Death, be not proud

WIT by Mike Nichols

This is a plot story of WIT FILM..I just copy from wikipedia...

48-year-old Vivian Bearing is a professor of English literature, whose classes are known for their brevity and her intense knowledge ofmetaphysical poetry, especially the Holy Sonnets of John Donne. Her life takes a turn when she is diagnosed with metastatic Stage IVovarian cancer. Oncologist Harvey Kelekian prescribes various chemotherapy treatments to treat her disease, and as she suffers through the various side-effects (such as fever, chills, vomiting, and abdominal pain), she attempts to put everything in perspective. The story periodically flashes back to previous moments in her life, including her childhood, her graduate school studies, and her career prior to her diagnosis. During the course of the film, she continually breaks the fourth wall by looking into the camera and expressing her feelings.

As she grows increasingly ill, Vivian agrees to undergo more tests and experimental treatments, even though she realizes the doctors treating her, including former student Jason Posner, see her less as someone to save and more as a guinea pig for their treatments. The only person who seems to care for her as a person is Susie Monahan, one of the nurses on the staff.

Late in Vivian's illness, the only visitor she receives in the hospital is her former graduate school professor and mentor, Evelyn Ashford, who reads her excerpts from The Runaway Bunny. As she nears the end of her life, Vivian regrets her insensitivity and realizes she should have been kinder to more people. In her time of greatest need, she learns that human compassion is of more profound importance than intellectual wit.

Vivian Bearing is dead at the end of the film, with her voiceover reciting "death, be not proud".

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Cerita ini ada kaitan dengan entry saya sebelum ini.....Walaupun cerita ini dah dari 2001 tetapi malangnya saya baru tonton cerita ini dikaca televisyen pada petang tadi....Nenek saya pun join tau tgk cerita ni...sementara menunggu kepulangan cucunya, hana kumaira....hahaha

Umumnya, berat dari segi pertuturan dialog...sangat sastera disebabkan watak vivian sebagai profesor of english literature...But, still can be understand due to the subtitle given...hahahaha...

Hope you like it.....
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