Translation : Sliding Doors /Double-sided Lover-Taiwan/Fate and Two Sides Watch-Hong Kong
Screenplay/Director: Peter Hewitt
Starring: Gwyneth Paltrow,
John Hanna,
John Lynch,
Jeanne. Triphorn
Genre: Romance/Comedy Length: 99 minutes Level: R Grade Years: 1998
Release: Miramax
Country: US/UK
Premiere: February 21, 1998 Berlin Film Festival Out of Competition unit
release date: April 24, 1998
recommendation: ★★★★
there is no way to verify what is a good choice, because there is not any comparison. Everything is experienced right away. Only this time, we can’t prepare. Milan Kundera
sliding door refers to the automatic closing door of subway or elevator. You may catch it in a second, and you may miss it in a second. . This is an ordinary phenomenon in daily life, but have you ever thought: catching up or missing it means that you will meet different people, different things will happen, and your life may change...
Helen is a PR The manager lives in London with her boyfriend Jerry who writes the novel. On this day, Helen got up early to go to work as usual, but she did not expect to be dismissed due to an accident. She went home earlier than usual and walked in the subway station in London, catching or missing the subway when the car stopped, made her life a different journey:
two processes
(1) Helen got on the subway. The strange man sitting next to her, James, was very charming and left a good impression on her who was depressed. When she returned home, she unexpectedly found Jerry and his old lover lying in bed... was dismissed and betrayed one day, sad she went to the bar to release her mood at night, and met James again. James's comfort and help enabled her to set up her own public relations company in her career and the two of them also developed smoothly. Although the reappearance of ex-boyfriend Jerry created some misunderstandings, the appearance of James' ex-wife brought some twists and turns...
( 2) Helen missed the subway. Misfortune never came singly when she was robbed again and was sent to the hospital. Due to time delays, when she got home, she did not meet the cheating Jerry... Helen found a job delivering fast food and continued to support Jerry, who wrote the novel. Due to the blow of the dismissal and the hard work, Helen was increasingly depressed. . And Jerry continued to step on two boats and continue
to act ... movies that talk about "a decision will change a person's life" include "Lola Run" and "Butterfly Effect", and "Sliding Door" is better than both of them. To be early. When I saw this, I thought that this film was talking about this truth, and even when I was preparing to write this film review, I had the same impression of "Sliding Door". But after thinking about the ending, it was not the case.
An ending
(1) Helen who got on the subway, and James’s relationship has been set aside for several twists and turns, and finally resolved the misunderstanding. But a fast-moving truck on a rainy night knocked Helen to the ground... Helen had a miscarriage and saved her life, and finally got together with James.
(2) Helen, who missed the subway, finally found out the truth about her boyfriend Jerry's cheating , And unfortunately rolled down the stairs at almost the same time... Helen also had a miscarriage and saved her life, and she was separated from Jerry decisively. The last shot of the film is after she was discharged from the hospital, she caught up with the sliding door of the elevator, standing inside is the charming James
In other words, whether Helen catches or misses the subway, he will eventually meet James, and the result is the same. In this way, the theme of the film is different from the principle of "One day you make a disicion, that will change you and others' life" in "Lola Run". "The kind of regret. The theme of "Sliding Door" is positive and the mood is optimistic, just like the "inhuman decision" implied by "Sliding Door", the door is automatic, and it will not open because you are hesitating to take a ride or not. closure. Just as Kundera said, "There is no way to test which choice is good", so we don’t need to hesitate too much in the face of a choice, nor do we need to regret too much in the face of unsatisfactory reality. The end of the film sounds like DiDo’s. The first "Thank you"...
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