The flowers you send can't save love. Most of your conversations are meaningless. People come and go in your life, and sometimes they disappear without a trace before they can understand their identity. Tommy's wretched film uses the image of an ordinary good old man to make a movie that dissolves meaning. His mother-in-law coveted his wealth, his fiancee trampled on his love, a good friend betrayed his friendship, and his adopted son was jealous of his marriage. Even his psychiatrist bluntly said he was a freak. But he still has the greatest kindness towards the world (forgiving his adopted son’s secret love for his fiancee, allowing friends to enter and leave his house at will), he is such an ordinary and kind character, but he is loved by the closest person around him. Hurt, this is a tragedy.
At the same time, the three objects in the movies most talked about by movie fans also have their own meanings: spoon photos (spoon murderer, "every photo is a photo"); rugby (daily conversation is a game, And usually meaningless); tape recorder (the protagonist turns on the tape recorder is an obvious metaphor-he is beginning to realize that he is hurting).
One of the things that moved me the most was the scene you are tearing me apart. The protagonist asked his fiancee Lisa why he didn’t talk to him. After "you are tearing me apart", the fiancee was still indifferent to him, so the protagonist gave up and said in a lost tone "don't worry about it, I still love" you", trying to redeem the love he has lost. The powerlessness and absurdity of a small person is vividly manifested here. It should also be noted that although the male second is better and handsomer than the male protagonist, the reason for the female protagonist to abandon the male protagonist is only a simple sentence "i don't love you anymore", and the male protagonist does not I didn't do anything wrong, thinking of this, I couldn't help but burst into tears.
The reason why this film is highly experimental is that it not only dissolves the meaning and ritual sense of daily life (such as the dialogue in a coffee shop) in the content, but also dissolves the meaning of almost all techniques on the level of film art (such as Mirror of the scene on the rooftop). In addition, in the scene of playing rugby in a tuxedo, when the psychologist fell to the ground, his gaze at the camera twice broke the "fourth wall".
Some people questioned Tommy's wretched acting skills. It is true that when he first saw it, he felt that his acting skills were very mentally retarded. There are also people who blame the protagonist always inexplicably "clam", and I think this happens to be the finishing touch of this role-facing the absurdity of life and a kind of helplessness in his own tragic life, life has been so unbearable, but still Squeeze out a smile, even if it looks like a smirk in the eyes of others. Except for Tommy's wretchedness, who else can perfectly fit into this Oscar-level movie?
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