[Louder Than Bombs fierce fire]-The inner monologue of the prodigal son and the family

Isai 2022-01-20 08:02:26

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account "Slow Talk about Movies", please indicate the source for reprinting *** Born in 1974, no matter from which point of view, he can be called the third film of the young Danish director Joachim Trier English film. By the Norwegian film company, 6.8 million euros of investment, 2 million from the Norwegian Film Association. Represented Norwegian films at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival in France and was nominated for the main competition unit. Who said that the European Union is dead? At least in movies, the exchanges between European countries have long surpassed national boundaries.

I thought this movie was the one that Isabelle Huppert was nominated for this year's Oscar, but it is not. I haven't watched her movies, including the [She Elle] that got her nominated. But in this well-translated Chinese name [Louder Than Bombs Fierce Fire], she and all other actors have contributed top acting skills.

French chick like Isabelle Huppert has a charming French accent. Even though the wrinkles on the face cannot be concealed, he still cherishes his figure like a life. The director gave her a lot of close-ups. They were not pretty, nearly 60 years old, and her face was full of spots, but they did not prevent her from speaking to the camera in silence. This is the kind of thing called temperament.

It is hard to imagine that a director from a small European country can invite a big coffee like Jesse Eisenberg, who is short and thin, slightly hunched, and always chattering on the screen with sharp eyes.

Devin Druid, who plays the younger brother of a high school student, has more roles than him. He wrote his inner monologue to the computer. Through the cold-blooded role of the game, the nostalgia for the dead mother, the rebellion against the father, the indignation towards the father and the girlfriend as his teacher, and the obsession with the goddess.

Gabriel Byrne, who plays their father, is from Ireland. He looks like a handsome Al Pacino, and he has a British style that goes straight to Colin Firth. Acting as the forbearance of a father, facing his wife's affair and many years of friends, the free and easy life of the Sri Lankan is also revealed at the same time.

This is a secretly hurt movie. With the death of war reporter and mother Isabelle, everyone is immersed in their own loneliness. Mother chose to end her life on the road because of the torture of cancer? Or is it just because of inner suffering? No matter how many real shots she took on the battlefield to save the world's attention to the war, she still cannot save her identity with her family.

There is a group of people called "prodigal sons" in the world, whether they choose to settle for the status quo or challenge themselves, no matter how perfect their family looks to outsiders, there is still no way for them to integrate into the traditional family life. Mother Isabelle is the case, and perhaps so are her two sons. The eldest son, Jonah, left his newborn baby and wife, and ran to his father alone to clean up his mother’s belongings, looking for a reason to find spiritual and physical comfort in his ex-girlfriend. This is the way the PHD of sociopolitics heals wounds?

In the end, the two brothers fell asleep in the car, and the silent and smiling dad drove through the dawn, and they were going to see the newborn baby of the eldest brother. No matter how to escape, the eldest brother always has to go back to his wife and children. And the little brother, after facing the provocation of the goddess and peeing on the unscrupulous roadside, he seemed to have walked out of the demons and returned to his father's arms. A family is moving towards completeness again. Is this helplessness or fate chosen by the director?

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Louder Than Bombs quotes

  • [Jonah gets off from phone with Amy]

    Conrad: You know, if I had a girl, I'd never lie to her.

    Jonah: Yeah? Good luck with that.

  • Melanie: He could still, many years from now, recall the scene in all its detail. The lock of hair she placed behind her ear. The way the washing label stuck out from the neck of her tanktop. The streetlights that went out as they passed Kevin Anderson's house. That strangely familiar smell of damp earth that he couldn't quite place.