seeing the comments on the Internet, when people talk about this film, the word "loneliness" is often used. I think it's right , but think about it again, everyone is lonely, not just this movie.
If you think about it again, it is the difference between mainstream films and independent films. Everyone always has time to be alone, or when he is lonely, extroverts can keep talking to relieve loneliness, but there is always time for one person, he cannot completely eliminate loneliness. It is also conceivable that Joe, who is very talkative and overly enthusiastic in the story, is probably afraid of being alone.
In mainstream movies, such as Hollywood blockbusters, or commercial films, we only talk about genre films, each of which is a well-developed (at least very eye-catching/money) product that people are more or less willing to pay. Come buy this exciting, moving, deceiving entertainment. Or violence, or blood, crime, passion, romance, visual pleasure, all kinds of scenery, conspiracy, wisdom or spectacle. People pay for exciting things. You can't expect people in a film to be free of conflict, drama, a lot of interpersonal relationships, communication, free speech, groups of partners, or at least one-on-one intimacy. You know, a lonely person, he does not need to have in-depth contact with the outside world, he does not even have this ability. So a complacent (people who are alone with themselves) is unlikely to have a story, so they are unlikely to be the protagonists of commercial films, so loners are extremely rare in commercial films, because it is fundamentally not true.
In some cases, there will be lonely people in the movie, such as Forrest Gump, but they may bring spectacles or major contributions to the world by mistake, change, or go ups and downs several times in the twists and turns of the plot, and do not enjoy it quietly. In lonely moments, they are lonely people but do not show loneliness, loneliness is character rather than plot.
But in this film, it is clear that loneliness is both a character and a plot, which only independent films dare to do. That inexplicable and strange ending is really bold, and if it were placed with some of my more conservative teachers, it would be a failed work.
Lonely people's lives don't change unless there is a sudden change, and the plotless nature of the film is taken from a purposeless tone, where no interests are threatened, no purpose is pursued, no The things I can't wait to achieve are just some idlers on the road, standing still. From the beginning to the end, their lives have not changed in any way, and they seem to have no intention of changing. Those who like trains watch trains every day, and the father who sells hot dogs is still ill. There is no magical hand to cure him or take his life, or actively treat him. nothing. The painter who was separated from her husband, although her husband came to make trouble, his living condition has not changed, and he still sticks to the suburbs, what should he do? The only difference is that they became friends who could eat steak and rice and drink coffee together. The problem has not been solved, but happiness has come, at least the happiness that the director thinks, a faint happiness that will lead to a good direction, it brings a kind of hope. Lonely people bring hope to lonely people.
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