choose death, wait for death

Marianna 2022-04-07 09:01:06

The desperate back of Wolfe standing on the seashore and the foot trying to step into the sea - this scene made me unable to let go for a long time. Max told his wife on the phone about Wolfe's condition, and the seemingly calm ramble made my heart ache, the hidden pain. Death came so suddenly, but it was not unexpected. Wolff's crazy character and attitude to life gave him inspiration and talent beyond ordinary people, but it also shortened the length of his life.

If Wolf stepped into the sea and chose death... How would we compose such a story in future generations? It's a pity that he had a premonition that the god of death was coming, but he still couldn't choose a form and time of his own death. The body of alcohol can no longer bear the soul that wants to fly away.

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Extended Reading
  • Mariela 2022-04-03 09:01:12

    Maybe everyone is Caliban, we think he's weird, but we don't understand him! And he only needs someone who understands him to appear...

  • Lysanne 2022-04-01 09:01:19

    Originally known as "Genius Editor", the mainland translation is closer to the original meaning than the English and Hong Kong and Taiwan titles, focusing on editing, looking at the short life of writer Thomas Wolff from the perspective of the editor/Bole played by Colin Firth. The two have an assertive personality and an introverted personality, and the performances of the two actors also complement each other. Fortunately, there is no rot, but it seems that his girlfriend is jealous and crazy. I envy this kind of skill that Wen Siquan can't stop from writing books...

Genius quotes

  • Thomas Wolfe: Who better to talk to? The man who created something immortal. More and more I trouble myself with that. "The legacy." Will anyone care about Thomas Wolfe in 100 years? Ten years? When I was young, I asked myself that question every day.

    F. Scott Fitzgerald: I used to trouble myself like that every day. Now I ask myself, "Can I write one good sentence."

  • [last lines]

    Thomas Wolfe: [Max reading Tom's deathbed letter] Dear Max, I've got a hunch, and I wanted to write these words to you. I've made a long voyage and been to a strange country, and I've seen the dark man very close. And I don't think I was too much afraid of him. But I want most desperately to live. I want to see you again. For there is such an impossible anguish and regret for all I can never say to you, for all the work I have to do. I feel as if a great window has been opened on life. And if I come through this, I hope to God I am a better man and can live up to you. But most of all, I wanted to tell you, no matter what happens, I shall always feel about you the way I did that November day when you met me at the boat and we went on top of the building and all the strangeness and the glory and the power of life were below. Yours always, Tom.