What's behind the madness.

Emma 2022-04-20 09:01:38

I sympathize with Lisa, and I like her very much. I want to know what her past was like. I think although we don’t know why we became like this and the manifestations of various mental disorders, the key to understanding the past lies in in their own hands.

Lisa is full of ill will, like an asteroid slamming into the earth without hesitation, trying to break everything, even if she hits her head and bleeds, even if her youth is passing, her face becomes old.

The most heart-pounding thing is Daisy. I don't know how to understand such a life. I guess she is also fragmented deep inside herself, unable to identify with herself, and living in the pain of sin every day. I really agree with Lisa's words: in fact, she has been in pain for a long time, just waiting for a proper reason to die, but she needs someone to push her when she is very weak.

Georgiana is a poor liar. Lies are like her beautiful clothes and beautiful dreams, just like she likes the fairy tales of the Wizard of Oz series. In fact, she herself knows very well that she is lying, but she needs it.

All lunatics have illusions against the real world to protect their fragile self from the cruelty of this world.

What is madness, are they really mad? What kind of persecution they were subjected to, and what kind of life forced them into such a situation.

How can we make them no longer alone dancing.

This film is more about a process, a sober process.

After waking up, the world is still the same ugly appearance.

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Girl, Interrupted quotes

  • Susanna: I'm ambivalent. In fact that's my new favorite word.

    Dr. Wick: Do you know what that means, ambivalence?

    Susanna: I don't care.

    Dr. Wick: If it's your favorite word, I would've thought you would...

    Susanna: It *means* I don't care. That's what it means.

    Dr. Wick: On the contrary, Susanna. Ambivalence suggests strong feelings... in opposition. The prefix, as in "ambidextrous", means "both". The rest of it, in Latin, means "vigor". The word suggests that you are torn... between two opposing courses of action.

    Susanna: Will I stay or will I go?

    Dr. Wick: Am I sane... or, am I crazy?

    Susanna: Those aren't courses of action.

    Dr. Wick: They can be, dear - for some.

    Susanna: Well, then - it's the wrong word.

    Dr. Wick: No. I think it's perfect.

  • Lisa: You know, there's too many buttons in the world. There's too many buttons and they're just - There's way too many just begging to be pressed, they're just begging to be pressed, you know? They're just - they're just begging to be pressed, and it makes me wonder, it really makes me fucking wonder, why doesn't anyone ever press mine? Why am I so neglected? Why doesn't anyone reach in and rip out the truth and tell me that I'm a fucking whore, or that my parents wish I were dead?

    Susanna: Because you're dead already, Lisa! No one cares if you die, Lisa, because your dead already. Your heart is cold. That's why you keep coming back here. You're not free. You need this place, you need it to feel alive. It's pathetic.

    [Lisa falls down to her knees and screams]

    Susanna: I've wasted a year of my life. Maybe everybody out there is a liar. And maybe the whole world is "stupid" and "ignorant". But I'd rather be in it. I'd rather be fucking in it, then down here with you.