alexander, a writer and a volunteer for a charity, met stuart during a protest to save the head of a homeless shelter wrongly detained by the government. Stuart is one of the homeless people in custody. He is sloppy in clothes, slurred in speech, bizarre in behavior, and has obvious sequelae of drug abuse, but surprisingly, he has a quick mind and is very enthusiastic to make plans for rescue operations. , and his plans actually worked. As the organizer, alexander was obviously using stuart at the beginning, and wanted to impress the public through his appearance, but as he deepened his understanding, he felt that stuart was not a simple and vulgar tramp, there must be something behind him. A lot of stories, so I had the idea of writing a book for him. stuart agreed, but with one requirement that alexander must write backwards. alexander began to get close to stuart's life, and gradually he found that stuart had changed from a research object to his friend, stuart told alexander about his past when he was sane, his first theft, the first robbery, the first Once in prison, he commented without emotion on all the hurt he had experienced, as if it had happened to someone else. The only thing that made him feel pain was the first time he fell ill, kidnapped his wife and children with a knife, and tried to set himself on fire. He began to realize that he was a sick person and a devil, and gradually degenerated and fell.
alexander began to search for the cause of stuart's schizophrenia, and in the conversation with his family, alexander learned the truth of everything. The young stuart was molested by his own brother for a long time. When he grew up, he rose up to resist and left the hellish family to live in an orphan's home. He didn't expect the director of the orphan's home to be a pedophile. Stuart once again into a fire pit. Until the dean was caught, Stuart's spiritual world had collapsed, and his brother committed suicide in shame. The biography is written here, and it is coming to an end. With the help of stuart, the rescue operation led by alexander was successful, the 2 leaders were acquitted, the people were celebrating the victory, and no one noticed stuart. He died under the wheels of a train, no one knows if it was suicide or accident. At the end of the film, alexander drives the car stuart sold him and plays the tape that stuart left him, "hello, alexander". "Hello, stuart," he said. A group of long shots, alexander tears like rain.
Stuart's life can no longer be described by cups. He was sexually abused, schizophrenic, debilitated by drug overdose, and abandoned by his family. Any of these are reasons to end his life. But he didn't. He lived stubbornly. For him, having the courage to live is already the greatest achievement. Stuart has accused alexander, saying that he is a middle-class writer, how can he understand the life of the bottom; he mocks the whole society with harsh words, but he also does what he thinks is valuable, even if it is to trample his own dignity . A kind stuart, a weak stuart, a terrible stuart, a strong stuart, the multi-faceted humanity of this unknown person is surprising and pitiful. Alexander took him to experience the so-called noble way of life. The days spent in the cabin in the woods were probably the most peaceful and comfortable time in Stuart's life. He didn't get sick, he played in the sun, and he cooked for everyone , and live in harmony and equality with people. Alexander said, watching stuart, everyone will reflect on their own life, and think about how to live.
I started to think that stuart wouldn't end his life after he got rid of his inner demon, his death was definitely an accident, another tragedy. But looking back on what he did, including agreeing to alexander to write his story and making that tape, proves that he was looking for the meaning of ending his life. The reason why he lived rottenly was because he didn't even think about death. With the completion of the biography, his life continued to be traced back, and he found the long-lost self, who could leave this world peacefully even with a body riddled with holes. Drug abuse has caused his organs to fail, and Stuart's premature death is almost a doomed fact. For him, death is really the best relief.
"Rewinding Life", I really like this translation, it's like using the rewind function to look back at my life, all the things that you don't want to remember and can't remember come to you, sometimes recalling the past is better than predicting the future More frustrating and desperate. Everything that has happened is also something that cannot be grasped, and they are indeed affecting the present and the future. So I'm really not sure, if TARIDS takes me to see my past, I'm going to break down or have the courage to continue living well. (← Time traveled) In the end, I finally returned to my normal writing state. However, if it wasn’t for the nympho [laughs], I would have missed this special TV short, which is very refreshing, heavy, and rare.
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