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Kennedy 2021-12-16 08:01:16

This is a literary film wrapped in science fiction, a story about self-salvation. A car accident destroyed two people and connected the two people. The two strange individuals were therefore tied in blood. The girl who caused the accident longed for salvation, and the surviving man longed for inner peace. A lot of hand-held photography creates the texture of real life, but the film always reveals a touch of elegance, the blue mysterious planet in the sky, the pale and beautiful face of the girl, the blue sea, and the light dancing in the sun. Dust, these beautiful images make the heavy theme of the film less unbearable to watch. In fact, this theme is not easy to shoot. After all, because of one person's fault, another originally happy family broke up instantly. Can the victim really forgive the perpetrator? If so, what kind of inner struggle has he experienced? And how does the perpetrator seek self-salvation to make the audience feel that she has really repaid her fault? It is not easy to clarify these issues while convincing the audience, or at least generating approval. The Darnet brothers’ film "Son of Others" discussed this issue, and in the end they believed in human tolerance and gave both parties a reconciliation.

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  • Richard Berendzen: Within our lifetimes, we've marveled as biologists have managed to look at ever smaller and smaller things. And astronomers have looked further and further into the dark night sky, back in time and out in space. But maybe the most mysterious of all is neither the small nor the large: it's us, up close. Could we even recognize ourselves, and if we did, would we know ourselves? What would we say to ourselves? What would we learn from ourselves? What would we really like to see if we could stand outside ourselves and look at us?

  • John's Son: What rhymes with "light"?

    John Burroughs: "Light"?

    Maya Burroughs: Oh, that's a good one.

    [Loud crash]