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Josie 2022-12-10 02:16:10
To strive, to seek, to find and not to yield
A little literary movie.
With only one week left to live, I did not feel too much despair, fear, or pain from the film. Ben has been searching, aimlessly looking for something he doesn't know why.
He found them one by one, and he recorded them in his "book of life": What would you do if you know... -
Madalyn 2022-12-09 19:51:13
One Week
Anyway, I have always appreciated this kind of petty, warm little movie. Knowing that he may die soon is not bad news for Ben, but closer to relief. There are always some ties in life that make people unable to let go and do what they want to do, but because of cancer, Ben gave himself a reason to...
Gord Downie
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Narrator: When you get those rare moments of clarity, those flashes when the universe makes sense, you try desperately to hold on to them. They are the life boats for the darker times, when the vastness of it all, the incomprehensible nature of life is completely illusive. So the question becomes, or should have been all a long... What would you do if you knew you only had one day, or one week, or one month to live. What life boat would you grab on to? What secret would you tell? What band would you see? What person would you declare your love to? What wish would you fulfil? What exotic locale would you fly to for coffee? What book would you write?
[Written on a black board: "To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield."]
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[first lines]
Narrator: What would you do if you knew you only had one day, or one week, or one month to live?
Doctor: I'm afraid it's not great news. We've picked up cancerous cells in your blood, your liver, and your lymph nodes. We need to get you into treatment right away.
Ben Tyler: How bad is it?
Doctor: It's stage four.
Ben Tyler: How many stages are there?
Doctor: Four.
