alive or dead

Pasquale 2022-04-20 09:01:43

A car accident occurs, the soul escapes from its shell, and wanders in a real? Illusory? City. A short time to find a reason to live, or an excuse to die. The
film uses a doctor, a third party who does not exist, and uses him The first person tells a dream-like inner world. The logic is hard to find, the truth is hard to tell. The doctor blindly shuttles through the dark soul of the young man, looking for a glimmer of hope to save him. His mother, his father, he His crush on his girlfriend, his favorite painter idol, and even inadvertently immersing himself in a world as gloomy as the soul itself, however, this is all just an illusion, the doctor and the young man are actually himself, a man who wants to To live, one wants to die.
The self who wants to live is constantly looking for hope to save the will to survive, even if lost in the illusion of the one who wants to die... However, the facts have proved that everything is in vain, heavy damage The body, the rushing blood and the guilty self-blame are all taking away the life and soul of this young man, and are slowly swallowing this dream-like world created by the soul.
When everything is about to end, the dim bridgehead , flowing with romantic neon-like soft colors, everything is becoming more and more illusory, the moment when the gun was raised and inserted into the mouth, the young man chose to give up his life as brilliantly as his idol.
Back to the car accident At the scene, under the dim light, familiar faces lingered around, but in reality they were completely different from the dream, but when he was in a coma and confusion, he brought their faces into an illusory dream, when everything At the end, when he woke up, when the ring was shining bright white in his hand, we pray that no matter whether that life is saved or ascended to heaven, there will be no more sombre sadness...

To be honest, at the end of the movie, when everything came to an epiphany at the end, I was amazed: GOOD JOB!! A very unexpected movie. After watching the whole movie, you will be surprised to find that the two male protagonists are actually just one person , both Henry himself. The whole story is nothing but a concocted dream during the period when he was in a coma in a car accident. In reality a doctor (SAM) was trying to save his life, and in Henry's dream he actually acted as a Such an important character, he splits himself in two, one is struggling to save himself, and the other is slowly bringing himself to death. The process of watching the movie can feel very confusing, because the dream is like this. Some unrelated scenes are subconsciously linked together to complete an illusory story. We are so unknowingly confused and blindly let it develop in his dream, without any clues. Such a film conception and shooting method are really It shocked me for the first time!! Very good film, worth recommending.
BTW: Awesome director's performance in transitions, novel and unique, and very well matched with a big theme like dream, I like it very much!

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  • Sam Foster: I've read your file.

    Henry Letham: Well can I read your file?

    Sam Foster: Tell me why you're here.

    Henry Letham: I thought you read the file.

  • Henry Letham: What are you, a substitute shrink?

    Sam Foster: I guess you could call me that.