Li Cangdong's poem at the end is beautifully written. It seems that after watching such a movie called "Poetry", I finally found a bit of poetry at the end.
Poetry is dying, people think so, on and off film. The film talks about the death of a girl, at the age of youth, at the age closest to poetry. Looking for Yang Meizi, who dreamed 50 years ago, is it to complete a youth that was not completed in time for the girl? At the end, it is the girl or the beauty, who once again merges with the river.
How to be honest with the soul, it seems that Director Li Changdong is always discussing this topic.
People are so cunning, unless they are saints, who has exceptions. When something goes wrong, I just want to escape. For example, in this story, the parents of the boy group six who forced the girl to death. And the six children are so indifferent to the girl's death.
And Yang Meizi is actually a person who refuses to lie to the soul, so she suffers. In the end, the grandson was taken away by the police and she wrote her homework, a poem. It is said that there is no poetry after Auschwitz, perhaps it is only the people who are willing to honestly face the sins of the soul, can they have the courage to pick up the pen, and face this art, the art of the innocent soul.
There is also Shin Ae in "Miryang" who refuses to lie to the soul, so they suffer. The hypocrisy of people is so real that a certain essence is drawn. Isn't this the purpose of the movie, Li Cangdong thinks that it is to reveal the essence.
Shin Ae wants to expose the hypocrisy of the believers. In fact, people are so timid and cowardly, thinking that under the protection of some powerful force, they can be exempted from their responsibilities. So the murderer can feel at ease when he has "God's forgiveness". It's just such self-deception, lying to the soul. The parents of the six-member group used money as their protection. After giving the girl's mother 30 million won, they felt that the matter was over, and they were happy to have a celebration.
To find an excuse for yourself, regardless of your conscience, you can actually deceive yourself very well and at ease. How can this be possible, neither Miko nor Shin Ae are the ones who refuse to understand all of this.
Later, when I thought about it, Yang Meizi, who was calm, was the only one who was crying under the shower head in the bathroom. She always loved beauty and everything that was beautiful. Her daughter said that she loved flowers and was born a poet. It was everything that was so calmly expressed, and in hindsight, it was so stinging. Because this is a living portrait, the indifference, hypocrisy and pretense of the world, aren't they originally us? Under the ordinary and plain appearance, there is no heart-piercing accusation and resistance like Shen Ae, only poetry, calm and soothing, comforting a soul with a conscience. Because of its restraint, its most moving.
Poetry teacher said that writing poetry requires careful observation. The teacher asked the students to tell about their most memorable moments. There are laughter and tears. There are also poetry readings. When poetry appears, it focuses on the beautiful moments in life, those real emotions. The indifference of negotiating with the six parents, just wanting to quickly dismiss the responsibility, but not having a personal understanding of the feelings of the family of the deceased, formed a sharp contrast.
All of this is based on life itself, moving forward slowly like flowing water, slowly passing away without stopping for anyone, telling something. The teacher said to observe, so Yang Meizi looked at the tree and said that I wanted to know what it was thinking and what it wanted to tell me. This flowing water, the flowing water that has been watched under the camera, is telling us what. Do you understand life when you understand running water?
But we seldom see it, and we seldom think about it. What we have been ignoring is eternity, and what we get is just a flashy surface-in the director's picture, there are pictures of all beings that are ridiculous and must be pitiful.
That's what the movie is about. It reveals the essence.
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