There are sweet moments in a cruel life that depend on them to survive

Cletus 2022-03-21 09:02:10

I let you down, you disgust me. Emma and Marcello's quarrel on the road, once again demonstrating the importance of keeping pace, resonates and serves as a cautionary tale.

Repeat according to the impressions in memory, there may be some omissions.

Emma: You're a loser and you'll be lonely like a dog for the rest of your life. How do you live the rest of your life, who will love you like I do? Marcello: I will not love you alone in my life.
Emma: You say that I live in a dream, out of reality, but you are the most unrealistic one. There is a woman who truly loves you, regards you as her life, and is willing to give everything for you, but you destroy everything, you are always confused and unhappy, two people should not be suspicious and scruples in love, what are you afraid of?
Marcello: I am afraid of your selfishness, of your so-called ideals. do you know? You have confused my life. Your topic is always inseparable from cooking and going to bed. People who like this kind of life are useless at all. He will only become a worm. I don’t approve of your obsessive and passionate love. I don’t want it. I don’t need it. It’s not love. , that's the fall, you know? I can't live like this.

If two people want to live together, ideological synchronization is especially necessary. They do not have to be exactly the same, but they need to be consistent in the general direction. If one side pays attention to spiritual life, it is better for the other side to do the same; when one person pursues spiritual life more Freedom, and the other person is more keen on the material things in real life, then understanding each other seems very luxurious. Communication is based on knowing what each other is saying. When two people's spirits are completely different from each other, and I say "do you see Nietzsche?" and you say "step on what?", then there is no communication.

When two people are "we are so similar and yet so different," the relationship becomes wonderful.

Of course, there are also many examples that prove that even if you can communicate and understand what the other party is saying, if you are too paranoid, you will not be far from parting ways. Just like in "Hibernation", the deeper the communication, the bigger the estrangement, the same pace on the spiritual level, the opposite direction, but it became the fatal blow of the relationship between the two, such as Truffaut and Godard, Jung and Fernandez Lloyd.

Behold, as we speak, life begins to reveal its incomprehensible cruelty. The collapse and depravity of the free soul is the gossip that surrounds celebrities and celebrities all day long, taking something from the privacy or entertainment of others to make a living for oneself, or even a lifelong career, this kind of life is for an ideal person. , too cruel.

In the 'cultural salon' of Steiner's house, Marcello regained his courage to his ideals. He wanted to communicate with such people more, start to do the work he really likes, and carry out serious creation. But lighthouses like Steiner collapsed suddenly, and Marcello lost his way. It turned out that the life he longed for also contained many unknown pains. The so-called "implosion" is also a qualitative change caused by a quantitative change. When the bad things in life are gradually piled up, and small firecrackers accumulate to a certain amount, the firepower is enough to make a person's inner city collapse.

In the end, Marcello, who yearned for spiritual freedom, indulged in depravity in the drunken night, bid farewell to nostalgia and romance, and completely drowned in the unbearable and disappointing daily life.

For a small number of people, the cruel reality of life is endless torture, disgusting people and things will always invade your life one after another, but there are always some sweet moments in life, relying on these to continue Survive. In "I, Fellini," Fellini explains the hint of Paula's appearance on the beach at the end - in fact, Marcello can transform a cynical and destructive attitude into a constructive attitude, maintain innocence and open-mindedness, rebuild Your own inner city. Something else.

There is an old man in the Steiner family who has fantasies about a Chinese lover. He believes that "a Chinese lover is the combination of a lover and a daughter", and he can dedicate his body and mind to his lover unconditionally. Leaving aside whether this is a superior prejudice, this kind of thinking proves the selfishness of the old man, and shows that the old man did not experience such love.

Wouldn't this kind of "devoting both body and mind to one's lover without reservation" be suffocating?

I also watched Woody Allen's "Anything Else" last night, and it happened to be the same. The aggressive questioning of the hero's ex-girlfriend was breathless, which was really frightening. The heroine said to the hero, you can go to someone else to buy Coke, just don't let me see it, but the hero falls in love with the heroine with all his heart, but both men and women will be afraid of this feeling of sacrificing themselves to love you.

The day before yesterday, I watched "Big Fish and Begonia", and it looked good, no doubt about it. But I actually saw the feeling of the object developing the game. It seems that "Chinese lover" is not only the combination of "lover and daughter" as the old man said, but also the combination of "lover, daughter and mother", I hope you grow into her I want you to be, and they are willing to sacrifice themselves for this hope, but if you don't use this self-indulgent sacrifice to morally kidnap, that's totally OK, it's a personal thing.

As an independent individual, it is better to live for yourself.

Thank you Fellini for choosing to make a movie instead of being a baker or something.

Sylvia is so beautiful that I'm dizzy.

My three favorite episodes,

1. Greet Silvia to interview and dance at the hotel;

2. The conversation at Steiner's house has the feeling of debating a group of cultural people in Pla's books;

3. Marcello tore open the feather pillow and scattered feathers to send people away one by one.

The most emo clip,

1. Silvia and Marcello separated in a Roman alley at midnight, and Silvia jumped into the fountain pool as if walking into a dream;

2. The quarrel between Marcello and Emma.

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Extended Reading

The Sweet Life quotes

  • Steiner: [to Emma] The day you understand that you love Marcello more than he does, you'll be happy.

  • Poetess at Steiner's Party: We must all think about tomorrow, but without forgetting to live today.