not a movie review

Albert 2022-03-20 09:01:59

The temperature of the five stories drops all the way down the timeline.

First, young people in Los Angeles have stubborn dreams that haven’t been realized, and they don’t know what to pass by; then there’s a clown from East Germany in New York who became a taxi driver in a confused way, but he can’t even drive a car and can speak English well. After the fall, the enthusiastic passenger became his driver, and he sat and watched this huge New York; it was midnight in Paris, and the black driver, who was being discriminated against and ridiculed everywhere, met the beautiful blind girl, although he looked at it. No, but the blind woman's sense of the surroundings and life is very sensitive, so that the driver can't show any self-righteous sympathy; in the early morning in Rome, the seemingly crazy driver confessed to the priest. When he died, the driver threw the poor priest on the side of the road while afraid of God's condemnation; when it was almost dawn, three drunkards in Helsinki got into a taxi and talked about the sadness of one of their friends, who fell asleep on the side. , know nothing.

Ah, spoiler.

My favorite is Paris, then New York.

Blind women in Paris are really charming. The black driver asked her, "Don't you blind people all wear sunglasses?" She said, "I don't know, I haven't seen any blind people." Wonderful. In this case, the driver's kind discount is a kind of humiliation: she is so much higher than you, I don't know where she is.

East Germany's uncle's helmet is also very cute, and his eyes are very blue. He is not angry if he changed his name, and he smiles shyly at everyone. When Lampshade (forgot what the black guy was called) was helping him drive, he looked out curiously, looked at the neighborhoods that weren't really that good, and kept saying, "Oh, that's great." He kept muttering: "New York, New York." Such a person, I really hope he can live in this big city.

The pretty chauffeur girl in Los Angeles looks really cool and wants to buy a set.

The story of Rome is one of the least understood. However, some details are still interesting. After the driver found out that the priest was dead, he called him and drove the car in a hurry. I wonder if he can happily think about the Genius Hotel driving through the one-way street in the opposite direction at night.

As Aki in Helsinki climbed out of the car and sat in the snow, I couldn't help thinking, how cold Finland is... Sometimes I wonder why the day has to be 12 o'clock. What was the worst day for Aki? It would be fine if the day was over until the next morning and the sun rose, although after such an unfortunate day, when sitting in the snow and feeling dizzy, some neighbors would come to say hello: "Good morning. , Archie." And he also had the ability to respond: "Good morning."

The soundtrack of this film is very attractive, and the different soundtracks in several cities have very similar accompaniment patterns, as if time is passing by. The wonderful thing is that even when the Roman driver left the priest in the cold recliner, the accompaniment didn't change the rhythm a bit.

It's the first time I've seen this director's film, and it can't be considered a film review. Check back later.

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  • Flavio 2021-12-22 08:01:19

    Yes, Jia Muxu also went from Columbia to NYU... His understanding of New York I really can’t agree more. Putting aside my personal love of New York, it is also the section that I like the most in New York: the dirty streets are filled with people from all over the world, the soundscape with the horns of police cars and fire trucks, sharp but not mean people, always There will be a puddle of warmth in the chaos, and everyone will go back to their lives without saying goodbye in the past.

  • Micheal 2022-04-22 07:01:32

    I need to find a quiet time to watch it alone, maybe the early morning in late summer and early autumn is the best. The stories of taxi drivers interacting with passengers in five cities on the same night. In Los Angeles, the scout was overwhelmed by work, trying to convince a female driver to become a star to change her fate, but was rejected. Who is struggling on the so-called road to success? In New York, an old man from East Germany said he was no longer a clown, but he was a little confused after seeing off guests: should he turn left or right? In Paris, a blind female passenger has removed the "color" identity of a black driver, but the driver has not had time to adapt to treat passengers with an equal perspective. In Rome, taxis become confessional rooms, and priests are overwhelmed by unintentional demons. Helsinki, never thought there was someone tougher than you. It can be enlarged to refer to religion, race, society and life, or it can be ignored and just make the night soft because of a personal and human gossip. In fact, we are now so popular with shared taxi services. It should be good to shoot "Late Night Passenger" similar to "Late Night Cafeteria", but I'm afraid it will be too bad.

Night on Earth quotes

  • Helmut Grokenberger: [Yoyo and Helmut happen to be wearing markedly similar winter hats] We have the same... we have the same hat.

    Yoyo: What?

    Helmut Grokenberger: The same hat.

    Yoyo: No, no no, mine's different.

    Helmut Grokenberger: Oh no, it's the same hat!

    Yoyo: Mine's different, man!

    Helmut Grokenberger: [pointing to the front of the hat] This is different, here.

    Yoyo: Mine's-mine's the newest/latest, m-mine's fresh!

    Helmut Grokenberger: No, the ear things here. The same! Here...

    Yoyo: Naw, naw man, look mine is the, the hype!

    Helmut Grokenberger: What is this? Hype?

    Yoyo: The hype.

    Helmut Grokenberger: What's a hype?

    Yoyo: It's fresh!

    Helmut Grokenberger: Fresh? Fresh hat?

    Yoyo: It's the jammin', the newest/latest.

    Helmut Grokenberger: Fresh hat! That sounds good, fresh hat!

    Yoyo: ...right.

  • Driver: If there's no room at the Hotel Genius, I'll take a room at the Hotel Imbecile.