What exactly do you want?

Shirley 2022-03-22 08:01:03

Now there are very few movies that make me want to write something after watching it. People are too impetuous and always want to shock us with big scenes. In the end, only the eyes and ears are shocked. "Deconstructing Life" is a good movie, and after watching it overnight, I felt like I had to write something.

This is a movie that is not easy to classify. I thought it was a so-called midlife crisis movie after reading the introduction, but it is not. It is not like the story of those confused middle class looking for the meaning of love and passion. It is mixed with reality. As long as anything touches reality, it becomes no longer light and poetic. When the mother and son of Bosmia left the UK, they frequently thanked them like the British, their backs were lonely and sad, as if they heard England say to them: Go back to your hometown. Of course, this is a personal association, the focus of the film does not seem to discuss ethnic issues.

The focus of the film is on life, such as the title, deconstructing life. So what is life and why deconstruct it? Will is the so-called middle class, with a decent and high-paying job, a beautiful wife, a daughter who is a bit eccentric but a decent family. This is what we call a life, a harmonious life. How much is covered under it? Whether the individual will choose to stretch or compromise, are these metaphysical words really less important than the meaning of love? You don’t love your wife anymore. Do you dare to tell her directly? Bravely or madly to pursue the so-called passionate love meaning, or deliberately dispel the meaning from the beginning, fill its place with constant trifles and then continue to strengthen it, until one day we finally believe in nothing but The house car works the real thing. It's a choice we all have to face, like live or die.

I thought life was a choice, but I soon saw my childishness. Choice is only the right of some people, others they don't. The Persian mother and son who left their hometown and came to England, what kind of life did they live, and why did the boy steal, I remember he said a sentence: My mother is a slave for others. The boy is agile and agile, but he was caught in the end. It is very simple. No matter how powerful a person is, he can't stand against the whole society. It means that Will's daughter, who was born in the middle class, loves gymnastics. , if it were the boy, what would the result be. Will fell in love with Amira, the mother he called in love with the boy, and pursued love recklessly with passion, but Amira endured quite hard, the reason is very simple, she has too many concerns, she She couldn't help thinking about her livelihood, she couldn't help thinking about her son, and she, a person who took the initiative to return a forgotten wallet, would finally want to trade with nude photos. Perhaps in her opinion, this so-called love is not so beautiful and light.

The literal translation of the film's name should be "Deconstruction and Reconstruction". The lives of the characters in the film were deconstructed. Everyone put aside the pretense to describe the pain in their hearts. It is a pity that some people's lives were reconstructed, but some people did not. At the end of the story, Will and his wife reunited after a hysterical quarrel and started a new life, but the mother and son of Bosmia left London with pain and went to an unknown future. I appreciate that the director did not arrange a tender and sentimental farewell scene for Will and Amira, because love's fragile nothingness is ridiculous, and no one wants to mention it in the face of reality.

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Extended Reading
  • Adeline 2022-03-28 09:01:13

    2010-12-14 A good story, the director is quite satisfactory. There are many troubles in life, and they are all touching. Therefore, the material is easy to use and does not reflect too many artistic skills. It simply shows some life and does not dig deep into the subject matter. The sensible Swiss girlfriend and the docile and strong Sarajevo refugee woman are placed against the backdrop of London's King's Cross, and they all become a foil for the flirtatious feelings of men.

  • Raina 2022-03-27 09:01:22

    redemption. Some people even commented: I really don't have a cold for minghella! Four Stars: Can you describe the characters a little more clearly? I don't know if Will really fell in love with the tailor or just because of stress and confusion. But I know that Binoche plays an immigrant single mother in a heart-wrenching way. In addition, I have to confess that it was Sister Vera who made me advance this film. Speaking of which, the scene where the prostitute returned the car was remarkable: who gave her a chance for redemption?

Breaking and Entering quotes

  • Liv: [to Will] If you were measuring how far away from where we need to be, you and me, is that a long way?

    Will Francis: I don't think you can ask a question like that. It's not...

    Liv: Put on a suit, sound like a suit.

    Will Francis: [Takes off his suit jacket] Feels a long, long way, right now, from where it needs to be. I wish we could unsay and unhurt back to wherever that is, and start again.

  • Will Francis: I remember you bit me. You were angry with me and you bit me. Don't remember why.

    Liv: I don't know why either, but I remember I bit you.

    Will Francis: You really bit me. And I thought we were very close. We were.

    Liv: [Takes his hand and bites his skin]

    Will Francis: Yeah, but that's just teeth.