It seems that Paul Dano is a beloved role candidate for many literary film directors, especially in the eyes of directors Jonathan Dayton and Villery Faris of the film "Little Sunshine" . Following the second collaboration of "Little Beauty", Dano played the role of a genius writer in these two films directed by "Ruby Sparks". This is Dano once again following "Become Flynn". Acting as a writer, only this time, he became famous when he was young. When a bizarre encounter triggered his insight into the muse of inspiration, especially when the girl actually intervened in his life in a life-like way, everything began to become different. Unusual.
The conception, details, and performance of the film are out of the ordinary. It is full of deep meaning in the seemingly relaxed and humorous atmosphere. It also explores the subtle relationship between the creator and his work from a certain angle. The picture is in bright yellow. With a sense of uncertainty, it looks unique, and it also has a small and fresh style that is pleasing to the moment. In terms of showing the relationship between men and women in love, the film also has its own unique features, from the initial heartbeat to the gradual process of acquaintance, and then to the inevitable "love and control" later, in which various small details are circulated and dependent. The entanglements and struggles of constraints are also in place.
People in love are always repeating the same drama, but this time the magical typewriter of the genius writer has the function of manipulating the behavior of the people in the book. Although this kind of manipulation has the characteristics of fantasy, it is also presented as true and appropriate. It has a bit of sadness and partly reflects the weakness of human nature. It is not just a feeling of daydreaming to the viewer, and this peculiar "manipulation" method makes the film look easy when portraying the psychological disturbances of the characters. The wit and sigh come naturally.
It is worth mentioning that Zoe Kazan, the actress of the film's heroine Ruby, is also the screenwriter of the film and Paul Dano's girlfriend in reality. Speaking of the girl Zoe Kazan, she also came from a famous family. Her grandfather was Ilya Kazan who brought classic movies such as "Death of a Salesman" and "A Streetcar Named Desire", and her parents are also There are screenwriters that have been recognized by the industry, and the young and agile Zoe seems to have not wasted such an excellent gene at all. In this script creation, she described a special relationship in love with the keen sense of her lover. Progressing through the different stages of love is like a panoramic picture of the journey of love. It often gives people a slender, soft and delicate feeling, and is mixed with a sense of melancholy that is always lingering.
It seems that every love story is beautiful in the initial period. When opinions disagree and communication is difficult, the one with strong desire for dominance involuntarily wants to control each other, or every person in love wants to change the other’s habits to suit. Own, but beautifully called for the good of the other party. The writers in the film may have extraordinary obsessions in this regard, so when things get worse, when Ruby is under the control of his words, when Ruby dances his body fiercely and chaotically, like an out-of-control puppet, the emotions and Fate has also reached the edge of danger.
Alfred Tennyson once said: "Love is free, and free love is the most real." It's just that people caught in it are difficult to do, so free love is like a legend.
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