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01.
Full story analysis
Scene_Sequence:
Annie went to her father's house with memory problems. She was unable to take care of her father because she was going abroad to Paris because she was in love with Paul. She persuaded her father to accept nursing care at home. Her father rejected Annie because she believed that she could take good care of herself. In the end Anne had no choice but to leave.
At the beginning of the film, Annie proposes to go to Paris and will send him to a nursing home
Whether it is Anthony's mind or the audience's perspective, the time here is "the beginning".
The objective timeline here is that Anne is about to go to Paris and send Anthony to the nursing home.
The location is Anthony's home.
Pay attention to the following details. At 00:04:18 at the beginning of the film, it is about Anthony driving away the nursing "Angela"
Let me cut in:
Follow-up at 00:19:15, once again confirmed the important reason that led to Anthony being transferred to James’s residence, that is to drive Angela away.
At 01:16:58 in the film, Laura came to Anthony. Anthony believed that the person in front of him was not "Laura" (we can also naturally make up for Anthony to slander Laura for stealing her watch and drive her away)
In the next picture, Anthony was already sitting on the bed in the nursing home, and Annie mentioned that the reason for "first time you came to stay with me" was because she had trouble with the nurse Angela. turn
(A tear in the actor's melancholy eyes hangs on the blue eyes, but it doesn't fall. This acting is really a god...)
Use "similar overlay" to understand this:
Anthony's previous reality 1: drove away nursing Angela-arranged new care by Anne-left his apartment-went to James apartment
Anthony's previous reality 2: Drive away the nursing Laura-was told by Anne to go to Paris-left his apartment-went to the nursing home
Anthony’s confused mind (that's what the audience sees): drove away nursing Angela-Anne is going to Paris-thought he was in his apartment
With Anthony’s confusion, the following scenes are easy to understand
Scene_1.1:
Anthony accidentally ran into a stranger "Paul" at home. "Paul" claimed to be Anne's husband and that the house belonged to Paul himself. Anthony was confused.
The man who claims to be "Paul" here is actually the face of Bill, a male nurse.
This confirms why it is said that "the story happened during Anthony's stay in the nursing home " -if you haven't seen Bill, how can you think of Bill's face?
At the same time, the name of "Paul" here is the "Paul" that Anthony told Anne to himself, and his name is hung on Anne’s ex-husband James
So this man = the name of "Paul" + the face of "Bill" + the body of "James"
Hereafter this man is called "Paul_Bill" ...
Anthony asked "Paul_Bill" Annie, didn't he just say that he was going to Paris?
In Anthony's mind and the audience's perspective, this question is reasonable, but from James' perspective, you will undoubtedly think that Anthony is ill again...
Scene_1.2
Anne was called home by "Paul_Bill". Anthony found out that he didn't recognize this Anne's face. "Paul_Bill" disappeared and Anthony began to have self-doubt
"Paul_Bill" enters the kitchen with his pocket and temporarily disappears here, realizing a small transition
This Anne is actually a female nurse "Catherine", hereafter referred to as "Annie_Catherine"
In the next two conversations between Anthony and "Anne Catherine", the amount of information exploded
The objective time described here is the period during which Anne and James took care of Anthony "5 years after" divorce;
And scene 1.1 is during Anthony’s stay at James’s house
Here, through a small transition, from the "James's period" to the "Anthony's period" , the audience intuitively "sees" the seemingly reasonable but chaotic sequence of the "Alzheimer" patient's mind .
Anthony asked "Anne_Catherine" with suspicion in his bedroom, isn't this his own apartment?
Don't look at this short dialogue, accompanied by actor Olivia's brief smile with pity and expression. The level of information conveyed is quite rich:
1. The first layer-audience perspective : In Anthony's mind, because "Paul_Bill" said that this is not his home, Anthony raised questions, "Anne_Catherine" hesitated and stopped, and the subtext "Poor old guy, here It's James' house, not your apartment"
2. The second floor-the nursing home perspective : Anthony asked the same question when facing Catherine in the nursing home ward, but Catherine stopped talking, and the subtext "poor old guy, this is the nursing home, not your apartment."
3. The third layer-Annie's perspective : This layer is the most exciting! Through the objective timeline combing, we know that after Anne and James divorced, she took her father back to Anthony's house and continued to take care of him. Anthony was ill and asked "Is this your own apartment?" As a daughter, he used the subtext "Poor father, this is your home. Can you not even tell the difference between your own apartment?"
Can't help but like
Scene_2.1:
Anne invited Laura to take care of her father. Anthony seemed friendly at first to meet Laura, but finally refused to face him rudely. This made Annie very depressed.
We record the time as: See Laura for the first time_Day_Meet Laura
The opening explained why Anthony was at a loss with the blue plastic bag in the kitchen in scene 1.1. Because it was bought by Annie
Through the dialogue between Anne and Laura, it is emphasized that He WAS in a flat not far from here
Anthony politely breathed fragrance
At the same time, because Anthony pointed out that "it was my daughter who wanted to steal her house", "I am going to die after my daughter, not she inherited my inheritance, but I inherited her inheritance", etc., which made Annie fall into deep anxiety and depression. middle
Then I saw the infiltrating scene-Annie sneaked into her father's room and seemed to choke him to death.
The picture was suddenly broken by Paul's voice-over greeting Anne, realizing the switch of scenes. At the same time, the audiovisual editing and the performance of the actors give a hint that "the picture just now is purely imagined"
There are two levels of understanding here:
1. Annie's perspective :
①I care about my father so much, and my father doesn't appreciate it, and even talks at each other badly. I really want to strangle him with anger;
②I really care about my father, and sometimes I really want to end his life and thus end his pain (this idea must be well understood by the friends who have read "Flying Out of the Madhouse").
2. Anthony's perspective (viewer's perspective):
I feel that my daughter is going to rob my house and may want to strangle me at any time!
Scene_2.2:
Anthony can’t remember Anne’s husband, Paul, who talked about Paul’s house and mistakenly thought Paul’s watch was his own. Paul couldn’t bear it and rebuked him, "How long do you plan to stay here?"
We recorded the time as: first seeing Laura_evening_before dinner
What catches the audience is the man who claims to be "Paul" but with a new face
"Paul" at this time = "Paul"'s name + "James" face + "James" body
We call him "Paul James"
From the dialogue between Annie and "Paul James" we learned that Laura went to work the next day
From the conversation between Anne and Anthony, we learned that after seeing Laura that day, we went to the hospital once (the hospital plot is in the next scene)
After Anthony kept tapping on the side of "Paul James" to say "The watch on your hand is mine", "Paul James" angrily asked "How long do you plan to stay here"
(After this sentence is finished, the camera cuts to the next scene. The director also hid a hand at this time, which needs to be seen in the later story)
This passage mainly shows that Anthony "does not know Paul in front of him", "has been saying that he prefers his little daughter", and "has been tapping on the watch on Paul's hand" to pave the way for "Paul_James"'s dissatisfaction with Anthony. The specific reasons for the splitting of the roads pave the way .
Scenario 2.3:
Annie accompanied Anthony to see the doctor. The doctor said from the side that Anthony's condition was not simple. And Anthony and the audience began to realize that the condition was serious.
We recorded the time as: Seeing Laura for the first time_afternoon_seeing the doctor
From beginning to end, Anthony has always emphasized that "Anne said he is going to Paris" and was rebutted by various refutations.
Here is actually Anthony's confession, for example:
Once reality : Annie said she was going to New York-but she didn't go to Cheng (here, "New York" is purely an example)
Once Anthony's mind : thought that Annie was going to New York-but forgot whether Annie was there-Anthony was refuted
Current reality : Annie said she was going to Paris
Right now Anthony's mind : thought Anne was going to Paris-but forgot whether Anne was there or not
In Anthony's memory, he confuses "New York" and "Paris", and remembers it as "I thought Annie wanted to go to Paris from start to finish."
Anthony sat in the hospital and heard the doctor discuss his condition with Annie
Scenario 2.4:
Anthony was even more convinced that his condition was not optimistic by hearing the argument between Anne and Paul at dinner. At the same time Annie needs to make a difficult decision: whether to send Anthony to a nursing home
We record the time as: first see Laura_night_eat dinner
When Anthony walked to the entrance of the dining room, he happened to ran into "Paul_James" and Annie discussing that he was sick.
From the conversation between Anne and Anthony, we made it clear that the dinner day coincides with the day when we first met Laura.
From the dialogue between "Paul James" and Anthony, it can be seen that he is very dissatisfied with Anthony
The following small plot is quite cleverly designed
While Anthony went to the kitchen to fill the chicken gap, Anthony complained to Annie why he didn't send Anthony to the nursing home and so on, and excitedly pointed out that Anthony was sick.
And the scene that Anthony saw was exactly the same as when he first walked to the door of the dining room, seamlessly connected .
Admire the little masters of the director and screenwriter!
Annie has to make a difficult decision at this time: choose to obey her husband and send Anthony to the nursing home; or choose to keep her father and figure out how to take care of him.
Through the complete story, we know: At this time, Annie chose to still take care of her father, and the price of this choice was to divorce Anthony.
At the end of this scene, the director cleverly used the same scene where Annie strangled her father before to cut to the scene where Annie stroked Anthony's cheek. This implies that Annie did not choose to abandon her father, but continued to take care of him
It must be added here:
In the objective sequence : 1. Anthony realized the seriousness of the illness-2. Annie chose to take care of her father and divorced-3. Leaving the apartment
But in Anthony's mind (viewer's perspective) : 1. Anthony realized the seriousness of the condition-2. Annie chose to send Anthony to the nursing home-3. Leaving the apartment
at the same time,
In the whole scene 2, the sequence of storytelling is the day when I first met Laura:
"1. During the day_see Laura-2. In the evening_before dinner-3. Afternoon_see the doctor-4. Evening_ have dinner"
The actual objective sequence is:
"1. During the day_see Laura-2. In the afternoon_see the doctor-3. In the evening_ before dinner-4. In the evening_ have dinner"
The director's intention to deal with this is also very obvious: let the audience and Anthony together, can not find time.
When scene 2 transitions to scene 3, Annie takes out the business card left by the hospital, implying that Annie decides to send her father to a nursing home
Scenario 3.1:
First of all, the design of the whole scene 3 is a bit too subtle!
Anthony found that there was a very obvious and strange change in the layout of his home. During the care of Laura, he was slapped by the "Paul_Bill" who came midway, reminding him of the night when he first saw Laura being questioned by "Paul_James" that day. .
This period of change and jump is very obvious, but it is very reasonable,
If the director hid the information very deep before.
From here, the director began to "occur in 3 locations at the same time" and gradually emerged on the screen through scenes 3.1, 3.2, and 3.3:
1. Nursing home
2. James' House
3. Anthony's home
4. *Hospital (slightly mixed with some features)
Features of the nursing home : Anthony woke up in the morning, but was wearing a nursing home hospital gown, which clearly stated that Anthony was in a nursing home
Anton, you walk out of the bedroom and hear Annie say hello. I found that the layout of the room is too unfamiliar, such as the painting in the center of the living room.
Here is a comparison of the lobby of the nursing home, with a dark TV screen in the center (the living rooms are painted in Anthony's and James's homes)
The black TV screen corresponds to the disappearing painting on the wall, very clever
Characteristics of James's house: 01 : 00 : 33 in the picture above, the characteristics of the door of James's house; compare the characteristics of the door in Anthony's house at 00 : 02 : 20 in the picture below;
Hospital characteristics: Anthony found out that the furniture in front of him did not recognize, and asked Annie "Where did these come from?"
We need to accept this viewing habit (ie "similar superposition"):
1. Now in the nursing home , Anthony thought he was in his own home and asked "Where did these come from?"
2. Once at James's house , Anthony thought he was at his own house and asked "Where did these come from?"
3. Even though Anthony was in his own home, he asked "Where did these come from" because of his illness.
Of course, these chairs are the impression Anthony left in the hospital subconsciously.
Chairs in similar spaces in the hospital scene
After a series of inquiries, nursing Laura appeared in front of her, and Annie disappeared
Crazy and confused
After a brief greeting, Anthony said that Laura was like her little daughter Lucy; Laura then loosely mentioned Lucy's accident. I learned that Lucy died in an accident many years ago
At this time, the audience is gradually learning the truth about the whereabouts of the youngest daughter Lucy , and the same is true for Anthony.
Laura found that Anthony didn't remember the incident, so she wanted to talk and began to ask Anthony. Anthony found the clue and told her not to underestimate herself, her memory is good.
Anthony has always believed that he has no problems. The more so, the more explosive the flash of torrents will be when he finally learns the truth.
When chatting with Laura happily, "Paul_Bill" appeared behind Laura, Anthony was very nervous
"Paul Bill" said something consistent with the previous plot.
Whether it is understood that Anthony is in a nursing home or that James’s house is with Laura at the moment, what he has in common is: he became ill, and recalled the night James questioned him about leaving.
"Paul Bill" asked and accused Anthony of delaying his wife's love, slapped Anthony on the face while slaps.
When the camera turns, Anthony is crying like a child, and Annie goes to her father to comfort her
But there is no picture frame in the center of the living room, and the medical gown on Anthony's body clearly says "Anthony is in pain in the nursing home."
From the "Paul_James" standing on the side and the layout of the room, we naturally know that it is connected to scene 2.2 "Lola _ Evening_ Before Dinner" at this time.
Here Anthony was slapped, which can be understood as follows:
1. Anthony fell ill at James's house after being accused by James and burst into tears
2. Anthony was in the nursing home and communicated with the male nurse Bill. The male nurse Bill slapped and cried loudly.
3. When Anthony was being taken care of by Laura, Ben suddenly fell ill with a grin and burst into tears.
In Anthony's eyes, neither Bill nor James really cared about him, and even hurt himself, so he would think of them as the same people who hurt himself.
And "Paul", who has never seen each other in Paris, is a pure and pure fancier...
Next, Anthony mistakenly thought it was still morning. The audience can understand very well, because at the beginning of this scene Anthony just got up in the morning
If Anthony was on the night when he first met Laura at James’s house, the above would mean that his condition was very serious...
The camera cuts to the night of "I saw Laura for the first time", Anne and James experienced Anthony's extremely serious illness together
Back to the moment when Annie had to make a choice: Father is in this condition, should he choose to send him to a nursing home?
The next shot is the scene of people going to the empty building, and at the same time it implies that in the middle of the night, it is connected with the subsequent scenes.
Here are three subtle expressions:
1. Once reality:
At James's house, Annie chose to continue to accompany her father.
As James, your father is like this, what else will we live by? divorce.
People go to Loukong (James's house).
2. Now reality:
At Anthony's house, Anne chose to send her father to a nursing home after taking care of her father alone for 5 years without results.
People go to Loukong (Anthony's house).
3. Audience perspective:
At "Paul"'s house, Anne chose to send her father to a nursing home on the night that Anthony "first saw Laura" became ill.
People go to Loukong (the audience said they were stupid to tell who they are now).
As the movie progresses, the audience naturally enters the misunderstanding of "similar superposition".
Is there anything more "Alzheimer" feel than this design?
my Lord
Scene 3.2
Anthony dreamed that he saw his little daughter Lucy dying in the hospital after the accident. After waking up, she found that Laura who had come to take care of herself didn’t even know herself, so she went back to her room depressed.
Anthony wakes up in the middle of the night when he hears Lucy's call in his sleep
Go from the side corridor to the utility room, open the door of the utility room, there is actually a hospital inside
Seeing Lucy dying in the hospital bed
The camera suddenly switched, it was when Anthony got up in the morning to wash his face
The shot here is very interesting. The audience has always been in the same perspective as Anthony, and their thoughts have been completely confused. Who doesn't want to wash their faces and stay awake? (I think this may also be the screenwriter’s deep memory of his writing process...)
In the same scene as in the kitchen in scene 3.1, the director asked Annie to say the same lines...
Anthony opened the utility room and found that it did not lead to the hospital, it was just the utility room.
As the audience and Anthony, the meaning behind this behavior is very reasonable.
But for people who don’t understand Anthony’s brain circuits, it’s really weird to see Anthony open the utility room door and squat without getting in...
Anthony came to the kitchen, and in the conversation with Annie, he could be contacted that this day was the second day of "I first met Laura"
To be reasonable, seeing now, does it matter which day it is? Anthony has crazily reorganized time, space, and character space countless times. It's reasonable to look at it alone, but it's not right to put it together.
As a result, what came in was the face of the female nurse Catherine-the new character appeared in "Laura_Catherine"...
Together with the audience, Anthony no longer believes what happened before his eyes, and returns to the room.
Scene 3.3
Anthony has been sent to a nursing home, and Anne bids farewell to Anthony.
Annie came into the house to accompany Anthony. In the conversation, she mentioned "first time you came to stay with me (...first time you came to stay with me)"
The reason is because she fell out with the caregiver Angela
The audience thought Anthony was in his bedroom at this time, but when the camera turned around, we discovered that the director secretly switched the scene again. This time it was not Anthony's bedroom, but in the nursing home's ward.
Remember the opening of the film, Anthony just drove Angela away, and Annie mentioned that she was going to Paris...
Anthony already knew that he was in the nursing home, and sadly asked where Anne would go. Anne said that he would go to Paris...
Audience perspective : Once Anthony mentioned that Annie would go to Paris, he would be refuted by the surroundings . So when Annie mentioned that she was going to Paris, the audience and Anthony would find it incredible and incomprehensible.
Objective timeline perspective : 1. Annie and James divorced — 2. Annie took care of her father alone — 3. Annie decided to go to Paris because of the genuine "Paul" — 4. Annie sent her father to a nursing home
At this time, Anthony's last line of defense collapsed across the board, and asked Annie's sister, which is the youngest daughter, Anne Lucy where is, and the two of them burst into tears.
We have been following Anthony’s perspective to experience the pain of memory that Anthony experienced, and the tears at this time contained very rich and complex emotions:
1. On the surface:
The sad tears of the two people's nostalgia for the death of their sister
2. Anthony:
①Anthony really forgot about Lucy's death again, but he missed her and wanted her to accompany his tears of thoughts
②When I asked where Lucy was, I fully realized and confessed to my condition, but there were helpless tears of pain
③The support of all dignity as a man collapses. Acknowledging that I am old, I can only be a patient in a nursing home, no longer accompanied by relatives, tears of despair to spend the rest of my life alone
3. Annie:
①I watched the tears of sympathy when my father asked questions that reflected his illness
②The father in front of me is dyingly ill, and I feel helpless and helpless with his father’s hands and feet.
③I want to stay with my father, but I really can't stay with him this time. For the rest of the day, I have actually lost my father’s sad tears
Annie walked out of the nursing home. Perhaps, this was the last time she saw her father who could recognize her.
Once, whether it was himself or his father, he was wearing a mask of hope.
But now, hope is incomplete, and gradually withered, the only thing left,
Just wait until it finally passes away.
Scene 4 (Ending-Truth):
Anthony was really in the nursing home, and all the truth came out.
There is no illusion or confusion in this scene, what we see is the current situation of Anthony's life
Anthony was in the nursing home bedroom, losing weight so distressingly. It seems to be thinking (what is thinking in our mind is all that we see)
Anthony couldn't find his watch, and the first reaction was to call Annie
The audience is already in an objective and true perspective
We saw Anthony in the nursing home
At the same time, we can easily speculate that what Anton sees in his eyes at this moment is that he is still in that luxurious apartment.
In the corridor outside the door, Catherine, the nurse, was talking with other patients.
In the normal viewing order, neither the audience nor Anthony knew the woman in front of him at this moment.
Anthony couldn't remember where he was or what happened before. Instead, she asked where Anne is, who is this woman in front of her, and what she is doing here
Catherine said she had taken care of him for several weeks
When Anthony mentioned Laura to Catherine, we felt very helpless. What you are saying now is what you think in the chaotic memory
Catherine and Anthony tell the truth about Annie's current situation
Bill, a male nurse, appeared on the stage and watched Anthony and the audience
This is the real body of "Paul Bill"
For the people I saw every day, but I didn't know him, Anthony's line of defense was completely defeated again and asked the question "Who am I?" In just such a moment, Anthony forgot that the nurse said that it was his daughter who was visiting him. He remembered it as "Mum often visits me"...
Such pain, Anthony, like a baby, called to his mother
The most painful time of life is not after life is gone. But you know that life is still there, but it is only one step away from leaving. You can't feel the temperature of its existence, but you can clearly feel its fading
Catherine is a heart-warming nurse, giving Anthony the last warmth in her last time
When the camera moves out of the window, there is a large lush green leaf, which symbolizes the strength and vitality, but it forms a strong contrast with the dead leaf of Anthony
This scene of bright green, Anthony will soon no longer be able to see
Even if he sees it, he won’t remember
For him, the meaning of life has become disorganized, and there is no such thing as clarity and correctness in his mind anymore.
The only thing left is the last possible contact with life during the dying year.
Depend on each other for fate.
02.
Summarize
Excellent movies have such charm as "Father Trapped in Time"
We are sitting in the dark theater, waiting for a strong emotional stimulation
We experience a fictional world, yet illuminate our daily reality
If the movie is a kind of entertainment,
Then she was the one who encouraged us,
To use our thoughts and vent our emotions
To appreciate, to learn, to increase the depth of life friends
We will get old one day, but that doesn’t mean we can’t stay young
We lose memory one day, but it doesn’t mean we will forget important experiences
Let us in this time game
Find your own land, towards the bluest sky
Stretch out the most exciting green!
Can read this, I want to tell you...
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