Do you actually understand?

Okey 2021-10-22 14:34:49

Today, I heard the ending song "forever" of "This Man Comes From Earth" again, which reminded me of this movie again.

As many people have commented, "This Man Comes From Earth" is indeed a wonderful work in the history of science fiction movies. The whole movie has no big scenes, no special effects and computer production. For more than an hour, only a few people were talking, talking by the stove in one room. This film, which was made with almost a small amount of film money, is undoubtedly the lowest cost, the most alternative, and the most memorable in the history of science fiction movies.
"This Man Comes From Earth" is very similar in style to Henry Fonda's "Twelve Angry Men" many years ago. How can such a more than one-hour secret room talk movie prevent the viewer from falling asleep or turning it off? Player? "Twelve Angry Men" has become a masterpiece based on twelve characters with distinctive values ​​and personalities, interlocking plots, and subtle changes in everyone's psychology. And "This Man Comes From Earth" relies on a lie that seems to be a lie but is not a lie in the history of science fiction movies.
After the opening of a seemingly dull film with a little suspense, the lie was brought out-this man has survived since the birth of mankind. Any audience is an animal with a brain, and will think and refute this absurd lie. But in fact, without the audience thinking, the whole movie is analyzing, verifying, and refuting this lie. From medicine, biology, history, anthropology, religion, and spiritual psychology, the entire movie uses all the science that humans can use. Weapons, philosophical weapons, and religious weapons tried to pierce this lie, and when at last the anthropologist cried, the religious scientist broke down, the psychiatrist died of a heart attack, and everyone discovered that this was not actually a lie. And when you finally turn off the player after watching the movie, you close your eyes and think for a while before you realize that all this is a lie after all—a lie of film art.
I have seen many Douyou use many new angles and arguments to refute this movie, such as how his whole body structure is the structure of modern people instead of ancient people? Can you remember that the ancients understood the technical methods that have been lost now? Wait, on the one hand, it refutes the loopholes in this film, which is not invulnerable, on the other hand, it shows its originality and criticism. I actually want to laugh when I see their comments, because the movie itself is a lie. If you are true to a movie, it means that you have been deceived and deceived by the art of film. And in fact, how many people can really understand the meaning of this movie?
In fact, this movie is not a movie worth thinking about, because it just completes an argument with the help of film art. There are some loopholes in this argument, both logically and in fact. Therefore, the more you think about it, the more you will find that this argument is false. However, this is definitely a memorable movie. The climax of the film lies in the ending. Not only is the psychiatrist discovering that the protagonist is actually his father and died of a heart attack, but also the ending song "forever", like the finishing touch. The pen. After hearing this song "forever", think back to the whole movie:
Can you experience the vicissitudes of the heart of a man who has lived for 14,000 years?
Can you feel the loneliness of a man who has lived for 14,000 years?
Can you feel the pain of having a huge secret in your heart but not being able to tell anyone?
Can you experience the inexplicable sense of guilt that is produced in this world when you see the people you love around you die one by one?
Can you experience the pain of Ming Ming loves someone but chooses to give up love because he has to leave her in pain after all?

As you ponder the scientific seminar-like discussions and arguments in the film, have you noticed the calm and vicissitudes of the actor's eyes?


http://www.manfromearth.com/Images/Music/Forever.mp3

Forever
eternal
i've seen rivers rise
I have experienced the ebb and flow
seen mountains fall
I had experienced mountain cracked
seen endless vistas coming to an end
have experienced the beauty of the moment immense destruction
i've seen stars collide
I have experienced planet collided
heard oceans roar
ever heard the roar of the sea
i know what it means to lose your only friend
I know losing your only friend what it means
nothing lasts forever
nothing is forever
that's what i've always heard
it in my head like a motto often circled
all things good must end
all better will eventually destroy
you know it's true
you and I are so sure that
nothing lasts forever
nothing is eternal
but maybe some things do
but maybe there are exceptions
forever is the way i feel for you
. that was my your eternal love
forever is the way i feel for you
this is my everlasting love for you
i've seen man take
I have seen some people
the world into their hands
the whole world in their hands
and change it, mold it, to their point of view
in accordance with the wishes of its own transformation
i've felt the earth shake
I could feel the earth tremble
seen men take a stand
my forensic examination of humans began walking upright
the one thing left and fight when it 's to do
also experienced the world only war
nothing lasts forever
nothing is forever
that's what i've always heard
it like motto always hovering in my mind
all things good must end
all the good will eventually destroy
you know it's true
you and I are so sure that
nothing lasts forever
nothing is eternal
but maybe some things do
but maybe there are exceptions
forever is the way i feel for you
this is my everlasting love for you
forever is the way i feel for you
that I have for you is eternal love

nothing lasts forever
Nothing is forever
that's what i've always heard
it in my head like a motto often circled
all things good must end
all the good end will destroy
you know it's true
you and I are so sure that
nothing lasts forever
nothing is eternal
but maybe some things do
but maybe there are exceptions
forever is the way i feel for you
. that was my your eternal love
forever is the way i feel for you
this is my eternal love for you
forever is the way i feel for you
this is my eternal love for you

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  • Laila 2022-03-25 09:01:06

    He came with a wish to burn his brain, but he could only stare at a man who was blowing a cow for two hours. What's worse is that the logic is clear and reasonable. Writer, come out and let's discuss life.

  • Deon 2022-04-23 07:01:32

    For Chinese people who are not superstitious in any religion, it is difficult for me to understand the exaggerated performance of the characters in the play. Religion shackles people's thoughts. Once this illusion is exposed, believers will inevitably have a mental breakdown. Or Chinese Confucianism is the most humane. The golden mean has never produced so many mental illnesses like Western religions. It is also a low-budget movie with a single scene. This achievement is far worse than "Twelve Angry Men". Far.

The Man from Earth quotes

  • John Oldman: And that's what I taught, but a talking snake made a lady eat an apple, so we're screwed.

  • Edith: [talking about God] He's everywhere. We just can't see him.

    Harry: Pfft. If this was the best I could do, I'd be hiding, too.