The sad version of life

Josiane 2021-12-24 08:01:52


"This is just a sad version of our lives. There are other versions where everything is fine-I like this idea, it's good-somewhere, we are still celebrating our time."

This is Becca played by Nicole Views on "parallel universes". I would like to see Becca as a sad version of Nicole's life. Thinking of other versions, it feels better. For example, she and Keith spend their years together and have a cute Sunday baby; for example, she sings "for freedom, beauty, truth and love" on the Moulin Rouge stage, squandering her and dumping all beings. For example, she is at the desk with her eyebrows furrowed, conceiving the fate of the heroine in her book; for example, when she was young, she was ambitious and did not hesitate to become famous... But sometimes it is hard to imagine, all these complicated versions are There is a common title, called Nicole Kidman.

This is a movie that belongs to Nicole alone. As a producer, he put the stage play on the screen, contacted the original play author to adapt the script, looked for the director, looked for the actor, and acted as the heroine. The finished product is a small production of 5 million US dollars. Although the subject matter is heavy, the final effect is exquisite, elegant, calm and warm.

This is a movie about lost pain. The Becca and Howie couples, one tried to pretend that nothing happened but couldn't escape the scene where he witnessed the death of his son, and the other tried to keep the traces left by the child, but found that everything was in vain. Cracks will inevitably occur, and quarrels, appearances, and different dreams of the same bed will follow. Grief, this kind of pain, there is no quick-acting analgesic, all they can do is carry it with them to live, "like a brick in their pocket." And it erodes everything in life a little bit, making people become sensitive, acrimonious, and even make outrageous actions involuntarily. In this way, grief replicates itself in life, just as cancerous cells spread quietly in the body. The ending of the other couple in the mutual aid group became a footnote to this duplication—all the good things in the past fell apart little by little, and it seemed that only separation could start a new life.

The best is the story line between Becca and Jason. It's hard to tell what kind of feelings Becca has for Jason, the high school student who caused her son's death, but as she said, "It's not anyone's fault." She dispels her guilt by dissolving his guilt. She does not want the pain caused by her son's death to affect other people. Because she herself knows best what kind of torture pain is. He drew cartoons, creating a parallel world of his fantasy, where everything is in order and everything is peaceful. She had read cartoons and listened to the theory of parallel worlds, and her eyes burst into tears:

"This is just a sad version of our lives. There are other versions where everything is fine—I like this idea, it's great— —Somewhere, we are still celebrating our time."

Here in the movie, the background sound is only the cry of the bird, which is calmer than other calm and soothing soundtracks. Under the green shade, Becca and Jason had their own concerns, but the pain was not so severe anymore. The knot has been solved, everything should go back to its original place-even if our life is destined to be a sad version because of this accident, we have to live it as wonderfully as possible-I guess they think so. Just like in such a sad story in the movie, there are still bright colors, moving music, vibrant laughter, and all kinds of hope.

When she returned home, her sleeping husband woke up. They decided to hold a dinner party to invite all the people who love them in their lives. After experiencing all kinds of mutual harm, they finally understand that they love each other deeply. After the crowd at the dinner party dispersed, the two looked at the twilight, with their fingers intertwined. Life hand in hand, as long as it is the right person, whether it is a sad version or not.

Sometimes we don’t need comfort or sympathy. All we need is time to learn to accept all kinds of sadness in life. As Becca’s mother said, “Sometimes, it becomes bearable.” Despair should not be any version. The primary color of life is hope.

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Rabbit Hole quotes

  • [last lines]

    Becca: [voice-over] And then what?

    Howie: [voice-over] I don't know... Something though.

  • Nat: You know, Becca, when your brother died, I found the church very helpful.

    Becca: I know. I know you did, but that's you. That's not me, and Danny... Danny isn't Arthur.

    Nat: You know, I brought you to church every Sunday.

    Becca: Let's not start this again, okay, Mom? I'm just... I'm just calling about the cake.

    Nat: You're not right about everything, you know? What if there is a God?

    Becca: Then I'd say he's a sadistic prick.

    Nat: All right, Becca, that's enough.

    Becca: "Worship me and I'll treat you like shit." No wonder you like him. He sounds just like Dad.