Corky (Winona Ryder), a street tomboy driver with a strong personality and swearing, drives Hollywood scout Victoria (Gena Rowlands) all the way to Beverly. The two chatted, from life to love to marriage, Corgi showed his attitude towards life everywhere - knowing what he wanted and what to do . At the end of the car, Victoria invited Corgi to become a movie star in Hollywood, but Corgi declined and insisted that it was not suitable for her life. Her career pursuit was to be a mechanic, and now everything is fine .
When they parted, Victoria said "OK Mom" imitating Corgi's tone, and satirized the difference in their identities before, indicating that Victoria saw her needs more clearly after a short drive.
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I used to chat with local classmates, and when it comes to California, everyone always thinks it is "Crazy State" ~ Haha, maybe we all live on the strict and conservative east coast, so California, which is free and open on the west coast, is said to be so. Director Jarmusch arranged the image of Corgi in Los Angeles to amplify the spirit of "being yourself" here.
Corgi's ability to know her direction so clearly must have something to do with her past experience. Many times we think that the choices we make are based on who we are, but that's not the case. Too often, we infer who we are by accumulating choices. If you want to wake up, don't run away from choices.
Helmut (Armin Mueller-Stahl), a widowed and lonely old German who can't drive a taxi, used to be a clown. Drive yourself to Brooklyn. Along the way, in addition to making fun of each other's names as "Hat" and "Yo-yo", the two also ran into Youyou's grumpy sister. So a car of people is so noisy, full of warmth driving in the winter night in New York.
Through the description of the special identity background of the old man Helmut, and the noisy encounter between the Youyou brothers and sisters, the short story creates a cheerful atmosphere as a whole. One of the most impressive is when Helmut refused Youyou to drive, Youyou said, " What's wrong, this is New York! "
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New York, a city where everything is possible, has endless charm. But I was not ready to go to New York after studying in the US for so many years. Because, such a charming city, it is a pity to go by yourself. No matter where it is, people are more beautiful than scenery.
In Paris, a young black driver meets a blind woman (Béatrice Dalle). In addition to being able to identify the direction on the way, the blind girl also asked the driver a series of very offensive questions. (ps. French bashing sounds interesting.)
It is worth noting that at the beginning of the Paris story, the driver brother was complained by other passengers that he did not have eyes and ran red lights. At the end, the blind woman laughed at the crashing driver shortly after getting out of the car to imply, "The discerning person may not be able to see clearly."
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It is said that Parisian women understand life best. The director arranged for the story of a blind woman riding a car to be filmed here, also to tell the audience a truth, "If you understand life, you should read it carefully ."
In Rome's story, Bernini plays an unruly chatterbox driver who lives in a world of his own imagination all the time . When an old man got into the car, the driver insisted on calling him a priest regardless of his true identity and whether he was willing or not , and insisted on confessing to him . Afterwards, the old man could not find the pills that fell under his feet due to the disease, and could not interrupt the driver's self-talk, and died on the way. When the driver found out, he panicked and put the old man on a bench by the roadside, while he kept nag and worried about the crime that he would never be able to confess again.
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Some people think the story of Rome is about nagging killing people, or about pious confessions never being understood by priests (complaining about the nihility of religion). But I don't think these statements are true.
There is a well-known Italian saying: " You first help yourself, and then God will help you ."
The driver played by Bernini in the film is obviously a driver who lives in his own world and cannot help himself or save himself. The plot of the old man dying amid the driver's chatter is aimed at making the driver even more helpless and panic-stricken - nullifying the driver's forced confession. It's meant to show that if you can't help/control yourself in the first place, no matter how hard you try to vent, God can't help you.
The story in Helsinki is about a taxi driver with three passengers. On the way to take them home, two of the passengers discovered that the driver's experience was far more difficult than that of their drunken friend. Some difficulties are solvable (unemployment, divorce, dismissal, etc.), but some are destined to be lost (the premature death of a life).
It is worth noting that the driver in the film is not only more miserable than the passengers, but also more calm and calm in his attitude towards misfortune .
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Helsinki, the capital of Finland, has a very high sense of happiness and has been rated as "the most livable city in the world" for many years. Jarmusch's choice of the filming location for the tragic story can be understood as an irony. The point is that (even in the happiest city/wherever it is), life can be more difficult than you think. Therefore, attitude towards life is closely related to happiness. When there are too many difficult times, you need to self-regulate .
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