The film takes the emotional history of Pat and Tiffany as the main line, and outlines the state of life of a class of people through the transformation of personality, behavior and emotions of the characters. The commonality between the two people is the trouble caused by the contradictions and disharmony within the family, and this is the fundamental reason why the two people can come together. Based on this commonality, the two people found a sense of identity between each other. However, the two roles of Pat and Tiffany are not characters full of tragedy or comedy in traditional drama. The director did not set the character of these two characters, but adopted a more special method. , Is the mental state and behavioral attributes of patients with mental illness. This kind of film can be said to be very common in the roles of Michael Fassbender in "Shame", Leonardo DiCaprio in "Closed Island", Chara and Tadanobu Asano in "Dream Traveler" All are based on this setting. These films have a common depressive and melancholic tone, but "The Line of Happiness Behind the Dark Clouds" can be said to be an alternative. The film uses a comedy approach, telling the emotions of a mental patient and the end of life. The issue of attribution, and this setting fits the mainstream audience’s aesthetic and viewing attitude very well, which is also the main reason for the film’s success.
All of David O. Russell’s films have a simple structure. This film is no exception. There is no emotional rendering in the whole film. Except for two people participating in a dance competition, it can be said to be a small climax. The whole film All spent in neurotic chattering. In addition to Bradley Cooper and Jennifer Lawrence, another highlight of the film is Robert De Niro. The relationship between him and his son is exactly the film. Another proposition discussed-the problem of communication. When Russell explained the relationship between the characters, he did not follow the traditional narrative method, but used a happy way to deal with the shortcomings of the characters. Among them, the characters showed obsessive-compulsive disorder, paranoia, depressive and irritable emotions. It's completely an exaggerated version of life, Bradley Cooper is very similar to Nicholas Cage in "Stickman".
The lines in this film are also a highlight. In the past, it was only in Woody Allen's movies that you could see the no-bargain, machine-gun dialogue, but in Russell's movie, you can also experience American aggressive humor and wit.
Identity, self-identity, and social identity
The "identity" of the characters in this film is very obvious, and "identification" itself is a common vocabulary in psychology. Pat and Tiffany's "identification" is based on the background, life and personality of two people The similarity, so it is not difficult to understand at this point. Self-identification can be said to be an explanation of the return of two characters to their normal lives and emotions. This self-identification is not a personal behavior, but a promotion behavior of both parties. This setting increases the tension of the drama and saves the entire movie from Bland. Social identity is actually the recognition and affirmation of the group to which they belong and the emotions and values that accompany the identity of the group after the two roles have returned to society.
Russell used a very delicate technique to show the transformation of the two people, "The only way to match my craziness is for you to do the same crazy things." Every movie has more or less the director's own shadow. From a subjective point of view, the film is the director's attitude towards people or things, and this film is no exception. This film exaggerated the common family communication problems and personal emotional belonging problems. The described problems can be said that every family exists more or less, and the characteristics and attributes of Pat and Tiffany are total. Can inadvertently shine into reality.
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