The sound effects of "The Sound of Metal" are absolutely amazing, and they are absolutely the pinnacle of film history.
However, no one knows its true geometry. But it fits our imagination, doesn't it? Or even, our imagination is opened by it.
With the sound effects of "The Sound of Metal", the audience caught a glimpse of a paradise where the deaf huddled together for warmth.
Is this Taoyuan any good? Can it be called Taoyuan?
Here, deafness is not a defect of the deaf, but an enchantment that isolates the hustle and bustle of the world.
Here comes the protagonist, a deaf drummer in a bad mood, just getting started on his musical journey with his girlfriend. At first, he resisted; before long, he gained laughter, friendship, and the need his company needed for him. He still wanted to leave, consciously, the distant girlfriend was calling, the old life was calling. He gave everything to reunite with his girlfriend across the ocean. But... he and she, who used to be close to each other, are not feeling changed, but... feeling alienated. He sat down on a bench by the street, and the hustle and bustle of the world became more and more noisy in the distortion...
When the end credits light up, if you walk past the protagonist and ask him, "Where are you going, buddy?" the answer will only be blank. The return to the world is not in this world. What about returning to Taoyuan? Taoyuan is the Taoyuan of regulation, just like to escape into the empty door, you must first abandon everything in the past. He is not reconciled.
"The Sound of Metal" ends like this - half of the films are good to the audience, follow your heart; half of the movies teach the audience earnestly, let's face life - "The Sound of Metal" ends like that.
Is it not the psychological portrayal of many urbanites to have a heart for Taoyuan and nostalgia for the world? The distance between Taoyuan and the world is often only a whirl in the minds of urbanites, because we have never seen a real Taoyuan, and there is no tangible Taoyuan to go to.
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