The story behind the story, the note above the note

Elenora 2021-10-22 14:34:26

The story is actually too simple.

The man who died of a brain tumor left a letter to his lover, using his love to accompany her to help her "forget". From one winter to another, life continues, although some people will never come back.

That person will never come back again.

The actors are very famous, the dialogue is very interesting, and the music is very affectionate, but these are not important. The most beautiful thing is that it is full of love and nostalgia, which makes people shed many tears, but still smiles.

It's like a beautiful smile frozen on the screen after the fictional story ends. And a simple sentence that hurts the bottom: This film is dedicated in loving memory of Windland Smith Rice 1970-2005.

The owner of the smile, Windland Smith Rice, is an excellent nature photographer. In 2000, she came to China on a plane named after herself and picked up the second pair of giant pandas we gave to the National Zoo in the United States. She took pictures and recorded all the way. Since then, the name of the plane has been changed to "Panda I", and the photos she took have spread all over the world. Today, the nature photography award named after her has become the honor that many wildlife and landscape photographers yearn for.

She is also the eldest daughter of a wealthy American, has parents who love her, 5 sisters and 3 brothers who are affectionate. She also has a husband who loves her and two lovely sons.

Such a beautiful life will always be fixed on a Tuesday at the age of 35. That day, she passed away without warning while visiting her mother. Her youngest son is not yet one year old.

You can google for photography funds, architecture, and medical research projects named after her. All are memorials, all are memorials. What moved me most was this movie.

The lead producer of this film, Molly Smith, is her sister. "PS I Love You" is her first screen work to be the main culprit, and a perfect eulogy for a loved one who has passed away.

Don't build a monument or establish a biography, just love it, and love it deeply.

Molly said that the original novel gave her a lot of comfort when she lost her sister, so "someone should make it into a movie."

Rice's obituary mentioned that a magazine editor once said that Rice "wrote a good letter." Perhaps, besides writing to persuade many people to invest in wildlife protection, she also wrote many wonderful letters to her family and friends. Perhaps, when Molly was reading a novel, she thought of her sister's letter and cried and laughed.

In the long credits of the film, there is a bodyguard actor named Richard Smith. This character has only a few shots in the film, no name, no lines. One of Rice's younger brother is Richard Smith. Maybe, that tall bodyguard is this younger brother.

Of course, maybe everything is just maybe.

Perhaps, after many "maybes", this movie brought me "find laughter in tears".

Find laughter in tears. Yes, this movie is not immersed in sadness, and even has a lot of comedy elements, but it is really beautiful, as the filmmaker said, because "Ms. Rice always has a smile on her face."

It turns out that when it hurts Don't lose your smile. Forgetting may be just because you will not forget, but remembering love, sometimes just to move on.

The last letter in the film was forwarded by the mother to the daughter. This woman who had lost her love forever said to her daughter: if we're all alone, then we're all together in that too.

Everyone is alone, so we are not alone.

PS I love you.

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P.S. I Love You quotes

  • Gerry Kennedy: Look, Holly, people have babies with no money all the time. And if you're so worried about it,

    [picks up Holly's boot]

    Gerry Kennedy: why don't you stop buying designer clothes, huh?

    Holly Kennedy: I buy EVERYTHING on E-bay! It doesn't count when you're wearing

    [grabs her boot out Gerry's hand]

    Holly Kennedy: Marc Jacobs from Minneapolis!

  • Gerry Kennedy: I know what I want, because I have it in my hands right now. You.