The bereavement of the middle class

Einar 2022-04-19 09:02:21

The scripted
couple are middle-class, and everything was going well, but a car accident took the life of four and a half years old, so the two were trapped in grief and memories and could not extricate themselves.
The neighbor invited the hostess to the party, but the hostess declined, because those people would definitely mention their dead son; the hostess had a younger sister, and the sister was pregnant, the hostess gave her son's clothes, but was declined; the hostess I don't want the mother to always compare her dead son with her own child... And the heroine and the hero are also in constant conflict, such as whether to sell the house, about the dog, about whether to have sex, about whether to have another sex Kids, about the video on the phone. All in all, everything went wrong.
By chance, the heroine met the boy who killed her son again. She secretly followed him and was discovered by him. The two poured out their hearts to each other, and their feelings gradually became harmonious. The teenager is drawing a comic book called Rabbit Hole, which tells the story of a teenager who goes back through the rabbit hole to find his father in another parallel space.
The male protagonist's relationship with a married man who lost a child in a mutual aid society gradually warmed up, and even almost crossed the thunder pool.
The heroine went to the boy and saw the boy wearing a suit to attend the wedding, and couldn't help but suffer; the man went to the married man, hoping that something would happen, but he realized that he loved his wife the most.
The two decided to hold a family party and start a new life.

Appearances: Taking great care of yard flowers (loving, middle-class), neighbors ask, she refuses (living in her own world).
Epilogue: Invite neighbors and relatives to a party.

The mother said that after the loss of her son, someone always came to the house to pester her, saying that in order to accompany her, the mother drove her away... At first glance, this was added by the script doctor.

But the ending is a little desperate and vague.

The director performs the delicate and exquisite



performance of the middle class.

The heroine's figure, clothing, lifestyle (watering flowers, treadmill), etc. all show his middle-class identity.

After the male protagonist smoked marijuana, he had an explosive scene with the female protagonist.
When I met a mother in a supermarket to educate her child, the hostess went to slap them.


Photography
is overall gloomy.
The sun was a little brighter when we went out.


Art
and the boy meet in the park, and the eyes are full of green.
The house, refined, modern, and upscale; the son's room participates in the narrative—when buyers come to see it.
Mercedes-Benz, BMW, clothing; the status and clothing of the heroine and sister are one class lower than theirs.
Important props: about parallel spaces, about comic books, the child seat in the husband's back seat, the dog, the video on the phone.


The musical
theme comes up repeatedly.


The other
posters were designed to be enticing—they fit the “rabbit hole” parallel space-time feel, and acted like a story of a mature woman having an affair.


Online information
In this universe, we happen to be the unhappy version, and there are thousands of you and me who will live happily.

When a rich man dies his son, there is nothing else in life.

The concept of using "parallel universes" to explain the sorrow of human affairs is really good, and it also fits the insight of the title. If there is no escape like the network map that symbolizes the family tree, the film will be much inferior.

"Rabbit Hole" contributed a classic character: the angry mother. The loss of a child turns the heroine into a hedgehog, who is in anger: anger at her sister, anger at her mother, anger at her husband, anger at God, anger at herself. She refuses comfort, refuses analogies, refuses to equate her son with other sons, refuses to open herself up, refuses to move forward. Anger requires a lot of energy, and it is especially moving when it turns into acceptance.

This is a movie about the pain of loss. The couple, Becca and Howie, tried to pretend that nothing happened but couldn't escape the scene of witnessing their son's death, and the other tried to keep the traces left by the child, but found it was all in vain.

In the history of American-style psychological reconstruction of parents who lost their only child, the grief caused by a moment in life cannot hinder the continuation of life, and moving forward in pain is more difficult and complicated than blindly reflecting.

"It's just a sad version of our lives. There are other versions where everything is fine - I love the idea, it's good - somewhere, we're still having a good time."

Rabbit Hole last shot with Becca The two of them held hands in the courtyard where they had parted together and encouraged each other to be sad. Their expressions were still sad. No one knew whether the two recovered or not, but the film was over, the subtitles were on the black screen, and the music at the end played. , you can't get out of the play.

The younger sister is even more pungent, and has been fighting and making trouble in the bar since she was a child.

to resonate with people. Perhaps the climax of Nicole's performance could have been positioned at the end of the quarrel with Ellen's husband, but what struck me most about Nicole was the slap she slapped a woman in the supermarket - at that moment, Nicole's eyes changed from anger to sadness. She did it with just two blinks. Personally, I really appreciate these few seconds of performance. There is Dianne Wiest, I fully support the old drama bone shortlisted female supporting. Maybe acting really takes time to hone. No matter how strong Nicole's aura was, it was slightly weaker in front of Dianne.

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Extended Reading

Rabbit Hole quotes

  • [last lines]

    Becca: [voice-over] And then what?

    Howie: [voice-over] I don't know... Something though.

  • Nat: You know, Becca, when your brother died, I found the church very helpful.

    Becca: I know. I know you did, but that's you. That's not me, and Danny... Danny isn't Arthur.

    Nat: You know, I brought you to church every Sunday.

    Becca: Let's not start this again, okay, Mom? I'm just... I'm just calling about the cake.

    Nat: You're not right about everything, you know? What if there is a God?

    Becca: Then I'd say he's a sadistic prick.

    Nat: All right, Becca, that's enough.

    Becca: "Worship me and I'll treat you like shit." No wonder you like him. He sounds just like Dad.