"the normal heart"

Paula 2022-03-31 09:01:05

I remember the first time I learned about AIDS in the town hospital. It seemed that they were going to get vaccinated and saw the poster on the wall - Jiang Wenli and Pu Cunxin were the propaganda ambassadors (it seems that there was also Zhou Tao), with the folded red ribbon floating beside them. I was waiting for my classmates at the time, I watched it for a long time, and I remember it all the time. In addition, there is no way to know more than one or two times when I received a leaflet about the prevention and treatment of AIDS at school or occasionally flashed a few clips while watching TV. I watched this movie later because I liked the peacock male god. "He is the most likable liar in the world" in Wonder Police and Thief, always so sincere, even if it is a lie, it will make you willing to take the bait. And in this movie, from the reporter of the New York Times to the AIDS patient who is dying step by step, he is still sincere. Matthew Bomer, who read the script at age 14, volunteered to audition "It affected me too much." "They were like catalysts for the gay movement, and we all stood on their shoulders." The Dilemma and Suffering of Existence Pulled away like a curtain, from the lustful and flirtatious joy in the eyes when we first met, to the dodging eyes in the subway, to the vulnerability exposed in front of a lover knowing that death is coming. Things are no longer so simple, and living has become a kind of suffering. When the virus spreads in an unknown way, the nature of self-preservation, the fear deep in human nature begins to slowly emerge. Fear of disease makes their lust for one another exist as another spiritual form. AIDS first occurred in the gay community, and doctors also realized that the transmission of this virus was related to sexual intercourse. However, "the foundation of the entire gay political movement is sex." The relatively free social and cultural foundations of the West directly determine their The most important step in the struggle for sexual liberation. Satisfaction of sexual desire is widely presented as an instinctive need. Suspicion of sexual transmission was treated as a malicious disintegration. Freedom always needs to bear its corresponding risks, and the "stimulus and response" proposed by Toynbee is also reflected in the social development of human beings. When some people feel that their safety is not protected, they start to respond and fight. In the film, the hero Ned has been fighting, even in the dialogue with his lover before his death, he is also conveying the theme of the struggle. But outside of the struggle, some homosexuals are just a normal heart, seeking the most precious love in the lonely situation of individual existence. I watched the movie on and off for three weeks before I finished it, because I was afraid of seeing the symptoms and the dark side of life. But looking into the depths of life, if there is no existence of the other side, the existence of the individual appears shallow and empty, and when we move forward in the dark, life will show its weight. face deep

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  • Dianna 2022-03-20 09:02:19

    The most worthy performance of Emmy should be Joe Mantello's big outbreak in the office and Julia Roberts' confrontation with officials of the Department of Health.

  • Abigail 2022-04-02 09:01:07

    Isn't it amazing that Larry Kramer lives to witness his work become a well-received film and people are celebrating what he's fought for all these years. Guess life does come full circle if you fight hard enough.

The Normal Heart quotes

  • Ned Weeks: [to his brother Ben] I am FURIOUS with you! And every goddamn doctor who made me think I was sick to love a man!

  • Tommy Boatwright: You know, I'm very interested in starting some sort of service for the patients. We've got to start talking about them. Also, there are a lot of very scared people out there, and they're desperate for information. I'd like to start a hotline.

    Bruce Niles: [to the guy sitting on his left] Who's he?

    Tommy Boatwright: Ew! He does not know who I am yet! HE is Tommy Boatwright. In real life, HE is a hospital administrator. He's here to help. And he's a southern bitch!

    Bruce Niles: Bruce Niles.

    Tommy Boatwright: Nice to meet you.

    Bruce Niles: My pleasure.

    Tommy Boatwright: You're very handsome.

    Mickey Marcus: He knows.