The light at the end of the long road

Elmore 2022-01-12 08:02:13

Iris

Iris

I chose this movie because of my preference for Judy Dench, but the movie itself has moved me far more than Judy’s proficient acting skills. This is a movie about the elderly and also an intellectual movie. Since I was born in a teacher’s family, I sympathize with the character, life, and style of the characters inside. Iris, played by Judy in his twilight years, continues the style of the strong women in the previous films, but more delicately portrays the wisdom and heaviness brought about by the years, without the unruly and unrestrained youth. And my favorite character is Iris' husband John, this bookish professor is so cute!

What does the departure of wisdom mean to a philosopher? Without the ability to speak, write and think, what is left in the life of a well-known writer? The impermanence of life cruelly tortured Iris. The graceful scholar was tortured by the disease to the point where only animal-like primitive mania and emptiness were left. Fortunately, when the long road was about to end, Iris found the answer, even if she had lost it. In order to express the ability, that is love. What is broader than wisdom and stronger than illness is love. Seeing John holding the lost Iris tightly into his arms, he could no longer stop the tears in his eyes. Love is the light that makes people sleep peacefully at the end of the long road, driving away the raging darkness after wisdom retreats.

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  • Earnest 2022-04-22 07:01:46

    The performances of the four leading actors are all excellent, and the precise interlude of the two-phase narrative successfully composes Iris and John's true and tortuous journey of life and love.

  • Gayle 2022-03-21 09:02:51

    Three-and-a-half stars, it's not a good work in biographies, and it's not a good one in works about Alzheimer's. However, I think it's quite realistic. After Alzheimer's, my temper has deteriorated and it has become sloppy. And Love Notebook and Liu Yan Hua Ming are much more elegant

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  • Iris Murdoch: [pep-talking herself] Keep working, keep talking, keep the words coming.

    John Bayley: Keep at it.

    Iris Murdoch: I should feel like a deprived animal if I can't write. I'm like a starved dog.

    John Bayley: No, keep at it. I'll keep you at it.

    [turns on the desk lamp]

    Iris Murdoch: I feel... as if I'm sailing into darkness.

  • John Bayley: [talking in front of Iris] Horrible thing, to stand with your toes at the edge of the precipice. You can say anything you like, as long as you make it sound like it was a joke.

    Janet Stone: Now don't, John, it's cruel.

    John Bayley: No, you're wrong, it's not cruel. It's nothing. I mean, it's not understood. She's in her own world now. Perhaps it's what she always wanted.

    Janet Stone: [smiles dotingly at Iris]

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