what is abnormal, what is normal

Madalyn 2022-03-24 09:02:36

Abnormal (2015)
7.4
2015 / USA / Comedy Animation Fantasy / Charlie Kaufman Duke Johnson / David Thewlis Jennifer Jason Leigh

A yet-to-be-verified detail. The opening flight waiting to land, the image of the angry man emerging in the cloud, is whether it is a sad letter from Lisa that is finally assimilated by the formula, or is it a cruel foreshadowing and setting, just like the constant repetition of "Out of Control Player". Searching, giving up, surprising, and disappointing again and again, again and again. But why is it like a new life every time, is it time to dilute the pain, or is another memory reset program running secretly.

The form of stop-motion animation perfectly echoes this helplessness.

Reminds me of a strange story that I haven't seen before. "Which one is more regrettable, never being together or not being together in the end?" If the person in the game is put on the debate stage, will they fight with opposite opinions, or will they still choose to be together tacitly, even if they fail to be together in the end .

What if the debate topic was changed to "Knowing that we can't be together in the end, do we still want to be together"?

The square seems to be easier to argue. Of course, we choose to be together, and we can list all kinds of good things together, past, present, and future.

But when I look back, it turns out that it is so easy to just talk about it, and there is also the loss and frustration after not being together. It takes many days and nights to soak in sweat and tears.

Nonetheless, next time, you will still take off with new hope, to find, to give up, to surprise, to disappoint, and to start over and over again.

After the show is finished, the end of the play begins to roll. Can such a dedicated actor earn an easter egg for himself? Before leaving the stage, he was finally able to escape the plot briefly and asked the director:

What is abnormal and what is normal?

The end.

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Anomalisa quotes

  • [From trailer]

    Michael Stone: [to Lisa] I think you're extraordinary.

    Lisa: Why?

    Michael Stone: I don't know yet. It's just obvious to me that you are.

  • [From trailer]

    Michael Stone: Each person you speak to has had a day, some other days have been good, some bad.