The awakening of free will, take them away, separate them.

Moriah 2022-04-20 09:02:04

On an autumn weekend afternoon, I quietly watched this movie alone, feeling a little stuck in my heart, but also very happy.

This kind of movie should be released in ten years. It is not sensational and delicate, but it has a kind of refreshing pain, like the green of the jungle in the film.

1. WHY?

Watching them choose to escape from the world in the mountains, keep escaping, and endure the hardships of life, the audience actually kept asking: Why? There is no direct answer from the beginning to the end of the film, but it is indirectly explained through some subtle clues.

Clue 1: The kind aunt who took them in asked Tom to find out that his father was also a military veteran.

Clue 2: In the cabin halfway through, Tom looks through his father's belongings, so the newspaper clippings reveal that he may be a veteran of the Vietnam War.

Newspaper clippings hint at father's Vietnam veteran background

The metaphor of the bee colony

Their life in the healing land has a passage about the hive. Tom was led by the locals to visit the hive, and then again with his father. This time, she took off her protective clothing and touched the bees with her hands, following the example of a beekeeper. For the first time, surprise flashed in her father's eyes. He finally realized that his daughter had grown up and started to feel Explore the world. The beehive is a metaphor, representing the crowd, society, and the interaction between the beekeeper and the colony implies a reconnection with society.

The bee colony metaphor builds trust with social groups, and it also implies that the daughter grows up and begins to explore the world independently.

3. Separation

The final separation is a reluctance to her daughter, but he still has a future and hope after all;

For my father, it was a real pain to let go. For many years, his daughter has been his only communication partner and company in this world. If we say goodbye today, we will be separated from each other, and there may be no future in the future. Ben Foster's soul is really surprising. The power that bursts out after being restrained is far from the arrogance and arrogance of the winged mutants in "X-Men 3".

From then on, the forbearance of father's love turned into a tear.

When he went on the road alone and walked towards the unknown loneliness, the camera used such an angle to express the division between the mainstream and the world. From this beginning, the wounds of war, in his heart, could never be healed.

Inaction goes astray

ps.

American protection of minors permeates the consciousness of every citizen. They want a ride, and the driver needs to independently question their daughter to make sure that she has not been kidnapped or threatened.

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Extended Reading

Leave No Trace quotes

  • Will: I'm so sorry.

    Tom: I know.

  • Tom: What's your favourite color?

    Will: What's *your* favourite color?

    Tom: Yellow.

    [They sit for a moment]

    Tom: What was my mother's favourite color?

    Will: Yellow.

    Tom: Maybe I learnt it from her. I wish I could remember her.

    Will: She'd wish for that, too.