I have also seen a lot of videos or texts that go beyond the normal mode of human existence or supernatural. It's more of curiosity than of interest. The normal state of human life is nothing more than living and dying. Although the state of living is different for everyone, the definition is the same, that is, the ability to breathe and perceive. But what about death?
What does this film, which Old Wood made at the age of 80, want to tell us? No one could explain it clearly, not even himself. This is just an old man who has been reading life with his heart and intuition to try to interpret life, and use this to convey a message to the living that death is not the end, but another beginning. As for where to go, that is something that is clear to the people on the other side.
The beginning of the film is very strong. A beautiful, intellectual, and prosperous French woman, Cécile, is vacationing with her lover in the Indian Ocean. But in an instant, the tsunami that swept the sky and the earth raged, destroying everything. Houses, buildings, vehicles, life. . . Such a sudden turn of events was unexpected. The woman went up and down several times in the ocean, and finally passed out when a tree trunk hit her in the head. At this moment, all the sounds have disappeared, only the image of the woman floating quietly in the sea, with a peaceful face and long hair fluttering. Facing the unknowable light, I walked silently with a group of people. The picture is so peaceful and beautiful. Undoubtedly, this is what people imagine death to be like. Or rather, this is what Old Wood imagined death to be like.
In England, twin brothers from a poor family rely on each other. On the birthday, we took a group photo together for my mother who was drinking all day. The elder brother went to buy medicine for the mother on behalf of the younger brother. When he turned back, he was chased by a group of ruffians and unfortunately crashed into the car and died. The younger brother, who rushed over, faced his brother's silent body, so sad that he didn't even cry. He just silently picked up his brother's hat and put it on his head. Every night before going to bed, I still say goodnight to the vacant bed.
Matt Damon in the United States unexpectedly acquired a psychic gift after a disastrous childhood illness. Under the brokerage of his brother, it was once popular in the United States. But he finally got tired of it. It's not a compliment, it's a curse, he said. So he decided to quit incognito and chose to be an ordinary worker. Sleeping alone, eating, listening to Dickens before bed, going to culinary school. Finally got acquainted with a girlfriend, but she couldn't bear her repeated requests, which triggered her deep secrets and embarrassing pain. The girl is sad to leave.
Cécile survived the catastrophe. But when she told her lover about what happened to her at the moment when she was about to die or had died, the other party was very disapproving. Said it was just an illusion. "After death, it's like the lights are turned off, slam, everything is silent." Stubborn, persistent, never compromise, never harmed, Cécile clings to the image of that moment to search for it, and finally writes it out of his own experience a book.
After his brother left, the British little brother repeatedly sought various psychic mediums, hoping to meet his brother again; the lonely little brother went to the idol's hometown of London to travel; Cécile's new book was published and held a press conference in London. Old Wood spent two-thirds of the time foreshadowing, just for the last three people to meet in this moment. Brother Xiao Ma finally acted as an intermediary for the younger brother and the older brother. The younger brother obeyed the elder brother, took off his hat and became himself; Brother Xiao Ma heard Cécile speak his heart in his own words, and raised his eyes. In case of an old friend. Touching his hands, he saw that she was an image of a previous life. But when they meet again, it is the present and the present, and the breath entangled in each other's eyes, like a torrent of warmth, once again hits the sky and covers the earth.
"As a scientist and an atheist, I don't believe in the afterlife, but as a doctor who has practiced medicine for 25 years, and has seen so many lives and deaths, so many people who are nearing death have almost the same experience, it is indeed very worthwhile to study. ." The old doctor in the film said. In our traditional Chinese culture, there has always been a respect for death. Confucius said, "Life is for corvée, and death is for rest." Zhuangzi also "drums and sings" after his wife's death, because he thinks that his wife is not just conforming to the cycle of heaven and earth, returning to nature.
In this world, there are indeed masters who have truly penetrated into life. But they may not be able to penetrate death, at least in this world. So there are so many works that try to show the world after death, whether it is true or not can only be verified after we die. But through them, at least we can know that the world is not so desolate, just like in addition to the 1.6 million colors that our eyes see, there are another 1.6 million more abundant colors.
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