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Cale 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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  • Bill 2022-04-23 07:02:34

    (8.5) As a sign of that age of rebellion, it would be a waste to just regard this film as a bizarre love story, and I saw a similar work last year, Vanishing Point. Wrapped in a veneer that seems so intense and incomprehensible even today, these creations have completely subverted the so-called orthodoxy from the inside out, becoming a footnote in the modern world after 1968.

  • Alexandrine 2022-04-22 07:01:32

    People who want to be rebellious and break free from numbness may find resonance in Harlow. I believe that there are many people who have Maud-style values ​​and self-expectations. Love has passed through sixty years and radiates among them. The dazzling and splendid light is the true meaning of happiness and the source of sadness! The blending of some scenes and situations has a strange and wonderful beauty, and the last "suicide" is a little deliberate, but I might as well like it and praise the ost.

Harold and Maude quotes

  • Maude: A lot of people enjoy being dead. But they are not dead, really. They're just backing away from life. *Reach* out. Take a *chance*. Get *hurt* even. But play as well as you can. Go team, go! Give me an L. Give me an I. Give me a V. Give me an E. L-I-V-E. LIVE! Otherwise, you got nothing to talk about in the locker room.

  • Psychiatrist: Tell me, Harold, how many of these, eh, *suicides* have you performed?

    Harold: An accurate number would be difficult to gauge.

    Psychiatrist: Well, just give me a rough estimate.

    Harold: A rough estimate? I'd say

    [savoring the thought]

    Harold: fifteen.

    Psychiatrist: Fifteen?

    Harold: That's a rough estimate.

    Psychiatrist: Were they all done for your mother's benefit?

    Harold: No. No, I would not say "benefit."