From Flower Vase to Film Emperor in Hollywood

… … Let us bring our attention back and return to the movie's ending.

Temporarily setting aside rational thinking and the calculation of pros and cons, I always believe that the most beautiful and touching part of love lies in—

Knowing that we may head towards the same ending, that we will be hurt, that we will hurt each other, that a short period of happiness will be followed by a long period of suffering and torment, yet still having the courage to embrace each other.

It's not just giving each other a chance to 'start over,' but more about embracing those happy and beautiful memories, and enjoying the exciting and memorable parts of love.

It's like the half-glass-of-water theory.

Some see happiness, some see pain, and love often belongs to those brave warriors who dare to try.

To love someone is a skill, and believing in love is the same.

At least, he lost that ability for a very, very long time—

Love and trust, for the trash standing in the abyss, are luxuries.

In contemporary society, people are becoming more and more indifferent and alienated. People's trust in each other is becoming increasingly fragile, and it is irretrievably sliding into the abyss. Therefore, twenty years later, people simply and crudely label it as 'lovestruck,' considering it a kind of foolishness.

Incurable foolishness.

"Lovestruck," is it foolish? Indeed, undoubtedly, one hundred percent, this view does capture the blind, impulsive, and naive side of love.

However, looking at it from another angle, since when have people refused to believe in love? When did people refuse to believe that there is a simple, pure, romantic, strong bond and emotion with the power of a moth to a flame in interpersonal relationships? People try to arm their fragility with reason, and treat emotion as Achilles' heel to ridicule, attack, and despise?

In fact, seriously thinking about "lovestruck," foolishness is foolish, but outside of foolishness, after being hurt again and again, still willing to believe in love, still willing to give trust, still holding faith in romance, beauty, and goodness, still possessing the ability to love and be loved, this is a kind of courage.

To some extent, it's brave.

Humans, like animals, have an instinct for "trust." In youth, it is always easy to give trust, but after entering society, after growing up, after experiencing more and more harm, more and more betrayal and ugliness, they arm themselves with heavy armor, refusing the possibility of being hurt again.

Thus, refusing to believe in strangers also means refusing to believe in love. In essence, this is a manifestation of a self-protection mechanism, and it is also a trend in social development in the internet age.

Anson has a deep understanding of this. He not only witnessed this process, but also deeply experienced those betrayals and harms, losing the ability to trust.

However, precisely because of this, after washing away the superficiality and experiencing the storms, winning the second chance in life, Anson finally learned to let go of those hurts and shackles—

Most importantly, to let himself go.

The most special and beautiful part of a story like "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind" lies here. It is not only about the story of Joel and Clementine, but also uses these two people as the core to show modern society's thinking about love, those doubts, those hesitations, those hesitations, and those confusions.

The real core of the movie is not in the happy ending, but in throwing out a doubt, a question mark, a kind of thinking.

"So I believe that people who dare to pursue love, embrace love, and continue to believe in love after being hurt are brave."

"Charlie Kaufman left such an ending. In my personal opinion, it's not because he believes in love, but because he believes in courage."

"At the same time, he left a topic, waiting for the audience to explore, research, and expand, maybe he can find the answer from these reactions."

"Me too."

The whole venue was silent, utterly silent.

Only Anson's voice echoed in the howling wind. The shocking waves in his brain were roaring and colliding, yet he inexplicably found a moment of peace—

So, this is the charm of movies.

Indeed, entertainment, leisure, relaxation, this is one of the charms of movies. The important status of popcorn movies can never be easily ignored; similarly, art, philosophy, thinking, this is also the charm of movies. Those profound and obscure art films are also an indispensable part.

And beyond that, there is such a kind of movie, not so profound but not so serious, there is no need to think about the meaning of life in a bitter and hateful way, but it is not a visual garbage with a series of bombardments and no plot. They cut a small hole in real life, to peek into life, peek into reality, peek into life, and start exploration.

It gives life temperature and weight.

As for Anson, what he said is not the correct answer, let alone the only answer, it is just a way to elicit valuable opinions.

"Hey, Blair, thank you for your question."

Anson said.

Blair's eyes instantly warmed, stubbornly raising her chin and saying loudly, "You're welcome."

But as soon as she finished speaking, Blair began to applaud.

Standing alone, stubbornly, without any shyness or restraint, clapping her hands forcefully—

Thank you Anson for being willing to answer questions, thank you Anson for being willing to open his heart and let them glimpse his wisdom and thinking, thank you Anson for being willing to bring such a work.

Now, they finally know why Anson is so acclaimed in Cannes.

Not only thinking about movies, but also thinking about life, thinking about life, thinking about the role of an actor, thinking about the existence of a person.

That heart that beats because of movies is always shining and heating.

He is not a symbol, a label, a keyword, but a real existence with the ability to think, a real existence with a fresh soul after peeling off the appearance.

Who can refuse such an Anson?

Clap clap clap. Clap clap clap.

Karen was the first to stand up and join Blair in clapping her hands; but soon Karen realized that they were not alone.

One, two, three, four, five.

In the blink of an eye, the bustling figures have filled every corner of the field of vision.

The applause gradually gathered together, not enthusiastic or frenzied, but sincerity can be felt in pair of eyes, sincere and admiration from the bottom of the heart.

This is more meaningful than the applause itself.

Without exception, everyone in the audience stood up and offered their respect with applause again, a pure and simple enthusiasm burst out, and finally evolved into a storm.