While this clue is underway, another main line is quietly unfolding, the solemn church, the nuns in white, the innocent smiles on the faces of the children, the shadows of the trees, the flying birds on the blue sky, the majestic and beautiful Rome, this is a world about nature, art, and religion. The city of Rome seems to be divided into two parts spatially, one is the hell represented by the extravagant parties held on the rooftop, and the other is the heaven represented by the solemn and holy church. Whether it is hell or heaven, Jabil does not have a strong sense of belonging.
Jabil only wrote a popular novella 40 years ago, but in this state of mind, he cannot continue writing. When someone asked about the reason for the delay of the new work, he smiled bitterly and said that most nights are singing and dancing like this, how can he create quietly. Jabil is now a "successful" reporter, interviewing "successful" people. I clearly remember that he once interviewed an "avant-garde female artist". When Jabil asked her how she understood the core of her creation-"consensus", the "female artist" could not answer. Friends around me and my own work have made Jabil disappointed and boring time and time again.
The only way to get out of this environment is to go back to your own home, lie on the bed, look up at the ceiling, and then immerse yourself in the ocean of memories. The smell of youth and love rushes over your face. This seems to be the greatest consolation in his life. In a self-directed and self-acted drama, Jabil’s old friend said, “What’s wrong with nostalgia, this is the only thing that can be done for people who have no hope for the future” .
When the editor-in-chief of the magazine told Jabil that the next person to be interviewed was Saint Maria, Jabil didn’t seem to have too many surprises. Perhaps he had seen too many "successful people", and what was hidden under this glamorous mask of hypocrisy A decayed heart. After the careful preparation of the first half of the film, the audience seems to be waiting for the appearance of a pseudo-saint.
The 104-year-old Saint Mary sits in a magnificent chair and receives worship from believers from all over the world. Such "mascots" are not uncommon in our actual lives. Art is displayed in each of these unexpectedly. In the dinner, Saint Mary taught everyone here, "Respect poverty, live in poverty, and be content with poverty." People can't help but think of John Logan's " Roscoe said to his assistant in "Red", "The artist must be poor", the two can be said to hit it off. After the dinner, the saint disappeared. He was lying on the floor of Jabil's bedroom and fell asleep soundly. Saint Mary, against the pink flamingo, asked Jabil, "Do you know why I like to eat roots? Because roots are very important." Jabil laughed blankly under the power of nature and religion. The next shot is the saint Mary kneeling and climbing more than a hundred steps to worship God. Saint Mary has a deep sense of spiritual belonging, in other words, has her own spiritual roots. Don't get lost in the many worlds and become a louse parasitic in the gorgeous city of Rome.
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