Adam and Ah Q

Elwyn 2021-12-23 08:01:43

It is said that the root of comedy is tragedy, and this film is the best proof. The protagonist Adam has experienced ups and downs since he was a child, and suffered a brain tumor after his marriage was hit hard. The person set is arranged to such a point, those who don't know may think it is a Korean drama. Even more jokingly, the only way for the protagonist to survive is to pretend that everything is "good".

What do you think of interviewing Mr. Lu Xun after seeing this? I think Adam’s self-deception is different from Ah Q. Ah Q’s self-deception is unprincipled. After being ravaged by the society, he will only persuade and escape, find a reason not to fight, and will not take the initiative to change anything.

When Adam was hit, although he comforted himself that "everything will get better", he resisted in actual action because he firmly believed that all difficulties were the temptation of Satan and the test of God. It is also this paranoid idea that in the case of Adam’s son with cerebral palsy, he is in sharp contrast with his wife. Although it is a psychological escape to declare that "his son is normal", he has not given up on his own life like his wife, nor has he given up on taking care of his son. There is a small detail (maybe I have over-interpreted it). Adam said that his son would do math problems like normal children, and he can fill it up. Could it be that he has been teaching his son to learn?

Ah Q was passively deceiving himself and others not to change, and Adam was actively deceiving himself and others to change. The most important thing is that he also infected the people around him to change. Will Mr. Lu Xun curse? Self-deception can also be divided into negative and positive? Perhaps the meaning of life lies in this, the reason for working hard is not important, the important thing is that you have worked hard...

Adam didn't believe that there was a real "big villain", so he called various bullies to his church to "probabilize". So the other protagonist, a "Bald-headed Strong" who is similar to that during the parole period, becomes the "eye" for the audience to tell the story. Adam believed that a person must have a goal to work hard, so when he first met, Adam stalked "Bald Head Strong", and "Bald Head Strong" casually said, "I want to make an apple cake."

From this moment on, the apple tree outside the window has become Adam’s heart. Although he always urges "Bald Head Strong" to "take responsibility" for his apple cakes, he has always taken apple cakes and apple trees seriously. Only Adam himself. In the end, he did not hold on, but invisibly made the "Bald Qiang" bring the Scarecrow, and also made the "Pakistan" give the crows to fly. "Bald Qiang" saw the apple tree split in half by thunder and lightning, and immediately made a change, which means that a kind seed in his heart has slowly sprouted.

When it comes to the church, and the sentence "Only by pretending to believe in him can you live", it is easy for people to smell the religious meaning of this movie. Here I am confused. Adam's church is more like a reformatory house, or does it mean that the church itself has the "function" of reformation? I don't have much say in this aspect, so I won't talk nonsense.

At the beginning of the movie, you will find that the so-called Adam’s apple is an apple tree of the protagonist. After watching the movie, I realized that Adam's apple is actually a metaphor of faith. Because it is a comedy, it is naturally a good ending, and because it is dark humor, every turn of the story is extremely absurd. Coupled with the unique tone of Northern Europe, I almost didn't get frozen by this cold humor. Naturally, I cannot be persuaded by the religious "faith", just as "the strong bald" cannot believe the "beginning" Adam is as commonplace. And here, the movie also has the meaning of ridiculing us, the people who don't believe are the majority of the group who will never touch the truth. The tears of "Bald Head Strong" at the end of the movie are quite touching. No matter how hard the heart is, it can't help Adam's obsession with believing in truth, goodness and beauty, and this obsession is itself a kind of truth, goodness and beauty.

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  • Anthony 2022-04-20 09:01:57

    Watch Uncle Mai's priest attack the Tsundere Neo-Nazi skinheads, and finally share apple pie in the hospital and sing how deep is your love together in the car, tsk. This director is very interesting.

  • Vicky 2022-04-23 07:02:50

    Uncle Maizi is really suitable for such a wronged and determined character. There are too many metaphors in the Bible.

Adam's Apples quotes

  • Ivan: Evil has many faces and it can be difficult to tell them apart and choose sides. Especially these days where so many things are said in this and that town. Everything has so many nuances. Also we humans. If the game of chess had undergone the same development as humans the queen would be in front, the rooks would be crooked, and the pawn would be the main piece. We no longer know who we are and this rootlessness...

  • Ivan: Poul Baekel Hermann, known to friend and foe as Poul Nordkap, lived a long and full life. In his life Poul learned that to know God you must dance with the Devil. If any Poul Nordkap surely did that. Poul learned that it's futile to fight good because despite all the cruelty, screaming and tears he had caused in his youth he realised in the end that this was just a mere moment. The ocean heaved but it was a wasted effort. The world continued and good prevailed as always. That's why Poul can return to God with peace of mind. Adam and I were by his side when he passed quietly away. His last words were: 'I'm not afraid. I'm ready.'