Although the cause of suicide may be unprovoked depression, resistance to fate or physical pain, etc., we can think of it, but in fact, it is difficult for people to fully understand those who have suicidal "ideals" because the real entanglement lies deep in The heart of the party. And these people who are in the mood are willing to talk about the minutiae of those thoughts.
As we all know, Hemingway committed suicide because he did not want to endure the torture of illness and deterioration of sexual ability. It is also the sentence of Nobel Prize winner Kawabata Yasunari that "death is the highest art, death is life" may be the most natural choice for him to commit suicide. Haizi is obsessed with the romantic poetry of "Genius Die Early", which makes him fall deep into it and finally put it into practice. The reasons for these suicides are known from the interpretation of the works of the deceased and the understanding of relatives and friends, but no one knows the real reason, because suicide is a very personal matter.
"Oslo, August Is Young" tells the story of a man committing suicide. The film begins in people's memories of Oslo. The simple fragmentary shots make the film a melancholic fragment, but it is not a nostalgic mood. There is a picture of a boy playing football and smiling at the camera. The boy looks like Anders, the protagonist of the movie. At that time, he should be simple and happy, but that kind of happiness now only exists in the unhappy Anders. In the memory. No matter the original life in Oslo was black-and-white, trivial or noisy, it could not conceal the current mental state of people brought out by memories, and that also established the cold tone of the film.
Anders, 34 years old, unemployed. In the movie, he is about to complete his final treatment in a scenic rural drug rehabilitation facility. That day, the weather was gloomy, and the large clouds were low down. After spending the night with a girlfriend, Anders committed suicide by drowning in the river. The whole process was crappy and uncomfortable, so he gave up this method later. This kind of abandonment is a natural choice, and the film presents a reasonable plot in which a person who finally commits suicide will fight again in spirit and is destined to struggle. Therefore, this movie is Anders' last life journey from suicide to suicide.
An interview opportunity for a newspaper editor seems to bring a turning point and improvement to the film and Anders' life. But before the interview, Anders and his best friend said that if someone wants to destroy themselves, society should allow him to do so. This sentence can be understood as an expression of Anders's determination to die. But then he said, I am a spoiled guy who can do nothing. If you (friend) are also so ruthless, no one really needs me. Behind this remark is Anders' weakness and self-denial after his self-worth cannot be realized. In addition, on the one hand, he denied the meaning of a friend's existence as a scholar and his trivial life after marriage. On the other hand, he also had no enthusiasm for the ordinary life of working, getting married and having children, and the happiness of ordinary people. Therefore, what Anders is always looking for is a life that has absolute value, but does not actually exist.
When young, many people always struggle with the meaning of life, and meaningless conclusions are best obtained. After reaching the conclusion, some people will linger in this conclusion for many years. Some people will finally find the relative meaning. Some people forget the original entanglement in the torrent of life and are submerged in the natural existence. There are still people and people. Like Anders, he chose to end after hesitating.
From my life experience, sometimes it really feels bad, but it doesn't mean that you will become happy again at some point in the future. If understood in this way, life is an opportunity God gives you to experience life. The so-called success of the protagonist in the movie is actually a kind of anxiety given to people by modern society. It may be an understatement for me to say this, but all people in it have a deep understanding. The Chinese are like this, and it is the same in developed countries such as Norway.
I remember that some media previously interpreted Successology as a malignant tumor in contemporary society, which may have relieved the stress of anxious modern people for a while. But in the final analysis, the pursuit of success is still the mainstream. It is almost impossible for most ordinary people, especially young people, to relax outside the mainstream. But if life is regarded as the only experience, then complete relaxation is still possible, and then it may be closer to success. But how to explain the suicide of those successful people in our eyes, I believe that after all, it is due to the relative and absolute difference of the meaning of life. Therefore, even in Norway, which is the most livable and the most happy in the world, suicide also exists.
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