"The Door in the Floor" explores the topic of "lost because of love": Eddie, because of "year-old love", lost the innocence and innocence of his youth, and became both rational and emotional; Marion, she lost her son first , And then lost herself, apart from grief and sorrow, she can no longer experience other emotions; Ted, what he lost is trust, trust in himself, trust in marriage, trust in writing ability. "Lost" itself is a heavy and breathless topic, but TodWilliams can use weird humor to break it up and reassemble it. The results are impressive and amazing. In addition, Kim Basinger, Jeff Bridges and Jon Foster used perfect performances to bring out the contradictory relationship between the three characters that are dependent on each other and completely independent
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The Door in the Floor evaluation action
2022-01-17 08:02
Extended Reading
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Ted Cole: [discussing Eddie's first story] Oh, its very heartfelt. Very personal. Well, its just a collection of personal anecdotes that don't really add up to much.
Eddie O'Hare: I was just trying to see if could write something that seemed true.
Ted Cole: Oh, it seems true. It just isn't very interesting. It sort of an emotional outburst, but it really isn't a story.
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Ted Cole: Everything in fiction is a tool: pain, betrayal, even death. These are, you know, these are like, uh, different colors on a painter's palette. You need to use them.