A portrait of love that may be too abstract

When watching Malik’s films, you don’t need to go too far into the details of the story. You just need to let your mind go, and simply immerse yourself in the super-beautiful photography editing. You can think of a lot of things in the process of watching, about life and the beauty of details. It was midnight after reading it that day, and the next morning I went to class in the morning light. The quiet sunlight covered the roads and lawns, and I instantly felt that I had not been grateful for the little things that made life beautiful for too long.

Xiaoben's performance continues to be paralyzed, but he still loves him. In this film, his image seems to be just a male character with a blurred face, trapped in the unbearable lightness of life, the choice of women and the meaningless struggle of life . Most of the director's perspective is shown through a French woman, her love, her despair, and her struggle. The feeling of unity with the soul of the lover when in love, and the infinite loneliness in the wilderness after returning to Texas with him, the tower of Babel where the two love each other but cannot communicate.

The director seems to want to reflect the universality of human emotions, and the insignificance and despair of human beings relative to the universe through a story without a clear beginning, end and specific plot, and to start religious questions and answers. But this kind of human emotion, abstracted from all the mundane things in the world, is unrealistic and doesn't make much sense. For example, in the film, all the protagonists’ activities are running around in the fields and on the road. In reality, she moved to Texas, where the man is, at least to find a job, communicate with people, and get in touch with people, but she seems to be in touch with this secular world. The world is pulled away, but we can't see any of her charisma, hobbies and hobbies. After watching such a long film, we still can't see the flesh-and-blood characters of several protagonists, only some fragmented features. Unexplained love, separation, quarrel, betrayal, maybe the director wants to reflect the universality of these human behaviors, but the lack of character description only makes the movie pale. So maybe people will like it for its freshness when the first film of this kind is made, but if the director continues to make films that are too literary and lack any real depth, people will eventually get tired of it. I hope Malik can maintain his iconic style in his later films, but at the same time he can explore the influence of human nature and environment, otherwise there will be fewer and fewer people who can understand his films and are willing to watch his films...

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