Nell

Randi 2022-05-16 15:44:40

The camera cuts to the deep night, the terribly quiet lake surface, the fog is full, and there is no trace of human movement anywhere. Only a slightly old voice sang a strange and completely incomprehensible tune. Neil is no different from other creatures, except that she is more beautiful, running in the mountains and fields, the ancient trees stretched out their hands one after another trying to surround her, and the weeds danced under her feet, unknown. The grass, the unknown animals, all the creatures, at this moment, blended into a harmonious and beautiful painting with her. There is no human language, no songs sung by human beings, no tunes of scores, no dances that come out of countless rehearsals, and no human appreciation. Due to the fog, it was difficult for us to even see where she was. Finally, she stayed by the lake, stretched out her hands, and faced the lake as if she was calling for something. Her hands kept swaying, her eyes were so clear but unpredictable , She whispered a song that only belonged to her, and saw only the people she wanted to see. Facing the lake, the beautiful girl undressed into the lake and swam in the lake, like a young forest goddess.
Doctor Shelly and researcher Bao Na came to Nell to spend three months observing and evaluating Neal's mental state and life form. They try to talk and communicate with Nell, learn Nell's language expressions, and understand Nell's inner world. They tried to change Neil, teach her to understand the outside world and the people around her, and wanted to turn Neil back into a "normal person". However, they finally discovered that Nell's spiritual world was much more normal than theirs, and Nell was no more helpless than them. When Baona couldn't help crying because of her emotional frustration, it was Nell who was comforting her: don't cry, God will wipe away all your tears, Misha Chekabi...
They are the angels sent to protect Nell. Although they come from a different world, and they carry the profound signs of modern civilization, they also carry human nature and carry more trauma than nell.
Nell's mother, the old woman, left these words when she was dying: God brought you here, stranger, please bless my Nell.
She faced the mirror and stretched out her hands, as if she was calling someone. She also seemed to really hold those hands and faced the mirror. There was a person who looked exactly like her, and they stared at each other. She walked out of the hut and ran in the mountains. Even Shelly and Bo Na couldn't keep up with her. She jumped down the hillside, picked two small white flowers, and sang an unknown song... The two people behind followed and looked at her. Gently stroking a small corpse, she placed two small flowers in the black hole at the white bone's eyes. The corpse of a child was Nell's twin sister, who fell to her death here many years ago. Nell has been guarding her sister, saying words that only they can understand, stretched out her hands to dance with her, led them to run, walked with her to the middle of the water, the golden light of the setting sun was softly sprinkled on their faces , that is the yellowing memory many years ago.
The conflict between modern civilization and a girl who has never been out of the mountains.
There is a saying in the collection of leaves of grass, no place of grace... This is a kind of deep thinking, looking at the tall buildings rising from the ground, countless crazy cars, rushing crowds, black smoke, Wine, lamps, people... The people who protect her with kindness are also mixed with evil. In the dim billiards room, the swinging youth saw Nell, who had never been involved in the world, and taught her to take off her clothes, mixed with many evil cheers. She smiled, just unbearable.
And more people choose to take her to the laboratory, we can see all kinds of people wearing white coats floating, people thinking with glasses, countless transparent floor-to-ceiling glass, countless circuitous corridors, countless strange Eyes, no one's eyes are projected on people, that simple and poor girl. At the same time as studying philosophy, I think I have always instilled the idea that people have initiative, life produces consciousness, and people's consciousness can be fed back into life, so that we continue to make progress, so we have today, we accept modern Civilization, so it is called human. The so-called wolf children introduced in the textbook are no different from animals, because they only have the nature that animals should have, and the reason why people are human is that they are constantly improving, which is a difference. But, seeing Nell being tortured in every way, seeing the beauty that removes civilization, seeing that beautiful nature, I understand. As nell's mother said,
stranger, please bless my nell...
We see all living beings, including human beings, with compassion Dust, meaningless, so life must be compassionate. Joy is temporary, but compassion is permanent. This is not obsession, but liberation. There is no need to reluctantly give up the trivial matters of the world, but occasionally stand on the highest place and watch the lights of thousands of homes. All creatures with the same fate as us are worthy of pity, they also have clear eyes, just like we look at them, they look at us...
nell, what do you see?
In the icy building, in a icy corner, there is a little girl curled up, that is her sister. She looked at her with gentle longing eyes. Nell struggled desperately, but everyone chose to ignore her, no one could treat her as a human being, no one could feel her fear, and no one could feel her strong desire when she saw her sister. Nell's resistance was powerless, but she finally broke free, she ran to her sister desperately, but why was there a transparent glass, it was so thick, so she could do nothing, she wanted to break it, but the result was Get yourself bleeding. There was no expected broken glass, only a broken nell was replaced.
The first one who couldn't bear it was Shelly. He regarded Nell as his daughter. He picked up Nell and frantically escaped from a group of real neurotic patients, breaking through the modern cage and letting Nell sleep peacefully.
Nell's counterattack is also so powerful, her pure vision, through the countless people she sees, debunks the masks of countless people, even though they have built a thick fortress of steel and concrete.
Let's listen to nell together:
you do have a lot of things, but you never dare to look each other in the eyes, dare to speak each other's needs.
You have more fears,
nell is no more alone than you.

This girl eventually learned the same language as us
but she still lives in the forest,
but the forest is buzzing with people who come and go who care about her.
Shelly and Bona got married. In the process of getting to know Nell, they also got to know themselves, healed their wounds, and had true love. They had a daughter who looked exactly like Nell as a child.
Nell took this little girl and walked to the middle of the water, the sun looked down at them tenderly again, they stretched out their hands, and the dance they danced was still elusive, I saw Nell's eyes twinkling like the setting sun Gentle and gentle glow.




My original intention was to find a film review to express what I said, but I don't know why no one has written it. But this elegant and unfathomable scene allows me to fully feel a pure natural world, without the menacing pace of human progress, the mysterious power of nature dominates everything, strange songs and natural winds, caressing The whole world, pure and with wild power...
Jodie Foster won another Oscar nomination for this film after "The Silence of the Lambs". A young girl who has been isolated since childhood returns to civilized society, which has a huge conflict with the values ​​of civilized society. In order to express the natural form, Judy has a bold performance in it.

Jodie Foster (Jodie Foster) in the film plays NELL, a girl who has been isolated from the world by her mother since she was a child and lives in a log cabin by the wild lake. It was discovered by Jerome Lovell, a doctor in a small town in North Carolina, in a secluded old lakeside house. She behaved strangely, spoke strangely, and showed a living state that was divorced from human civilization. In a battered bible in the house was a note that read: God led you here, stranger, bless my Nell. Because her mother's body was found by the deliveryman, Dr. Jerry came to post-mortem Chang to discover her existence. She was afraid of approaching people, and was unable to communicate clearly with people, mumbling to herself. Dr. Lovell and psychologists want to bring the girl back to civilized society. Dr. Lovell takes her back for protection, psychologist Paula has just used her as a research object, and the news media floods in , think of her as a curious howl. Nell couldn't stand the fright of these civilized people and ran away from the hospital. In the end, he defended himself in court for his own future.

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Extended Reading

Nell quotes

  • Jerry: Is this for real? No electricity, no phone, no running water.

    Jerry: [sees a spindle, impressed] Wow.

    [walks up to it and carefully, slowly turns the wheel a bit]

  • Jerry: She lives here all alone, huh?

    Sheriff Todd Peterson: That's what hermits do, Lowell. They live alone and they die alone.