, I was at the subway station, drank some wine, and watched the trains come and go, ready to end my life. Then, when I heard your song, the soundtrack and melody suddenly came to my mind..."
In recent years, the United States The popular themes are generally similar: emotional loss, work failure, family loss, children's rebellion... "Freedom", Silver Linings Playbook, also the same content, and in the end it must be a happy ending.
The story, the shots, and the dialogue, where everything starts with music, is no more prominent than any other scene, and no shot is better than the over-the-shoulder shot of the American Silver Linings Playbook. The actor's performance can only be called "natural" at best, but after watching it, it is more warm than the drama.
Although the plot is cliché, but because the music is excellent and the arrangement is appropriate, the big city and the small scene are matched with the fresh singing voice of the heroine, and the loss and disillusionment of the urban people are re-pieced in a way to realize their dreams.
The most gimmicky ingenuity in the play is the "outdoor recording". I don't know music, so I don't know if it's feasible, but this whimsical arrangement has made scenes from many famous movies reproduced in the play, achieving intertextuality. Effect. The scene of the father-daughter ensemble recording on the rooftop of the Empire State Building easily evokes memories of famous movies such as "Sleepless in Seattle". The latter is a romantic encounter, while the former is a joyous and dynamic, completely different style, plus a roaring on the rooftop. Man, I just found out that the Empire State Building is not very high...
For a film about music, it seems inevitable that the soundtrack and the plot work seamlessly together, but whether it can please the audience and resonate is another matter. There are so many songs, such as Tell Me If You Wanna Go Home / A Step You Can't Take Back, when I listen to it alone, Keira's singing is too girly, and it lacks the wind and frost after being disappointed, but with the video, it feels just right. In addition, her loose and leisurely clothes are more convincing-but she only has so few pieces of luggage, how can she make so many clothes? The British girl's treasure bag is incredible.
The story ends with a happy ending of course, with Mark Ruffalo breaking the rules of the industry and getting fired again. What happened later, the audience has no idea, Keira and her boyfriend have been reconciled as before? Or the dream of returning to the country, all are not important. The director only let us know one thing, the sweet little things - when life falls to the bottom, as long as you still have the courage, your dreams will eventually blossom.
When the dream is brutally and ruthlessly torn apart by the big city, can you still pick it up and re-assemble the scattered pieces?
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