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Digging a hole is a foreshadowing. After reading it, I look back and think about it. The hole in this story is very beautiful. First of all, Charlie experienced life and death and saw the ghost (you Soul?), this paved the way for the second chance mentioned later, but the director did not deliberately highlight this point. From beginning to end, Charlie only saw three people, his younger brother Sam, his friend Sullivan, and the dying Moss. Only Charlie can see Tess’s wandering spirit, and therefore only Charlie can save the dying Tess. This seems to be a very interesting cause and effect. The second is Tess’s father’s tomb. Charlie is due to the death of her younger brother. And working and living in a cemetery is almost a form of seclusion, so social life is almost zero, and the intersection of Tess and Charlie began in her father’s tomb, and Tess had a secret affection for Charlie in high school, so she became Tess. When the wandering spirit and Charlie met again, it was also in front of her father's cemetery, where the director was also very clever. Charlie knocked on the lid of the trash can to drive away the swan, and Tess looked like she was awakened while sleeping in front of her father's cemetery.
2. Is it self-salvation or detachment from life and death?
If Charlie’s daily appointment with Sam is aside, it seems to outsiders that Charlie is a mentally abnormal person. Some sympathize with him and others laugh at him. Charlie appears in Tess like a self-exiled person because he caused the death of his younger brother. From the audience’s perspective, Charlie’s obedience to Sam’s promise seemed more like self-salvation, but when Charlie’s relationship with Tess was sublimated, Charlie accidentally discovered the fact that Tess was a wandering soul. At this time, Charlie was afraid of face. To reality, I think Tess is dead. When the first-aider’s wife brought her will to Charlie, Charlie began to actively rescue Tess. This process violated Sam’s oath and seemed to symbolize Charlie’s bidding farewell to the past.. .
3. the story of the biggest bright spot
As mentioned earlier, when Tess suffered an injury to her forehead and met Charlie, at this time Tess had actually been stranded on the reef in the storm and was dying. In fact, there are many thrillers that show the chaotic memory of ghosts, such as Kojima Horror. If you watch a similar film again, you will disapprove it, but this story is a different way to let the dying Tess use a peculiar way to ask for help like Charlie. Why didn't this call for help also saved Charlie...
if you want to say this What are the shortcomings of the film, in fact, is that the theme is not suitable. The story emphasized several times that the second opportunity and opportunity are actually a concept, but opportunity is a very vague concept. It is something that can be met but not desired. Charlie's story is not reproducible, and it is more isolated from reality with a fantasy color. At best, it is just a well-conceived story...
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