"Hit-and-run" pianist spends the rest of his life in a truck -- "The Lady Who Lives in the Truck" film review

Vilma 2022-03-21 09:02:58

There is a grave in my heart, no matter where I flee, I cannot see the light. It's hard to imagine that this is the kind of words that can be written after watching a comedy, but this is really how I feel after watching this movie. But the strange thing is that I did not feel sad because of this, but a strange seed sprouted in my heart, telling me to face everything bravely. As a British comedy, I think this film is a success, even though there are many details in it that can't be fully understood by someone who knows little about British culture, but many of the laughs in it really made me laugh. This is high-end comedy, and even if I don't understand what it all means, it doesn't stop me from having fun with the show. Of course, I can also find some unique British memes in it, such as the British flag and the Queen's portrait, and I have to admire the openness and freedom of the United Kingdom, and politics can be used as a joke at will. But the high-level thing is that this kind of teasing is not misleading, and everyone thinks it's innocuous. The film unfolds in the form of interludes. At the beginning, a scream under the dark camera is used to explain the "hit and run" process of the heroine who was also called Margaret at this time. The time line jumped to 1970, and the camera followed the actor to stay in a literary and artistic crowded area in Camden Town, London. The male protagonist is a drama writer. He believes that writers generally have two life states, one for writing and the other for coping with life. In the movie, the male protagonists in two states are used to communicate with each other to express this kind of self-talking mental drawing, which is vivid and interesting, and subtly shows the character of the male protagonist-hesitating about people and things , and often struggle within himself. Of course, it is precisely the character of the hero Allen that has a series of stories behind. Maybe to escape, Margaret changed her name to Mary Shepard, parked on the side of the block in a battered van that she lives in, and parks in another place whenever she wants to. Except for the male protagonist who had just moved in, everyone in the entire block was afraid of this rude old woman who would stop at their door. So every time Miss Shepard changed places, she would gloat and guess where she would park, and once she stopped at her door, she would hurry up and pray for Miss Sheppard to leave like a plague. What's interesting is that even though Miss Sheppard is so annoying and often troublesome for the whole neighborhood, the people in the neighborhood are more or less concerned about her. Of course, the premise is that they still see her as a trouble and want her to leave as soon as possible. Perhaps as the hero said in the movie, "their consciences were exonerated by her presence", Miss Sheppard gave the residents of the whole block a chance to choose kindness! There are two places in the movie that moved me very much. One is Miss Sheppard walking into a small piano concert by accident. She wanted to go in and get a few free cookies and leave, but when she heard the piano playing, she She sat down slowly, lost in thought, what she was thinking about the movie didn't tell us, but as the plot unfolds, we can probably guess, maybe it's the good times of playing the piano when I was young, maybe it's because of becoming a nun. The sadness of not being able to play, or maybe something. But it has nothing to do with today's Miss Shepard, because those are all Margaret's memories. From the day she chose to live in the van to escape, the happy or painful Margaret died, and only this self-imposed prisoner was left. Miss Shepard in the van. Another scene is that after Miss Sheppard finally took the help of the social worker to take a bath at the rescue center, she was alone in the dimly lit room, and there was a piano there. She slowly sat down and stroked the keys, playing rusty softly. Played for a while. At that moment I knew that her heart had been redeemed! As for how it ended, all I can tell you is that Miss Shepard went to heaven! [/cp] Miss Sheppard, imprisoned in a van. Another scene is that after Miss Sheppard finally took the help of the social worker to take a bath at the rescue center, she was alone in the dimly lit room, and there was a piano there. She slowly sat down and stroked the keys, playing rusty softly. Played for a while. At that moment I knew that her heart had been redeemed! As for how it ended, all I can tell you is that Miss Shepard went to heaven! [/cp] Miss Sheppard, imprisoned in a van. Another scene is that after Miss Sheppard finally took the help of the social worker to take a bath at the rescue center, she was alone in the dimly lit room, and there was a piano there. She slowly sat down and stroked the keys, playing rusty softly. Played for a while. At that moment I knew that her heart had been redeemed! As for how it ended, all I can tell you is that Miss Shepard went to heaven! [/cp]

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The Lady in the Van quotes

  • Alan Bennett: [narrating] It's like a fairy story, a parable, in which the guilty is gulled into devising a sentence for someone innocent. Only to find it is their own doom they have pronounced.

  • Jehovah's Witnesses: [at the front door] Good afternoon. Does Jesus Christ dwell in this house?

    Alan Bennett: No. Try the van...