Brother and sister, uncle and nephew, love and friendship, in "Before I Disappear" (2014) directed and starred by Sean Christensen, the performance is just right, slightly restrained, especially love. Unrequited Rich only wrote to Vesta frequently. In other words, Vesta is just a trance-like shadow in his heart, and there is no substantive intersection.
The film is vivid and not obscure, dark and not blindly negative, showing the power of control everywhere. A group of independent directors living in New York are working on things that contradict the Hollywood commercial films. This is where we have repeatedly surprised us.
Movies have not only touched us, but also have many enlightenments. Think about what each person can bring to the loved one before disappearing. This may be a topic that is always worth discussing. In China, for a long time to come, some families no longer have direct relationship with uncles and nephews. The one-child policy has ruined the more distant feelings of family relationships. It is undoubtedly the faint and profound pain of this nation. Of course, the family planning policy introduced in 1973 was itself a helpless move to solve the problem of Chinese people’s hungry stomach. It became an established national policy in 1980, and there has been no sign of cancellation.
The Rich brothers and sisters in the film grew up in an unfortunate family, but their relationship is very good, but in these years in New York, the younger sister has never been in contact with his brother Rich. For one thing, Rich, who was unstable, had done it in front of her ex-husband. Second, he was afraid that he would affect his daughter if he was not motivated. It's just that this time it's not trivial. He was put in a detention center because of a fight with his lover. She called Rich to let him take care of his daughter Sofia all night.
Rich, who wanted to commit suicide, received a call from his sister, tied his wrists, and went to school to pick up Sophia. The elf-like Sophia is reading Dickinson's poem "Contemplation of Death", as if dedicated to this uncle who has never met. After receiving the "chestnut" signal, Sophia reluctantly followed him back downstairs to his own house, and told him to stop until he did not have to send it home.
Rich had to return to his broken house. It seemed that he had only three things: writing a letter that he would never dare to send, waiting for his sister's call, and preparing to commit suicide. This time I switched to sleeping pills, but there was no sign of movement. When I called, I learned that the pharmacist had given him medicine for menopause, and he was so angry that he broke the phone downstairs.
When I went to my sister's house, I found a woman outside the door panicking, claiming to be his sister Maggie's best friend. Rich called his sister, and the sister said there was nothing safe there, so he asked him to take his daughter out to hide. Rich didn't dare to slack off, and hurriedly took Sophia out. The 9-year-old Sofia is a motivated kid who looks cute and fluent. He usually practices gymnastics, never forgets to do homework wherever he goes, and is always thinking about the exams tomorrow morning.
Where can Rich go. She can only take her to a friend's bowling alley to avoid her. However, his friend Gideon was forced to ask him if he had seen his girlfriend. In the previous bar, Rich saw his girlfriend who had died in the bar bathroom because of drug use. Afraid of the bar owner's revenge, he dared not tell the truth, so he was sloppy to deal with it. But Sophia jumped in the bowling dance, and the whole audience danced with "Hi". At this time, she found her uncle's bloody wrists. She went to the street to buy bandage cotton wool, help him bandage it, and asked him to go to the hospital, but he gave her an animated book she liked.
Rich told her that because she told her mother that she liked painting Sophia when she was young, maybe your mother gave you this name as soon as you were born. After a night of getting along and understanding, Sophia realized that his uncle was kind and simple, and encouraged him to bravely say "I love you" to the person he likes, instead of changing it just for a letter.
The night continued, and Rich just wanted to take Sophia safely until dawn. He went to pick up his sister from the detention center. Go back to my sister's house. But this strange sister still refuses to take in Rich, for fear that he will affect Sophia's life. When Sophia hugged Rich, Maggie was also surprised. Rich returned to the broken house, wrote a letter to Vitas in frustration, and prepared to commit suicide again. The phone rang, and my sister hoped that he would come on Friday and have a good chat. Rich, who had always been ashamed, finally got the affection he yearned for, especially the love of his niece Sophia.
The so-called "Before I Disappear" originally intended to express a kind of love before death, but Rich used his actions to prove his own existence value and get the love he wanted. This is a continual treasure. From sister to Sofia's love, this is a long life journey. I think he will not be so lazy anymore, he will always cheer up under the inspiration of family affection.
2015, 5, 27
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