False grace breeds decay

Janie 2022-12-27 19:24:36

The three most important characters in the whole film, the first is Baroma, she is like a torturer of life, and she also suffers from the absurdity of the world. She looks on the world with a cold eye. retouch. But she sees that these so-called appearances are nothing but a veneer, just like a detail in the film, tall and majestic, the cigarette butts under the homes of people in suits and leather shoes. This child, who has not yet been seen through the world's fairy tales, said, "I knew a long time ago that I was destined to be trapped in the fish tank for the rest of my life, just like the flies that always hit the glass window, adults also spend their time in the fish tank. ". Baroma is methodical, everything is planned and awaits his death on his 12th birthday, so he steals his mother's sleeping pills and calculates a certain lethal dose to ensure that his suicide plan will succeed. All this is surprising, how can a 12-sleeping child at such a fresh age plan her own death in such a clear way, as if the program has already been set in the computer, she is just another A controlled machine, like her reading white death is nothing but the most ordinary thing. This seems to be fatalism, living towards death, so what is the difference between you and me, no matter how great a life is, there is no escape from death. So she threw the question, what is the point of being alive? The little girl's parents, sister, and guests at home are all high-level intellectuals and social elites. The backdrop of all this grace is but a veneer of the absurdity of life. Her mother has anxiety problems, and her sister sees life as a war, defeating opponents to win. The guests from the house seem to be full of knowledge and rhetoric, but they are just generalities. Look, how tired people are, what are they chasing after, what you are after is perfect in the eyes of outsiders, but in the end you can't escape your own heart, so you think you don't have enough, just keep chasing like this , but also endless emptiness. In fact, what you work hard is not what you want in your heart, so tall houses, super wealth, and beautiful faces still cannot give you a sense of security. I think this is similar to the insatiable desire. The second character, the gatekeeper, he has a scruffy appearance, a profession that no one cares about, and no one cares, cares, let alone tries to get to know her. So she lived her life, as the girl said she found a good hiding place. She lives her own life and is silent and lonely in her world, just like she turns on the TV and turns off the sound to read a book. A lonely but safe life, she sees through the world like a girl, but the difference is that she finds a way to be with herself. second person A Japanese man, he just has that kind of heroism, "seeing the world clearly and still loving the world", this is what this man is like, he sees the world clearly, but he does not hide himself, but has his own Keen sees his own kind and takes the initiative to approach them enthusiastically. He cherishes and never doubts this sympathy. As he said, "I believe in the detached beauty of birches, so I also believe in the detached beauty of cats." He doesn't have the cynicism of a little girl, nor the cowardice of a janitor. He is like tea, full of Zen, walking through time without rushing or making noise. He hates what he hates, but at the same time he loves what he loves. He knows how to feel and even enjoy the world in his own way. He does not like things and does not feel sorry for himself. Similar to this kind of mentality, he is independent but not closed. He is like the key to a girl who is always looking for the meaning of life, and the gatekeeper is a lock. This lock locked an answer that only she knew. Finally, under the inspiration of Japanese men, she felt the beauty of life again. They all understood each other. At the beginning, everyone would be flattered and fearful because of this inappropriate understanding. Gatekeepers will be so nervous that they refuse to open up eventually. Lonely people are like this, an understanding will feel incredible and cautious. In the end, the janitor died, but left a passage that explained the meaning of life that the girl was asking about, "What matters is not death, but what we do when we die." What matters in life is not the result, but the process of our real feelings, and whether we have put the cart before the horse in life, for a result, we can't stop like desperadoes, think about it. We are always like an anxious pine tree, looking around vigilantly, pacing and eating pine nuts with high frequency, but still unable to obtain a peace of mind, try to calm ourselves down and ask our heart. Get rid of those embellishments, take it easy, and enjoy life with grace. , he is like a key to a girl who is always looking for the meaning of life, and the janitor is a lock. This lock locked an answer that only she knew. Finally, under the inspiration of Japanese men, she felt the beauty of life again. They all understood each other. At the beginning, everyone would be flattered and fearful because of this inappropriate understanding. Gatekeepers will be so nervous that they refuse to open up eventually. Lonely people are like this, an understanding will feel incredible and cautious. In the end, the janitor died, but left a passage that explained the meaning of life that the girl was asking about, "What matters is not death, but what we do when we die." What matters in life is not the result, but the process of our real feelings, and whether we have put the cart before the horse in life, for a result, we can't stop like desperadoes, think about it. We are always like an anxious pine tree, looking around vigilantly, pacing and eating pine nuts with high frequency, but still unable to obtain a peace of mind, try to calm ourselves down and ask our heart. Get rid of those embellishments, take it easy, and enjoy life with grace. , he is like a key to a girl who is always looking for the meaning of life, and the janitor is a lock. This lock locks an answer that only she knows, and finally, under the inspiration of Japanese men, she feels the beauty of life again. They all understand each other. At the beginning, everyone will be flattered and frightened by this inappropriate understanding, so Gatekeepers will be so nervous that they refuse to open up eventually. Lonely people are like this, an understanding will feel incredible and cautious. In the end, the janitor died, but left a passage that explained the meaning of life that the girl was asking about, "What matters is not death, but what we do when we die." What matters in life is not the result, but the process of our real feelings, and whether we have put the cart before the horse in life, for a result, we can't stop like desperadoes, think about it. We are always like an anxious pine tree, looking around vigilantly, pacing and eating pine nuts with high frequency, but still unable to obtain a peace of mind, try to calm ourselves down and ask our heart. Get rid of those embellishments, take it easy, and enjoy life with grace.

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The Hedgehog quotes

  • Paloma Josse: Planning to die doesn't mean I let myself go like a rotten vegetable. What matters isn't the fact of dying or when you die. It's what you're doing at that precise moment.

  • Renée Michel: Happy families are all alike.

    Kakuro Ozu: Every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.

    [Quoting from Tolstoy's 'Anna Karenina']