Your note is the dependence of my existence

Sidney 2022-03-20 09:02:12

After watching it, I didn't get out of the atmosphere created by the movie for a long time. The slow-paced plot and the continuous long shots eventually turned this sad story into a symphony, but the composition came to an abrupt end.

C and M were originally a loving couple, but M's sudden death gave C a heavy blow. The first scene that moved me was the scene where I lifted the sheets in the hospital, M said can I stay alone for a while? The doctor agreed. Thought M might be crying but she didn't. Instead, he closed the bed sheet and left without saying a word, not even saying goodbye. did not cry

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close the sheets

It's not that she is strong, but that if she really cried, it would mean that she accepted C's death.

The second thing that moved me was the long shot of M eating pie. At first it was really just normal pie eating, but

long shot of eating pie

The further back you can tell from the sound, M is sobbing, and the sound of digging the pie with a spoon is getting louder and louder. This is the expression of M's inner emotion, expressing M's inner pain and struggle incisively and vividly, and in this shot In addition, you can vaguely hear the sound of wind chimes swinging and children laughing. It should be a beautiful thing, but it seems so ironic in such an atmosphere. M should also have happiness, but happiness is far away from her. Then, M suddenly got up and ran to the bathroom, spit out all the pie he ate, proving that

spit out the pie

M just deliberately eats pie, trying to fill the pain in his heart, but the body reflects more real. There is a saying on the Internet that "it's good to eat something when you're sad." However, some sadness can't be stopped.

The third thing that moved me was the clip of M sleeping on the first night after C passed away. In fact, you will find that M is sleeping on the right side

M sleeps on the right side

, and from the scene where C and M fall asleep hugging each other on the night when the piano rang at the beginning of the movie, we will find that M is sleeping on the left side,

M sleeps on the left side

The difference in the sleeping position reflects the difference in M's mood. The right side was originally where C slept, but C was no longer there. M, who was sleeping on the right side, might be thinking, there should be your taste here.

The fourth thing that moved me was the conversation between the two ghosts, which took place three times in total.

the first time

first conversation

Hi.

Hi.

I am waiting.

Who are you waiting for?

I do not remember.

the second time

second conversation

who is there?

It's just me.

Oh, I thought... well, forget it.

the third time

third conversation

I don't think they will come back.

The three conversations were touching every time. In the first conversation, Huaxian said that he didn't remember who he was waiting for, but his hope of existence was to wait for that person to come back. In the second conversation, Huaxian hesitated, but he should have wanted to say, I thought the person you were waiting for came back. In the third conversation, the flower bed sheet disappeared after speaking, because the only hope for his existence was also shattered, so what's the point of existence?

The last thing that moved me was the many shots of snapping the note from the crack in the wall. Hope for the existence of C

Snap strips of paper from cracks in the wall

Just see what is written on the note. For the first time, the house was torn down just as C was about to take out the note.

Failed to deduct the note for the first time

The second time, C experienced the past again. This time, he started to deduct the note at the beginning, and finally he deducted it.

Second deduction

Opened the note. The moment the note was opened, C also disappeared. Seeing the content of the note is C's hope, and C's hope is realized, C no longer cares about the world, and the hope that supports his existence is gone.

As the stars move, C has witnessed everything that has changed here, their past. The songs written for M have been played again and again by M, just because they were written by C; they knocked over books and scared others away, just because C and M lived together in that house.

Maybe C has already forgotten who he is waiting for, just like the flower bed sheet, but C knows that as long as he finds the note, it will be enough.

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A Ghost Story quotes

  • Ghost 2: Hello.

    Ghost 1: Hi.

    Ghost 2: I'm waiting for someone.

    Ghost 1: Who?

    Ghost 2: I don't remember.

  • [I don't think they're coming]