Professor Dying, Professor Living

Lorna 2022-09-15 06:51:59

An underestimated film, the satire and deconstruction of the middle-class intellectuals are in-depth, restrained and humorous. There is no hysterical heroine, no pitiful male lead, no bad and stupid villain, only one. Because of the death of man, the old man who started to re-examine his life

Every character in the film is basically independent, intellectual, wealthy and kind, but even with this premise, they have not lived the life they really want. This is really the greatest sorrow of life, and it is also the student who the male protagonist desperately hopes for him. And children can avoid roads

The problem with the film is that the plot is a bit idealistic, and the description of the emotional part of people is too simple to lack realism. For example, in the end, the male protagonist tells his daughter that he has a terminal illness and wants to leave, and the daughter has just lost her lover and the relatives will leave again. It is impossible to look at him. The sad and regretful expression sent his father out. From a realistic point of view, it is impossible for a child. There is also a terminal illness of the male protagonist that weakens the core persuasiveness of the film. Passive death makes a person change. Is the attitude of death to life only suitable for the dying person, and can only be generated from the heart of the dying person?

Generally speaking, the movie is not perfect, but it is enough to make people like it

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The Professor quotes

  • Claire: The person one loves at first is not the person one loves at last. Love is not an end. It's a process through which one person attempts to know another.

    [pause]

    Claire: That's it.

    Richard: And, in a word?

    Claire: In TWO words, deceptively simple.

  • Peter: Why are you wearing sunglasses?

    Richard: I have cancer. I'm supposed to wear sunglasses in unusual places.