The Best Actor in the Vase of Meiyu

Chapter 1331: Continuous Flow
Quietly, Blair stared at the big screen, his eyes fixed on it, afraid of missing any details.

She was curious and looking forward to how the story would end.

However, no.

Nothing at all.

There is no long speech, no exaggerated words, no chicken soup for the soul, no awakening quotes, and even no arguing. There is nothing at all.

He said, OK.

She also said, okay.

The thing is that simple.

If you love, you love. If you don't love, you don't love. There's no need to make things so complicated.

Perhaps, they will repeat the same mistakes and step into the same river again, and ultimately end up hurting each other. There is no such thing as learning from one's mistakes.

Perhaps, they will fall into the same cycle again and again, like a hamster trapped in a cage, running as fast as they can but still standing still.

So?

Refusing to start because of fear of getting hurt, refusing to face because of fear of admitting -

Isn't this exactly what Joel is most ashamed of and most regretful about? Isn't this exactly the secret that Joel has been hiding in the villa?
This time, however, Joel didn't let go.

Although he didn't know the reason, he just didn't want Clementine to leave. Even the story of the villa in his memory had been completely erased, but when the familiar plot happened again, Joel finally began to take steps to change.

Everything seems to be unchanged and exactly the same; but in fact, the details have been quietly changing.

On the big screen, Joel and Clementine had no idea what was happening in their memories, and smiles rose lightly at the corners of their mouths.

Outside the big screen, the audience knew exactly what was happening. At this moment, they couldn't help but burst into tears, and the corners of their mouths rose.

The scene changes, and Joel and Clementine are running and chasing each other on the snowy Montauk beach. They are playing and frolicking in the calf-deep snow, like children who have never grown up, playing snowball fights carefree, as if this is the happiest and most joyful thing in the world, with their smiles blooming.

The melody sounded.

It was melodious and sad. Although it was not heart-wrenchingly heavy, one could feel the sadness in the bitter humming. The whole world was immersed in the blue of sorrow. This made their laughter and playfulness seem even more out of place. The biting cold of the ice and snow penetrated the screen and seeped into the blood bit by bit along the skin.

The boiling and disturbing thoughts slowly settled down.

The movie is over.

Just as it began without any clue, the curtain fell when the audience was completely unprepared, bringing the movie to a close.

But if you calm down and think about it carefully, the story has been told, so there is no need to keep whining about it, right?

However, the scene at the Angelica Film Center remained peaceful.

There was no movement, no sound. All the audience sat quietly in their places, letting their thoughts wander. Even the audience who were standing or sitting on the floor around their seats did not move. They all stayed where they were, watching the subtitles appear obediently. Until this moment, they finally had time to think.

Charlie Kaufman, as always.

Not only is it wildly imaginative and brain-opening, but it also contains a huge amount of information, leaving the audience no time to breathe, as it crams wave after wave of information into their heads - and finally, it explodes.

Movies, are they really that simple?

Is the movie just a love story? Is it just the love story of Joel and Clementine?
When I think about it carefully, my thoughts are surging. There is not a single word of idleness in the whole movie. The seemingly simple story is actually all-encompassing, and the amount of information is far beyond imagination.

When the subtitles appeared, they were finally able to breathe a sigh of relief amidst the gentle yet bitter melody.

In the dimly lit viewing area of ​​the big screen, it is like a window from reality to the world of movies. Although the movie has ended, they still left a trace of thoughts on the big screen, in that world full of imagination and possibilities yet completely connected with reality, letting themselves float and sink.

Everyone has their own perspective and everyone has their own interpretation.

Perhaps, the only thing that can be confirmed is that, apart from the two protagonists Joel and Clementine, every character and every storyline is worthy of scrutiny and can withstand scrutiny.

Dr. Howard and Mary.

A "student" who admires authority. This student may be a girl like Mary, or occasionally a young and ignorant boy. He looks up to the authority. Their knowledge, power, status, expertise, etc. far exceed the attraction brought by superficial conditions such as money and appearance.

So, students like Mary, like moths to a flame, burn themselves to pieces again and again.

Dr. Howard seemed to be refusing, but he was always trying to give in, wanting and giving at the same time. Under their seemingly authoritative appearance, they were actually immature children - it could be seen from the fact that the doctor didn't know how to explain his reaction in front of Stan. They were just trying to draw the energy they needed from those admiring eyes.

Does Dr. Howard really "love" Mary?

not necessarily.

Rather than saying it was love, it was more like enjoying Mary's undivided attention on him, enjoying Mary's complete admiration and even worship of him. His pride and self-esteem were satisfied like never before in such a sight.

And then, longing for more, much more, because that was what was missing at home and in his own life.

There is no doubt that this love story is the one that takes up the most time to describe in the movie, and it forms an intertextual relationship with Joel and Clementine, because Mary deleted her memory but still stepped into the same river, repeating the same mistake, not only making herself look bad again, but also breaking her heart again, and finally escaping in embarrassment.

Most importantly, Charlie Kaufman completes the theme through the relationship between Mary and Dr. Howard.

In Joel's apartment, after Stan left, Mary kept trying to impress Dr. Howard by talking endlessly about herself.

Among them was a poem by Alexander Pope.

“So happy are the pure and good, the world forgets, the world forgets, the eternal sunshine of the beautiful mind, prayers are answered, wishes come true.”

Simply put, get to the point.

Charlie Kaufman did not choose Joel and Clementine, but chose Mary to express his point of view, which was undoubtedly another surprise:
People always yearn for perfection. Perfection symbolizes eternity, perfection represents indestructibility, and perfection means that all wishes come true. However, the reality is often not so.

Mistakes, regrets, hurt, and imperfections are the norm in life.

People can choose to escape, people can choose to forget, but people still repeat the same mistakes again and again, falling into the rut of their own character flaws.

In a way, the ending of Mary and Dr. Howard is the reality that Charlie Kaufman believes in.

In the movie, Charlie Kaufman only used a few strokes to outline the whole picture of a relationship, and echoed it with Joel and Clementine. His control and layout of the writing are worthy of the title of genius.

(End of this chapter)