When Tommy put the seeds in the little hole in front of Izzy 's grave and said "goodbye" to Izzy 's tombstone, it was all over: Master Soup disappeared in In the nebula called shibaba that is about to die, it merges with the stars, and the days of caring for the sacred tree are over; General Tang's body has become the fertile soil for the sap of the sacred tree to take root and sprout, and is buried in the sacred tree by the blooming flowers and plants. At the foot of his feet, the days of fighting on the battlefield and searching for the divine tree are over; and Dr. Tang also came out of the laboratory, found the ring that turned into a seed, and buried it in front of Izzy's tomb, ending the entire movie.
"The Fountain" is looking for a set of answers, specifically, the answer to three questions. Three problems arise in the three stories the film tells, three separate yet intertwined stories.
Tommy's young beloved wife, Izzy, suffers from horrific brain cancer. As a doctor, Tommy is heartbroken and desperate to find a cure for cancer, hoping to bring Izzy back from the dead end. He hides in the lab every day and keeps doing experiments, even refusing to go out to play in the snow with Izzy. Only in the middle of the night do we get a chance to get together at home, but often by this time, Izzy is already asleep. Nonetheless, Izzy was considerate to Tommy, accommodating Tommy's work, until finally... This is the true story told in The Fountainhead.
Tommy often fantasizes about himself as a master. He fantasizes about his belief in defeating cancer as a divine tree that can save the dying Shibaba Nebula. So, in Tommy's fantasy, the master took care of the divine tree all the way to the upcoming nebula. This is another story in The Fountain, the one Tommy is going to tell.
In his spare time, Izzy wrote a book called "The Fountain". In the book, Izzy imagined himself as the queen of Spain, while Tommy imagined as a general by the queen's side, protecting him. The kingdom protects the queen. When the kingdom was about to perish, the queen sent the general to find the legendary sacred tree, which could save the country and the queen. This is the third story in The Fountain, the one Izzy wanted to tell.
In the face of Izzy's cancer, three stories depict the feelings of three characters from three perspectives. Tommy's persistence can be seen in Tommy's story. Tommy guarded his beliefs carefully. In his heart, as long as the faith is there, Izzy has the hope of living. There are occasional flashes of Izzy in Tommy's stories. Tommy always makes Izzy wait patiently, which shows that Tommy's beliefs have caused him to ignore Izzy's feelings a bit.
In Izzy's story, we see Izzy's helplessness. When he and his country are in danger, the person he trusts most has to be sent to a distant place, and he cannot stay by his side to protect himself. Izzy knew in her heart what Tommy was doing and what he believed, and despite how much she wanted Tommy to be around, she had to show her understanding. So he simply took the initiative to send the general to a distant place, and left himself in danger alone. Izzy didn't finish the story, she left the last chapter to Tommy to help him do it. This is Izzy's trust in Tommy and his own helplessness to his own destiny.
The real story is told by the director to the audience, and it is actually the feeling in the hearts of all bystanders. We can see Tommy's restraint and his fidgety, and Izzy's strength and loneliness. These are all objective things that others can see clearly but the parties often cannot see. For those of us, we have to express the sigh of "reality is always too cruel": the patient is always so lonely and helpless, even if the person he loves the most, the person closest to him, and the best friend are all around him , accompany, encourage, and ultimately go to that unknown and horrific death, but none of them will be included. The people around the patient are always so helpless, looking at the pain of the patient, no matter how hard she tries, she cannot escape the threat of death.
Anyone who faces death is confused: the loss of a loved one makes us feel at a loss for our own incompetence; our own end makes us feel afraid because of the lack of personal experience. The Fountain is an attempt to find answers to the confusion in people's minds: answers for the living, answers for the dead, and answers for bystanders. The ending of the three stories brings the answer to the people. Although it is not a standard answer, there is actually no standard answer, but it still gives us some inspiration.
For the living, the belief in saving relatives is important. You can always tell yourself that there is almost there, but death cannot stop it. Since it cannot be saved, you should invest in it and use your own mind and body to care for the relatives who are about to leave. Let them leave in the warmth, instead of alienating them, go to great lengths to find a panacea to bring the dead back to life. For the dead, we can only comfort them. There is no elixir of immortality, and no one can live forever. Even if they drink the sap of the divine tree, they cannot escape the fate of turning into mud. And for onlookers, we'd love to see Tommy's final "goodbye" to Izzy, rather than his painful guilt.
"Let life be as splendid as summer flowers, and death as quiet and beautiful as autumn leaves"
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