It seems that I wanted to watch this film for a long time, because I knew there was a young plum, and later I learned that there was Aunt Mei, and when I watched it in 2020, I found out that there was also Diane Keaton. The film from 1996, in the spring of 2020, I watched and thought, I seem to have seen it before, until a scene was completely confirmed, and I did. Guess which lens?
After the Spring Festival in 2020, I watched a lot of movies related to the elderly, and thus "discovered" Diane Keaton, an excellent old actor. The first time I saw her in this film, I was very surprised. Why did she look older and ugly in 1996 than in all the films after 2010? The skin, hair, teeth, and expression all look very old. Maybe it's the relationship between the characters. Such an image is needed to describe an old girl who has an incurable disease and is always taking care of the elderly.
I prefer those images she created after 2010, elegant and independent, wearing British style, often embellished with hats and scarves, beautiful and moving. Time seems to have cast a spell on her, making her more attractive at 60 than at 45.
The other heroine of this film, Aunt Mei, plays various roles without any hesitation. This is still the case in the 1996 film. There are many small details, and silence is better than sound. For example, when I just returned to my home after a 20-year absence, I adjusted my wig, straightened my clothes, adjusted my condition before entering the door; for example, when I took off my sister's wig, I said I was going to get a comb, and then stood by the door and took it out of my pocket. Comb held back the tears, and said that I found the comb. For example, accidentally touching and spilling his father's medicine, the medicine was spilled all over the place. . .
Yes, it was the slow-motion shot of the drug spilled, which reminded me suddenly that I had seen this film before, and I remembered this shot deeply, as if it represented all the anxiety and panic that would disappear and no longer hide.
The male protagonist of this film, Xiao Lizi, who is called Hank in the film, has a lot of opposite scenes with the mother played by Aunt Mei. Every scene is very exciting. A controlling mother and a powder keg that could burn at any time of puberty.
The relationship between Hank and his aunt is much softer. Gradually, you will find that the original aunt took care of the old father and the old aunt patiently for a long time, and she also treated Hank and his sister in the same way, and Hank, maybe like his grandfather, likes all kinds of tools.
The grandfather who has been lying in bed for many years is called Marvin. The film is called Marvin's Room. In fact, I want to say that this is home, a story from generation to generation. There are growth, parting, illness, warmth, unbearableness, madness, impulse, laughter, return, and inheritance. .
It's about the years, and you, me, him.
(By the way, there are also many famous "supporting roles" in the film, such as Robert De Niro, the girl who played Meranda in Sex and the City, and even the actor who played Aunt Ruth.)
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