And this film deliberately set a very closed background. Except for the Sydney episode, the story basically unfolds in Lil and Roz's homes and on the beaches of the two houses. Although there are two or three scenes out of life, it is also a workplace with simple social relations (Lil takes over her husband's small company and Roz runs the gallery). Except for Lil's suitor, Saul, there are no other characters such as "friends", "colleagues" and "family members" in the film. And their life content is nothing more than sunbathing, surfing, swimming, and eating together. Even the names of the four protagonists are strictly three-letter names: Lil, Ian, Roz, Tom... When Roz saw Ian and Tom surfing, they said that they are like young gods with an unearthly aura, and they confirmed theirs positively. The four-person group has a special relationship with the outside world that seems to be close and far away.
In fact, most people have such an "exclusive" relationship with their parents and brothers, until we leave home as adults and have our own space. "You are my love, my friend, and my father/mother." This is the ultimate love story in romance novels, because the intimacy in life is nothing more than "blood relatives", "friendship" and "lover". If a person can To concurrently serve these three items at the same time means "I only need you to be complete." Of course, in reality it is impossible to triathlon, mainly because the third cannot be realized. But in this film it came true, especially for Ian, who lost his father in childhood and whose mother had a weak personality. The determined Roz was not only his second mother, but also the one who took care of him and his mother (comforting Ian at the funeral) , Help Lil reject Saul)
Therefore, Ian's feelings for Roz may not be so strange, and if taken out alone, it may be regarded as a love of a dead end. Therefore, it is necessary to have Tom and Lil to balance, so that after avoiding the "ethical condemnation", which has always been the obstacle of the "Oedipus complex", it can really lead the problem to psychological discussions without being "Love" is covered by the banner that can cover everything. So why are we not going to Lianzhan?
Life of Pie used animals to explain when his family left India, "In fact, humans, like animals, don't like changes in the environment." Young friends are afraid of changing schools, couples generally don’t divorce when they can still get married, and elderly people are reluctant to emigrate... These are all manifestations of this nature. We are nostalgic and dependent on the people and the environment we are already familiar with. To leave is to abandon part of ourselves and to give up the sense of security. Even the changes in social relations make us feel uneasy, "A is my best friend, but Yi suddenly has a better relationship with B and ignores me. I feel more uncomfortable than being broken in love".
For the two boys, is there anything more familiar, trustworthy and safer than the embrace of the mother? For the two mothers, is there a man who is more reliable, worthy of relying on, and more perfect than his own son? Moreover, Lil and Roz are BFFs, once the friendship between girls is firm and deep, it is indeed similar to love. An aunt once told me that at a certain age, what women value most is their children, their girlfriends, and their parents, and their husbands are just bedding (and they often fail). Although it is not stated clearly in the film, Ian and Tom are obviously also good friends.
Therefore, the relationship between the two pairs of mother and son must be synchronized. Being with each other's mother/son does not affect the other relationship between the four people-Lil and Roz are still friends, Ian and Tom are still friends, mother and son It's still a mother and child, but the relationship between Lil and Tom, Roz and Ian has been upgraded, which connects the four people more closely (and more exclusively): the mother and the child are because of the reason "you are my friend's gunmate". Become more equal and closer, friends are more "unique" and "private" because "you are the blood relative of my gun friend". From a certain point of view, this is actually the most ideal relationship, the ultimate realization of the so-called "a lover, a friend, and a lover".
Regardless of prejudice, it is actually very natural and harmonious. If the world is like that board floating on the sea, there are only four of them...
But there are still others in this world (although they rarely appear in the film), there are "normal social relations"-adult men get married and have children. Leaving his mother to establish his own family. Whether you like it or not. Tom saw a lot of tall buildings and bustling streets in Sydney. This is completely different from the "traces of the crowd" of the beach, which is "the force of the society." There are only two ways: refuse or blend in. When Tom and Lil broke up, Roz naturally couldn't continue with Ian-in the case of unequal conditions, the four-corner relationship would completely collapse. Under Roz’s insistence, everything seemed to be heading in the "normal" direction-Tom and Ian were married and had a daughter. If not surprisingly, they and their wife might repeat the story of Harold and Roz, and their daughter might. Continue the cycle of Lil and Roz. But this "normal social relationship" was cut off by "it", and the original order was finally restored, the Eves in the Garden of Eden, and the Adams born from Eve's body. unearthly aura
In terms of the tone and atmosphere, the film is quite well done. It started with the childhood version of Lil and Roz's carefree childhood, cutting straight to the funeral of Lil's husband Theo. The two mothers stood side by side with their sons, as if they were "complete" so that outsiders could not get in. They had known each other since birth, and the other three were an indispensable part of their lives. Tom's father Harold stood by. Like an outsider in the distance. After the two boys grew up, the four of them sang and played cards, swim and dance together, and Lil even joked about her underdevelopment. The foreshadowing of these details dilutes the taste of "elders and children", and gives the audience a psychological construction, making the subsequent expansion of the gods appear as reasonable as possible. When dealing with sexual relations, which is the key to influence the plot's direction, I did not overdo it for the sake of curiosity, causing people to have the impression that "this is the love made" and the like. And effectively portrayed the subtle emotional difference between the two pairs of Lil+Tom and Roz+Ian-only Ian had said love in that sense to Roz. He begged Roz not to grow old, and Lil called Tom to use She called Darling by the same title as Ian. In the showdown with Roz, she said it was because Tom was more casual and easier. The personal differences between Lil and Roz, Tom and Ian are also logically presented.
A subject that looks heavy and tastes heavy, wants to prevent the audience from being stimulated by heavy products to affect their viewing angle, and to convey the intention after heavy mouth, this kind of control is needed. But how to make the audience understand this heavy mouth, so as to really understand the origin of this heavy mouth, also requires the ability to "bring into the play", especially in such a "closed" almost isolated environment. How to make people believe that this is "life", this is "reality", this is "a state of man's nature", and requires delicate and invisible operations. For example, the eyebrows between Ian and Roz before they spread out are too "showing" but embarrassing. The fresh lighting and composition, especially the "sculpting" of the two scenes of Saul's confession to Lil and the final showdown between Lil and Roz are too obvious to make people play. Among the two mother-and-child pairs, Robin who plays Roz and Xavier who plays Ian are more comfortable, and their rivals are more sparkling. Naomi's facial features always give people a feeling of "overly full of emotions" (especially the part of the lips), which is actually suitable for relatively "big" scenes. As for James... I really can't say anything good.
Again, the effort is in the details. Could have been better.
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