So how interesting is the Columbus picture? One is the use of a lot of symmetrical compositions.
The second is color matching. In many scenes, red, yellow and green appear at the same time. Sometimes it feels like the director wants to turn the movie viewing into a little game of finding red, yellow and green in the picture, to add some fun to the calm narrative, and this very basic The color scheme is especially in line with an ordinary town like Columbus. The red headlights, the heroine Casey's yellow top and the green trash can cover, etc., the only complex color scheme that appears, looks very advanced and comfortable.
The third is the "healing function of architecture". The story takes place in Columbus, a small town in southern Indiana, the "Mecca of Architecture". The heroine Casey and the hero Jin are also familiar with each other because of architecture, and then make new life choices.
Casey is thoughtful, smart, restrained, and ambitious, but he gave up the opportunity to leave the small town to go to college because he couldn't let go of his drug-addicted mother. Jin had a successful career in South Korea but had to give up his job because of his father's sudden illness. town. One wanted to go but didn't go, the other didn't want to come but had to come. The two met for the first time at the First Christian Church , "balanced asymmetrical design", where Casey expressed his love for architecture, while Jin's father was a master architect, but Jin said he turned a blind eye to architecture.
At the Irving Convention Center , Jin inspired Casey to pay more attention to herself, to say how she felt, "Tell me what touched you", "Don't lose the spirit of exploration".
At the hospital building by the stream , Casey saw through Jin's "lie", he was so eloquent about architectural reviews, saying that turning a blind eye to the building was simply annoyed with his father.
At the Irving Union Bank at night , Casey talked about her mother's drug use experience and her tangled thoughts, while Jin continued to encourage her to get out of the town.
Northside Christ Church , Casey took out a flip phone, she refused to use a smartphone, "smart phones make people stupid".
Although the two had some arguments, in the end at Columbus Town Hall , when the two had dessert together, Jin found the idea that his father wanted to express in his notes, and completed the reconciliation with his father.
In the end, Casey finally left the town to realize his value, while Jin gave up the idea of returning to Korea and stayed in the town to accompany his father. Jin is influenced by the traditional oriental family concept, but his lifestyle is very westernized. As an American girl, Casey has a very oriental family concept. Because of their common love for architecture, the two gradually talked more and more deeply, and finally both made changed.
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