However, after reading "Revolutionary Road", the authenticity and beauty of this sentence will be greatly reduced. Dreams shine on reality. It depends on what kind of dream, what kind of reality, and more importantly, what kind of person is connecting the two. If Frank and April are like this, it must be a disaster.
After careful calculation, "Revolutionary Road" contains at least three dimensions of life, reality, reality, and dreams. If it is a little far-fetched, we must find a specific person who can represent these three words. Then, it can be said that Frank represents reality. He is not very comfortable with the status quo, but he is not too insistent. Then continue the unchangeable state; Mathematicians represent the truth, always revealing the truth in a straight-forward manner, revealing the hidden hopes and fears in people's hearts; April represents the dream, very stubborn and fragile. So, the ending is that the dream is dead, the reality is crazy, and the reality is still alive in pain and confusion.
However, the film also somewhat subverts the meaning of these three words. Dreams are not always beautiful, sometimes the ethereal becomes a kind of escape, and sometimes it is a hysterical obsession; reality does not mean how deep and sober, it lacks a bit of kindness, and eventually becomes impossible. Endured stubbornness and meanness; as for reality, it is not always helpless, it is not repeated compromises, and ultimately a mediocre life, on the contrary, if you find a fulcrum, it can also become an extraordinary ordinary, but, Frank was not found.
The "revolution" in "Revolutionary Road" did not succeed, or even started at all, just like the baby who was strangled by his mother after only 12 weeks of defecation, very innocently became the source of a tragedy, and at the same time, destroyed self. However, no matter it is reality or dream, there is nothing wrong, it is only the person who connects them and the choice made by that person. Many times, we are just not brave enough or strong enough. Retreat will eventually create a life where everything is lost; however, if the mentality is not right, just like Frank and April, never change and adjust their attitude towards life, even if they successfully arrive in Paris, it is just a change The place continues the previous survival mode, and the sadness that pervades them is still uneasy.
The dream is still shining on the reality, but please, be sure to find the balance point that belongs to you.
I don't need to say more if I don't want to, although there is a lot to be discovered in "Revolutionary Road".
Finally, two paragraphs of text that mirror each other with the movie are excerpted:
...The way we spend our lives in a hurry, with our eyes half closed, our ears half covered, and our heads half drooped--it's really amazing to think about it... …Nevertheless, almost all of us have had a momentary awakening: we suddenly saw, heard, and understood many things! --everything! ——Only, after such a flash of awakening, we will re-enter the comfortable state of drowsiness. ...
——Conrad
Forrest just walked over when he saw a target. Others saw a target and made a battle plan, then crawled forward, dodged to the left, ducked to the right, and then made a bunker... For the rest of my life, I've watched him dodge around and live like a gimmick, and he didn't get anywhere in the end.
——Zhang Yue commented on "Forrest Gump"
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