Every moment is unique

Vaughn 2021-11-14 08:01:25

A doctor who is internally shy, lacks clinical experience, doesn't know how to get along with people, and doesn't know how to express his emotions. He came to this hospital and found a group of patients with similar symptoms. They looked like vegetative people but had the ability to move. This ability to act is regarded as a movement produced by a neural response. The doctor played by Robin Williams found that these people respond to different stimuli. He believes that if everyone’s response is a different stimulus, then it’s not like a neural response. That's it, but their heart is trying to communicate with the outside world through these reactions? Put another way, because their "reactions" have different sources, does it mean that their hearts are indeed alive?

Robert De Niro played an active child who suddenly became such a patient. When the doctor appeared, he had not communicated with the outside world for 30 years, even though he was not separated from the outside world.

The doctor's guess was correct. He "awakened" them all. These patients whose hearts were imprisoned in the dark depths could not accept that they had "slept" for so long. They were afraid to fall asleep again. They enjoyed the time they were awake. Gradually, the doctor also began to release their minds, bit by bit...

DeNiro's character was one of them, and he still regarded himself as As a teenager, he found that he had missed a lot. He wanted to save time and buy time, but he was the first patient to wake up, and he was also the first to develop drug resistance. He started to fall asleep again... The doctor is very Nervous and reluctant, De Niro must be brave enough to face another deep sleep that may come.

In the touching place, in addition to the plot, the camera also captured the psychology of the two protagonists, from their expressions and actions.

This film is really a strong recommendation, and it is guaranteed to earn you a tearful frame; most importantly, I hope this story can make us more active and cherish our every day; this time, whether it is youth or other, Every moment is unique.

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Extended Reading
  • Paxton 2022-03-25 09:01:07

    In a sense, most people are sleeping. Only those who realize that they have fallen asleep will understand the value of waking up.

  • Hertha 2022-03-26 09:01:04

    unwilling to wake up

Awakenings quotes

  • Dr. Sayer: His gaze is from the passing of bars so exhausted, that it doesn't hold a thing anymore. For him, it's as if there were thousands of bars and behind the thousands of bars no world. The sure stride of lithe, powerful steps, that around the smallest of circles turns, is like a dance of pure energy about a center, in which a great will stands numbed. Only occasionally, without a sound, do the covers of the eyes slide open-. An image rushes in, goes through the tensed silence of the frame- only to vanish, forever, in the heart.

  • Anthony: [cheerfully] How's it going?

    Frank: How's it going?

    Anthony: Yeah, how do you feel?

    Frank: Well, my parents are dead. My wife is in an institution. My son has disappeared out west somewhere.

    [pause]

    Frank: I feel old and I feel swindled, that's how I feel.