When I read my markup, I wrote the following short review:
Saying once a year that I love is Hirokazu-eda. Mediating conflicts and misunderstandings between true and false memories, burying unspeakable apologies and gratitude in preset lines, inseparable from drama, but inspiring in real life richer, more delicate and more touching stories than dramas. Emotions, scenes can be retaken, but life cannot be repeated. There is really a kind of "why care what is true and false" pursued in the state of "old age". (I wandered between four and five stars for a long time, and finally decided to give four stars, because I have not reached the realm of giving up clinging to true and false
After ten minutes, I felt something was wrong.
About the truth
Another ten minutes passed, while I was doing the laundry, recalling the conversation between Normir and Fabian. "Wow" for a moment, and realized that I had misunderstood. It was Hirokazu Koreeda who wouldn't be so bored that he wanted to explore what's true and what's false, or whether it's meaningful to investigate the truth. This can be seen from the conversation between his daughter and his manager: "To be honest, you don't want to really go, do you?"
"No, why?"
And Normir's line to his daughter "I wish you could go on a spaceship so you can see me when I become an actor!"
The daughter asked , "But is that the truth?"
Normir just smiled (it really doesn't matter if it's true or not).
And the many "real" memories of Normir's memory about his mother eventually found that the truth was not like that. So the truth is actually just a tool that can both deepen misunderstandings and ease conflicts. For the truth, it is more of a kind of fear, refusing to accept it for fear of getting the real answer, and the truth more often means cruelty.
The truth has always been there. Whether it's Normir's feelings of unforgiveness over his misunderstanding of Fabian, or almost downplaying his unforgiveness when he touches on the truth, these are real. Even Luke was angry and left because Fabien's memoirs didn't mention herself at all, as if she didn't exist, but she didn't mention Sarah, and the mention of her daughter was something she imagined rather than real If it happens, then the memoir book itself is a script, not a biography of a real person. Are those people and things that are not mentioned really non-existent? Not really. She later revealed her jealousy and appreciation for Sarah, as well as her misses and apologies for Luke, and these were more real than the emotions she expressed during the performance, so it is not too much to investigate whether there is herself in the book. significance.
About mother and daughter
So he didn't want to talk about this at all, he's been talking about what he's good at, his focus on character relationships, or family relationships. In previous films, he discussed sister relationships, father-son relationships, mother-son relationships, and family relationships composed of strangers. In this film, he uses the tool of truth to discuss mother-daughter relationships while paying attention to how a woman who is studying her career Dealing with his role in society, he also mixed his views on movies and performances, so in fact, this time he wanted to express more abundant things.
When Normir's mother said, "Is it wrong to be strong?", it was as if a writer were saying, "Is it wrong to be healthy?"
"I like being a bad mother, a bad friend, and a good actor. You don't forgive me, the audience will forgive me."
And the male god said, "I thought you wanted to make her jealous and show her our happy family, but she won't be jealous. You can't beat her with this, and you can't beat her with a second-rate American actor. she".
For Fabien, the most fearful thing is not that the daughter says that she will not forgive her, but the fear of hearing that she is no longer an actor, and the fear that the young actor will perform better than her, and will be able to perform on the spot to achieve the effect of setting the script. better drama.
In one scene, she led the dog to the Chinese restaurant to eat. Apart from her and her dog, there was only one table owner celebrating an old lady of her age, and there seemed to be no atmosphere of being surrounded by everyone. envious of her.
I've been chasing the idea of "being yourself" before, what exactly is it, and I think I saw part of it in this film. Fabian has really achieved self-fulfillment, or more specifically, she has achieved self-fulfillment in the field she pursues.
Change the profession of an actor to a doctor, a nurse, a judge, a lawyer, or just a common profession, and a woman who is so devoted to her work that she lacks time to care for her family and friends (of course, many people can do it) is criticized and The degree of understanding should not be different (of course we are not talking about the use of work as an excuse, only the relevance of a woman's independence and social relations).
About the movie
Very interesting, Luke asked Fabian how about the movie, Fabian complained about how expensive a tripod is? , the movie shook her to seasickness. (Hahaha, it can be seen that Hirokazu Koeda doesn't like this style very much
And she said, "There is no poetry, not at all. Poetry, poetry must exist in the film, whether the subject is violence or everyday life."
It seems that these words did not come from the actor's mouth, but the director himself conveyed his views on the film to the audience at the discussion meeting. But in fact, audiences who are familiar with him should all know that his films are never lacking in poetry. He can make people mesmerize by making the simplest mother cooking. Under his lens, the scenes seem to have no waves. The flow of water comes naturally and slowly, and even conflict does not mean to fight against each other. Some people may be very disgusted by this unrealistic and slow-speed video playback, but in my opinion, he not only wants to Poeticizing movies is more about poeticizing life. Poetry is his attitude towards movies and his attitude towards life. I really like Hirokazu Koreeda!
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