"If it wasn't for Peter to play the part, God, the show would be dead." -George Martin.
This Peter's full name is Peter Dinklage, haven't you heard of it? You must know that "little devil" , none of the most popular characters in the American TV series "Game of Thrones".
With the role of "Little Devil" Tyrion Lannister, Peter Dinklage won the Emmy Award, the highest honor in American television, for the second time in a row for Best Supporting Actor.
It can be said that it was Peter Dinklage who made the "little devil", and it was also the "little devil" who made Peter Dinklage. After all, he is now one of the highest paid actors in Hollywood.
Recently watched an early Peter Dinklage movie - "Soul Station"
After watching this film, Uncle Jun feels that this is the Hollywood version of "Kiujiro's Summer"!
Fen is a repairman in a model train shop. In his life, he almost devotes all his energy to researching trains. The manager has been his good friend for many years. Everyday life is two o'clock and one line. is lonely.
Because he is a dwarf, that sense of loneliness is etched in his bones.
Because of his height, he will be ignored and discriminated against in life, but Fen has long been used to this. He will not show any complaints or anger to others. As long as his life can continue, he seems to be calm. Accept it all.
However, when Finn subconsciously lowered his head slightly or his eyes drifted to the side unconsciously, we could see that he was alone.
The store manager died suddenly. In his will, the store manager left half an acre of land in New Jersey to Fen, where there was an old abandoned train station, and Fen moved back there alone.
A story can't have just one fen. In "Summer of Kikujiro", Kikujiro, played by Takeshi Kitano, is a somewhat nervous, seemingly bastard but actually very warm-hearted uncle. There is also such a role in "Soul Station".
Joe meets Finba, who lives in the train station, because his father is sick and needs to take care of the coffee and hot dog truck business for two weeks. Joe is very "enthusiastic" to everyone, so enthusiastic that it can even make people at a loss. Joe can think very simply, and he can say what he thinks, but he is actually a very honest and kind-hearted young man.
Olivia is a single female painter, and his first meeting with Finn is rather darkly humorous. The first time, Olivia, who was driving the car, almost hit him because she didn't find Fen in time; the second time they met, Olivia was careful this time, but because she was in a hurry to put down the coffee in her hand, she burned herself , once again almost hit Finn.
The first half of the film is spent in such a slightly awkward and absurd little humor . This is how the three protagonists get to know each other.
The embarrassment stems from Fen's dwarf. In the film, he will inevitably be discriminated against by others. Even when someone tries to contact him without discriminating against him, in Fen's view, this is just a disguise that others endure.
This kind of visual embarrassment and the embarrassment of the audience are specially created by the director to highlight the complex inner activities of the special group of "dwarfs" when they come into contact with people in daily life.
And some absurd little humor and even misunderstanding designs in the film are the director using an unconventional method to forcibly narrow the distance between the three. Because when a person thinks that something normal is a form of discrimination, unconventional means may be the only way to face it.
The middle part of the film is a heart-warming and healing part. The three of them walk on the railroad tracks and eat beef jerky. Joe drives Finn to complete the shooting experience of "Train Chaser". The three of them drink at Olivia's house and watch a movie... ... This kind of heart-warming section with the taste of summer, anyone who takes a look at it will smile freely.
However, in the second half of the film, it took a sharp turn. The appearance of Olivia's ex-husband disrupted the delicate balance between the three of them. Because of Finn's own dwarf, he couldn't even use his fist to vent his anger when he saw his friend being bullied. . He hates himself, and the bad mood also affects his friendship with Joe.
Olivia was deliberately indifferent to Finn as if she had changed herself, and Joe's hot dog car no longer drove to Finn's next door as usual, and Finn seemed to be back to the lonely state when she was alone.
Finn didn't want to lose Olivia and Joe, he tried to get them back, but everything he did seemed pointless, was it all because I was just a dwarf?
When Fern got drunk in a bar, he exploded in anger, "Look, look at me, this is me!"
Was it wrong that he was born into this world?
Fen, who fell on the rails, saw the oncoming train, and thought it might as well let the train take him away.
But when he woke up the next day, the train had just crushed his pocket watch. When you are not afraid of death, what is there in life that cannot be solved?
In fact, this is what the film wants to express. Are you still afraid of life after experiencing the worst in your life?
The best things are always behind the worst, as long as you dare to wait until the next stop in your life.
Just like another translation of the film, "The Next Stop Happiness". What could be happier in life than when Finn, Joe, and Olivia sit together again at the end of the film?
I'm Uncle Jun, see you tomorrow
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