adults who don't want to grow up

Virgie 2022-04-23 07:05:22

Observe the life of adults from the perspective of children, but it lacks innocence and childishness. Oscar is a scheming little boy. At the age of three, he chose to break his spine and refused to grow as if he had seen through the world and was tired of life. A bit like Sima Yi chose to crush his own legs in order to save his life. Everyone grows up hurt by childhood, but Oscar is at least lucky to live in a loving family. No matter how messy the relationship between his parents is, at least everyone loves him. Although they all lost their lives because of his tricks. The film has strong magical realism, peculiar imagination, and explosive sound. The magic is that the scream can not only shatter glass, but also draw peach hearts to express love. Oscar finally chose to leave, the train to the distance took away all the bad memories, and started to grow up and start life again. It was as if nothing had happened, grandmother was still digging potatoes in the field in a three-layer skirt, but she was getting older.

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The Tin Drum quotes

  • Bebra: You must join us, you must!

    Oskar Matzerath: You know, Mr. Bebra... to tell the truth, I prefer to be a member of the audience, and let my little art flower in secret.

    Bebra: My dear Oskar, trust an experienced colleague. Our kind must never sit in the audience. Our kind must perform and run the show, or the others will run *us*. The others are coming. They will occupy the fairgrounds, they will stage torchlight parades, build rostrums, fill the rostrums, and from those rostrums preach our destruction.

  • Oskar Matzerath: There once was a drummer. His name was Oskar. He lost his poor mama, who had eat to much fish. There was once a credulous people... who believed in Santa Claus. But Santa Claus was really... the gas man! There was once a toy merchant. His name was Sigismund Markus... and he sold tin drums lacquered red and white. There was once a drummer. His name was Oskar. There was once a toy merchant... whose name was Markus... and he took all the toys in the world away with him.