The development of the relationship between Uncle Frank and his brother Dwayne in LMS is the most eye-catching. Especially the conversation between the two facing the sea in the second half of the movie is not only the love of enthusiasts, but also one of the classics of the movie. But before the two talked, there was a scene of mandarin ducks playing in the water:
Frank and Dwayne were paddling their surfboards into the ocean. The sea is calm, but the coast is far away. Dwayne looked back.
Dwayne: How far have we gone?
Frank: I don’t know, a quarter mile?
Dwayne: Do you want to stop?
Frank shrugged and agreed, and the two listened. Frank looked into the water.
Frank: Hey, do you think you can touch it to the end?
Dwayne: How deep is it?
Frank: I don't know, at least 10,12 feet. Hurry up, are you ready? All in place, ready...
They plunged into the water and disappeared. Two surfboards floated side by side aimlessly.
Dwayne leaned out of the water and grabbed his surfboard. He looked around and found that there was nothing, he craned his neck to look for it again. Not seeing Frank, Dwayne frowned, and then looked into the water anxiously with his hands over his eyes.
Suddenly Frank appeared 10 yards behind him.
Frank: Haha, caught you!
Dwayne turned his head and smiled, letting out a sigh of relief. This may be the first time we have seen him smiling defenselessly. So forgetting about it, he dived into the water again.
(Here, the scene goes to the game hall, and 4 scenes are omitted, and two dialogues on the sea are next.)
Frank: Oh, it's so beautiful here. (Pauses) I don't know if I believe in God, but this sea is always here: infinite, much bigger than you, and completely indifferent. So... this is the God in my eyes.
Dwayne: Frank...? (Frank looks at him) How did you feel when you slashed a knife on your wrist?
Frank took a deep breath.
Frank: I hope I can tell you that it feels bad, but I can't say that. I was... detached, can you understand? Very calm. (Pause) But, I feel the same now, so...
he shrugged. Dwayne nodded and looked towards the sea.
Dwayne: Sometimes I wish I could sleep until I was 18 years old and skip these farts—high school and everything else, skip everything...
He shook his head.
Frank: Do you know Marcel Proust?
Dwayne: The person you teach?
Frank: Yes. French writer, a downright loser. Never had a real job. Unrequited unrequited love, homosexuality. It took twenty years to write a book, and almost no one read it. But he may also be the greatest writer after Shakespeare. In any case, at the last moment of his life, he looked back at the past and looked at all the painful times before. He felt that the painful days were the best days in his life, because those days shaped him. What about those happy years? You know, it's wasted completely, and nothing is learned.
Dwayn smiled.
Frank (continued) So, if you sleep until you are eighteen, ah, think about how much pain you should miss! High school is a great painful time, and you will never find a more unbearable day. Unless you enter the flying academy, but that's another matter altogether.
The two looked at each other and smiled. Dwayne stared at the sea and paused.
Dwayne: Did you know? (Frank turns his head) Fuck the beauty pageant! Life is like beauty pageants one after another. High school, college, then work, damn! Fuck his flying academy, fuck his foundation. If I want to fly, I will find a way to fly. Do what you want, fuck the rest.
(Omitted below)
The above content comes from the two scenes of the original script. This period of baptism and rebirth in the ocean is also the favorite of many people who have read the script. In the initial shooting, Steve Carell (Frank) and Paul Dano (Dwayne) spent a day in the water. The result was too tragic. This is also the pain of a small-cost movie. This passionate drama had to be rewritten as a conversation between two people at the dock, and the lines were cut off for a long time, which is what we saw in the movie, but according to the principle of the movie "Less is More", in the end, The modified version is still very good.
After that, the two dashed back to the shore and went to the T-shirt shop to pick up two pieces of clothes with the big "LOSER" printed on them. Frank said to Dwayne, "You are every mother's dream", and the two returned to the final hall together.
This one was also chopped. According to Michael, when the script was written (2000), the theme of Luther hadn't been broken, but it would be too cliché to show this scene when it was released (2005).
Regarding the ending of the movie,
from this video: http://video.mtime.com/35368/?mid=44844 , the movie should have 5 endings:
1. On the second day of the game, a family sitting outdoors and eating KFC , Dad talked about the embarrassment with grandpa before, and in the end everyone happily toasted to grandpa. This ending is the ending of the original script, but it is too beautiful and does not fit the tone of the whole film and was cut;
2. After being detained, it was already night. Mom stole the crown and put it on his father, who gave it to his daughter. It also comes from the original script, which happened before ending 1.
3. After being detained, it was already night. The family stole the crown and the trophy and escaped trivially;
4. Not detained, they stole the crown and the trophy after the game, and escaped trivially, then strolled away, and the music was brisk;
5. Detained, came out Later in the evening, the family was very depressed, then the cart left, the music was soothing and a little sad. This is the final ending of the feature film, adapted by the director, which I personally think is also the best.
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