Story of the night. non-movie review

Elenora 2022-01-27 08:23:03

What a brutal film My Life Without Me is. Many people say they see strength and warmth in it, but I can only see the indescribable horror of death. After 30 minutes, I finished eating two large flower crabs, exited the plate, and turned off the TV.

These two large flower crabs are as plump as life. On the screen, ANN, who has ovarian cancer and is undoubtedly sentenced to death, is 23 years old. When she was a girl, she listened to Nirvana's last concert, she met a handsome boy, she became a mother at the age of 17, and now she has two very cute girl, she is still young and beautiful. But she was dying, and after 3 months, there was no escape.

What will the last days be like? I watched her fold up the note written by the doctor, with a hard candy she asked for from the doctor, and calmly told her mother on the phone, "I just had a blood test and I am anemic." I watched her, in a late-night coffee shop, and wrote down some things to do before I died: smoking, drinking, having sex with other men than my husband, recording my daughter's 18th birthday message on tape, making someone fall in love I... a corner of the cafe, a man with a full beard, looked at the woman writing with sad eyes.

I know what will happen to her.

But I have finished eating the flower crab. Maybe because it was too delicious, my stomach became very hungry. Like her on the screen, I suddenly want to eat a lot of desserts, and I also want to drink large glasses of cold drinks according to my own preferences.

There are 3 persimmons on the table. I bought it yesterday, it was still green and tough at the time, and it is already red and soft tonight. I can't eat. Persimmons cannot be eaten with seafood. This is common knowledge that you and I both know. I turn off the TV.

That's what happened this night.

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  • Enos 2022-03-23 09:03:18

    The shooting is not bad, every shot is very accurate and in place, and it takes courage and level to be able to shoot this most tearful subject without being pretentious or sensational. But it is also this kind of too rational shooting method, which is difficult to resonate with the audience. BTW, sarah polley is so beautiful! !

  • Annetta 2022-03-21 09:03:17

    Beautiful vignettes.

My Life Without Me quotes

  • Ann: [trying to joke around] I knew something was pretty serious when you sat down here beside me.

    Dr. Thompson: [awkward] They're renovating my office, changing the air-conditioning and...

    [looking suddenly really sad]

    Dr. Thompson: no, that's not true... l can't sit down in front of someone and tell them that they're gonna die... l've never been able to...

  • Ann: [a brief shot of Lee on a deserted cliffside is seen. He sits down in his car, looking depressed beyond belief as he loads a cassette tape into the car's music player. The voice of Ann is heard in the last tape she ever recorded before her death] My darling Lee, l guess by the time you get this tape you'll know that l'm dead, and, well, all that... maybe you're angry with me, or...

    [the image changes to a shot of Dr. Thompson, who has locked himself in his own office and is crying silently while holding Ann's box of tapes for her children that she entrusted him with]

    Ann: or hurt, or sad or upset...

    [the shot changes to hairdressers dancing, to Ann's waitress clipping a photo of Cher from a fashion magazine, and then to Ann's co-worker gnawing on a carrot stick with tears in her eyes]

    Ann: ... or maybe you're just all of it together. I just want you to know that I fell in love with you.

    [Dr. Thompson opens the box of tapes and neatly sorts them by date on his office shelves. Meanwhile Lee leans against the wall of his empty apartment, weeping beside his bookshelf]

    Ann: l didn't dare tell you 'cuz l thought you kind of knew, and l didn't realize l had so little time. Actually, time is the one thing l haven't had enough of recently. Life is so much better than you think, my love. l know, because you managed to fall in love with me even though you saw, what was it, you said ten percent? Five maybe?

    [the shot changes to one of Don, Penny and Patsy with another woman, cheerfully packing their van for a day at the beach. The children laugh. The woman is revealed to be Ann's neighbour, also named Ann, and Don is holding her hand affectionately]

    Ann: Maybe if you'd seen it all, you wouldn't have liked me. Or you would have liked me in spite of everything. l guess we'll never know. Oh, and one last thing...

    [a shot is shown of Lee painting his walls white and piling up more used books for his collection]

    Ann: Lee, for God's sake, just paint your walls and buy some furniture, alright? l don't want the next woman you take home to get the wrong idea about you and run off before she gets a chance to know you. Not everyone's as crazy as I am... l loved dancing with you.