live to death

Arden 2022-04-21 09:03:31

There is an old Chinese saying, "to die for life". Some people call life "the dance before the grave". Life and death are eternal propositions of life. No matter how Socrates argued about the cycle of life and death before his death, once life and death are separated, nothing related to life can be talked about. "August Photo Studio" tells the story of a man's short-lived love before his death.

Speaking of the photo studio, I think of the scene in "Central Station" where the heroine writes letters on behalf of her at the station. A stream of people rushing by in front of her, occasionally a stranger walks by and tells his/her mood in front of her. Or miss, or thank, or anger... Just like the customer who came to the photo studio, everyone who faced the camera kept his image at a certain moment. When he pushed out the door and disappeared into the sea of ​​people, the torrent of time rushed him to death, but the face at that moment will never grow old.

The male protagonist flips through the album under the light, and the ticking of the clock is endless. When I was young, I smiled young, and when I grew up, "youth don't know the taste of sorrow" pondered deeply. Everything in the past is vivid in my eyes, but in front of the word "things are right and people are wrong", everything becomes small and illusory.

One of the most impressive episodes is an old lady who took a family photo. On a rainy night, she changed into beautiful clothes and went back to the photo studio by herself to take a single photo again. She said: "This will make my portrait." At that moment, the old man's expression was calm, even with a smile, but her heart must be ups and downs, right?

As for that bland love, what I want to say is "death and life are bound together, and self-satisfaction. Holding the hand of the son, and growing old together with the son." It is a promise that is too difficult to fulfill, and the sweetest and most desolate vow in the world. Sometimes it is better to "see each other in the rivers and lakes". What did the heroine write in the letter? d is probably to express her love. What else was written in the reply letter that the hero did not send? I think it's for her to forget.

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Christmas in August quotes

  • Jung-won: [Sitting on a rubber tire in his old school playground] When I was a kid I always sat alone in the playground after the other boys had gone. Thinking about my late mother, it struck me that we'd all disappear in the end... my father, my sister, all my best friends.

  • [last lines]

    Jung-won: [narrating] I always knew that feelings of love would fade - just like old photographs. But for you... you will always remain in my heart, as you are in my last moment. Thank you, and goodbye.