modern letter

Millie 2022-03-22 09:01:54

I always wondered whether Jarmusch's films were all written listening to music, and whether music would always be played on his set to make the rhythm so exciting and comfortable.
Like the name, it's a broken story, fragmented, flowing and unable to grasp its direction. Just like music itself, it runs through time and space, neither flat nor saturated. I especially like this tone.
The story is like "Letter from a Strange Woman", with the modern features of helplessness and anxiety. It was all a sudden letter, which changed the state of the male protagonist, began to look back on a certain period of life, and even ran away from home to those lives in person, to see how broken they were, the unrecognizable unfamiliar appearance.
The journey is long, cumbersome, and stressful. He didn't know what to say when the door opened. He secretly searched for clues to the letter, and was uneasy because he couldn't find it, but he was still uneasy when he found it. That's where the music stops and there's a two-time 360 ​​that nails him there. No way, this is my favorite.
Like that novel, the protagonist seems to be a man, but in fact he is just a prop for the plot. The real protagonists are, of course, the women he sees through his eyes, and under their various appearances hide their unpredictable hearts that are riddled with holes. All women have become broken flowers.

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Broken Flowers quotes

  • [first lines]

    Sherry: I pretty much have all my stuff.

    [picks up mail]

    Sherry: Looks like you got a love letter from one of your other girlfriends.

  • [last lines]

    Don Johnston: Hold on a second. Wait. I know you think that I'm your father, don't you?

    The Kid: What?

    Don Johnston: Just tell me. You can talk to me, chief.

    The Kid: Man, you're fucked up!

    Don Johnston: Wait a second. Wait a second. Wait!