A purely individualistic film, both the director and the actor, are expressing their own personality in an extremely self-explanatory way. The plot of the film is simple, the narrative is plain, and it takes a certain amount of concentration to watch it all at once.
Pacino's works as the protagonist at this age are basically biographical character remodeling. The old man has created too many classic characters in his life, but this time the character is not so easy to grasp, a man with a great heart. The lonely old man, a dazed, empty, dissatisfied with the status quo, unable to change, struggling but at a loss, is very difficult to grasp, and if he is careless, he will jump out of the character and show signs of performance. The strong Pacino completed the task perfectly, and his reputation is well-deserved.
The story narration of the film itself is mostly promoted by dialogue plots, with introductions about the background of the characters and their relationships, which are displayed in the daily life of the protagonist and other people, which also makes the protagonist’s boring life even more boring. The director I have thought of a lot of artistic treatments, and try to make the film look vivid. The locksmiths have symbolic meaning.
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