The light of life , in Nabokov's Humbert's is Lolita. Light of life, fire of desire, sin and soul. Humbert's metaphor, fiery and profound, evokes and justifies those pedophilias aroused. And that's Nabokov's trick, his almost excusable indictment of immoral, affectionate bills.
The light of life , in the snowy forest of Casey Affleck is daughter Anna. The apocalypse is desolate, when civilization becomes a relic, and the girl who is hard to find in the world becomes the prey of public criticism. He carefully guards his daughter in a way more than his own life. In the dark night, a light secretly lit up, and he told his daughter a fairy tale adapted from Noah's Ark.
"The Light of My Life" is a new film directed and starred by the last Oscar winner Casey Affleck. Some people commented that it is the father's version of "The Handmaid's Tale" and the wilderness version of "Manchester by the Sea". The collective silence of the complete loss of women's rights, the cold and shadowy living environment, and the warm colors of the father and daughter in the poor night are superimposed on the cold temperament of this film.
The story is like a stage play with constantly changing lighting backgrounds. The structure is simple, and the only two core characters are constantly walking in the snow and the wilderness.
A great plague took the lives of almost all women in a short period of time, men were safe, and the earth became a jungle for men. Anna was born and survived the plague, and her mother was Elisabeth Moss, the Emmy-winning actress in The Handmaid's Tale. In order to avoid hunting, she dressed as a boy and grew up with her father in the wandering forest, listening to fairy tales, reading, and various education from her father.
This year, she was 11 years old, at an age when she was curious about the world and other people.
At the beginning of the story, they met a suspicious old man in the forest, saying "Your son is very handsome", as if seeing through that she is not a boy. They quickly put away the tent and fled nervously. On the way, they encountered a man who went to an empty house. The happy family photo showed the happy life of the homeowner and evoked his flashback memory. After a brief lull, the pair were suspected of buying supplies in the town, and fled after the raiders raided.
The desolate road was covered with snow and ice, and my father finally stopped a car. In order to survive, he forced a kind driver to get out of the car and took his daughter to the mountain where his grandfather once lived. It was found that there were three men living there. The old man named Tom believed in God. His wife and daughter died tragically, and he insisted on taking in them. There was another brief calm. In the early morning, three robbers broke in. Tom and the other old man were both killed. The daughter rolled down the roof to escape. The father tried his best to kill the two, but he lost to the third and was killed. Dead strangled, I feel like death is near. At this moment, gunshots rang out behind the two of them. The daughter rescued her father with Tom's gun, and the bullet accidentally wounded him.
The father woke up in a wooden hut in the woods and couldn't find his daughter. Despite the gunshot wound, he ran into the knee-deep snow and shouted her name in desperation. Finally, he saw his daughter from a distance struggling to drag the heavy log to the wooden house, he ran, and the two embraced each other and wept.
A fire broke out in the wooden house, the daughter bandaged his wound, and the father and daughter sat quietly. The father realizes that he may no longer be able to protect his daughter, and struggles to offer to send his daughter to a women's shelter, although it may only be temporary peace. As he spoke, he buried his head in his hands, sank into the shadow of the wooden house, and wept silently.
Previously, the father reminisced about his wife with his daughter late at night, saying that she used to say during her lifetime that their unplanned trip could be bad no matter how bad it was, because it was also an adventure of love. At this moment, the sunlight outside the window penetrated into the black hole-like wood house, and Zao Hui's daughter, the lake blue eyes, was firm and soft, and she comforted her desperate and powerless father: It's okay, Dad, this is an adventure of love.
Reminds me that on the first day of college, my parents sent me to the dormitory. I was happy to start a new independent life, but he cried sadly.
In the early years, Casey was handsome and handsome, with clear and simple eyes. The male image he created was melancholy and tragic, immersed in the pain of not being able to protect his children. In the apocalypse, women lose all their rights. Except for their fathers, only a few people with firm beliefs do not join forces. Let's see, Caffleck's precious affirmation of faith.
The owner of the cottage, Tom, who believed in God, provided meals to the hungry father and daughter and asked them if they would like to stay. He said, "Jesus said, come and have breakfast, the disciples will not ask: Who are you? Because they know , this is the Lord." At this moment, Affleck had heavy hair and long beard, like a wandering savior who was struggling to protect his children in the last days. Later, the father and daughter were discovered because of the whistleblower, and the believer Tom was martyred. He was like Jesus who was betrayed by Judas, but he was not killed, and was finally rescued by the child who was guarded.
Looking back, when I was 20 years old, I was full of energy. At that time, I had not been hurt by life. The ice watermelon on a bright sunny day or in the heat of summer was the light of life. After the age of 30, it is often found that most of the time in life is not illuminated by the special "light of life", nor is it burned by the raging "fire of desire".
This is becoming more and more important to surpass the "light of life" of ordinary life. Whether it is the intimacy between father and daughter, some kind of precious and persistent belief, Sisyphus after recognizing and accepting oneself, or the peace of mind, all are It is the driving force that supports "walking my way alone" and offsets the daily silent wear and tear.
In fact, it is easier to grasp the light of life in extreme situations.
Compared with "The Handmaid's Tale", I don't think the setting of "Light of My Life" is too realistic. It is a setting between soft sci-fi and metaphor. In times of chaos, we all need to build intimacy, learn how to build a father-daughter relationship, and how to protect and let go of our daughters as they grow up.
True protection and faith come at a price, even life. The more precious the price, the more serious the matter becomes. This is also the charm of "Light of Life" that can salvage people from the ordinary and make a poetic life. She attracts people to be reluctant to give up and swear by it.
Guardians and believers believe that the front waves will eventually return to the sea, and the vagueness of the back waves is where hope lies. One day, the light of life they guard and ignite will grow into a gentle and compassionate force, illuminating more dark nights.
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