Many people think that this is a film purely about love and art, but I don't think so. Of course, love is the protagonist of this film. Jude Law and Norah Jones met at the beginning because Norah Jones was abandoned. The story of the man in the bar and his wife in the future is also a major part of this film. But I think that in the feelings expressed in this film, love is only a part, and what is hidden behind love is the so-called "elsewhere" feeling and feeling. Jude Law is from the UK in the film. After some setbacks, he did not achieve his goal of running a marathon in New York, but ended up owning a cafe. Norah Jones went on the road alone after being emotionally frustrated, and stopped in a small town in Tennessee. The process of working and meeting people is also a manifestation of being alone elsewhere. Wong Kar Wai has always been fascinated by many wonderful details. For example, the house number "2046" of Huali Hotel in the Mood for Love coincides with that of his other masterpiece "2046". Similarly, in Blueberry Night, details and obscure things also Well arranged. norah jones came to Tennessee, met a policeman who was drinking alone at a bar every day, learned the story of him and her wife, and finally learned from her wife after the policeman died that they came to this city after they got married, and his wife also To leave, once again very subtly reflects the "elsewhere" emotion that runs through the film. After that, norah jones continued on the road, and met the portman in the casino and went on the road together. After many places to the casino, it reflected a feeling of being on the road, far from home.
Many people grow up and live in one place all their lives, while many also live in other places and places. In this film, the disconnected connection between Jude Law in a foreign country and Norah Jones who is constantly on the road, and their unsure how to express their missing each other reflects the "unfamiliarity" and loneliness expressed in the film. Jude Law installs a video recorder in a small restaurant and accepts people's keys, reflecting his inner loneliness and unfamiliarity with the city, the same for norah jones, who can't sleep in a small town in Tennessee and works two jobs, also to cover up Inner loneliness and sadness for her boyfriend's departure. The busy lives of the two of them reflect that although they feel lonely in a foreign land, they are trying to find their own feelings in a boring life. Jude Law just watch the video of himself when he has nothing to do, and see what he missed during the day, norah jones Learned the story of the police couple and the portman and learned a lot from them.
In the end, norah jones returned to new york and came to jude law's store. After they sat down, there was no long talk that people imagined, telling everything that happened and new things on the road, but the silence and reticence as always. All this reminds me of me, who is also living in a different place. Every time I go home with my friends, I don’t talk too much about what happened here. Instead, there is tacit understanding and silence between people. The so-called lonely living elsewhere, when you have seen enough, experienced enough, and after a long enough time, you will slowly find that silence has become a habit, and no amount of long conversations and exchanges have become unnecessary. In short, what this movie means to me is that it makes me feel the same way, and I can understand some things that are not explicitly mentioned in the movie, but exist, just like the silence of norah jones returning to the store. Of course, reminiscing about the past is a very important part, which is why Jude Law did not express his feelings for Norah Jones with excitement when he finally said goodbye to Norah Jones, but recalled the story of the last time she came to the store.
I believe that everyone in a foreign country will have the feeling and urge to watch it again after watching this movie. Maybe, in addition to love, this is what Wong Kar-wai wants to express.
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