Deep despair, seamless cage

Brice 2022-03-28 09:01:13

Ferris wheel

This movie is actually called the Ferris wheel, but the whole movie gives me the feeling that there is only the word despair, the despair that can't be seen to the end.

The closing sentence, I don't like fishing, stings me more deeply, no one understands, there is nothing to count on, there is no place to escape. I told myself that I would never live like this in the future.

The heroine's tragedy, on the surface, originates from her first marriage derailment. If it hadn't happened, she might be happy all her life, and she might realize her dream. It's a pity that she couldn't resist the temptation and let herself be dominated by sensibility. Can't blame anyone. Maybe God gave her a second chance, and if she had notified Carolina in time, maybe she would have gotten some relief, maybe not, who knows.

The second mistake she made was marrying that man, that vulgar, unseemly, alcoholic, and being friends with such a person would still be affected, let alone being a partner, how could he not be? Dragged into the abyss, this guy will pull you to his level and control you. He can't understand your artistic pursuit at all, he just finds it ridiculous.

Her poor son, born in such an environment, was forced to stand out, no one listened to his inner voice, he could only vent by playing with fire, what did he see in the burning fire, was it hope?

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Wonder Wheel quotes

  • [first lines]

    Mickey: [narrating] Coney Island, 1950's. The beach, the boardwalk. Once a luminous jewel, but growing relentlessly seedier as the tides roll in and out. Summers I work here on Bay 7. Comes the fall, I'm a student at New York University going for my Master's in European drama. I'm Mickey Rubin. Poetic by nature. I harbor dreams of being a writer. A writer of truly great plays, so I can one day surprise everyone and turn out a profound masterpiece.

    Mickey: [to the camera] Anyhow. Let me get to the story in which I am a character, so, be warned, as a poet, I use symbols, and as a budding dramatist, I relish melodrama and larger-than-life characters. Enter Carolina...

  • Mickey: [narrating] The kid makes fires. And not such little ones. He played hooky from summer school and even made fires on the beach where it's forbidden. What the hell does the kid see when he just stares into the flames? Is it the eternal power of the universe? The conversion of mass into energy? The Furies at work? Whatever his motive, it is not appreciated.