Life is when you don’t know it, according to the punch on your belly, lightly, you can rest there for a while and take a breath; if you are hit too hard, you will shed a few tears, and more Take a few breaths, rest for a few more minutes, and then have to get up and move on.
this is life.
Full of incompleteness and imperfection, this is the essence of life. The important thing is, when faced with such incompleteness and imperfection, sometimes even disaster, how do you choose?
Sometimes, others will help you, but in the end you have to rely on yourself.
The film did not directly explain why Stephanie had to call Ali after she was discharged from the hospital. I think this may be due to the nature of women at work. Compared to Ali, Stephanie's ex-boyfriend is too short and small (angrily). When a woman is most vulnerable, she subconsciously needs a tall and powerful man to protect her. And Ali not only protected her, but also aroused her fighting spirit, let her go forward, go swimming in the sea (this is her own choice), to regain her previous self and self-confidence. Ali offered to be her gunmate, and she agreed and chose to do so, which made her feel like a woman again. In the past, she was closely watched and coveted by men. The accident made her lose confidence in herself. This can also correspond to why she later wanted to squash the poor guy who invited her to drink in the nightclub. In fact, the man himself did nothing wrong, but was out of luck. He appeared in the wrong place at the wrong time, right and wrong. Of people said the wrong thing.
[Here is a detail. After Stephanie first had sex with Ali, Ali left, and she began to retrieve her gestures when she trained the killer whale on the balcony. Sex, the meaning of building self-confidence for a person, is fully expressed through this plot. In essence, this is the same as when men value their own size and whether the other person feels "cool" during and after the friendship. The director's performance in this way seems to give us a cat's eye to carefully examine Stephanie's mental state. 】
And Stephanie is equally important to Ali. It was Stephanie who inspired his fighting spirit during his difficult times in the underground fight (Stephanie's expression at that time is unforgettable, and Cotillard's performance is unforgettable!). After the agent's accident, it was Stephanie who stood up and continued to provide him with opportunities to play. These opportunities laid a good foundation for him to participate in regular games in the future. After his son's accident, he was in the hospital, and Stephanie took the initiative to call him to express his concern. Ali also said "I love you" at the most critical moment. There is also everything behind.
[There was a hot quote on Weibo two days ago: Beijing, an ordinary 5:30 in the afternoon, but an extraordinary love story was staged. He received a call from her after being broken in love for many days. "The plane takes off in two hours. If you come, I won't leave." She finally decided to give him one last chance before going to the United States. He put down his work and rushed down to the office building, and said firmly, "I love you. Wait for me." Two hours later, she flew away, and he was still taking a taxi in Sanlitun.
If you really love him, why can't you come back to him with your luggage? Instead, he must go to the airport. Pin the future on others and uncontrollable factors instead of trying hard for yourself. What is this not hypocrisy? Don't tell me anything about the dignity of a girl, it has nothing to do with dignity. If so, she took herself too seriously and proved from another angle that she did not put herself in the same position as him. ]
Many elements in the film play a good front and back echoes, dogs, car models, some foreshadowing settings are even more impressive, such as Ali’s sister’s work in the supermarket, and afterwards lost because of what Ali’s agent did. Work; for example, Stephanie trains the movements of killer whales, appearing in different plots and scenes, and they all have different meanings. The settings of these foreshadowings gradually show meaning as the plot progresses. Everything is natural, not artificial or preaching. Unlike many shots in Hollywood and domestic movies, the director just held up the guide tube, grabbed your ears and shouted: I want to drop like this, you should think so and so...
What's more worth pondering is that Stephanie lost her leg in the front, and she turned herself into a normal person through the prosthesis; Ali hurt her hand in the back, but got the gold belt by her own efforts. A pair of feet and a pair of hands, life makes you lose them, you can still get more in some way.
The use of materials and lenses reminds me of what Zou Jingzhi said about Wong Kar-wai: The lenses and materials he used were all lenses and materials that other directors abandoned. The audience is not stupid, don't think that something is not explained clearly, the audience will not understand. This is from the perspective of screenwriting and filming techniques.
From a standpoint, we don't stand on the moral high ground, but show us the complexity of life. From this perspective, domestic directors still have a lot to learn.
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