those dull lives

Christy 2022-04-20 09:02:41

The warm tone gave me a strong literary atmosphere at first. I thought I would be unable to chew again, but the more I watched it, the more flavorful it became. I remembered watching Xu Anhua's "Days and Nights in Tianshuiwei" a few years ago. The days around you, the people and things around you, this kind of narration of returning to life makes people feel more cordial and indifferent, but they see your past, present and future. A trance of realism.


Just like the old tree on the poster, it still has thick branches and lush branches. Life goes on every day, in a different way. Some people come and some people leave, experience sadness and gain happiness. When we turn to our twilight years and look at the people around us, how will we feel?

I envy the Tom couple in the film, their comfortable life, their favorite job, their warm home, their children who don’t need to worry about them, their own little orchard, three or five friends, good cooking skills, in their ordinary happiness, Share the happiness and misfortune of those around you. The seasons change throughout the year, just like the tomatoes in the orchard, watching them grow little by little, good or bad, big or small, so what? To loosen the soil and water it, it doesn't matter how the result is, at least we are savoring the aftertaste carefully, just like life, winter goes, spring comes, summer solstice, autumn dies, and it starts again and again, and everything in it is cold and warm.



Anyway, I like to talk about the trivial things of life in such a slow rhythm, with an inexplicable intimacy.

Hope you like it too.


2011-03-06

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Extended Reading
  • Yolanda 2022-03-21 09:03:20

    The role of Mary is a variation of the pedigree of Blanche of A Streetcar Named Desire and Jasmine of Blue Jasmine. Spring is full of vitality, summer is estrus, and autumn is harvested, but winter is not restrained. It will continue to be the same next year. Life will not change, and neither will she. . Mike Leigh can spend half a year discussing the various possibilities of the role with the actor, and the actor can trust the director to know who will play his husband until he enters the set, and such a natural person will be revealed.

  • Sylvia 2022-03-27 09:01:21

    The characteristics of Mike Lee, the god of simplicity, have been brought into full play once again. In this life, who says it's not like this? Hey, flowers are similar every year, but people are different every year...

Another Year quotes

  • Tom: I seem to remember you got banned from a number of pubs in Hull for shouting about nothing when you were a young person.

    Ken: [retelling the event] "Ken, we like you. You're a good bloke, you're good on the darts, but if you talk about politics again, you're barred!".

    [both burst into laughter]

  • Mary: But he wasn't a bad person. He loved me.

    Tom: Sounds to me that he was a duplicitous shit.