when east meets west

Eloy 2022-04-21 09:01:56

I admit that I have always liked the small freshness of the British idyllic scenery, which is always neither salty nor bland, and beautiful.
The film is adapted from a novel, the Japanese-British writer Kazuo Ishiguro, the connection between eastern culture and western beauty, the infinite use of long shots, the timely follow-up of music, the clean and neat coordination of pictures and music, the quiet and dominant British scenery, such as Generally nice and quiet as expected. Ruth (Keira Knightley), Kathy (Kerry Mulligan) and Tommy (Andrew Garfield) have been in an idyllic-looking boarding school since childhood. to kill their childhood. They gradually grew up, and gradually felt each other's care and love. At the same time, they gradually discovered the strangeness of the world they lived in. It seemed that their existence was only the object of others' hunting for organs. In the mutual care, they gradually approached. the truth. At the same time, in this process, real emotions such as love, jealousy and betrayal may also separate them at any time...
The three actors in the movie are all their favorites. Needless to say Knightley, the English Rose deserves it! Mulligan's knowledge still remains on the "growing up" little girl in "Growing Up Education", and I found that she has a temperament that I especially like, she is full of books, and she has the style of a young British literary and artistic youth! Andrew is a new face who only appeared after watching "The Social Network" some time ago. He is a very handsome British guy with Jude Law in his eyes. I hope he can have his own world like Qiu Shuai!
Before watching the movie, I thought it was a horror sci-fi film, but it turned out to be a clear romantic film. Under the beautiful scenery of the good time, there is less sci-fi dream and more warm friendship. It is said that such a small and fresh movie can still warm your heart when you enjoy it in the cold winter.
Since they were still in Haiersen, the lady has said that they are special, this is their life, and they have no right to choose from birth. People understand, and even thought it was a distant dream, yes, at that time, we were still very young!
But when we grew up and were assigned to farms and began to contact with the same kind in the outside world, we began to think about what we are, can we really only obey fate, there are so many people in this world, so many people Many people want to die. Similarly, there are also many people who want to live. What we can do is to extend their lives. However, who will extend ours?
Japanese writers have always liked to discuss the issue of life and death, which may be influenced by the Japanese Bushido spirit and Chinese Confucianism. The editor Kazuo Ishiguro also moved this eternal theme into the film, hoping to learn from these irresistible In the life or living beings, seek a kind of relief or resonance from confusion. In the movie, even though we are copied existences, we hope and desire to obtain the right to live, and this right, in our opinion, is not our own choice, no matter how hard we try and even fight for it!
Life is so short, do many people feel that life is not enough? Since you have given me the right to live, please continue my right until the end of my life!
Death is not terrible; I am only afraid that life is better than death!

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Never Let Me Go quotes

  • Kathy: It had never occurred to me that our lives, which had been so closely interwoven, could unravel with such speed. If I'd known, maybe I'd have kept tighter hold of them and not let unseen tides pull us apart.

  • [first lines]

    Kathy: My name is Kathy H. I'm 28 years old. I've been a carer for nine years. And I'm good at my job. My patients always do better than expected, and are hardly ever classified as agitated, even if they're about to make a donation. I'm not trying to boast, but I feel a great sense of pride in what we do. Carers and donors have achieved so much. That said, we aren't machines. In the end it wears you down. I suppose that's why I now spend most of my time not looking forwards, but looking back, to The Cottages and Hailsham, and what happened to us there. Me. Tommy. And Ruth.