Ting-Ting: [Subtitled Version] Why is the world so different from what we thought it was? Now that you're awake and see it again... has it changed at all? Now I've closed my eyes... the world I see... is so beautiful.
Ota: Why are we afraid of the first time? Every day in life is a first time. Every morning is new. We never live the same day twice. We're never afraid of getting up every morning. Why?
Yang-Yang: I'm sorry, Grandma. It wasn't that I didn't want to talk to you. I think all the stuff I could tell you... You must already know. Otherwise, you wouldn't always tell me to 'Listen!' They all say you've gone away. But you didn't tell me where you went. I guess it's someplace you think I should know. But, Grandma, I know so little. Do you know what I want to do when I grow up? I want to tell people things they don't know. Show them stuff they haven't seen. It'll be so much fun. Perhaps one day... I'll find out where you've gone. If I do, can I tell everyone, and bring them to visit you? Grandma, I miss you. Especially when I see my newborn cousin who still doesn't have a name. He reminds me that you always said you felt old. I want to tell him that I feel I am old, too.
Yang-Yang: Daddy, you can't see what I see and I can't see what you see. So how can I know what you see?

N.J.: Good question. I never thought of that. That's why we need a camera. Do you want one to play with?

Yang-Yang: Daddy, can we only know half of the truth?

N.J.: What? I don't get it

Yang-Yang: I can only see what's in front, not what's behind. So I can only know half of the truth, right?
N.J.: I had chance to relive part of my youth.My first thought was then i could make things turnout differently but they turned out the same or not much different.I suddenly realized that even if i was given a second chance i wouldn't need it, I really wouldn't.
Pangzi: Life is a mixture of happy and sad things. Movies are so lifelike - that's why we love them.

Ting-Ting: Then who needs movies? Just stay home and live life.

Pangzi: My uncle says we live three times as long since man invented movies.

Ting-Ting: How can that be?

Pangzi: It means movies give us twice what we get from daily life.

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Verdie 2022-03-28 09:01:08

The superficial life experience is not enough to deeply interpret the theme of this film. Every time Yangyang appears, it seems to add a dash of color to the dull tone. Taking a bunch of pictures of the back of the head shows the childishness that is exceptionally rare. The multiple mirror reflection narratives, the transition of sound and picture dislocation, and the long silence make this film a little bit more metaphysical and philosophical in the trivial daily life. The calm, flowing nature of life is heartbreaking.
Elroy 2022-03-21 09:02:51

The three major dilemmas of contemporary people: very uneasy and meaningless. I want to take a walk in Japan with my old lover. I don’t understand why many people always say that Yang Dechang is accurate because he is CS. In fact, he is accurate mainly because he is scumbag and mean, smart, and talented.