Reality and Unreal, Existence and Nothingness in New York Synonyms

Darrion 2022-11-28 18:48:16

This movie brought a deep shock, and the aftershocks could not be subdued for a long time. The life that constantly intersperses reality and fantasy drama in the movie is actually a myth that many creators have. Every creator will bring real life into their works, and every bit of the work is a reflection of life. When the work comes out, it affects our life at the same time, the reality creates the illusion, and the illusion changes the reality. There is a lot of interspersed back and forth between the works and the reality, and gradually it becomes impossible to distinguish between the real and the virtual, the existence and the non-existence. When I'm bringing reality into the work, is it reality? But it is different from reality. It is just a fantasy projection with reality in my mind. Is it illusory? When it's out of my mind, do I still have it? But it is actually in your hands, so is it still in your mind? Reality and fantasy can never be clearly defined, and we don't know whether we live in reality or fantasy. You can tell me what I saw, heard, smelled, and touched, it is real, it is not illusory at all. But all this is what your brain tells you, does reality exist in the brain? If you see, hear, smell, and touch it is the truth. Is the mind, soul, god of religion, love, freedom not real and non-existent? If they exist, then where? If they don't exist, why do they always appear among us? It all seems as if the hero in the movie has always wanted to name his stage play, but in the end there is no answer.

The male protagonist often mentioned in the play that his stage play was to discuss death, but in fact he talked about existence and questioned existence in death. Why does this question exist? I believe everyone has asked themselves, everyone has their own answer or no answer, this question can have an answer in one second or can't find an answer in a lifetime. For me, it is still searching, but I believe that since life has an end, it must have a mission to complete, even if it is just a breath. Either way, I'm lucky enough to see this drama in the moment of my existence.

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  • Sammy Barnathan: I've watched you forever, Caden, but you've never really looked at anyone other than yourself. So watch me. Watch my heart break. Watch me jump. Watch me learn that after death there's nothing. There's no more watching. There's no more following. No love. Say goodbye to Hazel for me. And say it to yourself, too. None of us has much time.

  • [over radio]

    Millicent Weems: What was once before you - an exciting, mysterious future - is now behind you. Lived; understood; disappointing. You realize you are not special. You have struggled into existence, and are now slipping silently out of it. This is everyone's experience. Every single one. The specifics hardly matter. Everyone's everyone. So you are Adele, Hazel, Claire, Olive. You are Ellen. All her meager sadnesses are yours; all her loneliness; the gray, straw-like hair; her red raw hands. It's yours. It is time for you to understand this.

    Millicent Weems: Walk.

    Millicent Weems: As the people who adore you stop adoring you; as they die; as they move on; as you shed them; as you shed your beauty; your youth; as the world forgets you; as you recognize your transience; as you begin to lose your characteristics one by one; as you learn there is no-one watching you, and there never was, you think only about driving - not coming from any place; not arriving any place. Just driving, counting off time. Now you are here, at 7:43. Now you are here, at 7:44. Now you are...

    Millicent Weems: Gone.