◎Guan Yadi
Watching a movie at the film festival, I didn’t have much expectations, so I watched it with someone else.
We entered the venue a few minutes late, and the second to last row was completely empty. We sat in the second to last row, and my friend sat on my right.
After a while, a girl sat down on the left and made various noises. It turned out that she took out a meat roll and opened it gently. But because the movie is very quiet, the sound effects are still obvious.
Then she started eating. Well, beef, pickles, mustard, mayonnaise, vinegar... I can no longer distinguish the other pungent smells.
Normally, I would definitely ask her to finish eating for a few minutes before coming back, but recently I am in a good mood and am more tolerant.
She chewed it carefully, and the taste became stronger and stronger. She ate for at least 20 minutes.
Not long after she finished eating, an older lady behind her said in a low voice: "Stop looking at your phone. The light is disturbing me." Actually, her voice was not loud and her tone was okay. I didn't think there was any problem, because In the last row behind me, I don’t know who I’m talking about.
In the next 20 minutes, the girl on the left finally finished her beef roll and began to take out her mobile phone to reply to WeChat. The screen was very bright, but because it was on my left, I turned around slightly and couldn't see it. I used my mind to remind the elder sister behind me: Hey, there is also a person playing with a mobile phone here. He is in front of you. Doesn’t it affect you? Tell her quickly... Why is the eldest sister silent this time?
later discovered that I had mistakenly blamed the girl on the left - I glanced at her and saw that she was actually having a fierce English exchange with someone on WeChat, throwing PDF documents at each other - I bet she was working overtime at the cinema. She obviously had her nails done, and you could clearly hear the sound of her fingers tapping the screen, like a typewriter.
I sent my thoughts to the elder sister behind me again, but it had no effect. Just as she was feeling disappointed, suddenly the eldest sister behind her got angry and continued to say to the person she just talked about: "Why are your qualities so low? How many minutes have you been looking at your phone?" This time the voice was louder, full of disdain and contempt. There was no response.
The movie ended in less than 90 minutes. The director’s name came out, and the audience only applauded. At this moment, the two eldest sisters in the back row suddenly broke out and verbally attacked each other. The eldest sister who had been reminded finally waited until the end of the movie to respond. The two tit-for-tat said:
"You are the only one with high quality, and you are the moral model!"
"Just look at your phone for a few minutes. Are you here to watch a movie? "
" I just looked at my phone for a few minutes. Are you okay? You made a lot of noises. "
" Are you just looking at your phone? For half an hour, I was drinking so loudly. "
I felt unwilling to do so - Sister, did you just ignore the beef roll in front of me? (The young lady on the left stood up and left quickly at this time. I didn’t even see her face.)
“Why don’t you allow drinks in the cinema? You can drink if you bring them in!”
“Of course food and drink are not allowed at the film festival. "
Suddenly, a man in the front row yelled: "Yes, you can't eat or drink at the film festival!"
In the darkness, the audience who left the venue burst into a round of applause that was even louder than before. I didn't even know it was a round of applause. Who is this for? - He's already starting to lose his mind. Where is this going?
The two eldest ladies in the back row continued to heat up and began to use curse words. The two went out from the back door and began to formally curse each other through the door, using all the Shanghai curse words. At this moment, the end credits are not over yet.
We both got up and went out. As soon as we stood up, the crunchy beef roll wrapper was thrown to the ground under our feet.
is indeed more exciting off the screen. This movie originally talks about the beauty of the natural shadows in life, but what is played in the audience is the complexity of the shadows in people's hearts.
