secretly only upholds the status quo, leaving 'the 99%' to suffer, believing they are contributing to a benevolent cause.

They believe the train must keep running because they think there is no other way: Minsoo, conversely, believes there IS another way, outside of the train/societal system. If the train stopped, there would be no sense of purpose to keep everyone in their place.–Jul 11 '14 at 17:52. The director of the film; Bong Joon-ho has offered (in various interviews) his thoughts on why the train has to keep moving It's a. Stopping would allow people to get off' This is true of all films, but especially Snowpiercer - the importanceof space you can't emphasize enough, just the idea that these peopleare trapped inside this world.

Of course Nam, a slight spoiler, hewants to live outside the train. He wants to escape the train. That'sreally essentially what this movie is about. The train is one bigprison and the system that oppresses the people.

That physical realitywas very important and he didn't want to use CG for any of that. Ofcourse the environment outside, a lot of that was CG. But inside hereally wanted to capture the physicality of being in that space.' The setup is intended to.

Stopping would allow people to gain access to the front of the train.Q. What made that metaphor - of the poor shoved into the back of the train and the privileged riding up front - relevant and important to you?A. The comic book came out 30 years ago, but the concept of capitalism driving the world is still relevant today - it’s a very universal theme. Putting it in a train is kind of like Noah’s ark, but different from a boat or plane. A train is already divided into sections, and that feeling was very key. There’s a character called Nam (Song Kang-ho) who opens gates, and it’s only with great difficulty that they can move from section to section and open up a new world each time. The trick was to differentiate from one world to the next.

To add to on the symbolic aspect of the movie, it can be noted that in the comics, the train actually can stop!More precisely, there is a second train in the second and third tome. Larger and more comfortable than the first one, the autocratic central government keeps the power using the fear of a collision with the first train. The train regularly slows down as an emergency training to prepare the situation where the first train would be in sight.

We learn at the end of the second volume that the first training was actually not a training and the government decided to harpoon the fisrt train, in order to get a second locomotive. The second train had to stop a few hour in order to load the loco. In the third volume, the train has to leave the tracks for a short time and to do so, it has to stop a couple of hours to prepare the train to move off-tracks.For a of the two first volumes of the comics.For French readers, is a way better review. Perhaps the train needed to keep moving in order to keep up with the summer weather, which would be much shorter due to the extreme global chill.This theory follows, that if the needed to continually remain in the warmer zone, it would imply that the other hemisphere would be much too cold for even the train to handle.Having said that however, the likelyhood of this being the reason the train is constantly in motion is rather slim, considering the iregular gobal train rout map design. The rout takes it in a perimeter vector along the coasts of all major land masses.It is still possible non the less.What do you think?

Based on the French graphic novel 'La Transperceneige,' Bong Joon-ho's 'Snowpiercer' begins in the extremely not-too-distant future as mankind launches a final attempt to halt the spread of global warming once and for all. Needless to say, the plan backfires spectacularly and plunges the world into a new ice age that causes the extinction of all life forms. Luckily, before all this happened, wealthy industrialist Wilford (an inspired bit of casting that I dare not reveal), taking several pages from, constructed a high-speed luxury train that can circle the globe without stopping or suffering the effects of the weather outside. Now, humanity's last remnants reside on the train—the well-to-do people living in comfort in the head cars with the poor and downtrodden masses stuck in back in cramped quarters and forced to subsist on protein bars made from.well, don't ask what goes into the protein bars. After seventeen years of subhuman conditions, the people in back are about to explode and Curtis is elected to lead the charge, albeit reluctantly. There have been failed insurrections in the past but old-timer Gilliam has an idea—one of the prisoners placed in cryogenic sleep, Namgoong (Kang-ho Song), was one of the train's original engineers before turning into a junkie and knows how to override the complicated system of locked doors to help with the forward progress.

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After realizing that the armed guards sent by Wilford's right-hand woman Mason (a nearly unrecognizable ) are not as threatening as they seem, Curtis and Namgoong, along with a party that includes Edgar , Tanya and Namgoong's daughter Yona (An-sung Ko), set off for the head of the train and a final confrontation with Wilford to determine their fates. (Again, if you have any sense of surprise, do not look up the identity of the person playing Wilford.)If the name 'Gilliam' set off a little tremor of excitement when you heard it that is no accident because, with its combination of startling visuals, a head-spinning storyline and oddball characters that don't always conform to their presumed parameters, 'Snowpiercer' is a film definitely in the vein of the works of the great, especially his 1985 landmark ' (which, funnily enough, also had a distributor that was originally unwilling to release it without massive cuts). However, while Bong may owe Gilliam a debt of inspiration, this is no copycat effort by any means.

In his earlier films, Bong has demonstrated a knack for taking standard generic premises and twisting them around in new and unusual ways that entertain genre expectations while subverting them at every turn. Even though the idea of watching people trying to push their way through an unstoppable train may seem to have certain visual and dramatic limitations, he and co-writer always manage to keep things interesting.From a visual perspective, 'Snowpiercer' is never less than stunning as it provides thrilling images ranging from the desolate landscape outside (complete with the occasional body still frozen in mid-step) to a full-size aquarium with beauty that is outdone only by its implausibility. Despite the close quarters, Bong also comes up with a number of inventively-staged action sequences, the most memorable of which include a first-person look at a savage brawl in a completely dark car as seen through a pair of night-vision glasses and a visit to a classroom run by a teacher with an unexpected lesson plan. From a dramatic standpoint, the film is equally effective in the way that it includes the expected pulpy thrills and weirdo humor but also some unexpectedly affecting dramatic moments. There is one moment in which a character remarks that, because of conditions on the train, 'I know what people taste like and I know babies taste best.' It sounds like a sick joke but the line is delivered with the utmost seriousness, and, because we care about who is saying it, it turns out to be an unexpectedly powerful moment of human drama amidst the chaos. Likewise, the film's final shot is impressive in the way that it suggests triumph and potential terror at the same time.

Speaking of simultaneous triumph and terror, the mere act of seeing 'Snowpiercer' may prove to be a bit difficult. As some of you may have heard, the film has been at the center of a feud between its director and, the film's distributor. According to reports, Weinstein disliked Bong's 126-minute cut and allegedly demanded the removal of 20 minutes before he would release it. Eventually, Weinstein relented and kept the film at its full length but decided to instead slash its distribution plan to what the kids refer to as a 'limited release,' which means that unless it becomes a surprise smash warranting a bigger run, there is an excellent chance that many people will never even get the chance to see it on the big screen where it really needs to be viewed in order for it to have maximum impact. Yes, this is how Hollywood really works these days and no, I don't get it either.