Why is it painful? Pleasure is always superficial, pain is profound. I just finished watching Fifty Shades of Grey, although it is now proving to be a stupid mistake. For Anna, a young, handsome, rich, beautiful man surrounded by beautiful women but only in love with her male existence is happy both materially and spiritually. At the same time, this innocent, literary, and adoring girl, who is like a jade, also greatly satisfied Gray's vanity. Combined with the literary and artistic works I have seen, the source of happiness is nothing but material and emotion. So what about pain? Where does the pain come from? The most common pain in drama is life and death, heart-breaking! For example, Casey Affleck played for us this year, a father who lost three children because of his own negligence caused a fire. Attempted suicide, heartbroken, can only walk on the dark side of remorse and self-blame for the rest of his life, and can't get through. But dramatic pain is not experienced by everyone. What sticks together is trivial and subtle pain. Like twelve years, I often watch "sideways" when there is no one there. I've fantasized countless times that I'm the humble middle school teacher Miles, with a stagnant career, abandoned by his wife, and writing but never getting published. Under Miles' mediocre and clumsy appearance, all the small staggering undercurrents surging, thus reflecting the bright California sunshine in 2005, the disappointments converge like water, and then freeze into ice, piercing the heart. I saw Miles' face contorted in pain, a clear mirror image of my own blankness and vulnerability. Finally, where does the pain come from? I say, pain comes from thought! It comes from possessing the contradictory side, but inevitably and eventually losing the other side. The parable of trees and forests, in and out of the city. Having a virtuous wife but longing for a young girl, a stable middle class but tired of a life without passion and dullness. So with the desire, the pain is always and everywhere, lingering. It also explains why "American beauty" is the best movie in two decades.
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