thought provoking movie

Harmony 2022-04-21 09:02:20

About human nature: habitual escape, always feel a new life, just hit the reset button, start all over, you can escape pain and reach bliss. But in fact, it is always within oneself that escapes. I hesitated every time I escaped, worried about gains and losses, and finally became Paul, and it could only be Paul.
Regarding ideals: what is the self-worth that everyone is talking about? Paul's original dream was to be a surgeon and later a factory physiotherapist. In the end, he arrived in the "little man" country and became an operator and cleaner. I always feel that I have not realized my value, and I also feel that I can save mankind and the world in the end. However, in the end, only what Dusan said, I told you nothing ever works out for this guy.
About love: Two relationships, the first one is considered to be unshakable with others. In fact, they are just trying to please each other. In the end, they are defeated by the selfishness of "lover" or "self". What you think you think is not what you think. The essence of the latter relationship has not changed. In fact, the final choice is not "love fuck", but self. Love, in front of oneself, is really too small.

There are many details in the film that are thought-provoking. Reminds me of the movie "The Truman World"

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  • Ngoc Lan Tran: Other night on boat, what kind of fuck you give me?

    Paul Safranek: What?

    Ngoc Lan Tran: What kind of fuck you give me?

    Paul Safranek: What kind? I don't...

    Ngoc Lan Tran: American people, eight kind of fuck. Love fuck, hate fuck, sex-only fuck, break-up fuck, make-up fuck, drunk fuck, buddy fuck, pity fuck.

  • [first lines]

    Dr. Andreas Jacobsen: [in Danish to technician who has rushed into his office] Yes, Jørgen?

    Dr. Jorgen Asbjørnsen: [in Norwegian] We have it... Andreas, we have it... It works!

    [the embrace]