At the beginning, when Anders left the drug rehabilitation center, he tidied up his pair of sneakers that were turned on the ground and returned to the empty seat. I have read the monologues of walking on the street many times. He mentioned his mother: she taught me to always use dental floss. Put things back in place. At the age of thirty, his past shaped him what he is today. Anders said they were harsher to my sister than to me. Anders said, I'm just a spoiled bastard. Anders told Thomas that if it ends like that, I hope you know that it was my choice. Thomas said, what about your parents? Anders said, I don't know, maybe they would think it was an overdose. Before getting negative feedback in the interview, before my sister avoided seeing him, before being treated differently at the ex-girlfriend’s party, flirting with Mina after drinking and being refused and stole the guest’s money and was hit by her in a bar. Before he ruthlessly pointed out that he was a bastard, before he always made mistakes when playing piano, he had already decided his ending. Anders is here to say goodbye. Choosing to die may be an escape, or despair, but I think sometimes it may be out of self-esteem. Alcohol is temptation, and drugs are temptation. I want to buy heroin if I have money, but I am not happy. I have been stuck with the same problem for a long time. It is difficult for me to understand how to be happy in such a bad world. Looking at many happy people, I think they are all fools. But besides the happy fools, I soon met people who weren't fools, and they were also very happy. Anders asked Thomas, but you are very happy, you are not fools, are you? Anders has never been able to jump out of this circle. His arrogance and self-esteem eventually pushed him to death. If a person is unable to achieve oneself and can no longer obtain happiness, being able to end one's life is also one of the ways to prove one's decisiveness. It takes courage to face death. Perhaps it was Camus's argument, which I can't remember clearly, when it comes to people who choose to commit suicide in order to get rid of a fate that cannot be resisted. But is it sometimes that choosing to end is to comply with fate? The parents are just right alienation, good education, picky taste. Then there is drugs, and then gradually away from loved ones and friends. He looked at the girl who accompanied him through the last days of his life. She was in her early twenties and was still in college at medical school. He couldn't believe that he didn't have a job. She smiled innocently, she had tiger teeth, she kissed him, she drove him on the bike, carbon dioxide was floating in the early morning, and he passed through her waist and closed his eyes. He took him to the sound field, and another group of men and women cycled around them in a counterclockwise round square, counting down the life of Anders. They jumped out of the pool, and he fell on the steps when he took off his shoes, so he just sat down and watched them swim. She called him, he smiled calmly, in a daze, his eyes gradually dimmed, but he didn't go down. When the sun rose on August 31 in Oslo, he walked home carrying the poison that would end his life.
This film review is not very good, and it is difficult for me to finish it quietly now. But I rarely have such a deep connection with a work. I watch it over and over again and spend the last day of life with Anders. Finally, when he returned home, I almost felt that it was my home. But then again, how did I get happiness in the end. The way is very simple, is to let go of self-esteem. Learn to understand that other happy people are not all fools, learn to understand the world, learn to rely on yourself. There are also opportunities for things that parents did not teach, to be accomplished by self-study, and to learn not to blame others for things. Listen to the world humbly.
But it is strange that I can still resonate strongly with this movie. Director Tyre is really good at capturing delicate emotions. This style is common in his works, and those moving little details are all over the film. After reading it many times, I found that there are little easter eggs. There are pictures of Iselin and Anders on the opening wall, which are pictures of Anders and his wife Iselin in life. The so-called Echo Field, a famous attraction in Oslo, is the park near Stahl's residence in "Ensemble".
Finally, the monologue on the street:
He taught me to ride a bike and row a boat
How to speed 20% without getting tired
50 ride to 60 90 ride to 108
She speaks about adults in English
She taught me to always floss and put things back in place
They hate conservatism but it took many years to buy a video recorder
Both of them are from Oslo remember the places we passed
He is a bit hard to hear but insists on listening to absurd dramas
"Which one do you think is the best"
"You absolutely want to eat raw oysters"
They believe that intellectual achievement is better than sports success
They sympathize with celebrities who want to protect their privacy
They made me a critical reader
But they all warmly entertain me whoever I take home
They never miss the evening news
He took a quiz and proudly told us that he has an artist character
He said that everyone who values military experience is stupid
She has a tolerant attitude towards drug abuse
He hopes to ban barbecues in the park
Democracy is the best option
She thinks Brigitte Bardot should help people, not animals
They respect my privacy maybe too much
They taught me that religion is weak and I don’t know if I agree
They never taught me to cook or build a relationship
But they look happy
They never told me how the friendship disappeared
Until the friend is like a stranger and leaves a name
They allow me to be picky about food
She said i can do what i want
Decide for yourself who you want to be
Who want to love who want to live
They will always help me
They are harsher to my sister than to me
I have never felt so close to a movie, and it has soothed me in wonderful ways for many moments. So, just write this film review hastily.
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