This is a soothing film between the commercial film and the literary film. Three stories nested within each other are told during the period. Although some of them did not explain the ending, the film itself has a smooth narrative and does not set up any understanding barriers. What I pondered after watching it was not the clues buried in the film, but the dilemma faced by the three writers, as well as the process of their struggle, surrender, and final achievement. This is not a film review or analytical article, but just some thoughts on the writer group. Realistic dilemma: Young Man (Ben Barnes) young man, living in the United States and Europe after World War II. The French girl who meets by chance becomes the love of life, but young love can break through the barrier of distance, but can't face the cruelty of life. The young girl died of a sudden illness, his wife ran away sadly, and his life of hopelessness made him a literary work-the book named The Window Tears by Rory, the manuscript with the first page printed on the back of the message paper. However, the missing manuscript finally exposed the dilemma he faced. "Compared to my wife, perhaps I love my work more". Years later, he will look at his original choice inadvertently exposed when facing a difficult situation. Facing the family that may start again, the happiness that may make up for the trauma in the future, and the happiness that has just returned, the young man chose his wife’s mistakes. It is so unforgivable-life has made his literary dream work, but he is The wife left the train carelessly. Inadvertently, young people make a choice at the fork in the road where family and lover are on one side, and literature and dreams on the other. And this choice requires his life's loneliness as a price. Moral dilemma: Rory (Bradley Cooper) Rory occasionally gets a manuscript from a young man's lost leather bag. Being shocked by it, he entered a word into the computer unchanged. Wife Dora mistakenly thought it was her husband's work and encouraged her to find publication channels for it. The temptation of fame and profit caused Rory to temporarily put aside moral issues and publish the book. But on the day of receiving the National Literary Award, the moral dilemma was revealed-the original author of the novel by Jeremy Irons (Jeremy Irons) ), has been watching quietly in the rain curtain behind him. A masterless work can bring fame and fortune to oneself and allow other serious works of oneself to be recognized by readers in the impetuous age. Whether it is material feedback or the self-realization of the author's value, the temptation is great enough. And that was a manuscript found in a grandfather's purse in a thrift store on another continent. Various details suggested that it was safe enough, so safe that banknotes flying in the wind could be lightly owned by them. After a small step across the moral boundaries, other booming fame and fortune can be completed in smooth sailing. Everything is rationalizing Rory's deceitful behavior. Rory's courage is that he has not quibble. In fact, when he began to input the novel into the computer, the desire to possess it had already eroded the standard of moral judgment. Rory is brave. After being awakened by the truth, he confessed to his wife and bookseller and hoped to erase his name from the book. But this film does not stop at the level of moral criticism (this is also my favorite point), otherwise it will become a literary youth who occasionally loses his footing and then changes his previous mistakes. In fact, Rory's bravery has no meaning. The old man gifted him the copyright, saying that he had no intention of retrieving it. Rory can't steal his entire life. The old man has paid a lifetime price for his plight and did not expect anything else in the last days of his life. And "you take away the story, you have to bear the pain". Moral dilemmas are more than just being brave to get out. Self-dilemma: Clay (Dennis Quaid) In contrast, the third story is the most obscure and broken. The first two stories are both told in Clay's new book, The Words, in a work of the same name as the movie. In the "reality" aspect of the movie, Clay is an old writer. Compared with the two writers in his own writings, whether the young man who writes amazing works or the unheard-of-grid climber Rory, Clay is a more familiar creative, more mature, and more complex person at the same time. My life is in a mess, and my wife is separated but not publicized. He is proficient and sleek to deal with the media and readers. He is more willing to discuss professional baseball leagues rather than toast to his own work. Daniella and Clay The conversation with obvious flirtation turned into a sharp questioning in the end. About the ending of the book, how the author views morality, the choice of the protagonist, and the author's own choice. "I just want to prove that a person can continue to live and live well after committing an unforgivable mistake." This kind of cynicism avoidance can't fool Daniella's questioning. When Clay applauded Daniella, he saw how this woman who was brought into her own dilemma refuted herself and became another author who made different choices. In the end, after a kiss, Clay told Daniella who couldn't help herself to leave. Forced to the end by the two worlds of life and novels, Clay cannot face Daniella, that is, he cannot face the questioning herself. "How do you face yourself with a mask?" Teacher Luo Dayou once asked. In the last scene, Rory embraces Dora and apologizes, which seems to imply that Clay and Rory have a rather difficult connection. Looking at the comments, some people have already said that it is not difficult to see that Clay wrote it himself. This understanding is simple, that is, Clay hopes to apologize to his wife, restore the truth of life, and get rid of the psychological dilemma of deceiving the world. But beyond that, there are no directional clues in the film. So I am more inclined to understand it as, "Fiction and reality may be very close, but they can never completely overlap. They are two very, very different things." Clay may have the same fears and self-blame as Rory, but that is not himself, but an experience he crunched in the book. How much of it is true, forever only he knows. The three men in the mud are surrounded by a woman. The gender difference here shows the huge difference in the thinking circuit between the two genders-women have simple needs, clear goals, direct to the core of the problem, and emotional; men are indulged in illusions, complex motives, delayed behavior, but easy rationality Lost. Three costs: The price of addiction: Celia (Nora Arnezeder) The wife of a young man, the simplest one is the loss of a loved one, and permanent self-blame for his wife and daughter. Moral condemnation: Dora (Zoe Saldana) Dora After learning that her husband cheated on the world, he did not have a trace of nostalgia for a rich life and fame. Instead, he cried, begging him to correct his mistakes, broke down emotionally, and even wanted to leave Rory. What this wife represents is the requirement of pure moral self-discipline. [Addition] Although I did not rewatch the movie again later, many friends mentioned the role of Dora in their replies, which is too simple and one-sided as a moral self-discipline. Recalling the plot, Dora became the second reader of the book after seeing the words typed by Rory (though she thought it was the first). She thought it was her husband's work and was moved by the book, and then began to constantly advise Rory to sell this excellent work (of course she didn't know that she indirectly encouraged Rory to make mistakes). As his wife, Dora is the backbone of Rory's struggle and the goal of men's efforts to manage their careers and works. Dora has another meaning here-temptation. The temptation to make yourself live better with your lover, the temptation to become famous and successful, the temptation to make your wife worship yourself, and so on. Women's temptation of men has also become one of the reasons why Rory made a big mistake. Follow-up: Daniella (Olivia Wilde) Daniella is a fan of Clay (literary fruit?) and a follower of Clay's works. To some extent, she represents the wishes of the audience. That is, I want to know the black and white truth (whether this is your own story after all), and I want to know the realistic version of the story. After getting an answer, he will also express his dissatisfaction with the superficiality and depravity of the story and express his own remarks. And Clay’s temptation and final loss also told Daniella And the audience, questioning lacks its meaning. Because the truth is unknowable. The work, whether it is true or false, is ultimately the result of the author's extremely private activities. Life is another matter entirely. The phrase "Literature is a symbol of depression" by the Japanese writer Kukigawa Shiramura has been shrouded in a group of writers like a prophecy for a hundred years. We have read about Hemingway, an extremely powerful giant, and also read about Dazai Osamu, who is born with fear, loss and alienation of mankind. The most glorious and darkest, the most magnificent and the most humble, are all printed as books and sold on the "Foreign Literature" floor of the Book Building. Therefore, people in distress are a much more complicated group than the dilemma itself. So, is it true that "predicament achieves writers" and "predicament achieves works" must be established? As long as human literature continues to exist for one day, this question will always be discussed by literary criticism, but it is obvious that there will never be a sure answer. In response to this, many writers have also put forward introspective answers behind their writings. Finally, I made a comment-leave a manuscript, nothing will happen.
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