Drunk life dream death ask life

Chris 2022-07-08 20:04:26

Drunken Life and Dreams Ask Life
This movie has been looked forward to for a long time, because it is derived from a world famous book, and "Gulliver's Travels" itself is a profound and critically sharp masterpiece. What would it be like to make a movie?
I thought it was very good, and I showed it to the students. But looking at the comments, I don't think it's particularly good. I feel that the picture is rather dark, some scenes are messy, and the actors are not good enough. (The child actor is so cute, I really want to kiss him. It's a pity to see it now When he grew up, in his photos, he sighed that his time was gone, and his time was gone. He didn't have the same aesthetic charm as before.) The most important point is that the complex is not particularly amazed, and it seems that there is no bright spot in a step-by-step manner.
——In fact, this is the biggest disadvantage, but it is inevitable that the movie itself cannot be blamed. Because I have heard about Gulliver's Travels for a long time and read the book, I have no expectations for the plot. Instead, cast your gaze to: What does it perform? What is the difference or even sublimation between it and the famous novel itself?
Undoubtedly, it is no longer cute and even a little dark, but its criticality has been significantly strengthened, becoming more intuitive and profound. In terms of conception, I especially praise the film's interweaving of two lines of reality and memory, which are seamlessly integrated and transformed. Really "drunk life and dream of death", "Zhuang Shengxiao dream". For that, I have to give the movie a huge compliment.
This movie is the best adaptation of the famous book "Gulliver's Travels", and it is recommended for those who study literature to see it.

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Gulliver's Travels quotes

  • [Gulliver has just explained in great detail the nature of 18th Century Britain]

    Queen of Brobdingnag: The history of you country seems to consist of nothing more than a squalid string of conspiracies, rebellions, revolutions, murders and massacres. Every judgment seems to be motivated by greed, by malice, hypocrisy, hatred, envy, lust and madness!

    Lemuel Gulliver: Perhaps I explained badly.

    Queen of Brobdingnag: You have proved that ignorance, idleness and vice are the only qualifications for public office and that your laws are made by those whose only interest is in perverting them. I can only conclude that your people are the most pernicious race of odious little vermin that ever nature suffered to crawl upon the face of the Earth!

  • [Gulliver has come before the immortal Struldbruggs]

    Immortal Gatekeeper: Welcome to the immortal world.

    [leads Gulliver to a font in the middle of their chamber]

    Immortal Gatekeeper: This is the source of the life everlasting. Drink from this water and you will never fear death. Never.

    [offers Gulliver a dish of the water]

    Lemuel Gulliver: But I have to get home. There's a ship in the harbor. I only have minutes before it sails.

    Immortal Gatekeeper: Minutes? What are minutes? You have no need for such petty considerations here.

    Lemuel Gulliver: [narrating] I was offered immortality... man's dream. With the fear of death removed, I could learn the truths of existence. I could get riches in wisdom. I could read every book ever written. Study the movements of the planets and the stars. I could watch the rise and falls of republics and kings and from the great depths of my knowledge, offer advice to all. I could do anything.

    Immortal Gatekeeper: Drink. Taste immortality.

    Lemuel Gulliver: Why is your hand shaking so badly?

    [he sees a Struldbrugg in the corner coughing up blood]

    Lemuel Gulliver: What's wrong with her?

    Immortal Gatekeeper: Nothing.

    Lemuel Gulliver: What's wrong with everyone?

    Immortal Gatekeeper: Drink the water. You will defy nature.

    [Gulliver notices that she is not looking directly at him]

    Immortal Gatekeeper: You will outlive the stars themselves. You'll be like a god.

    Lemuel Gulliver: You can't see me, can you?

    Immortal Gatekeeper: I'm alive! The water keeps us alive.

    Lemuel Gulliver: You're blind.

    [looks around the room]

    Lemuel Gulliver: You're all blind!

    Immortal Gatekeeper: No, some of us can still make out shape and movement. We'll never die, that's what matters. We'll never die.

    Struldbruggs: [chanting] Never die. Never die.

    Immortal Gatekeeper: That's all that matters... cheating death!

    Lemuel Gulliver: No... no!

    [runs from the chamber]