A dream of a stutterer

Layne 2021-12-25 08:01:37

The reason for writing this film review is that I am trapped in a vortex of depression and mania as a stuttering person. I need to vent, I need to gain a sense of superiority, to relieve the pain that the deep-rooted inferiority complex in my soul brings to me.

A quick glance at the film reviews found that no one thought like I did, so I got a fucking sense of superiority again. The fucking reason why I think so is because of my fucking deep sense of inferiority. I just can't get rid of this kind of damn nature.

In the film, Simon is an inferiority complex, timid, cowardly, quiet, and non-aggressive person. He is good at mathematical logic, but not good at social, typical nerd. He speaks quickly, with fear in his tone to avoid weakness. Most people who stutter are like this in reality, of course, except for Simon's fluency.

He dated Hannah, the goddess of his dreams, but he had nothing to say for a long time, making Hannah angry and leaving. Well, I have had a similar experience. The mapping of reality to dreams.

In addition to Hannah and james, movie simon other people and there is always a barrier on the exchange
after obstacle, guard little brother, party caretaker boss Papa, Hannah female colleagues, waiter, bar brawny, Hannah suicide Doctor. Most of these people are angry and fierce towards Simon. In fact, this is in reality. When Simon communicates with the people corresponding to these people, due to Simon’s stuttering, language expression has been greatly hindered, making these people impatient. Contemptuously look down on Simon, maybe they didn't directly angry at Simon's bad words, but it's not much better. Simon can feel the true feelings of other people's hearts, so this feeling is completely released in the dream.

As a stutterer, my biggest psychological weakness, the biggest weakness, I don’t want others to mention or even attack, and it’s the thing that can hurt me the most. I am a stutterer. I can’t speak as smoothly as a normal person. It’s hard to change. fact. During the pain, normal people will not understand it. So there is a detail in the movie. James occupies Simon’s house. Simon wants him to go. James takes out a knife and prepares to stab Simon. But strangely, James doesn’t stabbing or cutting, but gently scratches outside Simon’s articulatory organ. . You think this is because James didn't want to hurt Simon and spare him. In fact, this is the most fierce attack on Simon-you stutter, come and read to brother "Hello everyone, I'm Fan Fan, Weiqi Fan".

After the film is over, the subtitles are surrounded by mouth-to-speech tuning organs. It is here that I feel that this film is about stuttering. Director, you hide it a bit deep.

In reality, Simon, who stutters, and is not good at speech, is a nightmare to communicate with people. Good at mathematical logic, have a job as a technician, and work in a large company. Although the business ability is strong, but the interpersonal ability is limited, the company's status is very low, very inconspicuous, low salary, and financial constraints. Usually life is, company-transportation-home, try not to go to places with a lot of people. Even when I work in a company, I am afraid of communicating with people. I always stay in my office cubicle. Therefore, I feel that the environment is very depressive. In fact, Simon’s work and residential environment may not be so depressive in reality. The depression shown in the movie is just Simon is only there because of the influence of stuttering. A long part of the film is performed in the dark. This is because Simon likes the night, and only in the dead of night does he not have to face the pressure of interpersonal communication.
Simon has a favorite girl, neighbor and colleague Hannah, but due to low self-esteem, Simon dare not confess to Hannah or even say a word. All Simon can do is to follow, follow, and look at Hannah quietly from a distance, hoping that one day Hannah will understand her own mind and be together like this.

In reality, it is extremely painful. Simon often wants to commit suicide. He feels that even if he does not commit suicide now, he will resolutely embark on the road of death after many years of loneliness.

One night of exhaustion, Simon was lying on the bed at a loss, and gradually fell asleep.

So the film begins. In the dream, Simon can speak fluently, but the inferiority complex will never get rid of.

A few points.

1. The man who committed suicide. Waved to Simon before he died. This is actually Simon's prediction of his future in reality, lonely and lonely, and finally unbearable.

In the second half of the movie, the barefoot man who died alone in the company hallway was Simon's vision of his future. He was exploited by the company, financially struggling, and miserable in his old age. Out of sympathy for himself, Simon took off his shoes and put them on his feet. superior.

2. Hannah's complaints about the suicide. This paragraph is very interesting.


I did not know him I lied
jumped the man to a certain extent I've known him
I have not really met him I just caught a glimpse of him
the man following me for some time
I went to where he could be seen
as if
Do you know that in the office subway station apartment ?
He was there looking at me in the underground passage of the apartment
and I was thinking "this is too strange" but no matter how
men look at women, you will get used to
it. But then I found out that he In my life,
I thought, "It’s so weird.
Maybe it’s because he lives in the same building as me,
so he follows me everywhere and is obsessed with me. Or he moved here because he is obsessed with me.
Anyway, I’m thinking about you at the end. know what? "
enough is enough" as it has in fact been horrible enough of
ah point is there are so horrible
fact is plagued by more than terrorist
so I went up to him he looked back at me as if to say, "who? Me?" As if he hadn't followed me,
then I bit his eyes and said, "What do you want from me"
The emergence of james. Many stutterers have a feeling in reality. At certain rare moments, the fear and nervous mood suddenly becomes a kind of aggressive and powerful self-confidence. At this time, the speech is actually smooth. Interpersonal communication is so easy. But this is only a few uncontrollable situations after all. After being stimulated again and again, Simon fantasizes about having an outgoing and confident self, a powerful self, and a stronger and more idealized self. So james appeared. He lives in the house of the suicide. James is very sociable, he is humorous and cheerful, and he is full of jokes (this is difficult for a dying stutterer in reality). He is loving, confident, and possesses what Simon desires most-the ability to fall in love. .












James quickly showed the ability Simon desires. There are endless women around. Hannah fell in love with James too.
In the middle, Simon was unreasonably attacked by the strong man in the bar, Simon took an evasive attitude, and James did what Simon desired most in reality-directly attack the strong man. During the escape, Simon's heart was as excited and cheerful as the background music, and the man's hormones were released to his heart's content.
On the train, Simon confided his thoughts to James, and James decided to help Simon chase Hannah.
So the drama of restaurant dating took place. Simon really lived up to expectations, dumbfounded, and said nothing, which made Hannah think that James was not interested in herself, and was sullen and disappointed to leave. Then James, the savior in danger, reversed the situation with a few tricks to get Hannah. In one detail, Simon could not hear the communication language between James and Hannah. The roar of the juicer drowned out Simon's voice. This is actually because Simon is not good at words in reality, especially the language skills that can reverse the situation in this conflict situation, so in order to make the plot continue, he had to fool the past. The juicer is just a means to prevaricate himself.
In other words, in reality, I am more simon than simon, so I love to save Hannah. She was angry at me and wanted to leave, I stopped her, told her I love her, I love her so much, and then kissed her. The relaxation of the relationship under this kind of love background makes me want to heat up rapidly.

4. Ability and what you get and what you can't get.
My relationship with a thing is roughly like this, how much I like it, and how well my ability matches it. The former is subjective and the latter is objective.
For a woman, I think she is very beautiful, so I like her, but I can't get her. So I was in pain. This kind of unobtainable pain makes me feel that she is more beautiful, and even more beautiful but I can't get it, so it's even more painful. Keep looping.
If one day I suddenly get her, the pain of not getting it disappears, and the good part that was aggravated by it also disappears, so she is not so good anymore.
Unforgettable love, mostly in the context of tragedy, is strengthened by lack of access.

It has little to do with movies.

After James played Hannah, he found that it didn't mean anything and threw it away. This made Simon angry.
Simon knew that James and Hannah were together. When Simon asked Hannah in the copy room, he actually knew the answer, but he was not too uncomfortable. But James's profligate manner makes Simon upset, you hurt my goddess, and I want to avenge you. So picking up the phone and leaning against Hannah, Hannah went upstairs to learn the truth. Simon saw the goddess hurt and left sad tears.

One of the two major conflicts between Simon and James-Identity and Hannah-broke out.


5. The real diaosi fantasy.
Simon is a stutterer, he has a girl he likes, and he wants to be with her.
What would a normal person do? He would strike up a conversation with Hannah, use language to communicate, exchange common interests, views on life, his own stories, etc. There are more dialogues, the relationship is getting closer, and the feelings are getting warmer, and then he uses words to express his affection. , Accept, we are together.
But simon, you can think of him as a psychologically mute, he can't talk, can't say a word to the goddess, can't express feelings.
What can he do?
In my case, I will hint to Hannah in a weird way that is different from normal people. For example, I would follow Hannah, follow Hannah, spy on Hannah with a binoculars, pick up things Hannah threw away, and so on to approach Hannah. But I will deliberately let Hannah notice me and let her understand that I do it because I love her. Day after day, maybe Hannah will be moved by me someday and suddenly fall in love with me. It's like the weird man in Angel Aimei finally got together with Aimei.
This is the diaosi-like fantasy. I hope that my diaosi-like behavior-only daring to attack from the side but not attacking from the front-will move the goddess one day.

After the suicidal person jumped off the building, Hannah and Simon severely attacked this kind of dick-like fantasies when they were talking in the restaurant.
But at the end of the film, Hannah was really moved by Simon when she found the ear studs and puzzle pieces in Simon's jacket.
Perhaps this kind of small gifts and garbage collection will make people more comfortable than following them. It seems that the temperament of the behavior is too important to impress a person, and the aesthetic is much better than the wretched and dark.

At this point, Simon's cock-like fantasies have succeeded. This may be the assumption of self-compensation made by Simon's psychological balance after suffering too much before.

So, all that was left was to get his identity back and kill James.

After regaining his identity, Simon lay in the ambulance with two people sitting next to him. Hannah and, I think they are the colonel, my own boss, except for the hairstyle. The colonel knew that Simon was in front of him.

This is also the fantasy of Simon in reality-to be appreciated by his boss-especially the highest-ranking boss-to realize his self-improvement in his dream.

Since then, Simon has embarked on the dream road of becoming the general manager, becoming the CEO, winning Bai Fumei and reaching the pinnacle of life.

It's just that everything is a dream.


6. Persecuted delusions caused by inferiority complex.

In the film, Simon's relationship with many people is not very good, at least others have a bad attitude towards him.

When Hannah asked Simon for the key, Simon touched Hannah's clothes, then Hannah seized the detail and attacked Simon for insidiousness.
Let alone whether this act of touching the clothes is so special that Hannah should react this way.
The point is that Simon experienced an attacked and failed interpersonal relationship-after being unbearable, two colleagues were silent and mocking.

This is actually because the strong inferiority complex in reality has caused Simon to feel that people around him are always paying attention to himself and paying attention to his bad side. If he makes mistakes, encounters failures, and is in a bad situation, other people will definitely come. Attacked and mocked him.

After Hannah committed suicide, Simon and the doctor were talking, and another doctor outside the door called for Simon.
The previous doctor said "yeah, that's fine. I'll just keep going with this", Simon turned and left, and then his voice rose abruptly, "and take care of this bloody guy" with anger.
This is because, in reality, Simon always feels that many people, even though they don't laugh at him face to face, have been ridiculing him secretly and speaking badly about him.

When the doctor who was the same actor as the doorman confessed Hannah to Simon, he asked "do you fight a lot?"
This is also a manifestation of Simon's delusion of persecution. He always felt that others would do a bad thing. Blame the blame on him.

The company’s elevator always doesn’t deal with Simon. This is because in reality Simon always feels that everything in the world-if there is a God, then God is the same-against himself.

7. Other details.

In the movie, the company doorman and doctor, nursing home caregiver and hospital nurse are each played two roles. This is because each pair of characters gives Simon a similar feeling and impression.
The company's doorman is the most serious, with a serious tone. This makes Simon, who is inferior and fearful in reality, always feel that he is very interested in him, and the doctor also gives Simon this feeling, serious, and has the intention to blame himself, when he brings bad news. Revealing coldness.
Nursing and nurses have the same impression on Simon due to their similar responsibilities.
In fact, according to my experience, because stutterers have too much mental stress in real life, especially when they are in extremely bad emotions during interpersonal communication, they will have a strong sense of escape and my consciousness will be in a split. In a state of ambiguity, if the brain is not clear enough, the ability to judge the things in front of you will drop rapidly. The characteristics of many things cannot be understood as in a calm state, only the strongest and salient characteristics can be seen.



Cage chicken and balloons. I didn't understand this image. My understanding is that the chicken was trapped in the cage, trying to break through the restriction, but was killed by the colorless glass. This can be regarded as a metaphor for myself. I am restricted by the invisible wall-stuttering-and cannot communicate and live with others freely. I want to break through the restrictions, but fail. The result is a terrible failure, just like in reality I always want to stop stuttering in front of others, but stutter more. After the chicken died, the inside of the non-biological tissue was exposed, which means that it is a fake chicken, an incomplete chicken, just like I am a human being with imperfect functions, living a life like a walking dead dummy.



The old woman in the nursing home had two conversations with Simon.
your mother says you are a strenge boy. ---------oh,thank you.
let me see your hand. ------------that's ok.i am fine.
you are not right.

you are still not right. (handed over the knife) make the cut deep.

This seems to imply that Simon cut his wrist and committed suicide, so I don't want to show it to others.
The old woman represents her elder relatives. Their attitude towards themselves is that you are an incompetent person and an unsound person. This is Simon's feeling in reality.


Simon loves to watch TV series or movies shown on TV in the film. Simon likes the heroes in the play. This is what Simon desires most in reality.

Ending music. I don't understand music, I haven't heard a lot of music, and I don't know what the lyrics of the ending music are meant to express. When I heard this song, my first feeling was "where is my mind?". From the bottom of my heart, I regard it as a tribute to the fight club by the director.

Speaking of Fight Club, the most important movie in my heart, there is nothing else that can replace it. The double is very similar to fight club. Expression is an extremely depressed heart, the conflict between reality and ideals, the confrontation between the superego and the id. Ultimately, the superego kills the id. But in this process, the most important point is that the normally suppressed self is finally released, expressed, and strengthened. In the end, it was able to reach a balance with the morbid and powerful superego, and the painful conflict in the heart was relieved.

However, one is carried out in reality, and the other is still at the stage of dreaming. I woke up from the dream, business as usual, fear, anxiety, nervousness, low self-esteem, the stuttering that I most reluctant to face, is still torturing my nerves.




















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  • Kylee 2022-04-23 07:03:08

    Various dislikes = =

  • Annabelle 2021-12-25 08:01:37

    Jesse Eisenberg’s acting is amazing! The warm yellow lights in the film create a faint loneliness and isolation. For more than 90 minutes, the movies with only a few characters have climaxed one after another. Ah yes, and the sound of Blu surrounds my ears, so happy~

The Double quotes

  • Workers' Services Executive: You don't exist anymore.

    Simon: Excuse me?

    Workers' Services Executive: You're no longer in the system.

    Simon: Well, just put me back in the system.

    Workers' Services Executive: I can't put you back in the system.

    Simon: Why?

    Workers' Services Executive: Because you don't exist. I can't put someone who doesn't exist in the system.

    Simon: But I used to be in the system.

    Workers' Services Executive: Not according to the system. In fact, according to the system, you've never existed.

    Simon: How reliable is the system?

    Workers' Services Executive: Hey, it's completely reliable.

    Simon: Yes, but I used to exist. I do exist! I'm standing in the this room, aren't I?

    Workers' Services Executive: And?

    Simon: So how do I get back in the system?

    Workers' Services Executive: You need a card.

    Simon: Right. So can I please get a new card?

    Workers' Services Executive: No.

    Simon: Why?

    Workers' Services Executive: Because you're not in the system.

  • Mr. Papadopoulos: Simon, give Rudolph his arm back!