obviously, that was The frog rain comes from the frog disaster in the Bible, but the frog in the Bible comes from the Nile River, and Magnolia descends from the sky. However, Anderson’s original intention was not to imply the Bible. He did not associate it with the Bible until a friend told him after reading the first draft. Anderson explained,
"I read about frog rain in Charles Fort, a writer who specializes in documenting grotesque phenomena at the turn of a century. Michael Penn was the one who led me to Fort. I went to Michael’s show in New York. When it came to Frog Rain, I thought,'Wow, how cool and scary and fun to do that would be---and what does that mean'? Then I wrote it into my script, and this was until it was After I wrote it, I realized what this means,'You get to a point in your life, and shit is happening, and everything is our of your control, and suddenly, a rain of frogs just makes sense'.. After that, I began to explain things about frogs and history. For example, as early as the Roman period, people used the health of frogs to examine the health of human society. Frogs can reflect who we humans are...
I am very attracted by this movie. Magnolia touched, too much pain, entanglement and death make my heartache, such a complicated and tortuous life, is it possible to have a frog rain to end all the difficulties? That way, life is gonna be damn easy! I guess that's not gonna happen. The only way is to figure out a rain by yourself, to forgive, forget, fix the wrongs and wipe your damp eyes.
PS This movie has a beautiful name, Magnolia, and it feels like I like it. This is a beautiful flower that blooms in spring. It has a short flowering period, after which the petals fall and decay. If there is any drama connection, then I think it is a metaphor for the withered beauty-Lily, who died of cancer a long time ago, Earl Partridge's first wife, Frank Mackey's dear mother.
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