Passing the road of life

Name 2021-12-13 08:01:06

Seeing this movie once in a while is a kind of unexpected gain.

When all kinds of Hollywood sensationalism flooded my sight, I thought I was numb. However, when my eyes became damp unconsciously, I thought of this director, his famous name, and his well-deserved reputation.

The sky outside the window gradually had the warmth of spring, so the warm current unscrupulously dispersed with the music that refracted the sunlight in the movie. I saw a bird flying by, and I thought about life and the journey during this period.

A stubborn old man, a lawn mower that is almost incurable, and a long journey of 7 weeks. To be precise, this is a wonderful movie because it affects the thinking of the audience and lets it fly freely. In the eyes of the old man, there was a pure blue light flashing in the face of the world. Perseverance, immortality, looking at all things in the world, but not deviating from one's direction for it.

A pregnant girl who ran away from home tied a thin bundle of firewood together. That was the beginning of life and hope; the
innocent deer who died made a woman full of repentance and even on the verge of collapse crying hard. Does he think of the battlefield? There were lives that fell innocently like this beautiful deer, glorified momentarily or humblely passed away;
groups of young people, cycling through the same road, they asked him: when he was old, what was the most painful thing ? He said: I remember the way I was when I was young. Youth is like a motorcade disappearing on the horizon, leaving only the sky full of gorgeous fire clouds;
he said: There will be no one in this world who knows you better than a brother who grew up together, and no one is better than you. understand him. He said: I just want to be with him like before, looking at the stars in the sky, talking with each other until we fall asleep.

At that moment I saw the paleness of time.
For so many years, what I have asked for is nothing more than that.
Years later, will we do the same, will we also miss each other, and will we also call out each other's names without thinking after hearing each other's first call.

Life may be this journey, passing by countless unforgettable memories, just to meet again on a starry night.

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The Straight Story quotes

  • Alvin Straight: Well, they may be mad. I don't think they're mad enough to want to lose you, or your little problem.

    Crystal: I don't know about that.

    Alvin Straight: Well, of course, neither do I, but a warm bed and a roof sounds a mite better than eating a hot dog on a stick with an old geezer that's travelling on a lawnmower.

  • Alvin Straight: Can I help you, lady?

    Deer Woman: No, you can't help me. No one can help me. I've tried driving with my lights on, I've tried sounding my horn, I scream out the window, I-I roll the window down and bang on the side of the door and play Public Enemy real loud! I have prayed to St. Francis of Assisi, St. Christopher too-what the heck! I've tried everything a person can do, and still, every week, I plow into at least one deer! I have hit thirteen deer in seven weeks driving down this road, mister! And I have to drive down this road! Every day, forty miles back and forth to work! I have to drive to work, and I have to drive home!

    [she looks at the open fields around her]

    Deer Woman: ...Where do they come from?

    [she kneels down and checks the deer's pulse]

    Deer Woman: He's dead.

    [she walks back towards her car]

    Deer Woman: And I love deer!

    [she gets in her car and drives off]