"Wouldn't it be nice to see it as an epiphany?"

Bernadette 2022-03-24 09:03:18

The first film in 2022, "Isn't it good to see it as an opportunity for epiphany?" From the very beginning, Ceylon sat in front of the glass reflecting the mountains, rivers, lakes and seas, and the sound of seagulls lingered in the ears, and a shot has already entered the film of Ceylon The world is really delicate and universal. The subtlety of the dialogue between relationships, intentional or unintentional external influences, wind blowing, grass moving, lights shaking, doors swinging, flies chirping, these ineffable things are controlled by Ceylon. The dialogue is very interesting. The dialogue scenes between Ceylon and the girl, the writer, the man who has lost love, and the father are particularly interesting. The three chat scenes, followed silently by the camera, seem boring and boring, but it actually shows why Ceylon is Will be out of place, cynical, the change in the relationship between father and son, neither sensational nor deliberate, both are living people, the last scene, the scene changes, Ceylon commits suicide in the well, a surreal, like some kind of In the sense of self-ending, saying goodbye to one's own dreams, but in fact, they are still digging hard in the well that cannot be dug out of water, just like being trapped in the predicament of youthful ideals. For some people, hanging in the well is already enough. It is the end, otherwise, continue to dig wells. For parents, family, and town, it is a complex emotion that wants to escape but cannot be separated. There is no answer, because the answer to nostalgia itself is chaos. Seeing people who have been reconciled and seeking reconciliation in their lives, seeing ideals and reality, seeing that there is no way out before, and no way back later, Ceylon wanted to use movies to capture those invisible and intangible moments, and at that moment, he did it. Wild pears, although deformed, taste sweet.

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The Wild Pear Tree quotes

  • Sinan Karasu: Nobody's more dependable than a person who's alone with his conscience and free will. Because he builds this responsibility, he doesn't receive it. So he must undertake all the consequences of his acts.

    Imam Veysel: Who says free will is free? Even if it was, how could you trust it?

    Sinan Karasu: It's not for everyone. Isn't that why people without the courage choose servitude over existence?

    Imam Veysel: All rivers are born as furious waterfalls but grow calm on their way to the sea. But your raging rivers drag along lots of pebbles and sticks, too.

    Sinan Karasu: Just like strong characters drag underdogs and losers with them?

  • Imam Nazmi: Someone wrote that if the truth was proven to be outside Islam, he'd rather choose Islam than the truth.

    Sinan Karasu: Which proves the famous argument that faith is wanting not to know the truth.