Stand up by yourself, don't be lifted up

Delmer 2022-01-09 08:01:01

Billy Wilder has made five serious noir films: Double Insurance, Sunset Boulevard, Prosecution Witness, Upside Down Ace, Lost Weekend. "Lost Weekend" is a movie that is a critical film that focuses on digging out the psychology of the drunkard.

People who are disappointed in the world, depressed by themselves, alcoholism, drug abuse, binge drinking of coffee, and even cough syrup. They need a little medicine to give confidence and willpower. Don't dare to face the facts, let alone face the heart.

Alcoholics are sensitive in their hearts. The writers, Faulkner, Raymond Chandler, and Fitzgerald are all alcoholics. Because of sensitivity, it is closer to the truth, which is often cruel. Sensitive people often feel that they are incompatible with the world, dissatisfied with themselves, and dissatisfied with the world at the same time. If you want to eliminate disappointment, you can only numb that part. Alcohol can make sadness a little bit less.

As soon as the alcoholic finds that his pain appears, he will immediately think of asking for alcohol to relieve his worry. The more the pain occurs, the more you want to escape, the more you rely on alcohol.

In fact, self-confidence, willpower, and optimism are given by me, and no medicine can do it for me. On the surface, I feel comfortable for a while, but in fact, any problems are not solved. The pleasure of drinking is as if the problem has been solved. Without a real solution to the problem, people will never be truly free.

The leading actor is very vivid and takes care of every detail
. He loves the idealism in the heart of the alcoholic and the movies of the golden age of Hollywood very much. Billy Wilder is a very storytelling director. This is a great movie.

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Extended Reading
  • Garnet 2022-03-27 09:01:14

    The male lead's performance is good, the lines are great, the story structure is mediocre, the female lead is too ugly, it is too far-fetched to love this alcoholic, it's a three-and-a-half star by current standards

  • Karlie 2022-04-24 07:01:17

    One cup is too much, a hundred cups is too little. Shit bully said that of all the addicts I've ever seen, the most hopeless ones are the alcoholic guys

The Lost Weekend quotes

  • Don Birnam: Let me have one, Nat. I'm dying. Just one.

  • 'Bim' Nolan, Male Nurse: It's like the doctor was just telling me - delirium is a disease of the night. Good night.