"Warm and Containing Light": The most familiar stranger.

Violette 2022-04-22 07:01:02

An unconfirmed rumor circulated before that goldfish have only seven seconds of memory. I think most of the people who believe this rumor are people who have been sad in their hearts.

We always yearn for the beauty of this world, always want to keep happy memories, and always want to forget those painful and sad pasts. It's just that life is never completely in your hands.

"The Light Within", also known as "The Eternal Sunshine of a Beautiful Mind," tells the story of the introverted Joel and the easygoing Clementine as a couple. Like ordinary couples, their days are spent sweet and quarrelsome. On Valentine's Eve, when Joel carefully prepares presents and apologizes for finding Clementine in an argument not long ago, he is surprised to find that Clementine doesn't remember him at all.

It turned out that the impulsive Clementine couldn't stand the pain of the quarrel between the two, so she went to the "Forgetfulness Clinic" to delete all the memories of Joel. Joel couldn't forgive Clementine's waywardness and couldn't bear the pain of losing her, so he also went to the "Forgetfulness Clinic" and asked Dr. Howard, the doctor, to erase Clementine's memory.

The amnestic program started, and Joel wandered in his memory. He found that the time he spent with Christine, whether it was painful or sweet, was precious. He didn't want to forget the one he loved so much. woman. However, once the program is started, it cannot be reversed. Joel can only try his best to hide Christine in the deepest memory, those time corners where Christine never appeared in reality, in order to save the plot of this movie Towards a love movie that is different from the common narrative, it is easy to be disturbed by this complex plot design for the first time, and it becomes irritable between memory and reality, fragmentation and completeness, consciousness and reality, and cannot enter the context of the movie. And when the mood calmed down and sorted out the emotional context of the two again, people could not help but gradually moved, immersed in their own memories...

Some love stories are rare in the world, and bringing together fiery emotions can ignite all the fantasies about love in each of us. And some love stories are plain and warm, making us empathize with the splicing of countless fragments of life, and dig out the story of the person buried in our hearts.

Joel and Kristin met at a beach party. The girl with bright orange hair and orange coat shone in Joel's heart like a bunch of hot sunshine. Joel, who was on the verge of breaking up with his ex-girlfriend, was easily killed by Clays. Ting moved.

When the two people who lost their memory in the second story were at the seaside again, the spark of affection was still ignited when they looked at them more in the crowd.

Mary, the receptionist of the Blank Wangqing Clinic, once fell in love with a married man, Dr. Howard, and chose to amnestic because of unbearable feelings. But when the two were alone in a room, the spark of love still burst out in Mary's heart. She couldn't help but kiss Howard.

Love is a wonderful thing.

(I still remember the way you walked past me at the age of sixteen with your head held high, and I still remember the smirk of you pointing at my waxed hair and saying it could stop flies from laughing)

Xiao Yaxuan sang in "The Most Familiar Stranger": Do you remember? It is love that makes each other light up the night, why did we replace our dependence with silence?

People in love, how many people have become stronger and stronger?

When the passion slowly dissipates, when the unfamiliar becomes familiar, the wisps of fireworks in life will slowly torment two different people. Over time, some people have turned their lives into a pot of nutritious soup. And more people, in the crackling tempering of each firewood, poured out the hope that they jointly supported, leaving only sentimental.

And we are one of those many.

When Joel, who was about to delete his memory, followed the doctor's instructions, he collected all the items related to Christine at home and brought it to the clinic to prepare for the amnestic deletion field. , Hate is never an object in the real world, but a memory rooted in the depths of the heart.

The water glass with the picture on it will shatter, the house where you once lived will be demolished, and the time spent together with those love words that have been said to each other will never disappear in the memory.

(On my birthday that year, at midnight, under the street lights, you came to see me in your pajamas, raised your head and said to me softly: I like you)

Life is not a box of honey. Only sweet, not sentimental.

The quarrel in the flea market, the complaints in the fast food restaurant, these unpleasant things Joel just wants to delete happily. But the affectionate kiss and the attachment by the bed were so memorable, Joel wanted to hold on to this moment tightly, to seize this warm and sweet time.

We seek advantages and avoid disadvantages in everything, always thinking of receiving more rewards and rejecting the inevitable growth.

When Kristin voluntarily opted for amnestics, all she could remember was the unbearable side of Joel: He was boring, was that reason enough to erase a person's memory? Lately I've been thinking about how different I was in the past and who I am now? It seems that he has changed me, and I am very unlikable now. I don't like the me with him, I don't like myself like this. I can't bear to look at him any more. His smile is sad and cowardly, full of apology, pretending to be hurt, actually conceited, our love rose has withered.

The Wangqing Clinic easily erased Christine's memory, and she probably thought she would never fall in love with a man like Joel again.

Tomorrow will be a fresh start, doctors told patients who came to see them.

really?

The wretched boy in the clinic not only stole Kristin's panties when she was erasing her memory, but also quietly recorded the love words that Joel said when she was dating Kristin to please her.

When the boy confessed the love words that were deleted by Christine and used by the boy, Christine was temporarily lost.

Even if the memory can be deleted, but your love for love has not changed.

When Christine meets the destined Joel by the river, in the restaurant, at the station, on the bus, the love story returns to its familiar and unfamiliar origin.

(She said to me at the age of 19: I feel that we have no future. At the age of 27, she said to me: I miss you. Zhang Ailing's "Half Life" wrote: We can't go back)

Does Joel love Kristen?

The impulsive Christine chose to delete Joel's memory. Joel, who heard the news, came to the clinic impulsive and repeated the same decision.

When the doctor questioned before the treatment started, Joel's mind was full of her faults, as if he who voluntarily chose this relationship was a deceived poor bastard, and everyone looked for the reason for the broken relationship in each other, I never wondered what role I played in it.

"She's smart, but uneducated. I can't discuss reading with her. She only reads magazines, and her vocabulary needs to be improved. In fact, I'm embarrassed in front of everyone. Because she can even spell the library wrong. I think the charm of Christine lies in her personality, which makes you forget the worldly distractions. She is like a gorgeous burning shooting star, leading you to a blissful world. There are all pleasant things. But you are very It will soon be discovered that these are just carefully left traps, flashy but not covert, but still intoxicating. Where is the real Christine? Her hair has a meaning to the bullshit. Really, The whole world is in disarray, is she changing her hairstyle to be a maverick? I don't think her sex life is passionate. I got that clearly when we were together last night. It's not sexy, it's sad. Clay Sting believes the only way to make people fall in love with her is to have sex with them. At least scratching her head in front of them makes it feel like she wants to have sex with them. She's desperate and insecure. Sooner or later she'll be all over the place and having sex. I think I know her very well, but in fact I don't know her at all, and it's really disappointing to find her so unfamiliar after being with someone for so long."

When faced with the end of a relationship, many people will blurt out the most vicious curse, as if they are an angel, judging the devil who deceives people.

Love is the sweetest and scariest thing ever.

It's just that many people overlook one point, what a person says may not represent their true heart...

(She is really the worst person! I hate to say)

(The highway at midnight was empty, I was riding a bicycle at the fastest speed. After drinking, I cried and called her name: I miss you!)

After all, Joel did not escape the fetters in his heart. He wanted to hide Christine deeply in the palace of memory, and he did not want to forget him.

Perhaps only after this instrument sorts out the memory, Joel can really think back and think about the bits and pieces of the two of them along the way.

In his heart, Christine was not the one-time love he portrayed when he was at his most angry. The instrument seems to be time. In the slow precipitation of time, we can gradually understand a person, understand the ignorance of young people, and understand the right and wrong in emotional stories.

It's just that the ending has been decided, and Christine has disappeared from memory...

Joel, who woke up the next day, didn't feel the beauty of the new life...

"We have become the most familiar strangers in the world, and we will each mourn each other's twists and turns in the future" — Xiao Yaxuan, "The Most Familiar Stranger"

Back to the beginning, back to the beginning of the movie.

All encounters in the world are reunions after a long absence. The same two people, different love stories.

The two who learned the truth were awkwardly silent amid the tape recorder's accusations against each other. Just after all this, Joel and Christine have a new understanding of each other and love.

Kristin defended Joel: I am not a myth, just a girl who is struggling to find peace of mind.

Joel replied: I can't find a reason not to love you.

Christine said: "You'll find out later, I'm not perfect, and I'm tired of being restrained with you because that's how I am."

Joel pouted and smiled: so what?

So what? Christine said with a weeping smile.

Yeah, so what? You don't have to hide yourself anymore, you get to know each other better. Holding hands again, running happily in the snow...

Love is never just composed of endless sweetness. Every couple who love each other will experience ups and downs in life. Some people are fortunate enough to accept each other with a heart of mutual understanding and tolerance, and accompany them to the end. There are also some people who will never have the luck they have in the movie again, so they are different and happy.

Bless all lovers in the world to be married.

(We all have each other's lives, I only hope that each of us can cherish the people in front of us, and those dark clouds in our memory are willing to be dispelled by the sunshine of the beautiful heart in this love. Say something to each other: Thank you, thank you for your company)

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Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind quotes

  • Clementine: You don't tell me things, Joel. I'm an open book. I tell you everything... every damn embarrassing thing. You don't trust me.

    Joel: Constantly talking isn't necessarily communicating.

    Clementine: I don't do that. I want to know you.

    [angry]

    Clementine: I don't constantly talk! Jesus! People have to share things, Joel...

    Joel: Mmmhhmmm...

    Clementine: That's what intimacy is. I'm really pissed that you said that to me!

    Joel: I'm sorry... I just, my life isn't that interesting.

    Clementine: I want to read some of those journals you're constantly scribbling in. What do you write in there if you don't have any thoughts or passions or... love?

  • Clementine: Too many guys think I'm a concept, or I complete them, or I'm gonna make them alive. But I'm just a fucked-up girl who's lookin' for my own peace of mind; don't assign me yours.

    Joel: I remember that speech really well.

    Clementine: I had you pegged, didn't I?

    Joel: You had the whole human race pegged.

    Clementine: Hmm. Probably.

    Joel: I still thought you were gonna save my life... even after that.

    Clementine: Ohhh... I know.

    Joel: It would be different, if we could just give it another go-round.

    Clementine: Remember me. Try your best; maybe we can.