The protagonist is Chance, a gardener who is nearly middle-aged. He has stayed home in an old mansion since he was 6 years old. To understand the outside world on TV, imitate the language actions inside. One day a pair of young people came to buy this house, so Chance had to leave here and enter a world he had never touched before. So a series of dramatic plots took place, and Chance became the saint worshipped by everyone overnight, from the president's rich man Mr. Rand to the president, all were impressed by his philosophical words. A gardener's philosophy has become the life-saving grass of the president during the economic depression (every tree has its season, spring and summer, and fall and winter), while Chance seems to be indifferent to people's reactions. In his mind, there is nothing else. There is only planting flowers and trees, but everything is the same. The philosophy of the gardener to manage the flower garden really contains the simplest truth ignored by these people who are busy fighting for the political rights of various material desires.
The film is very humorous. Every time Chance speaks out his own thoughts honestly, it is always understood as implying other metaphors. Because when he came out of the old house, he wore a good suit and a top hat. His words and deeds were learned from TV, and he was full of gentlemanly demeanor. When people asked about his occupation, no one believed that he was really a gardener. People instilled all kinds of ideal images in their imagination, and so easily accepted him as their friend, lover, and even future presidential candidate. In Chance's eyes, there is no difference between wealth and status, so he can be himself in front of anyone, express himself directly, without concealment, and people are crazy attracted by his charm. He is full of love and compassion, but he doesn't seem to know the motives of others' evil. He just simply deals with the people and things around him.
The last shot is very meaningful. At the funeral of Mr. Rand, Chance slowly left the crowd. In the distance, he walked easily on the lake, using his stick to test the depth of the water from time to time, but he didn't seem to be walking on flat ground. Fall into the water. Before his death, Rand said that since Chance's arrival, death doesn't seem to be so painful to me. At this time, the background sound of the screen, the president said at the funeral, Life is a state of mind.
Different people may learn different things from the film. In the final analysis, although Chance observes various life states from TV, those evil things never seem to enter his thoughts, so when he enters this world, it becomes the hope in this world. . I was thinking, how can he not be polluted by the evil shown on TV? There is a scene where he often takes the remote control and wants to change channels. Maybe he chooses to jump over when he encounters something that he thinks is bad, but in fact everyone knows that human curiosity and inner desire are infinite. Yes, there is nothing unacceptable. In fact, the last shot of walking on the water is a bit of an insinuation of Jesus in the Bible, but no matter what, when we live in this world for too long, we often forget the original state of life. It does not need to be so complicated, a simple state of mind brings much more happiness in life.
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