7:07 pm Los Angeles time
Winona (taxi driver) wears a hip-hop hat and a loose men's shirt while chewing bubblegum and smoking a cigarette as she drives a taxi through the streets of LA. LA is brightly lit at night, and the shadows of the West Coast are everywhere. Winona, who usually appears on the screen with the image of an elegant lady, has played a tomboy this time and has a good appearance. What attracted me the most was this paragraph. Another protagonist of the story is online. Unlike Winona, this time it is a woman from the upper class, and the two female characters have very different personalities.
The woman is a scout. When asked about Winona's pursuit and life, the girl's answer is very cool. This is also the point that this movie grabbed me from the beginning. Winona has an unruly personality, full of "F" words, candid and straightforward, does not care about the identity and class of customers, and confidently refuses the invitation of scouts, and wants to continue her "mechanic" dream. In my opinion, even a dirty-mouthed Winona is just as charming. No matter what occupation, no matter what status, no matter whether the gender is male or female, it has been dissolved here, and Jarmusch expressed the idea of equality in the language of the camera.
10:07 pm New York time
The unknown corners of Manhattan come into view, without the bustling and neon lights of the past. The camera turned and came to the bustling area again. The brown-skinned YoYo stopped taxis on the road but was repeatedly refused. At this time, a novice driver from East Germany saw him. The driver came to New York on the first day, and everything was very unfamiliar. Also very stumped. So YoYo, who was supposed to be a passenger, took up the role of the driver. He taught the old man American slang and taught him how to start the car. The conversation between the two also reflected the difference between the two civilizations. East Germany's "Helmet" is shy and honest. As a circus clown, he is not angry because of YoYo's sarcasm. YoYo is young and talkative. He talks to the elderly on various topics and teaches English to the elderly. After the heroine appeared in the second half, the stage where only YoYo performed alone turned into a "double rap performance" between the heroine and YoYo. In the end, the driver left Brooklyn while YoYo watched. YoYo told the driver how to recognize the way. Although he didn't know how the old man would deal with life in New York, he felt extremely warm here.
4:07 am Paris time
The chapter on Paris is the most philosophical and characteristic. Quaint Paris emerges with rich tones, and the black driver from Côte d'Ivoire initially carries two rowdy passengers, who are thrown into the street because of their verbal insults, and the driver then encounters a white blind woman. Although the woman can't see anything, she is very sensitive. She touched the letters on the car and told the driver the route she wanted to go. She did not feel inferior in front of the driver because of her eyesight. When it comes to skin color, she directly replies with an angry "color is nothing to me". Whether it is the skin color of the driver or her own disability, she has no distorted views, which reveals a little philosophical meaning. Being blind, she doesn't feel sorry for herself, doesn't miss a point when she pays, and confidently tells the driver she knows everything about her colorless world, which makes her more attractive.
4:07 am Rome time
Rome's lighthearted and funny performances, whether it's a nervous "talking" driver or a priest who suffocated in the car because he didn't take his medicine in time, were vivid and vivid. The final sunglasses were a stroke of genius.
5:07 am Helsinki time
Different from the previous noisy stories that happened in the south, the tones in Finland are gloomy and cold, and the houses in Helsinki, brick by brick, have a strong Nordic atmosphere. When a drunk man in Helsinki met a driver, he told the driver about his friend's unfortunate experience to seek sympathy, but the driver told another sad story. The entire sequence is cast in a sad tone. As dawn approached, the tragic drunkard lost his job and crouched on the ground with nothing to do.
The five stories that happened in taxis may seem interesting, but in fact they all happened to ordinary people. There are always some unusual stories in people's encounters, and these stories are very human. Uncle Jia photographed the street scenes and characters on the road very artistically and three-dimensionally. Even the most ordinary things have their unique beauty and their philosophical truth hidden in them. This is the philosophy of life. Just like after dawn, the unemployed drunk man has to go back home to pick up everything and continue his new day's life.
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