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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Extended Reading
  • Dave 2022-04-24 07:01:07

    Looking at Broken Flower at the end of the year, the expressionless Bill Murray shows not floating melancholy but sincere sadness, colorful Jarmusch, stories without climax, estranged crowds, long roads, coffee and cigarettes , pink flowers, strange raindrops, cold tombstones, Bill Murray slumped under the tree, his eyes surging with the plausible pain of losing his wife.

  • Granville 2021-12-12 08:01:12

    It was Jia Muxu, who was still sullen to his bones, and he was unnecessarily looking for an illegitimate child. A little bit of ridicule, embarrassment, helplessness, and cold humor were all written on Bill Mori's expressionless face. The end is another crossroads, life continues to be confused

Broken Flowers quotes

  • Don Johnston: I think your father's real name is Sam Spade.

    Winston and Mona's Kid: My father isn't Sam Spade.

    Don Johnston: No? Think he's Sherlock Holmes?

    Winston and Mona's Kid: No!

    Don Johnston: I know he's one of those famous detectives. Mike Hammer!

    Winston and Mona's Kid: No! Not Mike Hammer!

    Don Johnston: Oh, I know, he's that Dolomite guy. Right?

    Winston and Mona's Kid: No. Not Dolomite

    Don Johnston: No?... Keep your eyes open, he may be Dolomite.

    Winston and Mona's Kid: Nooooooo.

  • Winston: You are the Don Juan.