Follow your heart and let yourself have no regrets, this is the most important thing. Nothing else matters.
Originally thought that choosing a movie about a book would help my understanding and analysis. But when I watched the film, I found that I underestimated the courage and determination of the heroine Florence Green, and my love and knowledge of books was far less than hers.
Mr. Brantich likes to read, he has a large collection of books, he has his own taste in reading, and he hates books with the author's picture on the front and back (casing), and he will burn them all. Rather than saying that he likes to read, it is better to say that only books accompany him. He lived alone in old age, rarely went out, did not talk to people unless necessary, and we also know that he owned some property, and then there was a room full of books.
Florence opened a bookstore in town from scratch, facing pressure from local dignitaries to turn her bookstore location into an art center. Her bookstore, the only one in town for decades, had been in business since the days of Mr. Browntich's great-grandfather.
Out of the question of whether the book "Lolita" is suitable for sale in bookstores, Florence found the only person who had been ordering books in his bookstore, and perhaps the only person in town-Brontigy, wanted to seek The opinion of this reading experienced elder. In many exchanges, the two gradually developed a tacit understanding. I believe that it is a kind of soul matching. Just when I thought that the two would go further in the future, Blanchet was on his way home after arguing with Mrs. Garmat. , fell outside the door of his own house...
It is worth pointing out that when Florence first visited Brantich, the dilapidated courtyard of his house was clearly presented to us, and the ambient sound was only the bleak wind; Later, when the scene was presented to Brantich's courtyard again, the ambient sounds that could be heard were not only much milder wind, but also moving birdsong, which I think is exactly the change that Florence brought him. It can even be said to be the hope and vitality of life.
The bookstore in Florence may be short-lived for Harburg, but its existence must have affected someone, take the Gippings for example. Mrs. Gippin has been to the bookstore twice to find Florence, and we can clearly tell from her dress that she is a poor female worker, but every time she enters the bookstore, we can see in her eyes that she keeps looking around. It turned out that she was actually curious about this room full of books! But probably because of her lack of confidence in her status, she never expressed this curiosity clearly. Her youngest daughter, Christine, came to the bookstore to help, from only liking geography and mathematics to working in the bookstore, from rejecting the "Hurricane in Jamaica" recommended by Florence to running to the pier with this book to Flo Lens said goodbye and finally appeared as a narrator, telling the audience that she also opened a bookstore when she grew up...
Maybe this movie doesn't tell us that perseverance will succeed, maybe this movie doesn't show us that rebelling against the powerful will eventually win. Maybe people will admire you in their hearts and not say it, and even in fact they are helping more powerful people to hinder you for their own lives. But it's enough if you try hard enough! Maybe others will know, maybe they won't, but it doesn't matter, just follow your heart and let yourself have no regrets.
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