Most people live in peaceful despair, a few choose to change and end up in the abyss of despair

Carson 2022-03-27 09:01:09

This is not a "Mother! 》”Death of the Sacred Deer” and other forced films, you may be indifferent to it, you may have never experienced it, a type of people who are ignored and abandoned by reality, muster the greatest courage to face life but find that they are unable to change at all. helplessness and self-loathing.

Reminds me of a sentence from "Walden": Most people live in peaceful despair, the so-called resignation is just a kind of despair.

You don't know what kind of courage the male protagonist showed when he went to save the girl, or what kind of despair he fell into when his efforts with the greatest courage were in vain, this feeling aroused me strongly The resonance of the film, like the title, you were never here, ridicule but true.

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  • Bartholome 2022-04-24 07:01:14

    The chaotic, violent atmosphere infects every character in the film almost aggressively under the director's super control. The use of white space maintains the tension and mystery of the film. The delicate portrayal of the mother-son relationship makes up for the shaping of the killer's character. Joaquin Phoenix definitely lives up to his name this time around.

  • Mae 2021-12-21 08:01:07

    Although the content is empty, the visual rhythm is unparalleled, full of delicate and tacit changes, and the sense of power is bursting. It is not an exaggeration to say that Lynne Ramsay is the strongest female director today.

You Were Never Really Here quotes

  • Joe: [To the father of a missing girl, referring to a lead as to where she might be] If she's there, I'll get her back.

  • Joe: [to himself] Stand up straight... Stand up straight! Only little girls and fuckin' pussies slouch...