Screenwriting is difficult, so is our audience

Bradford 2022-03-20 09:01:49

At 1/3 of the film, I thought that sam and henry may be the same person with split personalities,

and henry's prophecy, such as a rainstorm, should be after the rainstorm,
sam's "déjà vu" hallucination
that is, henry's prophecy scene,
In fact, it was Sam's "deja vu" hallucination that occurred after the rainstorm.

Later, the "recurrence of the scene" bridge, I think it confirmed my conjecture,

but later. . .

In the 2/3 of the movie, a lot of unreasonable things happened and
I thought,
maybe it was Henry's soul that entered Sam's body after death. . . Is that the case?

After the video is over, I don't know why I

read heidi's comment, which made me suddenly enlightened. If I don't sleep well at night, it
turns out that the whole film is a wandering thought when henry is dying. . .

The story that needs to be expressed in one and a half hours of film language
is actually just a moment in Henry's mind when he is dying. . .
It's a bit like the infinite division of time in "The End of the World and the Grim Wonderland"

. . .

But~~. . This
doesn't mean that -- within the framework of the story --
in fact, the entire film can be arranged as it pleases. . .
All the suspense and doubts spread out. . . There is no need to clarify. . .

It is very similar to the first half of the French film "Black Box".

This is a bit of irresponsible suspicion~~~


It's like you tell me a
story and the suspense is full of phantoms. . . Seduced me to assume this and speculate that. .
In the end--while many questions are still hanging in the air--
you end the story and say...that's the content of a dream someone had
. . .
So
no matter how delicate and meticulous a dream is,
we can't help but feel like a good screenwriter.


Of course,

the current screenwriter is not good,
especially the screenwriter who wants to be a good screenwriter.

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Extended Reading

Stay quotes

  • Henry Letham: Do you know the Tristan Rêveur quote about bad art? It's "bad art is more tragically beautiful than good art 'cause it documents human failure."

  • Sam Foster: [gesturing to the surrounding paintings on display] Are any of these yours?

    Henry Letham: Ouch.

    Sam Foster: What?

    Henry Letham: Well... these are bad, Sam.