What is more unbearable than death?

Ethyl 2021-12-30 17:17:18

He is a gay director who has frustrated his career and stays at home. The lover he has been with for many years has also turned into a friend who occasionally visits. The pain of a stroke tortures him, and his past memories often emerge uncontrollably like phantoms.

He had an unhappy childhood. The talent and inspiration he possessed in art was not supported by his family; he was unique and lonely.

When he grew up, he became an excellent director, but his sexual orientation problem caused him to be pressured by the public. People viewed him with a discriminatory perspective, even his kind and loyal maid expressed sympathy. He is "the sin of the flesh".
He has no friends, no love, he said the monster is in his heart.
He once cursed the "natural environment" of his boyhood. In his film works, he declared that "love death and hate life" in the mouth of a monster. What kind of desperate emotion was that?

Love life in a way that hates life.

"I take care of you, you give me comfort"-this is the most basic emotional appeal of mankind, but to him, it seems to be an extravagant hope.

But he loves life so much, never pitying himself, he mocks the world with wisdom and keenness, and he never gives up the pursuit of love and beauty, so he expresses his ideal of a happy life through the mouth of a monster , "Loneliness is not good, friends are good".

In the sound of Youyang's violin, he walked toward death in a beautiful way. What is more unbearable than death?
Only loneliness.

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Gods and Monsters quotes

  • Clayton Boone: You must think the whole world is queer.

  • James Whale: Ma'am, may I introduce Mr Clayton Boone, my gardener.

    Clayton Boone: How do you do? Clay Boone.

    Princess Margaret: Quite. I adore gardens.

    James Whale: He's never met a princess, only queens.