This film was originally recommended to us by our drama director class teacher. I remember that he was explaining Arthur Miller's "Death of a Salesman" to us at that time, and I remembered the title of the film with a heartfelt emotion. . Later, after watching the students' graduation drama "The Witch of Salem" in Chinese Opera, the admiration for Arthur Miller was even more out of control.
I once found all the scripts he wrote and read them carefully. After reading them, I came to a judgment. I may not be able to surpass him in my life, so why should I study screenwriting?
When the whole family reunited this year, I even brought the script reading method to my home, and let my parents play the roles of Willie and his wife, and I played the roles of the two sons. Although my mother's Mandarin is not standard and my father is too recitative, we still spent two afternoons completing the script. However, the consequences are unimaginable. At the moment when we finished reading, our family of three and six looked at each other, tacit understanding, because each other's roles and positions in the family were almost like what Arthur Miller wrote, and everyone knew it well and kept silent. But unexpectedly, at dinner the next day, a long-lost quarrel broke out between my parents. Yes, they quarreled in front of me and poured out all the bitter water that had accumulated in my heart for many years. That's when I really realized the terrifying power of drama.
Back to the movies. Farhadi is a film director and screenwriter who understands drama. It can be seen from his previous films that he has meticulously weaving his plays without being clichéd. Using the stage presentation of "Death of a Salesman" and the investigation of the rape of his wife interweave a story that has always been suspenseful, and deeply buried is the social status quo in Iran. The lines in the original script not only have intertextuality with the current plot, but also allow the characters to express their inner thoughts with the help of the lines. At the same time it is also a kind of metaphor. When the real murderer bakery owner showed begging eyes for mercy; when their whole family came to pick him up and kept praising his importance, did they know that he was the head of the family. He also doesn't want to be discovered by his son that there are women outside, like Willie, he doesn't want his authoritative father image to collapse in one fell swoop, and he doesn't want to live up to the expectations of the whole family. He ideally disguises himself as a perfect person. But there is no perfection in this world, he is also a human being, he also has his own desires, and he will be one step away.
Recalling that when I read Willie's son Biff's monologue about dreams and berating his father, he was quite self-righteous, thinking that he could pour out all his complaints about his father with the help of his lines. I am so naive! At the time, I didn't even think about what my father was going through. And now that I think about it, it's impossible for Biff to have a better future. This kind of utopian, even though he was raised by his father, has grown up so much that it is time for him to recognize the reality of society. Even if his father lied to him, it would be In protecting him, if he has the ability, he is able to tear apart the lie and face the truth!
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