meet you in the wasteland

Deron 2022-04-19 09:02:07

The works I have read in the past two days seem to be both gloomy and gentle, like reminiscences, like elegy, as if the dark river flows slowly in silence.

Under the tone of grief, the world is absurd, chaotic, depressing, and fragmented. Small individuals fall, fall, fall, and fall in the boundless abyss. Without light, mad babbling worms pierce all souls, wailing, screaming, pulling at each other, and eventually turning into dust, stone, or monsters.

"Transcendence" is a lyric poem, a piano piece, an empty but meaningful gaze. The melancholy Adrien and the innocent and charming Sami, like thin blue fireworks in the dark night, add a touch of warmth to the wasteland.

Emphasizing tenderness with cruelty, watering dreams and love with depression and nothingness, we know that all we do is just build sand castles on the ruins of life, and the tide will eventually wash it down again, but we still enjoy it and foolishly look forward to the future.

Most of the time we are slowly withering away, but occasionally we meet someone who lights us up and makes us young again.

blank, childish stare

Adrien's eyes are always so melancholy, so sad.

A blue lake.

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  • Deja 2021-12-18 08:01:09

    This is a good movie that is not recommended to watch. Those who are not sick must be seen to be sick. There are two types of good works. One is to discover the beauty of the world, and the other is to dig into the world. This is the latter.

  • Deja 2022-03-26 09:01:06

    It's been long since last time I cried in the cinema. Great movie and so good to see Adrien Brody tonight!

Detachment quotes

  • Henry Barthes: Y'know you can't... you can't keep living on the street...

    Erica: I'm not, I mean, I'm staying here with you.

    Henry Barthes: Well, you can't continue to stay here with me. I'm not good for you...

    Erica: That's not true. You're like, the only family I've ever had...

    Henry Barthes: Well, I can't be your family, I can't give you what you need. You have to understand, you should be...

    Erica: You're good and gentle, you're the most kind... I love you Henry. Don't let them take me, please nooooooooo, you're all I have, please don't let me go.

    [Social workers take her away still protesting]

  • Henry Barthes: I am money, I change hands like the dollar bill, that has been rubbed by a lamp; Then a genie appeared and cried loudly, with volume; But the tears were all for myself, and that's where it all went wrong