Unexpectedly, its theme surprised me again.
The video talks about a lot. First is love. In addition to this, there are life states, human relationships, communication, and details of life, and so on. But I thought, this is not its theme, its theme is the same word: death.
Different from "Bucket List", which also talks about death, the intervention of this theme is euphemistic and low-key, like a dark cloud, fluttering very slowly, and it seems to be still in the distance, which makes people relax their vigilance and ignore it. However, gradually, as time passes, you finally find that the shadows around you are getting bigger and bigger. When you look up, the dark clouds are already shrouded in it, and suddenly, it is pouring rain.
In the film, the news that Yongyuan will die soon is revealed bit by bit, through some details: Yongyuan was in a daze when he woke up from a nap; he was amused with his children in the hospital; he came over after attending the funeral of his friend's father. Delin, a customer who zoomed in on the photo, said, "I had a hard morning"; when his sister was eating watermelon with him, she had a sad expression in the interval between laughing and laughing; when buying fish with her father, she deliberately avoided killing the fish Of course, there is also his monologue at the beginning of the film: "When I was a child, I sat alone on the playground, missing my mother who passed away, and suddenly realized that we will all disappear eventually..." These details shrouded the film. The shadow made the viewers uneasy, as if they were waiting for some ominous news.
However, Yong Won is a man who loves to laugh, and is warm, kind, and gentle to people. He is always the one among friends who harmonizes the atmosphere and serves everyone. He laughed, his voice loud and brilliant, and his laughter softened our unease. Even if a former lover he met by chance asked him if he was seriously ill, he still answered lightly, with a relaxed look. If nothing happened to him, let us secretly expect something.
And, happiness just came at this time. In a small town on the outskirts, there is a man who runs a small photo studio and a young female traffic policeman. The man in his thirties is not very handsome, but he has a charming smile and is easy to get close to. In addition, he can take pictures and appreciate beauty. Compared with many men in small towns, he has more aura and charm; while the female traffic policeman is lively and lively. , wit, youthful pressing. The city is too small. After they get to know each other, they have many opportunities to meet. The bland and even boring life in the small town makes every encounter they meet full of joy, and the flowers of joy bloom, illuminating each other's lives.
The line in "Suzhou River" is: "Two people who didn't know each other sat together, and then, and then, of course, it was love." Yongyuan and Delin, who met each other constantly, talked about trivial things together, A walk in the rain, love comes like this.
For this love, Delin felt the same as all the girls who fell in love, constantly thinking of him, constantly taking time out, creating opportunities, and wanting to see him. There are many careful thoughts and twists and turns in the middle, and a detail in the film is shown: Delin once asked him, are you angry if I don't come to see you? He laughed and asked, why not come? She pouted, suddenly not wanting to come. Then he said that he was in a hurry to go to work, and left, with some grievances and worries. That's the emotion that girls in love often have.
And Yong Won is different, he looks much more open-minded and at ease. Love is God's gift to him, and death is God's judgment on him. Death was with him, greater than love. Therefore, he would rather choose someone to watch her walk away silently, rather than chasing after her to coax her even though he knew she was unhappy; therefore, he would rather be misunderstood by her, make her feel sad and resentful, and not tell her the truth.
Even if we expect love to last forever, however, as you know, good expectations generally fall through. As the story develops, the dark clouds have not dissipated.
He was terrified of mysterious and unknown deaths. He is accustomed to smiling at people, even if he is sentenced to death, he still smiles when he sees others. There are people like this in life who are kind to others and help others, but don't know how to express their troubles. Yongyuan has a big trouble, everyone except his family doesn't know about it. Depressed in his heart, he couldn't bear it anymore, he couldn't take it any longer, he asked a friend for a drink, and told his friend, I'm going to die, and the friend mistakenly thought he was joking. After getting drunk, he made a scene, he vented, he was in too much pain.
Yet he was not overwhelmed by death, and went on as usual, busy in his photo studio, loving, laughing, and alive. It's just that he went to the hospital every once in a while for a checkup; on rainy nights he couldn't sleep and smoked silently by the window; he went to his father's room at night and slept next to him; he began to wonder when it would come Prepare for death...
and death finally comes. this ending.
Before the end, after struggling through the inner peace of the surface, he slowly learned to accept it and live with it. So, when facing this ending, he was at least calm.
And she finally knew the truth. He hung her picture on the door of the photo studio, and in his last letter to her he wrote: "I know very well that the feeling of love will fade, just like the old photos, but you will always be in my heart, forever beautiful, Until the last moment of my life. Thank you. Goodbye."
The word "goodbye" may be a continuation of his nonchalant style, while "thank you" expresses all his feelings for her. Thank you for letting me meet you and fall in love with you on the last journey of my life, and you happen to love me too. However, my life can only be faced by myself.
So, in my opinion, this movie is not a romance movie, he tells one thing from beginning to end: we all face death alone.
And this heavy procrastination and irritating theme, I felt at the beginning of the film -
it is August, the sunshine is abundant, and the nearby school has started a new school year, which is full of vigor and vitality. Yongyuan slowly woke up from his nap at such a moment, and his expression was a little sad for a while.
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