Laughing is better than crying, crying is better than being numb

Brandy 2022-09-10 04:21:04

Many comments before said it was dull, gloomy, etc. After watching it, I didn't feel that way at all. Isn't this more like a performance art film? It depicts the process of a person's inner numbness, shattering, and rebuilding, and came up with the book "Reconstruction of Life". Most of the male protagonists in this film have no expressions. Even if the wife dies, it seems that there is no way to cry out, and the emotions are all inward. Laughing is better than crying, crying is better than being numb, and having emotions will release people more humanely. The male protagonist also started to focus on "events" and gradually turned to "people", which is more worthy of our consideration in today's mobile Internet era.

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Demolition quotes

  • Davis: Dear Champion Vending Company: I put five quarters in your machine and proceeded to push B2, which should have given me peanut M&M's. Regrettably, it did not. I found this upsetting, as I was very hungry, and also my wife had died ten minutes earlier.

  • Davis: You must be Chris.

    Chris: You fucking my mom?

    Davis: No, I'm not. We were just sleeping...

    Chris: [interrupts] She's fucking crazy. If you haven't noticed, she's a fucking pothead. She calls it cannabis 'cause it makes her feel like less of a fucking pothead.

    Davis: You say fuck a lot.

    Chris: So?

    Davis: So you're just not using it properly.

    Chris: The fuck does that mean?

    Davis: That's what I mean. Fuck is a great word, but if you use it too much then it just loses its value and you sound stupid.

    Chris: Fuck you.

    Davis: Exactly. I feel nothing and you sound like an idiot. Have a good one.

    [Davis leaves]

    Chris: Who the f...

    [thinks about it]