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Missouri 2023-09-28 13:14:56
When Alice recorded the video instructing herself to say goodbye, tears flowed quietly. In front of the camera, she was still a beautiful and smart woman. Facing the future Alice who would eventually take away her body, she passed her fear, care and courage to the...
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Madilyn 2023-09-21 19:50:55
Not just ignorant, Alzheimer's is not only a noun but also an adjective. It is you who can truly experience the irresistible degeneration of brain function and there is nothing you can do. It is you who cannot control your familiar body organs and face the shock of your mind after breaking with your past life, which is precarious and precarious. The film downplays all contradictions and conflicts except Alice, so it lacks ups and downs, or the author intentionally irons out these waves and...
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Rosalia 2023-07-30 02:08:10
Aunt Moore is really good at...
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Leatha 2023-07-10 23:29:56
Just when I thought there wasn't much to watch this year, this one popped...
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Roel 2023-07-05 12:15:21
The soundtrack is a big plus. Watching this movie is an anxious process... I can't help...
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Lola 2023-06-11 20:26:48
It's really peaceful, plus the Alzheimer's disease has been used a lot in recent years, it's not new. I thought Moore would perform a very hard bombing acting. In the end, it's normal performance, but it feels a little less forceful and tears are low. I didn't want to cry, but I saw the same person with Alzheimer's disease. Hey, the old man's tears still lacked a little sense of substitution. I really liked that...
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Layne 2023-06-06 21:17:03
When mom gets sick, eldest daughter hates it, a new generation of...
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Amelia 2023-05-31 14:03:37
The American version of "Family in Difficulty", 2014 is really a small...
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Etha 2023-05-28 06:31:07
The film, performed by the outstanding actor Julianne Moore, brings the most touching themes of caring into people's hearts like a...
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Destini 2023-05-01 08:28:39
The story is surprisingly simple, a struggle with no victory to speak of, and reminds me of "Tug of War with Eternity" from the corner of my eye. The film relies on internal tension to build its attraction, and the performance is very particular and restrained. However, the intellectual calm was more rational, which made the last impression cast a cold feeling. Without a thorough touch, the depth of the audience's thinking and experience cannot be deepened, and I think this is a...
Still Alice Comments
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Monte 2022-04-23 07:01:58
It's nice to have a family who loves you
My friend's father graduated from Tsinghua University, but he got Alzheimer's when he was seventy or eighty years old. Maybe smart people who use their brains will get Alzheimer's. Fortunately, Alice has a family who loves him. The friend's father also has an elderly partner with him. One of his...
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Leonard 2022-03-24 09:01:47
"Quotes"
"I know what I'm feeling! I know what it's feeling and, and it feels like my brain is fucking dying. And everything I've worked for in my entire life is going. All... all going."
"I wish I had cancer.
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Don't say that.
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No, I do. I mean it. I mean, I wouldn't feel so ashamed. People have cancer...
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Dr. Alice Howland: Hi, Alice. I'm you. And I have something very important to say to you. Huh... I guess you've reached that point when you can answer any of your questions. So this is the next logical step. I'm sure of it. Because what's happening to you, the Alzheimer's - you could see it as tragic. But your life has been anything but tragic. You've had a remarkable career, and a great marriage, and three beautiful children. All right. Listen to me, Alice. This is important. Make sure that you are alone and go to the bedroom. In your bedroom, there's a dresser with a blue lamp. Open the top drawer. In the back of the drawer, there's a bottle with pills in it. It says 'take all pills with water'. Now, there are a lot of pills in that bottle, but it's very important that you swallow them all, okay? And then, lie down and go to sleep. And don't tell anyone what you're doing, okay?
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Dr. Alice Howland: Good morning. It's an honor to be here. The poet Elizabeth Bishoponce wrote: 'the Art of Losing isn't hard to master: so many things seem filled with the intent to be lost that their loss is no disaster.' I'm not a poet, I am a person living with Early Onset Alzheimer's, and as that person I find myself learning the art of losing every day. Losing my bearings, losing objects, losing sleep, but mostly losing memories...
[she knocks the pages from the podium]
Dr. Alice Howland: I think I'll try to forget that just happened.
[crowd laughs]
Dr. Alice Howland: All my life I've accumulated memories - they've become, in a way, my most precious possessions. The night I met my husband, the first time I held my textbook in my hands. Having children, making friends, traveling the world. Everything I accumulated in life, everything I've worked so hard for - now all that is being ripped away. As you can imagine, or as you know, this is hell. But it gets worse. Who can take us seriously when we are so far from who we once were? Our strange behavior and fumbled sentences change other's perception of us and our perception of ourselves. We become ridiculous, incapable, comic. But this is not who we are, this is our disease. And like any disease it has a cause, it has a progression, and it could have a cure. My greatest wish is that my children, our children - the next generation - do not have to face what I am facing. But for the time being, I'm still alive. I know I'm alive. I have people I love dearly. I have things I want to do with my life. I rail against myself for not being able to remember things - but I still have moments in the day of pure happiness and joy. And please do not think that I am suffering. I am not suffering. I am struggling. Struggling to be part of things, to stay connected to whom I was once. So, 'live in the moment' I tell myself. It's really all I can do, live in the moment. And not beat myself up too much... and not beat myself up too much for mastering the art of losing. One thing I will try to hold onto though is the memory of speaking here today. It will go, I know it will. It may be gone by tomorrow. But it means so much to be talking here, today, like my old ambitious self who was so fascinated by communication. Thank you for this opportunity. It means the world to me. Thank you.
