Abridged full version comparison

Guillermo 2022-03-22 09:01:33

Watching the abridged version on a computer for the first time.
Second time watching the full version on the big screen.

Disagreement is revenge, and more of a letting go of the past. (Reminds me of a roadside picnic, really, there are a lot of similarities between the two films, ha) Is the

male lead cowardly?
Yes!
In reality, it was his cowardice that ruined the marriage; in the story, when he finally faced a gangster, why didn't he resist? The male protagonist hates his cowardice more than the female protagonist's betrayal.

But did the director just let the heroine go?
I
feel that the director is subconsciously misogynistic. The decent, villain, or complex and diverse ordinary people such as the hero of the movie are all men. Although it is the heroine who leads the needle, the weakening and singleness of the female role cannot be ignored.



A comparison of the two versions.

The dance of the super obese woman opens.
This is a very necessary opening. The first time I saw the abridged version without these, as long as the subsequent development is a little bit out of reality and illogical, it will be extremely unbearable, and my mind will pop up: What the hell is going on? How can this be?
However, if you add the beginning, it seems that all the absurdities after that have an outlet, making the tone of the whole film very harmonious.

Panoramic shot of wife and daughter dying.
The abridged version weakens the shock, I don't know where they died when I watch it? ? ? (Tan Shou ~)
full version will not say, two naked women hold together, background Texas desolate desert, Gyllenhaal kneeling on the ground, with a tearful voice ask, "they okay?"
The entire theater that Even the sound of breathing stopped.


At the end, the heartbeat of the male protagonist when he died; and the close-up of Amy Adams' eyes and hands at the end, it is natural to watch it in the theater with N grades. Breathing, eyes, fingers gently brushing hair, are infinitely magnified on the big screen, almost pushing the film into a small climax again.
Love the ending on the final screen.

About TF; single men; and the various shortcomings of the film, the transitions are always abused, etc., they are all said to be rotten.

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Nocturnal Animals quotes

  • Bobby Andes: So, I'll tell what we got, we had a attempted to round up at a supermarket and mall last night just before closing. Caught one of the guys, one got killed, one got away.

    Tony Hastings: What you want me to do?

    Bobby Andes: See if you can recognize the one we caught. You can look at the dead one too, although I don't really think it's necessary, we know who he is.

    Tony Hastings: Who?

    Bobby Andes: Steve Adams.

  • Bobby Andes: It's gonna be rough on them out there, not knowing how it's gonna come. Maybe Ray get killed, for resisting arrest, or coming at home late at night, might get shot by a burglar.