Wow there are so many elements to discuss in the movie.
For example "twins", "poem", luara and paterson's metaphor, "pink poet", "washing machine rapper", "Japanese man", "laura's B&W", "some little things in the bar", "the interdependence of male and female protagonists" "
emmm..
(Thinking about it for a while
Picked the metaphor of the male and female protagonists.
the following.
Jarmusch's films have always been unique. In order to create a simple and lonely film full of poetry and art, the director has meticulously crafted it, and has also spent a lot of effort on details.
As far as the content of the film is concerned—sluggish shots, cool filters, and unspoken conversations—we extract eight days and nights from the lives of the two middle-aged men. No waves, no reversals. However, this seemingly simple plot has unexpectedly resonated with many audiences: this kind of obedience is performed in every repeated morning to night.
Entering middle age is often like this: at the beginning, we will suddenly feel tired of this kind of life without new ideas: shouting that life should not be so dull and hopeless, and miss the once sustenance and yearning Childhood and Youth. But maybe when we feel the invisible responsibility and burden on ourselves, we will immediately return to reality and realize our incompetence and helplessness. We dare not try anything other than our own life, or even take the first step of resistance, and become insensitive over time. "Life" calls it order, it calls it security, but it's just that life forces you into shackles and keeps you from moving in small spaces.
For this movie, the male protagonist Patterson, as a bus driver, only enjoys writing poetry; the female protagonist seems to have more hobbies to fill her colorful unemployed life. We have seen the melancholy Patterson, and his wife Lola, who is full of longing for the unknown, and we can also see two ways of looking at the world. For Patterson, even a hobby can be turned into a regular routine: a constant "poem time", as if all the sources of inspiration would spring out of this tedious arrangement. He does what he has to do every day, and does what he has to do: it's full of realism. Lola, on the other hand, lives a very different life. She shares a bed with her husband, but his life is vibrant by comparison. She adds patterns to her home and fantasizes that she will be a top visual artist; she makes cupcakes to collect Selling it in the market, imagining that he could make a fortune by making cup cakes; buying a guitar and teaching himself on YouTube, and imagining that he could become a super popular folk singer one day... From this point of view, Lola seems to be constantly dreaming and looking forward to the future, and life is full of real idealism.
These two seemingly diametrically opposed concepts have brought us a new way of thinking. Faced with life, should we tend to reality or ideal? The answer I think is both. If you think the idealistic Laura's life is happy, then you will also realize that her life is also unplanned and disorganized. She played with this, touched with that, and in the end got nothing. Without a real planned life, even if there are ideals and goals, there will be no capital to achieve them. Like a clip inside: Lola said to Patterson: Thank you for the gift I have placed an order for. Patterson had no idea until Lola picked out the guitar she wanted. That's when Patterson realized that all of Lola's pursuits and pleasures depended on the wages of his job as a well-behaved bus driver.
So to sum up, a person should have a stable life and also have things outside of life, those things that surprise and look forward to. In other words, combine the mechanical parts of Patterson's life with the satisfying parts of Lola's life that make her mental world. Do boring work, and sometimes come to my spiritual world to rest in my spare time to escape the hustle and bustle of the world for a while. This is how real life begins.
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Somewhat puzzled is
I actually think Patterson's poetry is super awesome.
But everyone says the little girl's poems are better
And Lola has always encouraged her
is meant to be ironic
I don't quite understand.
Where is this irony?
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