Only love is left to save this man

Edd 2022-04-21 09:02:50

The movie feels boring, or rather dull, at first. After thinking about it after reading it, this boring may come from the fact that the various details of this story seem to describe the real daily life, rather than the abnormality as the title of the film.

Maybe the only abnormal person is the male protagonist; or conversely, as he thinks, everyone in this world is abnormal except him; or maybe, there are no normal people in this story at all, everyone's The idea is the same as that of the male protagonist.

From the first person on the plane, except for the heroine and heroine, all the people in the film have the same face and the same noise. This phenomenon is easy for anyone watching the movie, and the male protagonist doesn't seem to notice any difference) - the only time he feels a little strange is only in his own dreams. And why was he aware of this phenomenon in his dream? I think it's because everyone is denying his love for the heroine. Many people say that he thinks every day and dreams at night, so it's ridiculous that this man's subconscious also thinks that his heroine can't be together at all, but he wants to wake up after waking up. The Lord said that he would leave his wife and be with her forever. This is the manifestation of his self-deception that his soul is noble.

However, before a meal was over, the male protagonist began to be picky and dissatisfied with the female protagonist. And as the breakfast conversation progressed, in the male lead's ears, the resounding female lead's noise began to slowly mix with another man's voice—that is, the voices of everyone else in the film, until the female lead's voice The voice is completely the same as everyone else's voice; in the eyes of the male protagonist, the face of the female protagonist begins to slowly change until it is completely the same as everyone else's.

Therefore, everyone in the film has a face and a voice, not because the world is abnormal, but because these are all the feelings of the male protagonist. In his eyes, the essence of all people is the same, they just wear different clothes, have different hairstyles, and work in different occupations. Even his son, his wife, was like that. This might be a little scary. Ironically, such a man is also the author of a best-selling chicken soup, helping others.

The male protagonist's love for the female protagonist at first sight makes the female protagonist so different from others in his eyes, just as he calls the female protagonist: Anomalisa, which means goddess of heaven in Japanese. It can be seen that the female protagonist feels the male protagonist at the beginning. However, the male lead's love is too short. At the end of the film, the heroine's friend, who was ignored by the male protagonist at the beginning,
actually has a different face.

So, in the end, the only thing that can save this man—or most people in reality—is love.

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Anomalisa quotes

  • Michael Stone: I think there's something very very wrong with me...

  • Everyone else: [Bella, after Michael downs a martini] God. You drank that fast.

    Michael Stone: I get a lot of practice.