It is said that Mike Nichols, the director of "The Ward of Mind", has just won this year's American Film Institute (American Film Institute) Lifetime Achievement Award. Is this CCTV responding to this news? Probably not, CCTV has never been a considerate master. However, for Mike Nichols, his "Spiritual Spring Festival", "Graduate", and "Catch 22" are all well-known masterpieces, and he also combined Elizabeth Taylor and Dustin Hoffman was both awarded the Oscars as a queen and actress, and he also became the winner of the Oscar for best director. If the history of these films is a bit old, in recent years, "Stealing the Heart" and "Charlie Wilson's War" are his repercussive films, and they also include Cliff Owen and Natalie Portman. Philip Seymour Hoffman was nominated for an Oscar performance. The so-called treasure sword is not old, is talking about people like Grandpa Mike Nichols.
Compared with the above-mentioned well-known films, "The Ward of Mind" is much less famous, but actress Emma Thompson's superb acting skills still make this almost one-man film a deep connotation. From an innovative point of view, the protagonist always suddenly jumps out of the story and speaks with his face to the camera. This is a taboo problem in other movies, but it comes seamlessly here. For other stories, the most basic requirement for actors is to put aside the camera and integrate themselves into the story, ignoring the existence of the camera. But in "Mind Ward", the heroine suddenly turns her face to the camera from time to time, and then speaks to the camera, as if the audience is her talking object.
In fact, as a female professor who studies classical literature at a university, she was only 48 years old when she was found to have advanced ovarian cancer, and she had never been married, and her parents had also passed away. It can be said that apart from her academic world, her life history is as thin as a cicada's wings, simple and transparent. But then again, if there is no illness, Vivienne Bening's life is an elegant and pure life, even if she is sick, she is still working hard to maintain her dignity. But the cancer cells that could not be eliminated slowly shred the dignity of Professor Benin, and slowly crushed her fragile and lonely side. A single woman lying alone on the hospital bed, no matter how strong she is, she will slowly wear off and dissipate. What's more, the doctor she met did more research on the treatment itself than on the patient. He was more concerned about his research topics, and treated the patient's body as a testing ground, and the closeness to the patient was just to show performance. Just oneself.
A woman, when she is in prosperity, suddenly faces the last yard of her life. How embarrassing is this situation. Professor Benin associates her past with the present, intertwining the ward and reality, presenting each other, and telling the camera from time to time. This can almost be regarded as a documentary, recording a patient from entering the hospital to death. The whole process. That is to see a graceful woman who suddenly walks the end of life. In this process, we are fortunate to be with us. While feeling her torment, she also felt everything about her, and then aroused deep thoughts.
Some time ago, the writer Shi Tiesheng died, causing a small commotion, especially among those who had read his book. I am also one of the people who have read his book. When I first came into contact with his works, I still felt a little unsuitable for his understanding of life in his writing, and then I admired it. Combining the feelings of the heroine Professor Benin in the film, coupled with the film's unique sense of picture, Shi Tiesheng's feelings and insights are more understandable. Only people in their state can have such a strong feeling for life. As onlookers, it is not easy for us to be able to see what happens.
Watching such a movie, you have to calm down and slowly feel and understand the feelings of the protagonist in the movie. Only in this way can you appreciate the painstaking effort of the director and screenwriter. The impetuous mentality is destined to not come to such a movie, it is only suitable for watching some blockbuster movies or heartless farce. Just like the attitude towards life, one needs to face it in this way. No impetuousness can make people take one step closer to the core of life.
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