1. I sometimes think about a question, that is: most of us will not be remembered in history, and will be completely forgotten over time, leaving no trace, as if we have never been to this world. Same. Just like the name of the movie, our life will be a silent life, and finally it will be a silent one. The thought terrifies me so much that thinking about the meaning of life and existence itself places myself in a never-ending emptiness and emptiness.
2. The protagonist of the movie is named John, who is employed by a government agency to help people who died alone find their families, deal with their aftermath, and send them off on their last journey. In modern society, in the cold and ruthless city, people die alone every day, and they just disappear silently. When they died, no one accompanied them, no one knew, until the corpses stinked, until their pet cats and dogs were found alone and no longer to rely on. Most of them could not find relatives, and even if they did, no one would be willing to attend their funerals. They are the loneliest group of people in the world. Many people are gradually forgotten after they die, but they are completely forgotten by the world when they die, and they die permanently in the true sense.
3. John has a big blue photo album of photos of people who have died alone in his work. There are all kinds of faces in the big blue album. They once laughed, were young, lived and experienced. They were also alive and colorful, but in the end they died alone. , no one remembered them, and they were completely forgotten. They are orphans of this beautiful world. John's large album saved them from being permanently forgotten, and he looked at them, scrutinizing their faces, like old friends, as if giving them a second life. Indeed, every life should not be easily forgotten. Indeed, every life has its own unique value.
4. John treated his work with a religious scrupulousness and devotion. This is the most basic humanistic spirit. One of the characteristics that distinguishes humans from animals is their "reverence for life". From the moment of birth, everyone is destined to be orphans in this beautiful world forever, they are the insignificant dust floating around in the universe. Everyone, no matter what kind of person they are, no matter what status they have achieved, they should be treated well and should not be easily forgotten. Our sacrifices to our ancestors in ancient times, our worship to our ancestors, our remembrance and memory of our ancestors, and our memory of history form the most basic things of human civilization, and are the beginning and origin of our civilization. We must give enough respect to every ordinary life, remember them, and fear them. John fears every forgotten person, helps them choose a suitable cemetery, organizes funerals according to their beliefs, even chooses the music for the funeral, attends their funerals from start to finish, and gives them the last ride.
5. As for John himself, he is also alone and lonely. He was plain and inconspicuous before his death, but he was forgotten immediately after his death and returned to silence. But at his funeral, it will never be as quiet as his life. In that thick blue album, everyone, every lonely person he took good care of, everyone forgotten in his lifetime, these orphans of a beautiful world, would be present at his funeral.
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