who can save whom

Angelo 2022-04-19 09:01:38

I don't know if it's because of the non-HD version on my computer, or because of my own pure-mindedness or stupidity, or because I've been exercising so much today that I can't concentrate. After watching the movie and reading the movie reviews, I realized that the source of the tragedy of the male lead's life is his infatuation with his sister. I didn't pay attention to why the call message that has been playing in the beginning of the film is from my sister. According to common sense, no one will not answer my sister's call. I also didn't read that he loved his sister from the episode where he smelled his sister's scarf and the episode where he couldn't have sex with the secretary. With its long rhythm, sad jazz and nudity, I was a little impatient but watched it casually. Regarding the theme of this movie, the first summary in my mind is: People should have a healthy outlook on love and sex, otherwise they will have a bad sex life, which will lead to a bad life.

But at the end of the film, the scene where the male protagonist is kneeling on the street and crying, makes me feel puzzled. I feel like there must be something I don't understand. If he doesn't want to continue such a bad sex life and life, he can find a normal lady to start a healthy relationship and life. So I went to look at the movie reviews, and then I found out that the root of the cup that this guy can't extricate himself from is wrong love.

Maybe in our real life, behind those bright and beautiful faces, everyone is burdened with a shackle bound by wrong desires or senseless obsessions. Most people who know how to unlock themselves or understand how life is going are living normal and happy lives. Most of those unfortunate people fall into some trivial obsession or some wrong desire, and cannot enjoy a happy life.

Making yourself happy is an ability. And I think it is the most important kind of ability. From another angle, perhaps this ability is equivalent to the ability of self-salvation. In reality, even if someone really walked out of the abyss and came into the light, the savior was often himself. Therefore, at the end of the film, the male protagonist is still kneeling on the street and crying. He hated the bad situation he was in, but he couldn't get out of his bad curse, and he was trapped in this endless vicious circle and couldn't extricate himself. The next time he encounters a habitual bad opportunity, will he continue? The director did not specify the answer, because people in life are also performing this endless entanglement every day...

Change is a difficult but beautiful thing. So who will save him who is bound by wrong desires or senseless obsessions? Maybe the sister can save him, maybe the female secretary can help him, but the sister and the female secretary also have their own lives and their own disasters. Are they willing to sacrifice themselves and dedicate patience to save another person?

Perhaps, some lucky people in the real world have met a savior, and I wish them know how to cherish a good life. So, those who have no luck, muster the courage to redeem yourself.

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Shame quotes

  • Sissy Sullivan: We're not bad people. We just come from a bad place.

  • Sissy Sullivan: I'm trying, I'm trying to help you.

    Brandon Sullivan: How are you helping me, huh? How are you helping me? How are you helping me? Huh? Look at me. You come in here and you're a weight on me. Do you understand me? You're a burden. You're just dragging me down. How are you helping me? You can't even clean up after yourself. Stop playing the victim.

    Sissy Sullivan: I'm not playing the victim. If I left, I would never hear from you again. Don't you think that's sad? Don't you think that's sad? You're my brother.