"Visitor of Life"

Ned 2022-03-24 09:02:47

Thomas McCarthy continues The Station Agent (2003)'s focus on fringe figures.

It would be better if the title of the film is literally translated as "visitor", "visitor" and "guest". Everyone is not the real host. The stowaways Tarek, Muna, and Zainab are not to the United States. New York's own apartment is also a visitor, and he is just a passing visitor to Tarek, Muna, and Zainab.

The film also deals with the "embarrassment" brought about by the changes in immigration policy in the United States after 9.11.

The director, script, actors... If it were another conventional way of expression, it might be a helpless and despairing film that people could not bear; but the film revealed a kind of open-mindedness in its bones, which made people have a sense of the world. Have some confidence.

2008-10-16

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Extended Reading
  • Uriel 2022-03-27 09:01:13

    Don't be afraid to fall in love again.

  • Lottie 2022-03-26 09:01:09

    An urban sketch in which both the editor and the director are skilled and smooth~~~

The Visitor quotes

  • Ronald Cole: Sir?

    Prof. Walter Vale: Yes? Did you find him?

    Ronald Cole: He's been removed.

    Prof. Walter Vale: Removed to where?

    Ronald Cole: Deported.

    Prof. Walter Vale: Deported? When?

    Ronald Cole: He was deported this morning.

    Prof. Walter Vale: How can that be? No, he - Um, sir, is there any way that I could contact him?

    Ronald Cole: I don't think so.

    Prof. Walter Vale: You don't think so? What kind of an answer is that?

    Ronald Cole: I'm sorry, sir. That's all the information that I have. Now, please step away from the window. You can contact I.C.E. if you have any further questions. The number's on the wall. Sir? Step away from the window, please. Sir. For the last time, step away... from the window.

    Prof. Walter Vale: [Walks up to the phone number on the wall, walks back to the window] You can't just take people away like that. Do you hear me? He was a good man, a good person. It's not fair! We are not just helpless children! He had a life! Do you hear me? I mean, do YOU hear ME? What's the matter with you?

  • Tarek Khalil: Oh shit! We have to get home! Zainab's gonna kill me, I'm on Arab time again.

    Prof. Walter Vale: What is "Arab time"?

    Tarek Khalil: It means I'm late by an hour. All Arabs are late by an hour, it's genetic, we can't help it.