I love cartoons, but apart from the works of my grandfather and the situation of some Conan classmates, there are not many people who are keen on publicity; modern people seem to dislike such "naive and simple" expressions, so I will guard one of my A warm and fun little corner without the hustle and bustle. However, "Mary and Max" made my heart rip continuously, so I decided to code a few words to commemorate it.
It was an emotionally shocking shock. The surface was calm, but the undercurrent was turbulent. I don’t know if it was because it aroused the career of Mary, who I was willing to devote myself to—about the treatment of autism, or just because of Mary And Marx's human nature is really lonely, seeking, suspicious, warming, comforting and trusting.
An 8-year-old girl with low self-esteem in an ordinary house on Lemington Road in Australia in 1976, and an obese 44-year-old Jewish man with autism who sees a psychiatrist in an ordinary apartment building in New York The little old man, without warning, by fate, and in countless frictions and understandings, achieved more than 20 years of correspondence, and also achieved Mary's self-confidence and Marx's last relief.
The lonely father who only indulges in bird taxidermy after binding tea bags, the irritable alcoholic mother who has a kleptomania, no one really cares and understands this 8-year-old daughter who is ashamed of herself because of a yellow birthmark on her forehead. ; So the depressed child suddenly decided one day to write a letter to the United States to ask "how did the children come from there?", so the lucky and unfortunate Marx became the one who found it on the phone yellow book. The recipient of the letter is faced with a new but also new kind of shock in his life. Marx has a social disorder, an emotional disorder, an eating disorder, and an addiction to chocolate. This was his first reaction to this innocent email from Mary. The second reaction was to sit down seriously under the guidance of the chocolate attached to Mary's letter, tap the typewriter, reply and confide in his past events and emotions that he may never have shared with outsiders.
After going back and forth, the relationship between pen pals is basically determined. They also love chocolate, love the cartoon "Noblet", and also have no friends. So this kind of sincere, selfless, funny, and lovely talk was insisted on and off. Mary's mother broke up the reply letter from Marx privately and abandoned a corner. Mary found the reply letter under the guidance of her pet chicken. Max was unable to answer Mary's questions about love, and his anxiety was touched, and he entered a mental hospital. The treatment was rested, and there was no news for 8 months, which caused Mary to be disheartened and burnt the letter in tears. After being discharged from the hospital, Marx continued the letter to Mary with all his heart, which made Mary very happy. After that, Marx gradually grew old, surrounded by his old problems, Mary regained her self-confidence little by little, went to school and actively pursued happiness. During this period, Max finally won the TV lottery prize, bought all the Noblet family dolls and enough chocolate for a lifetime, and achieved two-thirds of his life's wish; Mary entered university, studied psychiatry, and focused on the treatment of autism. After his parents passed away unexpectedly one after another, he finally formed a family with the Greek student whom he had been secretly in love with for a long time. It seems that after so many years of turbulence, peace and happiness have revealed the gratifying face of the dust being settled.
However, fate has never been something we can control and command. What we can do is to face it, strong or not. Mary made great progress in her studies because she used Marx as an analysis case. She was praised by professors and highly regarded by the academic circles. In addition to the excitement, he sent the manuscript and chocolate to Marx, which was originally the original intention of sharing. Unexpectedly, Marx could not understand what Mary had done, and thought that she had been hurt, deceived and betrayed.
Mary regretted the original, destroying the manuscript, and begging for Marx's forgiveness; however, while waiting for Marx's reply to no avail, she was abandoned by her husband, because she could no longer bear her decadent and dreadful appearance; Ready to commit suicide, temporarily changed her mind to open the door to receive packages, but it gave her a new life. After experiencing pain, anger and depression, Marx sent a letter of understanding and all the Nuojia dolls to show reconciliation. What kind of reconciliation is that? Don't go through your body, go straight to your soul, there is a reconciliation that is completely tacit in the heart, the reconciliation that Mary has been waiting for with her life.
At the end of the film, Mary finally fulfilled her promise and set foot on the soil of the United States. When she walked into Marx's apartment with the baby on her back, Marx left peacefully and peacefully that morning. The entire wall was filled with all of Mary's letters, yellowed. It's fragrant, like a collection of books.
"We can't choose where we come from, what kind of relatives we have; but God allows us to choose what kind of friends we can have", so in the end, we are lucky.
This is a stop-motion clay animation. It is the opening blockbuster of the Sundance Independent Film Festival that I admire. It made me cry for a long time, and I couldn’t let it go for a long time. Strong emotions, fear of not expressing well is to spoil the film, not just a black fairy tale.
He pointed directly at the heart without being hasty, and pierced the most real soul of the soul, and the pain was so natural and not artificial. A human proposition that is too big, if you are not careful, it will become vulgar. Loneliness and friendship, life and human nature, how many filmmakers have tirelessly expressed, how many questions people are looking for, or the manifestations of the petty bourgeoisie, are all in those simple dialogue relationships, and you can experience them.
Even if we are not alone, even if we have many good friends, we still thank Adam Eliot for the simple strokes and plasticine. Those cool taupe may not exist in some people's lives, so why not cherish the freshness The beauty of Yan; and if the ultimate of human nature is loneliness, then having a confidant is enough.
"We are all imperfect people, we all have our own flaws", then we will not be demanding of each other, "accept our own shortcomings", and accept each other's, then we will not be alone, and keep each other warm, even if a meteor falls time, or a lifetime.
PS. As a clay animation, the engineering of the production process is huge. When reading Baidu Encyclopedia, I am fascinated by the humorous expression of those specific data. A kind of persistence is properly revealed behind the hardships, which is touching. ( http://baike.baidu.com/view/2179351.html?fromTaglist )
PSS. It is said that the history of clay animation is even longer than that of hand-painted artwork animation, which is not simple. Regarding the film, it is strongly recommended, and the index is five-star. For the first time, I feel that the writing is exhausted and indescribable.
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