The rules of life

Israel 2021-12-09 08:01:33

The movie "The Law of Cider House" has been the recommended movie in the last unit of my "High Quality Film and Television" class in the past two years. I think the weight and connotation of this movie, as well as the overall state of art, can be a good show for a semester. To say a little bit off topic, the last part of the whole performance is the big shaft, and the final part is the penultimate part. I remember very clearly. In the first semester of this school, a girl who majored in choreography started to rub my class from the second week. She was very fascinated by the venue and almost never missed a section. Her presence naturally gave me a lot. Encourage. In the last unit before the end of the semester, I recommended "The Law of Cider House". In the second half of the movie, I noticed that she cried so badly that she seemed to be unable to herself, so that after turning on the lights, she was in a bright environment. Feeling embarrassed. I remember I told her at the time that I saw her crying so badly because of this movie. I wanted to comfort her and encourage her. I told her that I felt very good. Seeing her usually serious face, now I Knowing that she was originally so emotional, which is of course very important for an art student. Naturally, there must be her personal reasons why she was so moved, and it may not even have anything to do with Holstrom. Perhaps "The Rules of Cider House" is just an introduction. Just like many years ago, when "The Bridge of the Last Dream" was released, the "Beijing Youth Daily" made a special topic called "Watching Other People's Stories, Streaming Your Tears". "The Rules of Cider House" was adapted by writer John Owen based on his own novel, and therefore won the Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay. Only by reading the original can you know how complicated the original novel is. The Chinese version is 480 pages, and the translation is more than 400,000 Chinese characters. The script of the movie simplifies the story of the doctor Webber Latch and Homer to the point where it can hardly be simpler and just right. This is a waste of words. What is just right. Think of a saying about sculpture, take a stone, and then remove the excess. That's how John Owen picked up a thick and sloppy book and got rid of the extra. Delivered to Holstrom. I have never been a rational audience, and I have never tried to make rational analysis after watching a movie. My classmates and I also said that the aesthetics of watching movies comes first, followed by rational analysis. When it comes to acting rationally, I feel a little bit, Sanmao's love can't be said, can't be said, it's all wrong to say it. In fact, I think Mingbo's "workbook" said that the best film reviews add up to four words: enjoyment and boring. If you feel good-looking, you say you enjoy it; if you feel bad, you say it's boring. I am emotional. As long as I hear the opening music of "The Rules of Cider House", it is like a cool summer night breeze across my body, and my hairs stand up one by one. I haven't even thought deeply about what moved me, is it so much helplessness in the movie story?

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  • Annette 2022-03-27 09:01:06

    A story of a young man seeing the world. It's a complicated world. There are always rules out there. But when you see it through, it's simple. Follow your heart, do what ya gotta do. Goodnight you princes of Maine, kings of new england.

  • Neva 2022-03-27 09:01:06

    Literature and art is a good thing, it is a good thing to do it step by step, it is a good thing to talk about it, and it is too boring, you are wrong. I slept stupidly for a whole day, but I still watched this movie at night, which shows its skill! This is a story about growing up, from innocence to curiosity, from rebellion to belonging, everyone will go through a similar process, but the emotional change in the face of the father and teacher of the orphanage is even more difficult to comprehend.

The Cider House Rules quotes

  • Fuzzy: I like orange. Should I keep the teeth orange?

  • [We see Homer writing to Dr. Larch and hear the words in his voice as we are shown variously relevant scenes]

    Homer: Dear Dr. Larch. Thank you for your doctor's bag, although it seems that I will not have the occasion to use it, barring some emergency, of course. I am not a doctor. With all due respect to your profession, I'm enjoying my life here. I'm enjoying being a lobsterman and orchardman. In fact, I've never enjoyed myself as much. The truth is, I want to stay here. I believe I'm being of some use.

    [We hear the words Dr. Larch writes back to Homer in response]

    Dr. Wilbur Larch: My Dear Homer: I thought you were over you adolescence - the first time in our lives when we imagine we have something terrible to hide from those who love us. Do you think it's not obvious to us what's happened to you? You've fallen in love, haven't you? By the way, whatever you're up to can't be too good for your heart. Then again, it's the sort of condition that could be made worse by worrying about it, so don't worry about it.

    [the back and forth correspondence continues interwoven with scenes from Homer's life at the time]

    Homer: Dear Dr. Larch, What I'm learning her may not be as important as what I learned from you, but everything is new to me. Yesterday, I learned how to poison mice. Field mice girdle an apple tree; pine mice kill the roots. You use poison oats and poison corn. I know what you have to do. You have to play God. Well, killing mice is as close as I want to come to playing God.

    Dr. Wilbur Larch: Homer, here in St. Cloud's, I have been given the opportunity of playing God or leaving practically everything up to chance. Men and women of conscience should sieze those moments when it's possible to play God. There won't be many. Do I interfere when absolutely helpless women tell me they simply can't have an abortion - that they simply must go through with having another and yet another orphan? I do not. I do not even recommend. I just give them what they want. You are my work of art, Homer. Everything else has been just a job. I don't know if you have a work of art in you, but I know what your job is: you're a doctor.

    Homer: I'm not a doctor.

    Dr. Wilbur Larch: You're going to replace me, Homer. The board of trustees is looking for my replacement.

    Homer: I can't replace you. I'm sorry.

    Dr. Wilbur Larch: "Sorry"? I'm not sorry. Not for anything I've done. I'm not even sorry that I love you.

    [Cut to scene of Dr. Larch sitting on a hospital bed reading Homer's letter. He is crest-fallen and one of his nurses sits down to console him]

    Dr. Wilbur Larch: [Speaking to the nurse] I think we may have lost him to the world.