reality and fantasy

Otis 2022-04-23 07:03:08

The film starts with a senior reality writer telling about his book "THE WORD" and describes the experiences of the two writers in the book

. The first writer lived during World War II and met his true love in France, a French girl, and the two were forced by reality. The cruelty and the combination of various tragic events, the pain of losing a child caused his wife to leave him, and it was under this painful and struggling situation that he wrote his creation, and he was excited to submit this book to him. Show it to the wife, the wife decided to come back to him after seeing it, but the surprise is that since the wife forgot it on the train, and at this moment, the man made the mistake of his life that will never be undone: "my tragedy was that i loved words more then i loved the woman my tragedy is that i love my own words more than that woman" the wife left him forever, when he last saw his wife she had her family, There is not a trace of memory for the man, and everything can only be blamed on the mistakes made by the man himself.

The life of the first writer was faced with the cruelty of reality.

The second writer is a young man with lofty ideals. He has a complete life plan, but he still faces the reality. He finds that his current life is completely out of his running track, but it is different from the misery of the first writer. Compared with his life, he was lucky, he had the chance and luck that ordinary people want to have, yes, he got it, and it was so logical until he met the real author of the work, he felt guilty and morally condemned , Bearing huge psychological pressure and family pressure, he finally decided to tell the truth, telling the truth is a relief from pain, so he told his wife, but the wife who heard the truth did not give him the trust and understanding he thought, Instead, like the first wife, he chose to leave him. Facing heavy pressure, he found the old man again
"walk away, don't look back, don't look back"
"we all make choices in life , the hard thing is to live with them. We all make many choices in life, and living with these choices is the hardest lesson in life." The old man's words made him no longer run away but Facing the facts, "you take those words, you take the pain, you take those words, you have to bear the corresponding pain" This is also doomed to the beginning of the false life of the wife who cannot accept the fact to leave him.

The second writer's life was faced with the choice of personality

And the third writer is the narrator of the whole thing. When reporters interviewed him, he avoided talking about his works everywhere. The woman, who is very interested in his works, came to his home and continued to ask the truth of the story. Facing the woman’s repeated questioning, the man was indeed a little angry and dared not face the truth,” other than the belief that one can , after making a terrible mistake in life continue to live and perhaps even live well It's self-comfort, it all fell apart in that long line of revelations from the woman, look at the man's face as he listened to the woman's revelation, yes it was him, "he could never go on believing in himself, when he and his wife were against each other. They can see the true face of life in each other's eyes when he sees each other, when he stands on the podium it can only put on a mask of sophistication and confidence, and when he comes home alone at night, he will lose sleep Because as soon as he closes his eyes, the old man's face appears in front of him" "Or, it's his own face in front of him" That's what he escapes, he's already on the same path as the old man, but he just can't accept. "You have to choose between reality and fiction" he chose to live in fantasy, and really think he is the second author, "what do you really want" I think what he wants is the same as The first author wanted the same thing. He regretted everything he had done. What he wanted was to save his wife and save his life, instead of living in an illusion under a mask and dying in loneliness.

What struck me the most about this film was
"we all make choices in life , the hard thing is to live with them We all make many choices in life, and living with these choices is the hardest lesson in life" touches the core of people, choices are hard , But since you have chosen, you must continue to persevere, and the most difficult thing is to persevere. Whether the result is good or bad can only be decided and faced by oneself.

Finally, I hope that the experts can point out the wrong places.

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The Words quotes

  • The Old Man: He should've been somebody everyone knows.

    Rory Jansen: Yeah... but what happened?

    The Old Man: Life.

  • The Old Man: You choose the words, you choose the pain.