I am always prone to have an inexplicable sympathy for those who die young or die young. It would be even more embarrassing if he was talented and handsome. God is partial, so he created almost perfect people, and God is fair, so he took their lives early, so that although they became famous early, they could not enjoy the glory after becoming famous. People know that life is precious, and if you don't take good care of it, God will take it back mercilessly. But until it is lost, who will know how to cherish it?
For Van Sant, for River Phoenix, for the name that I liked the first time I saw it, I found this "My Private Idaho" seventeen years ago, silently alone when the twilight was sinking read it thoroughly.
There are many clouds in the shot, flowing, still, and breathtakingly beautiful snow-capped mountains. The vast western grasslands, beautiful pastoral scenery. From one place to another, the journey of family search started in a wandering way. One may twitch and lose consciousness at any time, and the other is aimless, just to escape reality. A crazy whirl dance, two young people in their prime. He loves him, but he doesn't love him, so he finally left him in the middle and left him to go on alone. So he went back to his old business, selling his body to numb his soul. His soul was dying, just like his body. When he returned to the world he came from and became well-dressed and high-spirited again, he fell day by day.
After walking that far, he eventually fell on Idaho soil. My Own Private Idaho. On the deserted road, under the cloudy sky, he lay alone. Two men in a passing van greedily stole his backpack and leather shoes. But no one cared about his life.
They originally belonged to people from different worlds, destined to have completely different life outcomes. But youth is really good, looking at the young him and him. Although one has solidified and the other has withered, I don't know which one is easier to remember, or which one is easier to forget. Recently, I often watch movies about death, or think about the proposition about death. In my 20s or even earlier, there was a ridiculous thought. It would be great if I could die in my youth, and never have to face the day of old age. But I'm still surviving day by day, and I'm no longer afraid of aging, at least until the day I really get old.
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