"Autistic Journey": A seemingly clichéd inspirational film for the disabled, but moved by the truth

I am different, but I am not worse than others. ——Tempe Granding

"Autistic Journey" is a movie that I went to watch after watching Tempe Granding's speech on TED. Because as a famous zoologist and university professor who often speaks all over the world, Tempe Granding's performance on the TED podium can not make people believe that she has autism. So I was even more curious about her life journey. I watched this "Autistic Journey" specially, and after watching it, I thought it was a movie worth recommending.

"Journey of Autism" is a biographical inspirational film adapted from the life course of Tempe Granding, directed by director Mick Jackson, and released on February 6, 2010. After the screening, because of the real inspirational life experience of Tempe Granding, the autistic patient, countless audiences were touched and well received. He won the 68th Golden Globe Awards for the best limited TV series/TV movie (nominated), best Actress, Best Supporting Actor (nominated) and the 11th American Film Academy Awards, the best drama of the year, Douban score has maintained a high score of 8.9, which shows everyone's love for this drama.

The main storyline of "Autistic Journey" is very simple. It tells how Temple Glentine grew from an autistic child to a professor and scholar. Although the timeline of the movie has settings interspersed with different stages, it still runs according to the growth trajectory of the characters in general, from childhood to adolescence to adulthood, step by step telling the growth process of Tempe Granding. Although it is an ordinary timeline setting, the whole plot is divided into two parts. The first half is from the childhood period of Temple to college graduation, and the stage of singing after college graduation is mainly about Temple as autism. The process of studying for patients with disease. The second half ended with her speech at the Autism Symposium from work to the end, and talked about Tempe's continuous efforts at work. It fully shows that Tempe, as an autistic patient, has gone from not speaking and being afraid of dealing with people to being a scholar who can stand on the podium and share his life experience, so that everyone can experience different inspirations and gains from her growth. Own growth.

When I watched this movie, I was moved by many scenes and tears. After watching it, my heart was full of fighting spirit and emotion. This is true for autistic patients. Why do we normal people have so many excuses? Why are there not many similar inspirational stories around us? Are we not autistic? I don't think so, but why haven't we ever appeared Tempo Granding? Maybe it is also something we should think about. Therefore, in this article, I will analyze this seemingly clichéd motivational disability from four parts: Tempe’s misfortune and luck, the meaning of Tempe’s "door", facing the autistic patient, the protagonist’s shaping, and the inspirational outside of the movie. The reason why the film can get so high score lies.

01 Unlucky Temple and lucky Temple, learn to see luck from misfortunes

1. Unfortunately Temple, I can’t decide on physical defects

Temple can be said to be unfortunate, and I have suffered from Asperger since childhood Syndrome is a kind of high-functioning autism. Lack of language function, it is difficult to communicate with others, can not take care of herself, can not do without 24 hours of care, she can not speak when she was 4 years old, can not communicate with people normally, easily irritable, not to mention physical Contacted. In addition, she also suffered from colitis and could only eat pudding, jelly and yogurt. A Tempe like

is unfortunate in the eyes of normal people, because her illness makes her special and even a monster in the eyes of other children. Children always repel and bully classmates who they think are different. Therefore, during the schooling stage of Tempe, she will always encounter classmates who bully, mock her, intimidate her, and regard her as a monster. A good friend is no different to Tempe. So it is unrealistic that she can only immerse herself in her lonely world and make friends with animals. In her eyes, animals understand and get along better than humans.

2, Lucky Tempe, because she has a super talent, loves her mother, understands her teacher, and trusts her friend

Tempe is also lucky because God closed a window for her At the same time, another window was opened for her. Although she has autism, she also has super strongThe visual memory function is a visual thinker. In addition, she also has many "nobles" in her life.

02 The “door” in the play is the embodiment and symbol of Tempe’s inner self-commitment to terror and the courage to face difficulties, and each of us also has the same “door” in the heart. When she was in college, her teacher, Dr. Karrauk, said to her: "Temp, try to imagine the university as a door. After the door is opened, you will see a new world. You just need to make up your mind. Go over." This metaphor about the door influenced Tempe's life. In the movie, there are two kinds of "doors" that Tempe turns into when facing fear and difficulties, one is ordinary doors of various kinds, and the other is the automatic door that symbolizes the guillotine in her eyes.

no matter what kind of door it is, it represents all kinds of difficulties for Tempe, and because she is a visual thinker, she can imagine each difficulty as a door, open the door, and behind it is a different world, better Her life, and she is also working hard to open all the "doors".

The school is not allowed to display her decompressor. She immediately collects the proof of experience of her classmates, and writes a report to prove the decompressor's role, and asks the school to agree to her placement in the dormitory; the ranch gatekeeper said that only men can enter, she The woman disguised herself as a man and mixed herself into the ranch dirty; in order to know why the cow was panicking, she crawled on the ground to simulate herself as a cow, trying to observe the world with the cow’s vision; the security asked for credentials, She rushed to find the magazine for an interview permit.

and each of these difficulties is a door to Tempe. Every time she encounters these difficulties, she will come to the words of Teacher Kallock, saying: "All doors lead to the new world." Overcome these difficulties. Tempe never complains about why these difficulties arise, but always simply thinks about how to solve them. The simple and rude way of dealing with problems has made Tempe open one door after another.

For us in reality, why don’t we have to face many "doors" of our own every day, but many people will complain about why there are "doors" and why life can't because the door in front of us is closed. It's smooth sailing, why should I encounter these bad things? At this point, I think Tempe provides the best solution, puts away complaints, and only works purely to achieve the goal, doing everything possible. Maybe this is the way to open the doors of life and solve one. Another difficulty, the only and the best and fastest way to a new journey.

03 Face up to people with autism and all people with disabilities. Maybe they are better than people think. All we need to do is to be patient and encourage. Discover their talent

1. Overprotection is sometimes not true love.

Tempe can go to the present, and achieve today's achievements can not be separated from the patience and encouragement of the people around him. It seems that we rarely see all kinds of so-called "so-and-so" patients in our lives, where are they? Is it really because there is no? No, they are not. They are not disappeared, but hidden. This hiding may be active or passive.

Some parents or relatives are afraid that they will be harmed, laughed at by outsiders, or even bullied for children like Tempe, so they tightly protect them under their wings, hide them, and cut off contact with the outside world. Over time, children will feel that they should only live in such a small space and spend their entire lives. But they don’t know that this kind of excessive protection is not true love. Perhaps they missed the opportunity to make the child another Tempe. If Tempe’s mother had followed the doctor’s advice from the beginning and sent her child to a special institution for foster care, now We will lose a good zoologist and university professor, and a person who encourages others with his own experience.

2, they are not ashamed, please treat "Temp" with a normal eye

In addition to overprotection, some parents or relatives lack enough patience for such children, and are even ashamed to bring them into public places. Don't say you want to take the risk of being laughed at and send your child up to finish school. In their eyes, such children bring embarrassment, contempt, ridicule, etc. to themselves, wishing to hide them, not to appear ashamed, and pretend that they never existed in this world.

once saw such a question on Zhihu: Why do you rarely hear about dyslexia and aphasia in China? The following high-voted answer is succinct and concise: In China, we refer to various disorders as stupid. Seeing that it is a bit sour, maybe this movie can make us and more families of children realize that these special children are not stupid, their talents need to be developed, please treat them correctly, don't treat them with colored glasses, directly deny these The possibility of the child's future closed their doors. The story of

Temple tells us that children with the same symptoms are not stupid or stupid. They even have their own unique talents. What we need is a little more patience from parents and teachers. Others Just look at them with normal eyes, give them corresponding respect and protection, encourage them to tap and care for their talents, allow them to be displayed, and give small saplings a chance to grow into towering trees.

If Tempe has been overprotected since she was a child, not in contact with the outside world or directly abandoned, then she may eventually become a "fool" in the eyes of many of us, instead of the current Professor Tempe, hoping to have more "tans" The appearance of "Pu" is also the hope that the film brings to everyone. Since there is a temple, there will be more "Temp".

04 The successful shaping of the protagonist and understanding of the inspiration outside the movie will make you better understand the film

1, the earnestness and hard work of the star Claire Denise perfectly shaped Tempe Grantin

have to say, the movie Zhong Claire's shaping of Tempe is successful, and every expression and movement of her shows the behavior that autistic patients should have. In fact, Claire is under tremendous pressure to shape a public figure like Tempe. Before playing Tempe, Claire didn't know her, and even just had a general impression.

To play the role of Tempe, a character with autism, Claire carefully watched Tempe's documentary and read her biography to understand Tempe's inner world from these aspects. On the other hand, she also carefully observes and learns the living habits and speaking styles of people with autism. He also made a special trip to visit Temple and chatted for six hours in Temple's residence. When Temple himself went to the theater and saw the filming, he never made any comments on Claire's performance. This shows that Temple himself agrees with Claire's role in portraying Claire, and Claire won the 68th Golden Globe Award for his excellent performance. The heroine is well deserved.

2, the main reason for the producer Emily to shoot this film is also full of inspirational

The producer of this film is Emily Gerson Saines. She herself is the founder of a non-profit autism research alliance. Her own son was diagnosed with self-defense at the age of 2. Autism. Both her mother and grandmother recommended Tempo Granding's autobiography to her and sent her relevant materials to encourage her and let her see that her son might be another Tempo.

After reading Tempe Granding’s autobiography and materials, Emily learned about Tempe’s experience. She seemed to see the hope of life and the cure of her child’s autism from Tempe. For herself and her son, also In order for more parents of autistic children to see this power from Tempo Granding, Emily decided to shoot a biographical film for Tempo Granding to let more people know about Tempo Granding and use her To be an example and to inspire one's own life, this is also the significance of the birth of this film.

3, Tempe Granding’s own inspirational ending makes people believe that there are miracles in the world, and all that is needed is hard work

Tempe Granding, Time Magazine’s 2010 100 "World's Most Influential People" selection , No. 5 in the hero list. Although suffering from autism, he has a master's degree in animal husbandry science from Arizona State University and a doctorate in animal husbandry science from the University of Illinois in 1988. She is one of the few experts in the design and construction of livestock processing equipment. In this professional field, she has published hundreds of academic papers, and regularly toured various places to give speeches.

She is an associate professor at Colorado State University. She has published four books: "Image Thinking", "Children of the Stars", "Genetics and Livestock Behavior" and "Animal Management and Transportation". She also established the "Granting Livestock System Company" to cooperate with major fast food manufacturers across the country, such as McDonald's and Burger King, to jointly monitor the status of animal disposal facilities across the United States.

She used her actions and speeches to change many people’s perceptions of autism in society. She invented the world-renowned "embrace machine" and used her own practice to relieve the anxiety of many autistic patients. She also Actively participating in autism research can be regarded as a model for hundreds of thousands of families with autistic children and autistic patients.

character-traveled movies are based on real stories. This is where it touches people's hearts more. Because of reality, people are more willing to believe that this kind of inspiration is not a fairy tale or fantasy, but a reality. This kind of inspiration that one can see with their own eyes and demonstrate, allows people to motivate themselves with the experience of the protagonist of the movie from the heart. Even if the incentive effect of a movie is weak, this weak force will gradually spread like a butterfly effect, forming a positive impact. This is the meaning of an inspirational movie.

summarizes:

Tempe Gratin has proved with her own personal experience that autistic children can also be geniuses. She used her courage to open up seemingly insurmountable doors and walk towards a brand new world after another. When she sang "You'll never walk alone" (Liverpool team song) with her a little pentaphonic voice at the university graduation ceremony as an outstanding graduate, everyone was listening carefully, from the power belonging to Temple, At that moment, I was moved, and I drew my strength from it. This is the charm of this movie.