Finding direction in confusion

Mylene 2022-04-20 09:02:10

The beginning of the film is a two-minute long shot
of the sports car constantly circling in the desert, which
already implies that the tone of the film is full of confusion and emptiness.
Indeed, the first half of the film describes the rotten and boring life of the male protagonist.
Until his ex-wife called him to let him take care of his daughter for a while
, the conversation between father and daughter was somewhat nuanced at first,
but gradually they began to integrate into each other's lives
and even depended on each other
to travel, eat and play games together
until later they were
dropped off at the airport again. After my daughter got in the car, I was reluctant to
go home and cook by myself. It looked lonely
. At the end of the film, he was driving a sports car.
It was another two-minute long shot. But
he already knew where he was going
and stopped the car with a big smile. The perspective and expression of stepping forward

are the same as Coppola's previous works, especially "Lost in Translation",
but the rhythm and feeling of this film are more flat or more synchronized with reality. The
heroine also
changes . is still looking for direction in confusion,
which may be the most difficult puzzle in each of our lives.

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Somewhere quotes

  • Johnny Marco: What's that book about again?

    Cleo: It's about this girl that's in love with this guy. But he's a vampire, and his whole family's vampires. So she can't really be with him.

    Johnny Marco: Why doesn't she become one too?

    Cleo: doesn't she become one too? Cleo: Because she can't. He doesn't want to turn her into a vampire. And if she gets too close to him, he won't be able to help himself.

    Johnny Marco: Oh, man.

  • Johnny Marco: Whoa! What the fuck, dude?

    Ron the Masseur: Oh. Did they not tell you how I work?

    Johnny Marco: No.

    Ron the Masseur: I have a website that explains my technique. I feel that if my client's naked, it's just more comfortable if I meet them at the same level.

    Johnny Marco: Yeah, it's - it's not for me. Thanks, though. Why don't you just pack it up.

    Ron the Masseur: Alright.

    Ron the Masseur: [after putting his clothes back on] S'sorry about that.

    Johnny Marco: Nah, it's cool.