People, no matter how old they are, will always have the factor of delusion, it is just that they often wake up after hitting a wall.
In Michael Showalter's "Hello, My Name Is Dorace" (2016), Dorace is a 60-year-old woman who knows she can't do anything and is biting her head.
After Dorese's mother died, she lived in a villa full of debris, deserted, with only a white cat to accompany her, and her younger brother's family was eyeing this, hoping that she would let him live in the house, but she was stubborn and determined. Refused, so angry that my sister-in-law gritted her teeth.
Dorace, who is about to retire, works in a company. This day, she welcomed John, the handsome art director. They took an elevator up before, and the young man laughed and chatted a few times, which made her heart rippling.
Every look, a smile, and a greeting from John were taken as a sign of love by her, and she found a chance to contact him by changing methods. Her ball was pumping, and she didn't want to get off the ball, just like an old nerd.
When she calmed down, she knew that she was somewhat absurd, but she still had a little hope, especially when she heard the inspiration of the inspirational master, you have to turn "impossible" into "possible" and remove "impossible" from your heart . Since then, she has always inspired herself "I can definitely". With the encouragement of his old friend Rose's granddaughter, he went to Facebook, using a pseudonym Lily, and posted a photo of a young beauty. John actually added her and chatted with her.
She couldn't help but come to a psychological consultation once a week. From confusion and confusion to regaining her confidence, it can be said that she became more frustrated and more excited. It's a bit like Don Quixote. Dorace serves John coffee, imagining the handsome guy coming up to hug her and kiss her until he calls her to wake her up from her daydream.
Yes, she was used to daydreaming. As the inspirational master told her, everything has its meaning. Just to say whether the meaning is positive or negative. But for now, Dolace doesn't think so much.
Of course, there is also good luck. For example, she learned from Facebook that John liked Babyface's records, so she went to buy a CD of the band's "Baby Killer", and when John saw it, he was very Surprise, I didn't expect you to like such a heavy electronic band, and invited her to participate in this band's concert.
What a surprise, she was sitting on his shoulders watching the performance, so proud. What I didn't expect was that the lead singer of the band specifically asked her for a fashionable promotion, and asked her to be the spokesperson for the band's promotion. Wow, professional photographers took pictures of her. This trick is really charming and colorful, just like her second spring.
Of course, with good things, there will be bad things, and it is impossible for one person to take over all. When the wind was going well, Dorace saw John dating a beautiful girl. She followed her all the way, but was discovered by the handsome guy and introduced him to him. The beautiful girl's name was Brooklyn, and she turned out to be a resident singer. Listening to her singing together is very uncomfortable. It is as embarrassing as a knife twisted. People are young and beautiful. Although Brooklyn invited her to join the knitting group, she just wasn't happy.
When she got home, she poured herself a lot of alcohol, and pretended to be Lily and left a message on Facebook, "You tore up the days of our love, our beautiful and moving love, dissipated like stardust", so tossing, made her own The days are dark. Her old friend Rose advised her to be practical and stop wearing fancy clothes to mess with flowers, her dreams will always be broken.
This provokes Dorese's rebuke, and the old friend falls out. Unexpectedly, when she was at work, she saw Brooklyn coming to the company to scold John, and now she really said goodbye. Obviously, her message was effective, which made her both surprised and happy, and a little panicked.
Of course, at this point she had to jump out and comfort John. She also wanted to confess to him, but was unwilling. On Thanksgiving, she crafted dim sum pies and attended John's Friends party. John said earlier would you be willing to go on a date younger than you.
She was overjoyed, thinking that John had really changed his mind this time. But John introduced her to his uncle, Frank, 56, but she just didn't appreciate it, and she insisted on asking John to go upstairs to meet alone.
She was lying on the bed and waiting for him bravely with a little wine. John didn't think of this song, he thought he was talking about something else, when she confessed that she fell in love with you the first time she saw you, and confessed that Facebook pretended to be a "third party" and slandered him and Brooklyn. Good thing, she apologized, but the point of departure was to love him. This made John shake his head again and again, "NONONO, you completely misunderstood what I meant, I introduced you to my uncle, how could we..." At this time, Dorace was finally completely woken up.
She went back to her cool room in a daze, it was Thanksgiving, but fortunately her old friend Rose still remembered her. The two hold each other tightly, and she tells Rose that I'm stupid, they won't eat my pie, and I screwed up. The old friend comforted her, at least to make her not so lonely this Thanksgiving.
From being full of confidence at the beginning to being disheartened now, she woke up from a beautiful dream and looked around the house full of clutter. She finally wanted to open it up. Please come over to Dr. Edward, donate what should be donated, and throw away what should be Tossed, and invited her brother's family to move over. The empty house made her feel more comfortable than ever.
After the old nympho's heart is broken, it is for a transformation and a new life. After regaining her mood, she came to the company again, quit her job, said goodbye to John with a cardboard box, but there was no response. She walked to the elevator, and when she looked back, she still did not forget to close her eyes and have a habitual dream.
But the fact was that the elevator door opened and she had to go in, but she really heard John calling her, maybe she didn't want to have such a disturbing dream again, and the film ended mercilessly like this.
The little suspense set by the film constitutes the overall funny effect. Sally Field's excellent performance, funny, free and just right, is really rare. The 70-year-old Scorpio actress, who has experienced two marriages herself, has a deep sense of life. Her appearances in films such as "Skinny Daddy" and "Forrest Gump" have established her status as an acting school.
The funniest thing is her ignorant and subtle movements, which seem to be inadvertent, but actually have ulterior motives. Thinking about it, she pushed open the door playfully like a lover, and grimaced John like a little girl, which made people goosebumps, but she sighed that her acting was really great, and it is not an exaggeration to say that she is a genius in acting.
In general, the film creates an old lady's seemingly absurd unrequited love dream, and then breaks her heart. In fact, it focuses on the lonely life of the elderly, or the portrayal of the life of the lonely and widowed elderly, who lack caring and hang in one another. But that doesn't mean they don't have passions or dreams. Once their passions are aroused, they will let themselves enter the second spring of life beaming.
It's just that the old lace is not so good. Although her daydreams are beautiful, they are a bit too much. Fortunately, the film still leaves a bright tail. In fact, this is just to add a little joke, don't take it seriously.
2016, 9, 12
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