Flip through my memo,
I watched this movie on January 5, 2017.
The film was released in 1962,
This is probably the oldest movie I've ever seen.
Tonight, I opened the interesting conversation and narration of this film that I recorded in my notebook.
Again, I think it's a really good movie.
"I only know that you have to run, don't ask why, run through fields and trees, and the finish line is far away. Even if the stupid crowd will cheer to the point of madness, this is the loneliness of long-distance runners."
The protagonist of the film, Colin, was sentenced to prison for stealing. The prison often had friendly running competitions with other organizations outside, and the warden selected Colin to represent the prison to participate in the competition. Said to be a friendly match, in fact, the warden must hope that his players can run well.
Colin in the film often runs alone, and then recalls his life and story before going to prison. The film switches between the running scene and the memory scene.
After watching the movie, the short comment I wrote at the time was: Life is a run.
In fact, after watching this movie, I basically don't think about it anymore.
However, it was just tonight, yesterday to be exact. I ran on the playground near my house. I usually stopped running for 5 laps. Today, I ran for the 5th lap and felt that I could still run. So, I thought to myself: Let’s run 10 laps today.
When I ran to the 6th lap, I suddenly thought of this film, and remembered that the hero of the film kept running in the film.
Just like him, I kept running in circles. Slowly, I recalled some scenes in the film, so I want to leave some words of my own for this film now.
Life is hard, not knowing what will happen next.
We can only keep running, although we don't know what is waiting for us ahead, we can only run.
I've come to my senses these past few days. It turns out that I've been doing wrong things over the past few years, expecting to fantasize about the impossible.
My work and my relationship are tied by the same person. After I wake up, what should I do?
I don't know how to face it except to run.
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