I just finished watching it because of temporary things. I really like the movie Shipping News (True Express). It is very clever in dealing with the expression of the mood and emotions of the characters. When watching his beloved wife have a relationship with a stranger at home, the male protagonist chooses to be silent. The feeling of silence is like the drowning he has experienced personally. The male protagonist Kai, who is soaked in the water, is lying on the bed in an instant. Wen Spacey was submerged in water.
After the death of his wife, the male protagonist broke into a distant aunt while taking care of his daughter alone. In this shot, the male protagonist is wearing a purple coat, the girl is wearing light blue, and the window is wearing a dark aunt, purple. It is despair on the verge of death, light blue is loneliness and purity, and dark color is mystery and danger. All of this is directly expressed to the audience without words, but as I said before, the reason why these colors can have their effect is also a foreshadowing in the film.
The illusion of the male protagonist flashed many times in the film. The male protagonist still loves his deceased wife deeply. Even at the last moment of dying, the phantom of his wife appears. The shots here are very well cut and ingenious. .
In the end, the male protagonist did not listen to the dissuasion of his friends and family and drove his boat. Because of the sudden incident, the dead ship overturned, and the red surrounding box was so conspicuous in the blue ocean. This was filmed with director Holstrom In the love of chocolate, the wind sends the mother and daughter to this small town. The uneasy and helpless colors are the same. The stretching speed of the lens is just right. The ruthlessness of the sea and the loneliness of the male lead are actually deep. Stuck in the ocean feels that this is the result he deserves.
The male protagonist in the film's subtitles re-drives his boat. This boat is actually the same as the previous one, except that the color has changed. Why did it change? Why is the previous boat in natural wood color, but now it’s the same as that of the old boatman. The color of the ship, the old sailor is an old navy is a strong man, the male protagonist gets the baptism of life in the end, from the beginning cowardly to becoming as strong as an old sailor, I think this is part of what the director wants to say . Through the foreshadowing of colors and props to strengthen the characters, I like this director more and more.
I just want to say that some of the narrations in the film that I think are more classic may also be the words that the director wants to say to the audience: clumsy idiots scare everyone because of one change. There are still many things I still don’t understand. A knotted rope can call the wind. If the drowned person can wake up again, then I believe that the broken heart will heal. The death storm swept away the house, but left a superb view.
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