"I can't say life is good after the storm, but I've always hoped that the Eskimo boy I dreamed about would come out and hug me, even if I stopped feeling like a fish and found myself ignorant, I'm glad I still Alive." This is a monologue of the protagonist Axel at the end of the film "Arizona Dream".
The dream Axel refers to is of an Inuit fishing on an ice sheet. Fish, balloon, dog, wife, rescue, resuscitation, sex... He was fascinated by this dream, and the fish in the dream has wandered in his life since then. For Axel, that fish is the reward of life, freedom, vitality, love, and the happiest state of life.
For Axel, the dream of happiness is not enough, but he still longs to hug the Eskimo boy. Because people always have dreams in life, and dreams are the driving force to live. "Arizona Dreams" also presents us with the dreams of different people.
Some people regard the so-called achievement as a dream. Accumulated wealth and conquered the opposite sex, but lost his own direction in the busyness. Just like Uncle Leo worked hard all his life to make money and get everything, but all this is not necessarily what he needs. Until his deathbed, his hearse flew to the moon, finally letting go of the countless sixpence piled up in his life and chasing his white moonlight.
Some people take the fantasy of hopelessness as a dream. Elena, who once thought of committing suicide by jumping off a building when she was a child, has always supported her life with the belief that she can fly, forged her self-confidence, and allowed her to hide her childhood scars. However, even in the midst of youthful and fanatical admiration, it was inevitable that when Axel had heard nothing, he would look back and lick the scabbed inferiority complex.
Some people dream of ruined beauty. Grace, who was hurt by her father, regards the broken pure love as a dream. She is disgusted by her stepmother's life, and she can't have pain for herself. Vibrant in her hysterical pursuit of love, she is driven to the deepest despair when her beloved Axel adores her.
Some people regard the trajectory of idols as a dream. Paul Reggie is a star even flirting with girls. It is not so much that he is swaying, it is better to say that he is convinced of his potential as an artist. Even if you are not recognized, even if you are laughed at as an idiot artist. In his words, "Is there a difference between idiots? Art is art." Only when he read Alfred's lines to the TV alone on the sofa did he feel lonely in his heart.
And for Axel, he doesn't have a definite dream. Apparently, checking the size of fish in New York wasn't a dream, and he didn't want to be a car dealer in Arizona. So he tried to realize the dream as a dream, to find someone to love reincarnation of Beringai. However, the erratic dream made his life uncertain. He first fell in love with Elena, who had dreams in her eyes, and then fell in love with Grace, who had the ability to realize other people's dreams.
Finally, after seeing the endings of life, dreams, and struggles of the people around him, Axel understood his father's words, "Work is like a hat on your head, even if you don't have pants, as long as you have a hat on the street. , you don't have to feel embarrassed." In dreams, people can wander and drift like fish, balloons, but life is always on the ground. Axel understands that a dream is not different from a dream, that is, it is necessary to be down-to-earth to realize a dream.
Just like at the end of the film, when the old Eskimo taught the boy to fish, he said, "Walk around and around and around and around again, around and around again, slowly around and firm, not only that, but also patience, you need to wait."
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