A death in a brilliant life has no funeral, no blood, and none of the symbols we are accustomed to recognizing, such as corpses, black and white, scenes of flying pigeons, or the silence after a fight. Director Mark's handling of death, specifically, the arrangement of Madio's suicide plot, is very mature, very direct, and very unromantic. just turned over and disappeared from the edge of the balcony, as if closing the door. No camera cuts, no lines, all verbs, no dramatic camouflage, no whitewashing, so lively that it broke my heart. Madio is gone. This kind of unannounced goodbye is enough to pierce the heart. The blood wasn't gushing out; it was seeping drop by drop. The fable of a splendid life comes to an abrupt end here. Before I could be disappointed, I was already desperate. People are indeed the burden of this world.
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