The taste of life is purple
——Feelings of watching "Perfect as Perfect"
To be honest, this movie is not amazing enough. Generally speaking, it will not attract the attention of the audience because of the lens and the story. There are also no handsome boys and beautiful girls, and probably can't attract the small freshness of "fans". But it was a really thoughtful movie and it touched me. Open it up, and even in that year -- the year Titanic was on, it was the only film to share an Oscar with Titanic, so you can see that it was indeed a film. A very chewy movie.
From the perspective of the camera, more than 80% of them are indoors, there is no scenery, and there are no carved beams and paintings, but it is just trivial life - living room, bedroom, kitchen, messy, messy, eating and drinking, oil, salt, sauce and vinegar only That's all; in terms of the story, it's just an ordinary story of three ordinary people. It's just joys and sorrows, and emotional ups and downs. In the end, it's just fixed by fate in their respective reinforced concrete lattices, and life is bleak. There is no future and no hope.
Melvin, a fifty-year-old author who has written and published 61 best-selling books, has no friends and no family; Mild delusional disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder; life is as precise as a clock, undisturbed, and is now writing his 62nd novel. Neighbor Simon is a young gay painter who is far from famous, but he is, like all young people, fanatical at heart, dreaming of someday to paint world-shattering works; he has a dog named Mundell The puppy, Mondale, although not very cute, is lively and gentle, and is often bullied by the old neighbor writer. Melvin only goes out once a day to eat at the same restaurant, and Carol, the restaurant waiter who lives alone with his ten-year-old son Spencer, who suffers from asthma, is the only one willing and able to serve Melvin. Life seems to be like this, each is working hard and struggling in his own field; the strugglers are also struggling. Unhurriedly, it flows slowly forward - like a calm river. As the saying goes, still waters run deep. One day, Simon's house was robbed. Not only were paintings and money stolen, but he was also severely injured. Simon had to be admitted to the hospital. So, the puppy Mundell was entrusted to Melvin. Melvin hated Mondale from the very beginning, and it can't be said that he hated puppies, but that he was a writer who lived by his inner activities-his joys, sorrows and sorrows most of the time exist in the heart, probably Because it is the writer's arrogant nature - he can't despise the young Simon from the bottom of his heart, so he hates the house and Wu, and he doesn't like Mundell a little. However, he was a writer after all, and a neighbor after all. Although he was unhappy in his heart, he could not refuse in face-so, in a half-hearted way, he took Mundell home.
Although Mundell is not good-looking, he is docile, lively and lovely. Or maybe Melvin got used to being alone, and suddenly a lively puppy lives in the family - and his life has become colorful before he knows it. Slowly, he and Mundell not only developed a relationship, but also depended on each other. Love Wu and Wu, so he began to understand Simon. It turned out that Simon was a person who knew he was gay since he was a child, and showed a talent for drawing at a very young age. Once, he asked his mother to be his model—painting at home, and was caught by his father who came home early from get off work. As a result, there was a misunderstanding between father and son. Because of a misunderstanding, Simon was kicked out of the house by his father - for many years, he lived alone in a city far from his parents, painting, making friends, and barely making ends meet. The misunderstanding with his father was always like a fishbone, choked in his throat - making it difficult for him to breathe.
Melvin, the best-selling author, has long fallen in love with Carroll, the restaurant waiter, but he can't face it - not necessarily, but just because he's used to the life of a writer - compared to The outward, superficial, and superficial life shown by ordinary people, he is more accustomed to inner life - it is enough for him to love in his heart, and he enjoys this feeling of inner love very much. Carroll is different. Spencer suffered from asthma when he was six months old, and more than ten years have passed - she was pulling Spencer alone, not talking in the wind and rain - housework, daily support from her mother, and still Passable. But as a sane and healthy adult woman - she needs the comfort of a man and the nourishment of love. However, because of her own circumstances-because of her personal situation, her imagination was limited. It had been suppressed for years, though she had long discovered that the somewhat withdrawn and eccentric Melvin was in love with her, and was in the midst of her own situation—she dared not admit it. She didn't hate Melvin at heart, but she didn't dare to take that step—she didn't want to show it to Melvin. So, the two were trapped in this awkward situation. Either to avoid Melvin, or because she wanted to relax her nerves—away from Melvin, Carol had cleared the restaurant for a long vacation—whether she was going back to work, she didn’t even know. Melvin, who was rich in heart and passionate, went to the restaurant again - he couldn't see Carol, his exclusive waiter, and became nervous inside. It just so happened that Melvin's publishing editor's husband was an asthma specialist. In order to meet Carroll, or to be in the kind heart of a writer - he not only introduced the asthma specialist to Carroll's house, but also Paid medical bills for Carol, who was struggling financially. With the help of doctors, Spencer's condition gradually improved, and he can even play football.
The Carrolls are very grateful to Melvin. However, the emotion that was surging deep in Carroll's heart put her in a situation where she was at a loss and at a loss. The more grateful I am to Melvin, the more unspeakable feelings surging for him; the more the undercurrent of this sentiment surging, the more grateful I am to him. Driven by these two emotions, and under her mother's hints and reminders - Carol mustered the courage to knock on Melvin's door. She mustered up the courage to come, not to reveal her love for her to Melvin, or the more she loved him, the less willing she was to reveal it to her-because she didn't want to tarnish the purity of this love-she didn't want to Because Melvin healed his son and paid for Spencer, she put herself in his bed—she would look down on herself that way. For Melvin, of course - he thought that by helping Carroll, he might be able to make Carroll accept himself - but he didn't want to let others see through this. The embarrassed two people stood in the door and the other stood outside, so embarrassed they didn't know what to say. Or Melvin has been buried in writing for many years, and his thoughts are wrapped in the written language—the more nervous, excited, embarrassed, the more incoherent and incomprehensible in the spoken language; For Luo Er, on the one hand, she is grateful and grateful, and on the other hand, she wants to do her best to cover up the suppressed love for him. When she said it, it turned out to be: You want me to sleep with you , make love, impossible!
"Never possible!"
In this situation, Melvin can only say: I don't think about anything, I just want you to go back to the restaurant tomorrow and go to work! Hearing this sentence, Carol felt lost and asked, "You want me to go back to the restaurant to work?"
"Yes," said Melvin, who was highly nervous and perhaps not without a sense of loss, "I just want you to go back to the restaurant tomorrow!"
The four eyes are facing each other, some are confused, some are lost, some are questioned, and some are disappointed with themselves.
Simon, who lives in the hospital, is almost healed. However, he was caught in an economic crisis. He was hospitalized, and he had no income because he couldn't paint; it turned out that the poor savings had been robbed. Now facing the rent and medical bills - so he wants to go home to visit his parents; on the one hand he wants to ease the relationship with his father, on the other hand he wants to get some money from them - to solve the urgent need. However, one of his hands is still in a cast - he can't drive. So, let Melvin drive him back to his parents' house. Although Melvin was reluctant, he could not refuse; so, he agreed. However, Melvin suddenly had a whim—let Carol go with him. The reason he gave Carroll was to take care of the painter Simon in plaster along the way.
Whether it's from the heart or the heart's desire, both Carol and Melvin want to reveal their feelings to each other - just because of their poor self-esteem and poor face, they are too embarrassed to say so. That's it. Therefore, although the journey was smooth and safe, the three people's hearts were ups and downs and the waves were rough. Simon occasionally caught a glimpse of Carol's beautiful curves sitting in the hotel bathroom with a half-naked back around a bath towel. After all, Simon was just like Melvin - an artist at heart, and Carol's beautiful curves awakened his artistic sense, so, Pick up the paintbrush - with Carol as the model, and draw. As an ordinary single mother, Carol has never seen such a reversal! The kindness of her human nature and the yearning for beauty - driven by Simon, were suddenly activated. As a result, the two seem to have found the sustenance and hope of life at once. No matter from the expression or from the body language, the two of them suddenly seem to have changed a person - as if they had traveled to the age of eighteen: full of youth and vitality.
Of course, Melvin could not turn a blind eye to this kind of change in Carroll and Simon - he is a writer, and he should be very sensitive to emotions, changes, especially the emotions of characters! He saw it, but he didn't know it. Because Carol looked at his heart, he looked down on Melvin a little - from her point of view, as a man, as a fairly successful writer - how could he treat his feelings like this , how can you treat her feelings like this? So, on the way back - Carol was full of grievances and dissatisfaction with Melvin. But despite her dissatisfaction—she didn't vent to Melvin. After all, she is not so confident in herself - in fact, the more she loves someone, the more deeply she loves her, the less confident she is in herself, not to mention Carol's situation! For Melvin, with a writer's keen sense of perception, he seems to know something, but he still can't confirm it - because he loves Carroll, although he doesn't want to admit it, maybe he wants to enjoy this A feeling in his heart - for the enjoyment of love itself, or to explain all these years - he has come so much, right? Perhaps originally, he was thinking of finding a suitable opportunity to express his love to Carol. But now that Carroll was like this—he wasn't sure.
After the three returned to their original city, finally - Carol and Melvin, who couldn't sleep, got together again at four in the morning. On the deserted streets before dawn, Melvin finally said to Carol:
I may be the only woman in the world who knows that you are the most amazing woman in the world.
know how lovely you are,
And how did you deal with Spencer.
Every flash of your soul,
All demonstrate integrity and honesty.
Many people are missing this,
I can't imagine how they could watch you bring food and clear the table without thinking they've met the greatest woman in the world!
I realized,
I feel good……
This is almost the most truthful summary of Carroll's hard work, wind and rain, and accompanied Spencer who suffers from asthma all the way for so many years, the most pragmatic recognition, the most remarkable Compliment; is there anyone in this world who knows her better than Melvin? Is there anyone who knows her inner feelings better? Who else loves her more than him? Who is more qualified to love her than Melvin?
So, the two hearts finally reunited.
I remember Spielberg in the movie "Purple", through the mouth of the female lead, and said: "I smell the taste in this is purple." Yes, life itself is pale, even superficial; life itself It is sloppy, even shallow; on the surface, love is just going to work, repaying loans, raising children, oil, salt, sauce, vinegar, seven aunts and eight aunts, you come and go, but love should have her background and taste.
I like the color of life like this: she's purple, she has a lilac flavor. Not necessarily stunning, not necessarily provocative, but she must have a taste - the taste of lavender.
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