Magnolia
Magnolia is a film about nine different people who are faced with regrets. "We may be through with the past, but the past ain't through with us." This is a line in the movie that best describes the plot. Each story consisted of complex situations that somehow correlate with one another. Everyone's lives are attached, yet we the audience don't realize it. At the center of the all the stories is Earl Partidge. Earl is an elderly man dying of cancer. His final wish is to communicate with his lost son, Frank Machey. Earl is taken care of by Phil Parma, his at-home nurse. Phil is a devoted hospice nurse who shares a strong interpersonal bond with his patient. In one of the conversations between Earl and Phil, Earl mentions his son. After much prying, Phil manages to get Earl to explain some of the details pertaining to his estranged son. Mr. Partridge explains to Phil that he hasn't spoke to his son in many years, and as a dying wish would like to speak with him before passin!g on. Phil recognized the dying man's wish and he does everything in his power to try and make it happen. Phil's caring and compassion is exemplified by the process he goes about to contact Earl's son. Frank (the son) is a guru in the art of female seducti
------------------------------------------------------------------------ also in pain in her struggle against cancer. The viewer received the impression that Frank was wishing his father to feel the same if not more pain than his mother felt. In Frank's mind, I believe he was thinking that his father was receiving his just revenge. Earl never regained consciousness before his passing, but would have delighted in seeing his son finally break and begin to cry while pleading with his father not to go. Phil had succeeded, and Earl's wish had been carried out. that his work is done. Earl is laying in a bed unconscious due to the effects of a highly potent form of oral liquid morphine. Earl seems to be at peace, with no indication of pain or suffering. A nasal canula had been removed from his nose after Phil had administered the morphine dose. The poor man is visibly extremely sick, his skin is pasty white and eyes are sunken. The morphine dose that was given was enough to be fatal, and without concentrated oxygen being delivered through the canula, he would soon pass into the afterlife. Frank had previously asked Phil to accompany him into the room, but only to assist Earl if he needed any form of help; Frank was adamant in indicating that he was not going to stoop low enough to help his father. Frank sat down in a chair alongside his father's bed. The camera angle was from the opposite side of the bed, and framed the dying man and his son; Phil could be seen in the background. The atmosphere was quiet and tranquil, induced by the! The two dying men as well as their caretakers in the films share many similarities yet differ in several ways as well. Both dying men were faced with a biological condition that was slowly killing them. Both men would already have died if not for modern medicine and it's ability to prolong life. Burke and Partridge had lost the will to live, and neither had any quality of life nor hope for recovery. Family issues were prevalent in both their lives; Partridge had lost contact with his son Frank and Burke had broken ties with his daughter Mary. These similarities were very evident in viewing the movies and were key elements in the structure of the films. There were many contrasting differences the viewer notices between the two old men. Earl Partridge, the cancer stricken man from "Magnolia" was concerned for his family, regretful for the way he lived his life, and wished to try and make things right. Burke had a daughter that still loved him, and was extremely concerned for h! ne of his many visits to hospital, the old man begins to speak to Frank subconsciously. He tells Franks that he wants to die, and that he doesn't want the doctors to continue their efforts in keeping him alive. Mr. Burke is in a small hospital room; he is attached to a ventilator and heart monitor. The atmosphere has a blue tint to it, somewhat reinforcing the sterile hospital and dying atmosphere. Frank is the only one that can hear the subconscious voice of old man Burke and also the only person that knows of his death wish. The two of them have a couple of confrontations before the night Franks carries out Mr. Burke's final wish. Frank appears tired and worn out, he only wants to finish what is expected of him. Once again, the atmosphere is tinted blue as he enters the hospital; a nurse then directs him to Mr. Burke's small room. Frank walks sluggishly toward the curtains. His body language shows that he is w
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