Let's talk about the shortcomings first. This is Tom Ford's second film, and he maintains his elegance, indifference and pursuit of light and shadow as always. But style can sometimes be your limitation, and the second story in this film lacks power. The "thriller novel" Susan received called "Nocturnal Animals" didn't look very "thriller". The bloody violence that it should have is too "elegant". Aaron Johnson is so good looking, that his perverted scene feels in place but not there. Other than that, the script is somewhat simple. It stands to reason that the three stories are parallel, and it should not be difficult to create a sense of suspense. But the film lacks suspense.
But it is worth mentioning that in the novel, the scene in which the wife and daughter were raped and murdered and thrown into the wilderness. Tom Ford took it too beautifully, cruel and the sadness of the fate that cannot be escaped.
Overall, Tom Ford played well this time around. If it weren't for the New York story, you would never have guessed that this was the work of a fashion designer. Every set of AA is so beautiful. AA itself is also good-looking and fits the role very well. Fashionable, noble but always sad. Tom Ford, the man who saved Gucci with one hand, this time served as both screenwriter and director. The script is neat, as tight as his designs. Travel freely among three stories (Reality, Fiction, Memories). Every time we switch back to reality, AA and Jake subtly echo each other, like a person and their own reflection in the water. Tom Ford weaves clever metaphors into the whole story bit by bit, AA's paper-slashed fingers, wiped lipstick, fiction and reality-consistent vehicles. Abound, fascinating.
Needless to say, AA and Jake Gyllenhaal's acting skills, and Jake Gyllenhaal's succession from "Nightcrawler" is more reliable. In "Nocturnal Animals", there is a scene in which the actor misses his hand and lets go of the murderer. Jake Gyllenhaal kneels on the ground, crying and repeating I should...I should...that kind of guilt hits the hearts of the audience. As for the supporting roles, Michael Shannon and Aaron Johnson are very expressive.
After all, both fiction and reality. It's all a revenge story. Different from the violence and cruelty in the novel (the male protagonist died with the murderer in the end, sorry for spoilers), in reality, what Tony gave Susan was the gentlest revenge, but also the most ruthless. Through the novel, he elegantly smashes Susan's hypocritical and delicate life, and at the same time makes Susan fall in love with himself again. In the last restaurant, he did not appear. In the restaurant, the vocals fade to a tragic soundtrack. The anticipation in Susan's eyes slowly burned away. Without waiting for Tony, this embarrassment was nothing, and she finally broke her heart. I have no doubt at all that she will continue to return to the delicate and hypocritical life, living the walking dead. never get happiness.
As Tony said, "When you love someone, you have to be careful with it. You might never get it again." It's
just that I was wondering, when did Tony despair about this marriage? Is it when Susan said he was weak? Maybe not. I think it was when Susan told him I'm not scared, I'm just unhappy.
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