Women and writing is a topic that every generation of female writers is talking about, and it is also a topic that female readers who love writing will never tire of reading. The "bookstore" in the film, like "writing", is a medium, a carrier of consciousness, and a metaphor for resistance. If I had to choose one word to express the feeling of the film, I would choose "courage".
Florence, the widow of war who lost her husband, had the courage to open a bookstore in a remote seaside town, which inspired the claustrophobic book lover Brontig, to walk out of the house for justice and justice, raise her head to face the power, and also gave her a childhood friend. The courage of the girl Kristi to hold the book, and the courage to light up all the despicable faces hidden in the darkness with a spark.
The movie was written by a female writer that John Berger liked very much, and it was also shot by a female director he liked very much, so at the end there will be subtitles that the director pays tribute to John Berger. The heroine, Emily Mortimer, also chose the right one. She majored in English and Russian at Oxford University and became a journalist after graduation. Her father is a writer and she is also a book lover. Her eyes are strong, kind, mature and elegant. from the inside out.
Brantich's character arrangement is also very pointy (it may not be appropriate to use the color, let's use the word "point" for the time being), author Penelope Fitzgerald, shaped the personality for Brantich in the conflict, and awakened his hidden virtue in the reconciliation --courage. He is an ordinary bourgeois in the small town, and the only remaining noble and upright scholar. He has encountered power intimidation and rumors, and has a clear understanding of the cruel reality. He lives in the manor and enjoys reading, and rumors can no longer hurt him, but his heart has not blocked his disappointment and hatred of the world. He and the heroine Florence, two people who didn't meet at the right time, got acquainted because of common hobbies and saw the hidden light in each other. Gradually, Brandich walked out of the house, learned to laugh, and the ice in his heart slowly melted. Although the effort brought failure and the end of life, Brantich bravely responded to the inner virtue in the moment he left. To evaluate a person, do not look at the moment when he was born, but at the moment before his death, to see what he lived for and what he died for.
When Florence asked him if he could sell Lolita in Harburg, he said, "You can recommend Lolita to people in Harburg, but don't expect people to understand, but it's better, understand. It makes the mind lazy." And what about the rumors? Do rumors make the mind active? If the answer is yes, it seems to verify the reason why the residents of the small town are particularly fond of bowing their heads. It is ironic that understanding makes the mind lazy, and gossip makes the mind active.
I liked a passage that Brontich said to the heroine at the dinner table. I liked it very much. The excerpt is as follows: "What do I admire about human beings? The virtue I value most is what they share with the gods and animals, so And don't have to call it virtue, I mean courage. And you, Mrs. Green, have that courage. I want to help you, and you made me believe, again, something I thought I had forgotten. "
In the fifth season's "Thirteen Invitation", law professor Luo Xiang said to Xu Zhiyuan that in his vocabulary, he believes that "brave" is the most advanced word. Of all human virtues, bravery is the scarcest.
Xu Zhiyuan asked, "What do you do when you resent yourself for not being brave?"
Luo Xiang said: "Rage is useless. When the god of fate pushes you to that brave moment, I hope you can be as brave as you imagined."
May we all be as brave as we imagined in times of trouble.
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