I'm really sorry, but I haven't been able to find a better narrative way to tell the film, so I can only start it so plainly.
Any case of love in the world is plain to others, even if the person concerned feels that it is already in dire straits.
Before watching this film, I am afraid that many people will think that this is another kind of abnormal emotion, the love of an 18-year-old child and an 80-year-old man.
The 18-year-old Harold is like a twilight old man, tired of everything, indulging in the pleasure of death, interpreting death all the time, evading his mother and the girlfriends her mother introduced him in the process. He attended the funeral just because he liked the breath of death.
In his body, there is no longer the courage and strength to live. He faked suicide, and enjoyed it. Harold's pending life encountered Maude, which must have been the fastest flight.
The drama of the movie's story is destined to be an 80-year-old man, Maud, who must be a very HIGH person. The old man in the film has a sense of age beyond his physical fitness and excellent mental outlook. She also likes to attend funerals, but the purpose is to remind herself of the joy of life. Her face is always full of
girlish longing. Of course, it is only based on the difficulty and preciousness of life that she has learned through death (who was a survivor of the Nazi concentration camp) at close range.
Duras and Yaen back then began with Yaen's adoration of Duras. He reads every piece of her work well, knowing how to talk will make her happy. Even if he was a homosexual, he didn't look at any beautiful waitress anymore.
Harold and Maude are dependent on another kind of sentiment. Not every love between young and old is a love XX (XX refers to all the elders that can be replaced). In this film, Harold does not regard Maud as the incarnation of his mother or grandmother or any female character.
What he loves is her vigor, her unique old youth.
When the film tells about the love process between them, like any couple, it starts with mutual uncertainty and finally loves truly. If only to talk about this, then this film is just a beautiful love story. There is no humanistic care value. In fact,
Maud played the role of Harold's soul mentor throughout the film . This has been shown in many films. Women appear next to men as a spiritual rescuer, actively encouraging them to cheer up.
Harold is indulged in the pleasure of destruction, and likes the ruins and ruins, and Maude likes to see how beautiful the green plants are in the greenhouse. You can see them being born, growing, blooming, and bearing fruit. Harold rejects all the outside world, and the relationship with his mother is alienated, and Maude naturally integrates into this society freely. Harold likes hearses and the color of hearses, while Maude likes tall and simple sunflowers.
"Even in the worst moment of your life, you can see beautiful symbols of freedom such as seagulls."
This is a story of an 18-year-old man and an 80-year-old child.
This is born. It's about rebirth. The rebirth of the self.
The reason why "Titanic" brought tears to everyone's eyes is that at the moment Jack died, Russ did not die together. She survived bravely. In the face of the death of her lover, she continued to love and was reborn. This is the story of the brave. Several people dared to live alone after their lover disappeared. I think. Maybe I can't do it. Many people can't do it. At this moment, I would rather I die first. Died before him. In the name of time, death is a hundred times easier than love.
At the end of the film, on the day of his 80th birthday, Maude took sleeping pills to end his life. After Harold knew that Maude had died, he drove a car on the road where the yellow sand was dancing. From a distant view, he saw his car swept down the cliff with a gust of wind and the waves hit the black reef. In terms of movie-watching habits, most viewers thought that Harold also committed suicide. But at this moment, the camera slowly zoomed in and moved upwards. After a long psychological pause, there was still a distant view. You could see a figure standing on the edge of the cliff in a blur, and slowly zoomed in to the camera, embraced by the thin Hammond. The piano that Maude gave him looked at the sea at his feet, and then leaped away while playing the tuneless tune.
Some people say that this is a tragic result, but the handling is flawed. I don't know if the tragedy he was talking about refers to Maud's death or Harold's loneliness.
I think this is a very tender ending. When the true love dies, Harold perceives the true meaning of survival. He must live bravely, even if he is alone. The film ends on his back alone. After the death of such a crazy lover, the beautiful love between them has just entered the topic.
Such an ending turns a simple love into a story about life. Death and love. Rebirth and the awakening of self-awareness. The sparseness of life is common and precious. Sincerely love everything.
Such an ending makes me so touched.
At last. End with a word that I like-the most difficult thing is to keep it in the world. Zhu Yan resigned from the mirror and the flower resigned from the tree. Love, love, love is colder than death.
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