Transfer: Yin Shanshan

Loyce 2022-03-25 09:01:09

None of the books I have been reading can correct or release my fear of the death of a loved one. I always feel that others can do that, but I can't. Until a while ago, I watched a film called "Extremely Loud, Very Close", which was about how a boy finally relieved himself of his favorite father's death in 9/11. I was watching the last part, where the villain he drew from When the ground reversed the time and returned to the upstairs, it seemed to be enlightened.
There is a metaphor in the film that hits the spot: if the sun suddenly darkens, the earth will still be bright for 8 minutes, and during these 8 minutes, we do not know that the sun is dead. The boy used these 8 minutes as a metaphor for his disbelief in his father's death. He stayed in place for a long time during these 8 minutes, and slowly accepted it in his own way. "Lost" is as difficult a topic as "existence". The latter relies on human reason to answer, while the former relies on emotion.

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Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close quotes

  • Oskar Schell: It's just a box! An empty box!

    Linda Schell: I know it's an empty box! I know this. But I did it for me, and I did it for you so we can at least try and say goodbye to him. Because he's gone, Oskar, he's gone and he's not coming back. Never. I don't know why a man flew a plane into a building. I don't know why my husband is dead. But no matter how hard you try, Oskar, it's never gonna make sense because it doesn't. It doesn't... make... sense!

    Oskar Schell: Fukozowa you! You don't know anything!

  • [first lines]

    Oskar Schell: There are more people alive now than have died in all of human history, but the number of dead people is increasing. One day, there isn't going to be any room to bury anyone anymore. So, what about skyscrapers for dead people, that are built down. They could be underneath the skyscrapers for living people, that are built up. We could bury people 100 floors down. And a whole dead world could be underneath the living one.