The Squid And The Whale

First, let’s discuss the general translation of the mainland’s "Squid and Whale". This is typically a translation of Kingsoft PowerWord. I have not watched the entire movie. The name of the film comes from the fact that Walt was afraid to see a model of a squid and a whale fighting in a museum when he was a child, which led to his childhood. The comparison between the closeness of my mother and the estrangement after growing up, and I personally think that the fight between the squid and the whale is a symbol of Walt’s parents, who also have superb survival strength, and the same living environment may have a large degree of sympathy, but But had to face the inevitable battle. However, when it comes to the problem of name translation, there is also zoology. Squid (calamari) and cuttlefish (cuttlefish) belong to the same class and different families. Although squid broadly represents squid and squid, but at the end of the movie, I saw the museum The model, I know that the one that can reach the level of fighting whales can only be the largest invertebrate in the world-the giant squid, and the whale is probably the well-known sperm whale. And the strange "Squid and Whale" before always made me think it was the name of the dish.

Closer to home, the legendary film, as one of the most outstanding independent producers in the United States last year, has received numerous nominations and awards. The film does have its own unique cuteness. The director and screenwriter Noah Baumbach with an autobiographical color portrayed Walt, the boy of the Electra from his parents. After the divorce, the blind paranoia experienced a series of twists and turns and grew up. With a new wave of literary and artistic lens, this senior intellectual family's husband and wife relationship, parent-child relationship and children's education and many other problems are shown. But if I proceed in this style, I can say: This exposes the hypocritical nature of the corrupted intellectual families in the capitalist society, thus proving the cruel nature of capitalism (statement: I am not crazy), but in fact This is universal, and is not unique to capitalism like a market economy. The nature of these family relationships belongs to all mankind.

The two senior intellectuals who are both Ph.Ds in literature, after the seven-year itch were indifferent and faced with divorce, they were both clumsy in emotional handling. The rationality at the time of separation was ridiculous, and they considered themselves cultural people. The father who repeatedly laughed at the "Mediocre" could not prevent his wife from having multiple affairs, and even educates his son like a copy of him. Although the mother is a rising star in the literary world, but after receiving the support and help of his father, he has continued to have affair and even has sex with his neighbors. The marriage broke down; the eldest son Walt regarded his father as his standard of conduct, pretending to be upright and lying and plagiarizing. After finding a simple girlfriend, he actually wanted to hook up better; the younger son Frank loves tennis and wants to be with the family A tennis coach with inconsistent backgrounds turned into a "hobby" masturbating child after a family accident... The family accident has had a great impact on every member, but the root cause is already deeply rooted.

Noah Baumbach has talked about the influence of the new wave on him, and the film under the slightly yellowish tone also has some nostalgic rough texture and the kind of alienated but eager literary atmosphere, abruptly as if to make time flow back. The soundtrack is very exciting. Dean Wareham and Britta Phillips are the souls of Galaxie 500 and Luna. They created the theme song and Lou Reed also appeared. Of course, the "cover" Hey You by Walt most attracted me, which reminds me of Pink Floyd, remembered the endless wall in front of him, lying in each other's hearts, incomplete hearts, that is the root of everything.

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