Not for the superficial you, really

Sincere 2022-04-19 09:01:07

When I was in college, my "Linguistics" teacher left me the deepest impression not of any professional theory such as "Speech Act Theory", but her first class in Shandong dialect similar to Henan dialect to all English. More than 100 people in 4 classes of the department said: "I hope everyone can become a person with depth." Then, I used Hemingway's iceberg theory to explain to our group of diaosi who have just been liberated from high school what depth is. .

Obviously, language leaves only a trace. Some people may really understand it, but some people just laugh it off, some people forget the pain when the scar is healed, some people turn it into a label and stick it on their forehead, some people, such as me, vaguely feel that they have missed a very good one. Theory of X.

And I'll never really understand what "depth" is, and it's even harder to be a "deep person."

Some movies are really drowsy. But it's rated high enough that everyone raved about its goodness. Maybe this is the "depth" that I can't go to. I may have guessed the "central idea" it wants to express, but most of this guess is wrong, and in this kind of straightforward narrative of the story, I have no intention to dive in, I just want to climb back to the top of the iceberg and return to the sea to breathe. Such as this "there will be blood".

1. Some people think that the translation of "the blood will come" is not good, and they prefer "blood and black gold". In fact, I think the original English name is quite religious. "God said, let there be light, so there is light." This blood is coming, which should be what it means.

2. There is no dialogue for a lot of time in the film, and the music is very monotonous and dull. I really think this kind of treatment is awesome, but I really feel that I have no idea other than "this reflects the emptiness of the story characters' hearts and the barrenness of the real environment" and so on. The protagonist said the first line after 9 minutes. When I saw 100 minutes, I really couldn't help but watch the length of the film but saw the sad "158 minutes". I couldn't help but fast-forward when the priest finally came to the protagonist's nonsense. I know that waste wood will die, but I can't wait.

3. After reading it, I feel that the protagonist's life is very exciting and very sad. But I also understand that this movie is too difficult, and the 158 minutes of my life that have been lost will never come back.

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There Will Be Blood quotes

  • Henry Brands: I'm your brother... from another mother.

  • Gene Blaize: You boys are a regular family business.