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Newell 2022-03-21 09:02:11

As a comedy, it hangs at the beginning. Reminds me of a man named Ove.

A Man Called Ove Decides to Die (2015)
8.9
2015 / Sweden / Drama / Hannes Helm / Ralph Lasgarde Baja Pass

The whole film is shrouded in the curtain of war, revealing the depression of people under the fear of war. The salute of the uncle's broken hand is funny and ironic. Fragments of tombstones, survivors of concentration camps. Empty shot of the police.

The young master of the upper class and the old woman who survived the concentration camp fell in love. The director deliberately widened the age difference and arranged for the old man to take poison on his birthday. This is love that defies power and time.

In the end, the young master ditched the hearse and turned to music. Those lucky survivors, just enjoy life. Rebels of high society are always fearless, as long as you do not rebel against your class. just enjoy life

It's a good comedy with a mix of love, satire, humor, death, war, rebellion

As for love, Nixon, Freud, and priests can't affect it.

Harlow and Maud (1971)
8.2
1971 / United States / Drama Comedy / Hal Ashby / Ruth Gordonbad Coote

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  • Sylvia 2022-03-21 09:02:11

    The story of a boy who lacks love in a pseudo-goth den and a real bohemian girl and old lady. . A mother-son relationship is like a stage play, and a great friendship is like a road movie. . The former is a bit cute and weird, like teenagers with British posh accents to fuck; the latter is regrettable, especially the teenagers seem to be a typical rich and boring middle-aged man who is set as a 20-year-old, and after the "love" happened, it was all the way It goes on like the boring soundtrack that runs through the entire film. .

  • Ruthe 2022-04-20 09:01:48

    A black humor comedy drama, the theme is very close to the current society, it is completely criticizing the traditional clichés with symbolic methods, advocating the spirit of freedom, and praising nature and life. Because of this theme, the ending of the movie can be said to be a sudden failure, completely out of the context and rhythm of the entire movie. Maybe for this reason, professional film critics don't give a high evaluation of this, but the audience has a good reputation and it is definitely worth watching.

Harold and Maude quotes

  • Harold: What were you fighting for?

    Maude: Oh, big issues. Liberty. Rights. Justice. Kings died, kingdoms fell. I don't regret the kingdoms - what sense in borders and nations and patriotism? But I miss the kings.

  • Maude: I should like to change into a sunflower most of all. They're so tall and simple. What flower would you like to be?

    Harold: I don't know. One of these, maybe.

    Maude: Why do you say that?

    Harold: Because they're all alike.

    Maude: Oooh, but they're *not*. Look. See, some are smaller, some are fatter, some grow to the left, some to the right, some even have lost some petals. All *kinds* of observable differences. You see, Harold, I feel that much of the world's sorrow comes from people who are *this*,

    [she points to a daisy]

    Maude: yet allow themselves be treated as *that*.

    [she gestures to a field of daisies]

    Maude: [cut to a shot of a field of gravestones in a military cemetery]