A little more space is better

Joanie 2022-01-08 08:03:44

If there are two kinds of stories.

One is a tight structure and a compact plot, which drags the audience to climax all the way.

The other may be casual, loose, any point will make you feel suspicious. The protagonist's coming and going are so nihilistic, and the lines are so indistinct.

Then this film may be regarded as the latter.

As all procedures stipulate, the sender will always only give a few words. It is precisely because the families that the information has to reach are so different, only the simplest content can ensure the correctness of the procedure.

The question is what does this information mean to you.

In this way, an open narrative may be more acceptable.

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Extended Reading
  • Eduardo 2022-04-22 07:01:42

    Saying things others don't want to say or hear... painful but with deep love...

  • Noah 2022-03-25 09:01:15

    2012.12.21 The protagonist has no sense of existence. Although the scenes are overflowing, it is the families they "visit" that stand out: the mother and fiancee who hugged and cried; the father who made rude words and then apologized; the wife who was extremely gentle and considerate ; Hearing that his daughter was secretly married, he was furious, and the husband who hugged his daughter and comforted him after learning that his son-in-law was killed in battle; and the Latin American old man who was crying with help from the door frame...

The Messenger quotes

  • Olivia Pitterson: Did you ever loose anybody?

    Staff Sergeant Will Montgomery: Yeah. Friends, over there. My father, during peace time, drunk driver.

    Olivia Pitterson: Did they catch him?

    Staff Sergeant Will Montgomery: No, my father was the drunk driver.

  • Captain Tony Stone: You gotta wake the fuck up! You're not in high school, you're not in a fuckin' rock band, you're in the Army.

    Staff Sergeant Will Montgomery: Yeah, I know. I know I'm in the Army. I gave blood to the Army. I got blown up in a fire-fight that lasted longer than your entire war. I didn't sunbath in Kuwait with the rest of the POGs.