Thanks to BC, because of you, I will go to such a movie with a calm and anticipatory state of mind. The BC in the movie is a bystander, and we in life are all bystanders to others. As a writer he played Alexander, from first contacting material needs, to understanding Stuart, then to attracting each other to become friends, and finally when Stuart passed away, he really entered his heart. I can feel that BC really believes in himself It was Alexander, the "middle class" who knew and understood Stuart best. There is no doubt that Stuart's role in this movie is more challenging and capable of acting. BC's appearance limits him to only this "middle class", but it is this ordinary writer's role that can reflect the ordinary us.
After becoming friends with Stuart, Alexander always thought he knew him well, but he was surprised and shocked again and again. Stuart talked about everything, but didn't tell him that he had a terminal disease of muscle wasting (myasthenia gravis?); Stuart often seemed cheerful, but he always wanted to end his life; I thought Stuart was motivated by his brother's suicide Gradually became crazy, but it turned out...
Stuart is a combination of genius and lunatic (AB blood type?), one second is joking and laughing, and the next second can be violent enough to cut off other people's heads. Ordinary people can't understand and imagine. Alexander told Stuart of his plan to write a book, and it was Stuart who came up with the flashback and finally revealed what murdered "the original me", which is of course far more shocking. The days with Alexander were a rare happy stage for Stuart, but even if he was happy, he couldn't restrain the "devil" in his heart from driving him mad, and Stuart once again faced the danger of being imprisoned.
Alexander knew a lot of his violent history through Stuart's relatives, but he didn't really seriously think about why he suddenly did these behaviors. Alexander always searched for what material he needed for writing. As a friend, and for the purpose of collecting information, he gave Stuart a tape recorder to record and vent Stuart's inner monologue on the eve of his madness, but he did not listen to the important tape at all. When Stuart asked Alexander, he was at a loss for words, and Stuart began to tell the origin of all these stories... Perhaps, Stuart also realized that he overestimated Alexander, so he did not leave anything for his best friend before he died; and Alexander was also very regretful , regretted that he didn't care enough about and respected Stuart's inner world, and made his friend choose to leave alone. However, the way Stuart left also shows the positive effect that Alexander brought him. At least, he left alone, without taking with him the "rubbish" that he thought should not exist.
There is a reason for any behavior, and young Stuart was a poor and sympathetic weakling, until he found that he could only become "strong" through violence, and then when he got used to and enjoyed this drug-like addiction , he can no longer control the demons. But, as Kingman Brewster, a former president of Yale University, said, "Violence has no hope, only temporary relief from despair," and what Stuart gained from violence was only temporary relief. On the one hand, violence gave him a catharsis; on the other hand, he also had the guilt and shame of a normal person, which made him suffer more and more every day! He regrets that moment when he became violent! He tried countless more violent (to himself) ways, self-mutilation to try to drive out the demons, of course, all in vain. He despises and hates this self who has caused harm to innocent people, and wants to end his life all the time! When we "ordinary" people can't understand the real self, but Stuart, this crazy, crazy, neurotic Mad Man has a deep understanding of himself and his inner demons!
Stuart's tragedy is the tragedy of the few, and we are the spectators of the majority. If there is something to hate about the poor, then there must be something to hate about the most hateful people! For a class like Stuart, the world could be a lot less tragic if we took the time and thought to listen and respect! For things that are unclear, there will be less extreme comments, less prejudice, more thinking, and more discussion of situations, and the environment will be more tolerant.
The tragedy of Stuart may also become the tragedy of you and me, the difference is verbal violence. On the Internet, the comments of netizens on many phenomena are often extremely polarized. This kind of irresponsible casual remarks can be a vent for oneself, but have little positive effect on the entire network society. People who read the comments may laugh it off, but someday unexpected events will suddenly reveal this memory, which may lead to negative behaviors, harming others and harming themselves!
PS: There are a few small details that are interesting. When Stuart went to Alexander's house for the first time, although Alexander received him warmly, when he made coffee, he couldn't help but imagine whether Stuart, who had entered the palace countless times, was stealing small things in his study, and when he handed the coffee, he scanned around Is there something missing. When Alexander went to Stuart's "home" for the first time (it should be a public rental house or something), Stuart generously made him a fried meat sandwich (of course, the oil for fried meat can be used for breeding), Alexander did not dare to. Eat, secretly hide food.
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