Marco lives all day in a five-star hotel, he is the most famous action star in Hollywood, he has no shortage of fame, money, women, and no purpose in life. He will pack his bags and fly to the destination when his agent asks him to participate. Land, he doesn't even know any activity. Sofia Coppola builds a virtual Hollywood in which Marco jumps up and down like a beam-jumping clown. The person who sings is serious, and the person who listens to the song is the most ruthless. Marco could not find any trace of his existence in this world. Could it be the films he made that recorded his life? No, that's all fake. This side was satirized by the actresses who worked together, and the two of them smiled sweetly at the camera on the other side. Everything is watched. Until the appearance of her daughter Cleo, because of the existence of her daughter, sex is no longer flooded. He swims with the little girl, attends movie awards, eats, sleeps and everything makes sense.
It can be said that it was the identity of the father that made Marco re-acquainted with life. Life was no longer just about living, and although he still didn't understand what the purpose of life was, it had to be "somewhere", not in a five-star hotel. At the end of the film, Marco moved out of the hotel where he lived for a long time and took his first steps.
Audiences who want to get the viewing experience of "The Prodigal Son Returns" from this film may be disappointed. The whole film is warm. There is no beginning, succession, transformation, closing, or even a climax of a normal film. The first half of the film depicts a day in the movie star Marco, and the second half depicts a day in Italy with Marco and his daughter. Just like the running account in the diary, it is tedious and lengthy. However, it is undeniable that Marko's life has changed little by little from this seemingly mundane and trivial situation.
I haven't seen "Lost in Translation," but now it seems, "Lost in Translation" is the same theme, a story about people who can't find their way in life. This kind of subject matter is not easy to shoot. Once the subject matter is not deep enough and the performance is not thorough enough, it will be criticized as a moan. In fact, if you look at Sofia Coppola's previous works directed by her, "Death of the Virgin", "Lost in Translation", "Queen of Beauty", "Somewhere" and "Bejeweled", it is not difficult to find that her works are all about " The theme of "Lost", especially "The Queen of the Year" and "Jewelry", tells the tragedy of young women lost in high society.
Somewhere is said to be Sophia's inspiration from her childhood experiences living with her father in Los Angeles. In Sofia's childhood, she often followed her father, the famous Francis Ford Coppola to various high-end hotels, and negotiated filming plans with various producers, screenwriters, and actors. In her youth, Sophia frequently played roles in her father's films, but she often appeared dull, so she was mocked as "wood" by the audience, and she often became a nominee for the "Golden Raspberry" award. Look, the audience is so ruthless. I really don't know if being born into such a family is a blessing or a curse. Jung said that a person's lifelong effort is to integrate the character he has formed since childhood. I think "Somewhere" may be a reflection of Sofia's heart. Her father is like Marco. Of course, he is not a libertine. She hopes that she is a little girl Cleo and let her father re-invest in family life. Maybe she didn't get enough attention from her father in childhood, so the works she directed in adulthood can see men and young women lost in life. Of course, it is also related to her personal experience. She was born in a famous family, she has golden keys since she was a child, and all she knows is that of the upper class. Her works sometimes seem powerless and empty, and they only focus on one theme, which will make people feel tired. .
Similar to this, Xavier Dolan, because he found out that he was gay when he was a child, was constantly subjected to cold violence by people around him, including his mother, which was also reflected in the works he directed as an adult, such as "I Killed My Mom" The protagonists of "Mummy" are all precocious gay teenagers and don't understand his mother, to the recent bipolar "Just the End of the World", focusing on the dying gay teenager writer and his broken family. According to Chinese film critics, it is the story of the family's constant torment, like the French version of "Little Times". I hope Dolan's next film "Donovan's Life and Death" can take on a different theme, no longer about the intimate relationship between the individual and the family.
PS: "Somewhere" is really hard to watch, I think "Lost in Translation" I really don't want to watch.
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