on July 1, 2016
""Extraordinarily Loud, Very Close",..." When I heard it for the first time, I really wanted to see it, but I was a little scared. Today is the third night in the new place, not used to it. Watching movies always makes me feel so peaceful. When I opened the video I downloaded yesterday, luckily I found some old objects (a set of small speakers) from my roommates that they didn’t want, which further enhanced the viewing experience.
I'm very lucky. Watching the film all the time, I was very touched, even moved. Age is always increasing mechanically and endlessly, but there are fewer and fewer people who can be touched.
The story background of "Extremely Loud, Very Close" is the outbreak of the 9/11 incident in New York, USA. The film is always full of "wars", following the protagonist little boy Oscar to feel the disaster that "911 Incident" brought to a family, the quarrel between husband and wife, the discord between father and son, and the accusation of mother and son. The little boy Oscar couldn't accept the fact that his father was no longer there, and he always lived in remorse for his father. He confessed that when his father called for the last time, he was so afraid that he didn't have the courage to answer the phone, but that time became a farewell. Accidentally got a key from his father and found the lock, maybe closer to his father, maybe able to solve the doubts in the little boy's mind why his father left, why there is a war. The little boy has always maintained a rational analysis, believing that everything can be explained. Next, the protagonist takes the key and starts searching, and it all starts to look like a performance art. The boy told stories about 9/11 and his family to everyone with the surname "Baker" from all walks of life in society. Some people sympathize with him; some help him and encourage him; some are indifferent, even angry and resist. This is reality, very real.
boy found. But the key was left to his son by someone else's father. What happened next was really unexpected. The boy who returned home was very desperate. He learned from his mother that for every person surnamed "Baker" that the boy went to, his mother had gone to ask them in advance. The ending is very happy, and the "war" is solved one by one. The one who loves you the most is always by your side.
Such wonderful drama, nuanced shaping of human nature. The director of the film is Stephen Dedley. It is worth mentioning that he has been a stage theater director for more than ten years before, with great achievements. Especially in shaping the characters, he is particularly skilled. Through the mouth of the mother in the play, the director tells that there is no reason for many tragedies to happen, and it happens when it happens. Protect the people who love you and those you love, and life goes on. Through such a story of a little boy growing up, the director conveys an eternal theme with his own unique approach: about love and family.
The film is very good in terms of plot arrangement, grasp of rhythm, and handling of details. I was wondering, could such a well-crafted film have too many traces of artificial processing? How to be more natural? Wouldn't it be less dramatic if it was natural? Perhaps the question is contradictory. I do not know either.
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