See you down the road.

Clifford 2022-04-22 07:01:24

For a long time, I have been searching for the meaning of life. There are thousands of people in this world, what is the difference between my existence and other beings?

I was constantly swaying between self-encouragement and self-denial, sometimes inspired by my inner courage, full of beautiful expectations for the future; We are shaped by complex emotions and the myriad choices that result from them, leading to a million different paths in life.

The translation of "Nowhere to Be Reconciled" is really appropriate. As the protagonists of the movie, they are burdened with a past that is more or less irreconcilable to them, and therefore it is difficult to return to the place where they once lived. Just like the nails on the wood will leave deep "wounds" even if they are pulled out, the wounds in the heart are more difficult to heal. Lost relatives, mistakes made, all kinds of regrets and regrets are all one-way roads that cannot be turned back.

I fully understand the feeling of those "homeless" people who are over half a hundred years old and even gray-haired on the road - as long as you don't stop and keep moving forward, the unknown can save me from desperate memories.

All kinds of people on the road, the deep and dense jungle, the stones carved by time, the waves caused by the sea hitting the reef... I love them, but I don't belong to any of them. I'm just alone, and I met you on the way, that's all.

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Extended Reading
  • Lawrence 2021-12-03 08:01:42

    The elephant is invisible and extremely simple and moving. From Zhao Ting's lens, she can feel her love for her subject. Not only is the modern gypsy life with a RV home, but also the spiritual world of American road culture: there is no formal farewell, and you will always see you on the road. The last scene of the movie is exactly what I have been doing recently. To end 2020 with such a movie, I can’t find other languages ​​besides gratitude.

  • Fay 2021-12-03 08:01:42

    When the 75-year-old lady recalled her bright moments, she saw a family of elk at ease, saw swallows dancing and frolicking on the edge of a cliff, and seeing her reflection in the river, as if she was in this swallow dance and saw young children Yan broke out of the shell, feeling the wonderful magic of the Creator; when Fern reminded the young people on the road of his vow poems when they were married, the bright eyes of the sky are sometimes too hot, the golden face is often overcast, and you are not as luxuriant as midsummer. Withered, the elegant demeanor will always be graceful; when Fern wears a headband and holds a firework and says Happy New Year one second before the fake excitement and then one second is lonely, I really burst into tears.

Nomadland quotes

  • Dolly: You know, when you were growing up, you were eccentric to other people. You maybe seemed weird, but it was just because you were braver and more honest than everybody else. And you could see me when I was hiding from everybody. And sometimes you could see me before I saw myself. I needed that in my life. And you are my sister. I would have loved having you around all these years. You left a big hole by leaving.

    Fern: That one's on me.

  • Dolly: You know, I think that what the nomads are doing is not that different than what the pioneers did. I think Fern's part of an American tradition.