Many people say that the story is simple and has nothing to say, but in fact, visually, musically, and above the script, the amount of information in each frame is huge. When I first watched it, I even felt it was too late to process so much information.
Discussed some details with friends. I picked a few, which are more fragmented, just take a look at them.
1. a red light pole
This is a lens I really like.
Mia stopped when he heard Seb's piano. At this time, two red neon tubes framed mia.
But when the camera turned, we also noticed the door on the left side of the camera with Mia's sight. At this time, Mia was outside the tube. There seemed to be some suspense and some hesitation.
Mia still decided to go in and find out, and the two red light poles framed her again.
This set of shots is just a few seconds, like a syllogism: the situation occurs-the response-the result, it is simply...
2. Seb's character is very consistent.
The movie is promoted through two direct plots, telling Seb that he is a very thoughtful person
1. For the first time in a direct conversation, Mia casually said that she worked in a café on the Warner Bros. studio
So Seb sneaked in to find her.
2. While walking on the set, Mia casually mentioned where her aunt and her family lived, so Seb was able to find Mia in the end
Both of these points are directly told to the audience by the movie.
There are a few details, which are not so obvious and very subtle.
After coming out of the party, I asked Mia's shoes if they were comfortable
After the two danced on the mountain, Mia was interrupted by a phone call from her boyfriend, and Seb heard it.
So seb knowingly asked, wanting to check again, and ask Mia what is your Humphrey Bogart's name? Before Mia could answer, he asked again, is it Greg?
Finally, when I asked Mia to watch "Rebellion Without Cause", he would also say "for research" academic research.
So with such a character, he would obviously park the car at the door of the party house but accompany Mia all the way up the mountain to find a car. It is not surprising that he heard Mia call his family and signed the contract.
Mia asked him if he wanted to take you a ride to find a car (Do you wanna a ride to your car?), the car stopped at the door, and said that it was on the mountain (No, I'm just right up here.), afraid of wearing help what.
After the dance, I even slid by myself, feeling unfinished.
3. Mia's meal
The few people at the table started talking about how good the surround sound set up is in the home theater and how bad the movie theater environment is now.
What Mia paid attention to was an inconspicuous small speaker.
Finally she went to the old cinema in Rialto.
Of course, when I watched it for the first time, I had a question, that is why Seb's original music was released on that small broadcast. The soundtrack Justin Hurwitz explained on Genius that it was the melody in Mia's mind, not that the restaurant was actually playing it.
Justin Hurwitz: It's not actually coming through the radio, it's in her head. And then she runs out of the restaurant. https://genius.com/Justin-hurwitz-mia-and-sebastians-theme-late-for-the -date-annotated
4. Is this one carefully designed detail?
This is a scene where two people sing city of stars together
This is the background of the first quarrel:
What is green light? dream?
The color and lighting of this film can show me twice
5. Fly
There is a sentence in the lyrics of Someone In The Crowd
The someone who could lift you off the ground
then:
6. A shot that the director is very satisfied with
After seb and mia came out of the lighthouse
7. Jazz and the last song
After Seb and Mia reunited in Jazz club, Seb sat down in silence and started playing the song Mia & Sebastian Theme when they first met. This reminds me of what Seb said when he first introduced Jazz to Mia:
Jazz was born in a little flophouse in New Orleans. People were crammed in there spoke five different languages. The only way they could communicate was with jazz.
Jazz was born in a small hotel in New Orleans. A group of people huddled in it, speaking five different languages, and they could only communicate with each other through jazz.
In the end, seb on the stage couldn't talk directly with mia off the stage, and this piece was his way of communicating.
8. Seb bargaining with the restaurant owner Bill
This is a scene that I particularly like, and the lines are very well written. It also highlights Seb's character.
First of all, the first sentence of "Thanks for having me back" in seb shows that this has happened before. This time I knowingly committed it, but I just couldn't help it.
Bargaining with the boss twice
Very humorous for the first time:
Seb: OK, although I thought in this town it worked on a sort of one-for-you, one-for-me-type system. How about two for you, one for me? How about all for you and none for me ?
…
Seb: OK, mutual decision then.
Bill: Right. Made by me.
I thought the town’s rule was, one for you and one for me?
How about playing two for you and one for me?
Shall I play all for you, and play for me?
Corresponds to the first conversation with mia later:
Seb: He doesn't... I don't... he doesn't tell me what to do.
Mia: he just told you want to do.
Seb: I know I let him.
It was a bit bitter the second time
Seb: I hear what you are saying but i don't think you are saying what you mean
Bill: yea I don't think you hear what I am saying. you are fired
Seb: I know but that's what you are saying but that's not what you mean, what you mean is...
Bill: you are fired
Seb: Play the set list
Bill: No I am saying it's too late
Seb: It's a warning.
Bill: What planet are you from? You are done
Seb: Don't fire me.
Bill: I'm sorry, seb.
Seb: It's Christmas.
seb said by himself:
I want to be on the ropes, I'm letting life hit me until it gets tired
I just want to let my life go after my life until my life can't touch me.
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