I watched "This Man From Earth" a few years ago, and the simple narrative of the night talk around the fire was deeply immersive. A man named John claimed to be a human who was born 14,000 years ago. He has gone through 10,000 years of vicissitudes. He was even regarded as a saint for spreading the teachings of Buddha. Yes, he is the historical Jesus himself. At the beginning, no one believed what he said. In the end, even if everyone collapsed and denied his nonsense, the seeds had been planted, and belief or doubt would take root in their hearts. Among those who heard his story was a devout Christian, an elderly lady. To deny that Jesus is a saint is to deny Christianity and her worldview, so she reacts most violently. But when John asked her, "If I say I'm not Jesus, can you be sure," her gaze answered everything. I believe that at that moment, she realized the true meaning of faith. Heart proof. No doubt he was following. When they finally parted, she kissed John goodbye softly, as if kissing the real Jesus, without saying a word.
A few years later, when I watched "K Star Stranger", it seemed like the brothers of the previous work. It was also a strange person from Chen's origin, and the identity was suspenseful, but the feeling was very different. If the previous work is a poem in the wilderness, calm and vicissitudes, lonely and warm, this work is an alien symphony, a kind of amazing beyond human experience, like a ray of light from the sky, illuminating a certain part of the heart Bright. In a beam of light, the protagonist Prot appeared in the bustling train station hall, wearing sunglasses, standing there like an angel who appeared out of thin air. Only one beggar witnessed it all. Because he claimed to be from the alien planet K-Pax, he was sent to a mental hospital and treated by the doctor Mark. Prot entered the world of the mentally ill. The truth and the false are like the opposite poles of day and night. Each patient has their own imaginary world, and they cannot communicate with the outside world and cannot return to human society. The group of doctors headed by Mark represents the rational force of human beings. Only by insisting on empirical evidence can bring belief, and think that everything comes from the delusion of the patient. Black and white are so distinct here. The emergence of Prot broke the boundaries of this human consciousness. When all the doctors concluded that Prot was delusional, all the patients believed without thinking, "He's from K-Pax". They are another form of human beings who believe in heart testimony. The trust in Prot enabled these patients to finally be redeemed as believers. As an alien, Prot received a friendly welcome from his patients. His warm and peaceful love is different from the doctor's high-level treatment intentions. He cares about these partners, not thinking of them as patients, but believing that there is a healing seed within each of them. Prot's healing journey begins with Howie. Howie is a blue-eyed, thin, neurotic old man, who we know from the doctor's description has an obsessive-compulsive neurosis. He is the kindest of the group of patients. In one scene, Prot looked at Bess, a girl who never talked to anyone, with concern. The black brother on the side said that because Bess burned his family, Howie immediately stopped him and explained to Prot very kindly that it was fabricated. He is kind and trusts Prot deeply, and he is Prot's first believer here. Prot told him that as long as he could complete three tasks, he could heal and get out of here, and Howie believed it without hesitation and went for it. I don't know how many days and nights he stared out of the window, sitting like a stone statue, waiting for the blue bird Prot asked him to find. Audiences do not know if the bluebird will appear, and in what form. Doctors scoffed at it nose. The scene at the end is the most touching in the whole movie. Howie walked to the window in a light, his blue eyes widened, from muttering dumbly, "Blue bird?", to smiling with joy, running wildly, almost insanely, calling everyone to the window Before, yelling "Blue Bird Blue Bird" until everyone cheered with him. A blue bird hopped softly on a branch outside the window. It was not frightened away by the thunderous cheers, it was not frightened away by the surging crowd, it stopped there like a miracle. Howie's belief runs through the whole process. He not only has to believe that Prot will not lie to him and that the Bluebird will appear, but also believes that the emergence of the Bluebird is not an accident, but a miracle that Prot promised him. The reactions of others in this scene are also intriguing. As usual, the doctors thought that the patients were crazy and hysterical. The other patients were carnival-like, accompanied by Howie yelling blue jays and blue jays (although it didn't matter to them, it felt their emotional connection to each other). And the doctor Mark, who has always believed that Prot is a delusional disorder, seems to have opened the door to a new world, and the bird touched the defense line in his heart. "Just a bluebird, a bluebird," he muttered to himself with joy and aftertaste. He was shaken. A notable detail, Prot asked Howie to look for a blue bird, a phantom blue bird. The cheers of the crowd were blue birds from beginning to end. And when Mark saw the blue bird, the English he said to his colleague was blue. Jay, the actual blue-crowned jay. One false and one real is the distance between faith and doubt. The appearance of the blue bird is an important turning point in the story. Not only did Prot conquer the hearts of all the patients and shake Mark, but most importantly, Prot found an extraordinary friend, Bess, who was accused of burning his family and never talking to anyone again. girl. Bess was indifferent and sat in the corner that belonged to her indifferently when the crowd reveled in the mental hospital. And the shot cleverly cuts to Prot only at the last second, still standing gently and calmly outside the crowd (the bluebird flies away immediately after that shot). There is no explanation in the film as to how the bluebird came to be. In the dead of night, Bess walked through the darkness to the door of Prot and said to him: I know who you are, you are the blue bird. It was as if the light of the soul shone into the darkness, and although there was only one beam, it was frightening. Prot, who watched the stars at night, did not deny it, I believe he decided the ending of the story at that moment. The story runs on two lines, on the one hand, Mark still tirelessly explores Prot's inner world, trying to find the source of the trauma behind his memory loss. He even used hypnosis to make Prot's inner personality finally appear. It was a man who had experienced great pain. The hypnotized Prot said that whenever this person needed himself, he would come down from the night sky and talk to him. . Mark was thrilled to discover that was the true self that Prot was trying to hide. He set off to the hometown Prot said, and found the true trajectory of the man's existence. Because of the murder of his wife and daughter, the man committed suicide in great pain and disappeared. There is no doubt that this man is the Prot in front of him. He should be called Port. Mark told him bluntly in the final session that you are this person and this person is you. In exchange, Prot asked Mark to take good care of Port, and told him that in his life on Earth, he understood the relationship and care between human beings, and he would miss Mark. When Mark thought the truth was revealed, everyone in the mental hospital was vying for the spot to return to K-star with Prot, and launched a lively "Reasons to K-star" essay contest. Despite the jeers and dissuasion of the doctors, everyone believed that Prot would eventually take one of them. Howie has completed Prot's second mission, curing a patient who has shattered a black boy's fear of death in drastic ways. At the final farewell party, he looked at Prot expectantly and asked what the third mission was. So Prot said that he finally Tender words: stay here. Stay here instead of going to K-star with yourself. Quietly, slightly disappointed and relieved, Howie accepted the last word. That expression really moved me, like a child who trusts his parents so much, or a devout believer looking to God. Because of faith, surrender, without any doubts. The next day, in plain sight, in a light as he had come, he left. It is only until this moment that the audience will understand how he will leave. He left Port's body, the man who had attempted suicide, and fell to the ground. When the doctor pushed Port (not Prot) out of the bed, the patients swarmed. They are so amazing that they get to the truth with almost no logical thinking in the brain. They said: Who is this person, this person is not Prot. After looking at each other, they remembered that Bess was gone. At the end of the movie, Mark pushes the wheelchair and talks to Port himself, talking about the departure of Prot and the disappearance of Bess. There are no answers to all the unsolved mysteries, and the rest is only evidence. Star K, the place that is three thousand light years away, is a highly developed spiritual planet, where people get rid of the social structure of interdependence, there is no marriage, no family, everyone has a high degree of self-consciousness, and lives in pure In love, but there is no tie and nostalgia for each other. Prot is on earth learned the love of human beings. It was an emotion that produced a sense of reluctance, care, and unfreedom, and it was those who were on the edge of the spirit who made him understand human beings. He took Bess away, Bess who understood his spiritual nature. When everyone came to Bess's room, the bed was empty, leaving behind the essay "Reasons to Go to K Star". There is a blue bird painted on it, and a sentence: I have no home. What made me cry instantly was that Howie turned back full of love and gratification, and told everyone as if he had witnessed a miracle: Bess went to K star. She went after the blue bird. home. What made me cry instantly was that Howie turned back full of love and gratification, and told everyone as if he had witnessed a miracle: Bess went to K star. She went after the blue bird. home. What made me cry instantly was that Howie turned back full of love and gratification, and told everyone as if he had witnessed a miracle: Bess went to K star. She went after the blue bird. home. What made me cry instantly was that Howie turned back full of love and gratification, and told everyone as if he had witnessed a miracle: Bess went to K star. She went after the blue bird. home. What made me cry instantly was that Howie turned back full of love and gratification, and told everyone as if he had witnessed a miracle: Bess went to K star. She went after the blue bird.
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