Wanmuchun in front of the sick tree
As a fan of Cuan Fu, I watched an episode of "Melrose" with great anticipation. Feeling deeply, I typed these words, hoping to level the barriers in my heart.
In the first episode, the protagonist appears. The shaking shot, the syringe in the protagonist's hand, creates a depressing scene that hints at the protagonist's identity as a drug addict. The news of Patrick's father's death came over the phone. There is no expected sadness on the protagonist's face, but an almost uncontrollable ecstasy, which makes people puzzled. From his conversations with Debbie (Patrick's girlfriend), we learn that he has tried countless times to quit drugs, but never succeeded. The film quotes the words from the novel "Murphy": the sun rises as usual, and nothing has changed. It seems to imply the ending of a failed detox. Patrick wants to get everything back on track, but there is nothing he can do. I think this feeling of powerlessness is like being in a swamp. The harder you work, the deeper you sink. One scene in the film left a deep impression on me. Patrick first resolutely threw the drug into the trash can, and then picked it up again, just like us in reality, always want to say goodbye to the past without looking back, but never again. Courage to go. The scene changes, the past is intertwined with the reality, but what remains the same is the confusion in the eyes of the big and small Patrick. When he went to collect his father's ashes, his drug addiction was almost on the verge of breaking out. With rapid breathing and trembling hands, Cumford's acting skills expressed Patrick's restlessness well. Repeated repression will eventually burst out, just like the previous quote: nothing has changed. Patrick went to buy drugs skillfully again. He also skillfully made excuses for himself: I can't quit everything at once. Thinking of us in life, we are full of confidence and belief to devote ourselves to a certain plan, but many times give up halfway, and make good excuses for our own skill, it seems that life itself is indeed a deception. When he came to the place where he claimed his father's ashes, the dark and long road, the young Patrick appeared again, his eyes were full of fear, he pushed the door and entered, but the scene inside the door was abnormally festive, it turned out that the door was wrong. Finally pushing the door and entering the right place, the young Patrick appeared again, accompanied by his father, his face was cold and his eyes were full of anger. The room was vastly different from the one just now, deserted and depressing. After a painful vent, Patrick left his father with such perverse words as wishing you bad luck, and finally slammed the door and left. Ironically, just like Patrick's self-deprecation, his father's body was difficult to find in the funeral home, but his body was covered with his father's shadow. Like his next search for drugs, it was in keeping with his father's creed: it's better to have a shortage than an overdose. How ironic, the one who wanted to escape the most was like a dense dark cloud, covering the sky and never dissipating. Struggling to fall asleep, waking up in despair, looking at the needle on his body in confusion, talking hypocritically with his father's friend, and the sound of the piano in his ear stimulated Patrick's nerves again. He hurried to the toilet and injected the drug again in the cubicle, as if he was in Slowly sinking in the swamp. When I woke up, I looked at my watch, hurriedly went to collect my father's ashes, and ran to a date. Patrick's mood seems to have brightened up. He came to the residence of Marianne (Debbie's friend), and in the conversation with Nancy (Marianne's mother), sincerity replaced hypocrisy, the tone in the film also became obviously warmer, and the classic lines appeared: cruelty It is the opposite of love, not some clumsy expression of love. Therefore, love is not and cannot be used as an excuse for domestic violence. Violence should never appear in the family. The date with Marianne was warm and comfortable in the early stage, but Patrick's unstable mood still scare Marianne away. He humbly begged Marianne not to leave him alone, Marianne's ruthless words: You are not alone! Pushing Patrick into the abyss again, maybe Marianne is right, he will never become a person, he will never escape the shadow of his father. The straw he grabbed before drowning couldn't bear his gravity and propelled him deeper into the water. He returned to the hotel, and after venting violently, panic flooded into his heart. After struggling helplessly, he even wanted to give up his life for a time, but he survived. At dawn, he even told his friends in the morning in a self-deprecating tone of his thoughts of suicide yesterday. As Nietzsche said frankly: those who do not kill us will eventually make us stronger. The sun comes up and Patrick wants to take control of his life. Clouds may cover for a while, but the sun will eventually appear, and the clouds will eventually dissipate! Shelley said frankly: Winter has come, will spring be far behind? Withered branches can hardly hide the vitality of Vientiane. A friend told me of thoughts of suicide yesterday. As Nietzsche said frankly: those who do not kill us will eventually make us stronger. The sun comes up and Patrick wants to take control of his life. Clouds may cover for a while, but the sun will eventually appear, and the clouds will eventually dissipate! Shelley said frankly: Winter has come, will spring be far behind? Withered branches can hardly hide the vitality of Vientiane. A friend told me of thoughts of suicide yesterday. As Nietzsche said frankly: those who do not kill us will eventually make us stronger. The sun comes up and Patrick wants to take control of his life. Clouds may cover for a while, but the sun will eventually appear, and the clouds will eventually dissipate! Shelley said frankly: Winter has come, will spring be far behind? Withered branches can hardly hide the vitality of Vientiane.
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