from death to life

Bartholome 2022-01-26 08:48:12

Thinking of watching Abbas' films, I would also like to thank Jiang Xun for his book. In his "Ten Lectures on Life", Jiang Xun mentioned the issue of belief. He said that there is an ancient belief in Abbas' films, which makes some things that we think are boring and boring, become endless aftertaste.

I think he is right. Take this movie as an example, I couldn't stop watching it from the very beginning. Although it is the simplest scene, the simplest plot, I really want to know who will help him die, and also want to know what makes him want to end his own life.

However, by the end of the film, I didn't get an answer, and I wasn't disappointed, isn't it amazing?

Perhaps, this is because, everything I can think of has been found on the road from the dusty construction site to the moving pictures of the world on the platform of the National Museum.

No one can tell you the meaning of life, and no one can force you to love her. Even the taste of cherries is sweet in your mouth but sour to me. Because we all see the world with our own eyes.

Even though, anatomically, our retinas function the same and our hearts all function to direct blood flow, we still have different souls. It is this that makes the students of the seminary leave their hometowns to work and study in Tehran, while the Afghans live ordinary and monotonous lives by guarding the machines on the construction site.

So there is nothing inherently wrong with the protagonist's pursuit of death.

Originally, I thought that Abbas would let the protagonist Buddy say some speculative words to explain his views on death and survival. However, in the film, he just goes to the trouble of telling everyone he asks for help, how to use the A little time to help a world-weary who wants to bury his bones in a barren hill, and get his own reward.

But at the end of the film, when Buddy was lying in the cave, looking at the eternal ghost of the sky that was about to come, showing a different calm expression than when he appeared, I understood that the ending was no longer important.

From life to death, it is the law of nature.

From death to life, it is the brilliance of human nature.

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  • Kolby 2022-01-26 08:48:12

    I don't think I've ever really tasted the taste of cherries. The ultimate in Abbas's philosophical films, driving to and fro on the road of life and death, may be enlightened or confused. The flavor of the plot is still very light, and it is all driven by dialogue. Those empty mirrors, which have been photographed steadily, imply some kind of true meaning of life. The ending suddenly takes on an experimental nature, creating a connection between light and shadow and reality. Take a closer look at this beautiful world, and there will be a lot of nostalgia in my heart.

  • Anthony 2022-03-29 09:01:08

    Although he also hopes to express his emotions in a down-to-earth manner, the level of attack of Abbas's dialogue is far from that of Bergman Haneke.

Taste of Cherry quotes

  • Mr. Bagheri: Some things are easier to do than to say.

  • Mr. Badii: I've decided to free myself from this life.

    The seminarian: What for?

    Mr. Badii: It wouldn't help you to know and I can't talk about it and you wouldn't understand. It's not because you don't understand but you can't feel what I feel. You can sympathize, understand, show compassion. But feel my pain? No. You suffer and so do I. I understand you. You comprehend my pain, but you can't feel it