The new Danish director Joachim Trier, born in 1974, is the cousin of Lars von Trier. He studied in London, and his family is engaged in film-related work. He directed "The Ensemble" (2006) and "Oslo-Before August" (2011), showing excellent shooting ability. His English film "Far from the Cannon Fire" (2015), the photographer starred by Isabel Huppert, naturally reminds me of Rebecca played by Juliet Bino in "A Thousand Goodnights", the same as The desperate photographers both like to shoot in dangerous places, and their family worry about them is always the same. The difference is that Rebecca is still alive, but Laura has unfortunately passed away.
Jesse Eisenberg's role in "Dual Characters" is impressive, not outstanding in appearance, and has its own special flavor. Gabriel Byrne, the darling of international literary and artistic films, is an old drama, and he plays it calmly, always just right. He starred alongside Emmanuel Dove in "The Time of Encounter", calm and refreshing if the breeze blows on his face. As for the queen of literary films Isabel Huppert's polarities of good and evil, it always makes people feel uneasy and get goose bumps.
"Far from the gunfire", of course, means that Laura, a world-renowned photographer, often shuttles through the artillery fire, shooting many classics, but what is more violent than the artillery fire is the hearts of the people outside the war, especially It was Laura’s life that stopped on a certain day, a certain day, and a certain time in 2011. She lived only 57 years old and left countless masterpieces to the world, but also left her family with deep pain and indelible injuries. Pregnant.
Laura's persistence during her lifetime made her family in New York jittery and destined to belong only to a distant place. As she said, "I think this is my responsibility, why should I stop?" Before Laura's death, her husband said to her, "Every time you go out, I think you can't come back." She said affectionately, "I understand, I won't go out this time I come back, I promise!" But she really didn't come back this time. When a woman travels far to the world, the family can only hope that they can return safely. Of course, there will be no other extravagant hopes.
The problem is that Richard, his wife’s former colleague, is preparing to hold an exhibition of Laura’s photographs during his lifetime and write an article about her, which is like piercing a layer of window paper. What is the truth? Laura's family may not all know. Among them, when Richard answered Laura’s husband frankly, "I have had that kind of love relationship with your wife, but they were all abroad. Later, she offered to terminate that kind of relationship because she said she wanted to live a good family life. ". The old man's reaction was rather dull. It is not difficult to understand a person from the ground, but the difficulty is that he does not want to face the past calmly.
The key is how did Laura pass away, whether she committed suicide, or was she really killed by a bomb. The youngest son seemed to be ignorant. She always imagined that her mother had an accident while driving. That second is no longer a second, but a minute or countless times stretched. In that special environment, especially Laura is often exposed to war, everything is stretched out, this is a contest between life and death.
And after she died, it seemed that her life was lengthened. This is the different taste of the three living in the three families. Undoubtedly, after Laura's death, her husband and two sons formed an antagonistic and ambiguous triangle relationship. This is probably something that Laura did not expect before her death. She actually left a "mess". Only the father came forward to take care of them one by one.
The eldest son Jonah, as a doctor of sociology, just had a baby, but he couldn't take care of his wife's heart. The relationship with his wife Amy always seemed to be separated by a wall. Because he and his first love still maintain a close relationship. The mother of his first love was hospitalized, which happened to be the hospital where his wife gave birth. She met unexpectedly and sparked again. His wife could not see other people, so she could only use her mobile phone to urge him to return. But he always has an excuse to say that it is indeed the same thing to organize the pictures of his mother before his death at home, but the other is destined not to be said.
Human nature always hopes to use up everything and fill up the flustered and empty space in the heart, in order to achieve a certain balance or offset the anxiety that comes on the face. It would be too naive if you just look at it in simple terms of right and wrong. After all, human beings are the most sophisticated and complex life cycle.
Dad used to be an actor when he was young, and then left to be a teacher in middle school, the school where his youngest son Conrad attended. Conrad is the hardest bone in his heart and the biggest death knot. The sudden death of his mother was nothing short of a thunder for the youngest son. He was immersed in it and brooded, as if all this was the father's fault. Blame it on my dad, and of course I didn't talk to him.
Dad felt that Conrad was unwilling to communicate and was unwilling to see him. It was something he had to face while scratching his head. Especially his lover relationship with Conrad female teacher, so that he can not let go of the body and mind to welcome the new love, although he said to her, this is the first time my wife has had this kind of love since the death of three years. But Conrad lay across it, but was unable to move forward safely because of the shadow of Laura's death.
To make matters worse, Conrad discovered that his father was following him, and his anger towards him reached its peak. He spread his grievances on the female teacher and spit on her face. Fortunately, the female teacher let the school not pursue it. But Conrad is a restrained and smart kid. He rejected his father, not out of sincerity, but unable to unravel his love for his mother. He couldn't share with his family what he had to say about his mother. This is only his own good aftertaste.
Every word of her mother is regarded as the "Bible" by Conrad. For example, she said that the meaning of taking pictures is different if the framing is different. Conrad can only taste it alone. This is exactly what Dad is worried about. If you tell him, your mother actually has another side of her maverick, and I'm afraid he won't be able to accept it.
The mother's stubbornness continued to Conrad. He can only resist his inner tension by playing anime behind closed doors. In fact, he also likes to write some mood notes, including nostalgia for his mother, and secretly watching the film where his father starred in the young, he also has his own confusion and yearning for the girl Melene. He longed for the invisibility to confess to this lovely girl. To put it bluntly, Conrad always has to find a cathartic outlet.
Melene, a gymnast in the school team, accidentally broke her arm, which made him very tempted. He confided to his older brother Jonah, but did not get positive encouragement. Instead, he saw his former lover on the phone for a date, causing his brother to say that if I had a sweetheart, I would never lie to her. People with this muscle are actually very difficult to deal with. For example, his father is helpless and has a headache for him. He doesn't bother to see even if I make the tacos you like.
But Conrad is sincere about the girl Melene. In a class reunion, he took the initiative to say hello to Melene, who was lonely outside the house. He said you didn't read my letter. Oh, did you write it, it turned out to be you. With inconvenient arms, she happily asked him to help unbuckle, and they walked and talked until morning to send her home. He felt strangely satisfied. As for the newspaper publishing various secrets about his mother's life, it was no longer a problem for him, and he would accept it calmly. It seems that the power of love is so great that it can forget a lot of unhappiness and let go of his swollen heart and anxiety.
Conrad returned home and hugged his father tightly. He asked "Is it true in the newspaper?" "Is it true", "Is it so difficult to talk to me?", "It's too difficult for me", "I'm fine", "I know you're fine, you go Sleep well, I'll take your brother to Amy, as if he has something wrong."
At the end of the film, the morning light is soft, the father is driving the car, and the eldest son Jonah sits quietly in the car. He must say goodbye to yesterday, just like Conrad said goodbye to yesterday. Although the mothers in their minds are different, they are full of love. No matter what she is in the outside world, she will always be their mother. Similarly, she will always be his wife.
What is contained in "Intensive Fire" is a kind of deep nostalgia, a long aftertaste, and the inevitable integration of family affection. This kind of affection is of course stronger than artillery fire, and of course it needs to be cleaned up after a fierce "smoke of gunfire". Life has never been smooth sailing, and life is not as good as one wants, only a deep love to resolve these embarrassment and embarrassment. This is the little Zen that fierce gunfire wants to explain.
2016, 5, 10
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