Matt Damon is called Mitch Emhoff in the movie. He first appeared in a group of "Hong Kong-London-Tokyo-Minnesota" montages about "morbidity", that was the second day of the movie. He has two cozy shots: his wife coming home from a business trip. (At this time, we already know that Gwyneth Paltrow, or Beth Emhoff in the movie, was dating someone one day ago.)
Three minutes later, Mitch went to school to pick up his son Clark home. He was unwell. (At this time, we still know that he is a stepfather.) Then immediately on the fourth day, Beth became ill at home and died in hospital.
Here is a great dialogue (the camera is very restrained, only simple front and back shots, the whole dialogue starts with a voice montage, cutting in from Mitch's back):
"Well... we tried our best, but it didn't work for her. . "
" Yes. "
" her heart had stopped, unfortunately, she had died (DID Die). "
" Dui. "
" Sorry, I know this is hard to accept. "
" well, I mean, Can I go in and talk to her?"
"I'm sorry, your wife is dead." After
a short silence, Mitch began to explain to the doctor. He refused first, then angry, but soon calmed down. Then he returned home, and his son Clark was also dead.
Two minutes later, there was a short autopsy shot. Then after 1 minute and 20 seconds, Mitch was quarantined, and his daughter Jory went to the hospital to see him. (From the conversation, we know that this is the daughter of Mitch and the ex-wife, and the custody is in the hands of the ex-wife.)
After 9 minutes, the camera returned to the isolation ward from other stories. From the conversation between the doctor and Mitch, we got more background information. Among them was a man named Jon Neal, Beth's ex-boyfriend, who was also the person she was dating when she left the airport in Chicago. Here, Mitch raised doubts about the relationship between Beth and Jon.
Nine minutes later, Mitch was discharged from the hospital. Upon examination, his autoantibodies were immune to the virus. He began to worry about his daughter.
Two minutes later, at Mitch's house, his daughter's boyfriend Andrew was turned away from the visit.
Four minutes later, the funeral home refused Mitch to retrieve the body, and he had to explain the matter to his mother-in-law. At the end of the conversation, the mother-in-law said: "She made a mistake, but I know she loves you very much." At this time, the camera received a flashback from Beth at the casino, the content of her phone call with Jon, and then received a computer screen to investigate The personnel view the surveillance video.
At this time, the movie has been halfway through, and the infectious disease has developed to the most serious point. Mitch's story is no longer the focus of the narrative, almost completely covered by the entire narrative. After 10 minutes, he took his daughter Jory to the supermarket to buy food. He failed to leave Minnesota, and finally had to return home. After another 10 minutes, they went to collect the relief items but did not receive them. They returned home and saw their neighbors being robbed at night, broke into someone else’s home the next day and stole a gun for self-defense, etc. Then another 10 minutes later, the news of the release of the vaccine was learned.
Five minutes later, Mitch went to the mall to buy clothes for her daughter.
Five minutes later, before the prom for her daughter (with Prom Night on the wall), Mitch was looking for a camera in the cloakroom and saw a picture of his wife Beth. At this time, my daughter turned on the speaker, we heard U2's All I Want is You, and Andrew arrived, and the two began to dance. This is a song about love and weddings. We were probably prepared in our hearts, and Mitch was finally about to cry. We couldn't see his face, the close-up of the head was disturbed by the conversation between him and his daughter, and then a distant view, across the bedroom bed, we saw him squatting in front of the closet.
You say you want
Diamonds on a ring of gold
You say you want
Your story to remain untold
But all the promises we make
From the cradle to the grave
When all I want is you
You say you'll give me
A highway with no one on it
Treasure just to look upon it
All the riches in the night
You say you'll give me
Eyes in a moon of blindness
A river in a time of dryness
A harbor in the tempest
But all the promises we make
From the cradle to the grave
When all I want is you
You say you want
Your love to work out right
To last with me through the night
You say you want
Diamonds on a ring of gold
Your story to remain untold
Your love not to grow cold
All the promises we break
From the cradle to the grave
When all I want is you
You... all I want is...
You... all I want is...
You... all I want is...
You... the
infectious disease "MEV-1" wants to tell Mitch what:
"Your wife is dead, and she cheated."
Well, even so, he loves her .
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Speaking of Steven Soderbergh, What I can think of right away is probably "Sex, Lies, and Videotapes" and "Eleven Arhats", "Twelve Arhats", "Thirteen Arhats", and of course "Never Compromise" and "Drug Network", and four more The two episodes of "cut" released in hours, these are relatively well-known. Somewhat impressed, there are noir films "Kafka" and "Good German". I don't know why "Solaris 2002" was filmed. The short film collection "Eros" with Michelangelo Antonioni and Wong Kar-wai was filmed. .
The shortcomings of "infectious diseases" are entirely Soderbergh's shortcomings. The film starts from the airport in Chicago, then quickly goes to Hong Kong, London, Tokyo, and then back to Minnesota. This is an omniscient perspective. Since the main line is The story takes place in Minnesota. Beth went home immediately after leaving Chicago, so he could go directly from Chicago to Minnesota. Later, Marion Cotillard would have time to go to Hong Kong. In this place, Soderbergh is completely thinking about how to create panic quickly. He is like a person spreading the news, as far as possible to make the infectious disease seem unprepared. For two and a half minutes, I talked about one day in the movie. Three people died, Hong Kong, London, Minnesota, Tokyo and Hong Kong. The last short hand-held photography and anamorphic subjective lens looked almost like show off.
Then suddenly it slowed down and began three narratives, with three main characters appearing at the same time. These three scenes were very average, and they were all one minute long from the environment shots. Then Matt Damon's story was favored, and Beth and his son Clark quickly died one after another. Then I used a train shot to start the next round of narrative with more clues, while adjusting the rhythm. Three new narratives, introducing three new main characters, plus daughter Jory. The editing of this section is a bit more complicated, but it still guarantees that the four new characters get one and a half minutes each. Soderbergh expressed a clear meaning in the first 20 minutes of the film: first, the omniscience perspective, and then treat each character as equal as possible, and give priority to the overall rhythm.
Although this is not my favorite opening, it is exciting enough. There is no problem with the overall narrative and the introduction of the characters, and a few small ambushes have been made for the following. The rhythm is well controlled, tight enough and relaxed. (But since Jiying is nervous enough, the soundtrack can be saved.)
For the next 20 minutes, the narrative focused on the medical staff, and then began: Kate Winslet infected with the virus, Beth's extramarital affairs, Marion Cotillard was kidnapped, Jude Law released a video, Laurence Fishburne notified his wife to leave, citizens robbed pharmacies and supermarkets, Kate Winslet died, Laurence Fishburne and Jude Law debated on the TV show, and 8 climaxes came every three to five minutes, lasting 30 minutes. Then the narrative went back to the Matt Damon family, and it started to slow down, especially the moment when daughter Jory and boyfriend Andrew tried to kiss in the snow.
Then in the next 15 minutes, all the stories were resolved, and finally returned to the Matt Damon family again, and the movie ended.
From kissing in the snow to Jennifer Ehle testing the vaccine, the connection was completed with a sound montage. It was very fast. Anyway, I couldn't accept it. Suddenly all the problems were solved. Of course, there are also things that people like. For example, Jennifer Ehle's frontal shot in the car, his face is so calm, there are only subtle changes in light. Then start mass production of vaccines! Why doesn't Soderbergh control the rhythm in this place! Many days have been omitted in the middle. Is a set of montages solved? Why is he not dull in the dull place! If there is a problem with this movie, then the biggest problem is here!
Since it is a problem, the ending paragraph about the spread of the virus is also a problem. If this paragraph is not meaningless, it is too meaningful! I believe Soderbergh is not such a boring person, but he did. It's like the last version of the story of "The Fantasy Drifting of Boys Pie"! I sincerely hope that Soderbergh and Ang Lee can respect the audience! Well, if it is necessary to make this section, it explains why the movie starts with Day 2 instead of Day 1. But the question is, can't you just change the beginning to Day 1?
Of course this is not the case. At least it has one of the most important meanings: Beth's infection with the virus was just an accident and has nothing to do with extramarital affairs. This answered her husband's previous question, but he might not need this answer either.
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