Not long ago, "The Listening Girl" won the Oscar for best picture, and this 2021 big upset actually won the crown in one fell swoop. The subject matter of just listening to the name and music is really niche. As a non-music lover, it may be a movie that will not be clicked on, but after watching the whole movie, I still feel that he is indeed the best picture in the Oscars.
First of all, the background of the story is a deaf-mute family. The heroine Ruby is a child with normal hearing, and her parents and brother are both deaf and mute. At this time, the conflict has begun to pave the way. Director Heder perfectly set up the family and the Personal conflict points, imagine how many difficulties a family with only one normal person will face every day, whether in terms of communication or thinking, this will be a factor that attracts the audience to continue watching.
Now let’s talk about the three things that impress me the most.
First, Ruby invited her family to watch the performance at the school concert. During the process, her family could only silently observe the reactions of others and respond because they could not hear the sound. The finishing touch is that the director used silent pictures to simulate the world of the deaf and mute in the last period of the performance, so that the audience can also be there and think about the world from the perspective of the deaf and mute.
Second, when the family came home from the school concert, Ruby's father had a lot of thoughts and wanted to see the stars outside, so Ruby chose to stay with his father. Dad looked at Ruby and asked her to sing to him the song from the concert just now, and when the song started, although he couldn't hear it, Dad put his hand on Ruby's neck and felt the power of the song, it was him Something that I can't touch in my life, but it is my daughter's lifelong pursuit and love. At this time, the two healed each other.
Third, Ruby walked into the interview site of the Berklee College of Music by accident. She was very nervous at the beginning and could not sing her own strength. At this time, Ruby's family secretly came to the second-floor auditorium of the interview site. They gave Ruby strength, so she slowly sang her real voice and interprets in sign language for her family. Although they have language barriers, it does not prevent them from communicating with sincerity. However, many families are healthy and sound these days, so why are there high divorce rates and apathy in relationships? Worth pondering.
In fact, Ruby loves music very much, but is not allowed to listen to music at home because "it is not an activity that the whole family can do, it is impolite". The main conflict in the story is the choice between the "family" and "dream" after the female protagonist went to school and was discovered by the teacher to have a musical talent. On the one hand, the family depended on the female protagonist for a living, and on the other hand, she pursued her lifelong dream. How do you choose? ? In fact, for American campus films, this is a common and old-fashioned proposition, but it is also a difficult problem to implement. I think the film did not solve this problem very well at the end of the film. that person.
During the process, Ruby quarreled with her family and wanted to go to music school, but was strongly opposed by her family. Later, the family gradually accepted Ruby's determination to pursue her dream. However, Ruby chose to return to the family. She went to the music school by mistake and was successfully admitted, but she chose to pursue her dream in the end. This is a very ideal ending of the story, one that everyone likes to see, but the problem has not been solved, because "family" and "dream" are inherently difficult to choose, and abandoning either party is not a good answer, just like Ruby After going to the music school, her deaf-mute family will still encounter many problems in reality and suffer from bullying by many people. Perhaps... This is the deeper social contradiction buried by the director...
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