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Exquisite structure, sad ending
Ally 2022-03-25 08:01:01
The two-line narrative thought it was a show of skill, but at the end of the day, I realized that it was deliberate. Contradictions, reality, fantasy come together in the last few minutes, and it's emotional. Brian Cox played it so well that even the slightest change in expression could reflect the character's mood. Dominic is so cute~~~ But he is so pitiful in it, he almost committed suicide by being XX. . . The station where the gas mask was picked up was so psychedelic, the whole episode was like a dream. There are also some scenes that cut the time together very delicately. For example, when Dominic is hiding from the train, the lights come on , doing the exact same action of looking at the blood-stained fingers as in the fantasy escape. There are many more such examples. ps, the subtitles are terrible, the Chinese and English are all messed up
Extended Reading
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Marcus 2022-03-25 08:01:01
Bad subtitles are enough to ruin a good movie. . . I found that my listening ability of British English is almost 0, so once the subtitles are bad, it is completely guesswork. Even so, I can feel that it is still a very thoughtful film.
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Brady 2022-03-25 08:01:01
You know the one thing you've got going for you, Frank? You're too old to die young.
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Rizza: You don't have much, but you just subtracted from what's left.
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Frank Perry: I'm free now. I'm old now.
Rizza: Free? You've got an imagination.
Frank Perry: Imagination is what protects us. It's what keeps us alive. You're still living, but less and less. Inside, you own this place. You run things. You're the king. But look around you, what do you see? It's all pretend. It's all made up. You own nothing. Nothing except sorrows and bars and rusty metal staircases. You'll never live, because outside you don't exist. No one will remember you. No one.
Rizza: You behave.
Frank Perry: Behaving myself is what's kept me living.