Then, the camera switched to the dusk sky, and Buddy sat down facing the beautiful sunset and quietly. The protagonist is thinking about something. Although the director did not express the concept conversion process of the protagonist from a subjective perspective, through the beautiful scenery in the film, Buddy seems to be telling us that, in his eyes, life is still beautiful. Buddy eventually carried out his suicidal thoughts. When he was lying in the hole dug beforehand, looking at the sky full of stars, he heard dogs barking and human voices. These are the most familiar and pervasive scenes and sounds of life. However, at this moment, these everyday ordinary sights and sounds seem to be placed in a magnifying glass, becoming clearer and clearer, and gradually highlighting the beauty and importance of subtle life. Buddy lies in the pit, and the movie doesn't tell us whether he ended up killing himself. It was clear that his suicidal thoughts had faltered.
In the narrative time of the entire film, there is no background music, only the dialogue of the characters and the natural sound of the scene. This is Abbas's consistent style. However, at the end of the film, Abbas used a piece of blues as the ending song. The Blues, both melancholy and low-key and eulogizing, embodies the film's theme: the bittersweet life of life. There is despair and there is beauty. Those who happen to be in despair should at least have a taste of cherries.
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