"The Taste of Cherry", Abbas is not talking about death, but redemption. Buddy is going to commit suicide, in fact, to give himself a reason to live. Buddy was driving his broken car, walking in the desolation, walking in the twilight, he looked a little tired, his eyes wandered in a trance, he searched around for people, constantly communicated with people, and asked them to help him complete suicide. The film doesn't say why Buddy committed suicide, it doesn't say at all, it may be because of bankruptcy, it may be because of love, it may be because of illness, it may be because of the collapse of belief... In short, he is going to end himself. But looking back after watching the whole film, in fact, Buddy was not determined to commit suicide from the very beginning. He made two options: one is if he doesn't say yes the next morning, he is dead, and he will shovel and bury it; If you say yes, it means that God doesn't want him to die, pull him out, just imagine if a person has made up his mind, will he still seriously choose two options? Won't! Therefore, behind the two options is actually to get confirmation of living. What Buddy needs is for the other party to convince himself and himself to convince himself, and to give himself a reason to live. Everyone needs to have a reason to live. This reason is the value of life and the meaning of life. It may be meritorious deeds, virtues, and words. Avoiding the world and being self-sufficient, to obtain the settlement of the soul, it may be born for art, not knowing that old age is coming, or it may be rushing to material things, and get self-affirmation from it, it may be the trivial and warm wife and children’s hot kang head, or it may be It is the turmoil and march of the world alone, and it will appear differently in different countries, different regions, different levels, and people with different pursuits, but no matter what, people must have a reason to live. If you lose this The reason is despair and even death. However, as Shakespeare said, life or death, that is the question. In fact, life and death are extremely difficult. Su Dongpo felt that life was meaningless, society was meaningless, politics was meaningless, and thinking was meaningless. So the boat carried wine, drifted from the stream under the red cliff, and did anything, but after a lap, it came back. Now, he still has to live. Mr. Dongpo was tangled and tangled and did not commit suicide. "The only one to die is the hardships of the ages, and the only one to die is to be sad." Mrs. Xi thought, "I am still under the bones of the spring, not the concubine of the king of Chu", but facing her children, her country, and her Marquis Xi, how can manage? Difficult! When Buddy was wandering on the mountain road, he must have thought and thought, not knowing what he was thinking, thinking about his own predicament, thinking about his own hopelessness, thinking about everything in front of him, thinking about the world on the other side, no one knows, All the way is so difficult, life, difficult , It's hard to die, if he doesn't want to think about anything, then he must have died decisively, without such a big trouble. Finally, he met Bagley, an old man who worked in the museum. The two of them had been talking all the time. Most of the time, the old man was talking about life and death. He not only showed his own words, but also explained the truth. The old man told his own story: after marriage All kinds of difficulties, holding a rope and trying to hang, passing by the cherry orchard, several times trying to hang the rope on the tree but unsuccessful, I just climbed up to get it, and then I felt something soft in my hand, it was a cherry, he tasted it One, then two, three... Finally, he gave up the idea of suicide, and the old man asked Buddy, "Do you ever look up at the sky when you wake up in the morning? Don't you want to watch the sun rise at dawn?" , All the way, Buddy didn't say much, did he listen, the film did not explain, but there is a plot, that is, Buddy finally got the promise of the old man, but after saying goodbye, he hurriedly returned to find Bagley, Confirming the promise again, from his actions and looks, we vaguely feel that he should have found something that can be confirmed. In the dark night, Buddy lay in the hole he dug, and then the screen was dark for a long time, this long black time, let us be quiet, let us think, the film did not explain the second Buddy at the end. Did Tian die or was awakened by the old man, but Abbas gave us a clip at the end, here, there are actually green plants on the barren slope, the soldiers in the barracks are running, the tree lying in Buddy After the rest, the first soldier Buddy asked for help was also there. Isn't this what Buddy was like when he was young? Finally, a car similar to Buddy drove out of the col, turned and disappeared into the distance, green, young , Far away... Maybe this means Buddy's rebirth. What is the taste of cherries? It may be the taste of the world, the taste of life, a little sweetness contained in thousands of hardships, a little gleam in the dark night, and it has become a reason for Buddy to live. What Abbas tells is a story about self-redemption. No matter you think the reality is cruel and life is absurd, no matter you encounter all kinds of setbacks and you are in a desperate situation, no matter you think that the meaning has collapsed and the value has faded. When you are in the midst of destruction, when you are wandering into the dark, don't forget the taste of cherries, it is on the land under your feet, by your side, in your hands, in your heart. some corner. I watched "The Taste of Cherry" many years ago, and the only thing I remember is that I fell asleep. Now, when I am middle-aged, I will watch this work by Abbas again. When the film ends, I can't leave for a long time. Buddy's The proposition is like the scorching sun, and the taste of cherries must always be grasped on. Zhang Yingdong
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