Strange World and Out of Control Life

Shaina 2022-03-22 09:02:16

Ten months later I suddenly understood what the movie was about. Everything was so weird, out of control, and frightening. Dark night, blizzard, the car moving forward, the road that can't be seen clearly, the destination that I don't know when I can reach it. The clerk who was nervous and warned to flee quickly, the strange woman who whispered and mocked, the companion who thought she could spend the rest of her life, but couldn't even communicate later, and wanted to eat the ice cream that melted. The film is about life, the world is so strange, but there is no escape. Predicament, confusion and helplessness, destinations that can never be reached, things you want but lost, people who thought they could accompany them, but later in the same space are suffocating. Those who want to warn and discourage people can only stay in words and nervous expressions. In addition to making us more panic, they cannot help us live a little bit, and in the end, we can only continue on the road under the urging of others. Those jeers and whispers were overwhelming. Life is so hard, weird, uncomfortable. But we don't know how to end it all. I wish it was just a grotesque nightmare and that life wasn't so hopeless. Wake up quickly!

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