Wednesday 43: Good work should have power, emotion, and make people aware of themselves

Rudy 2022-04-21 09:01:43

#WednesdayMovie# #43 "Nocturnal Animals"

Recommended star: Samsung

Keywords: emotion; editing; truth

This is a very personal film that is destined to be enjoyed by many people. Relative to the story, its emotional expression is more important. There are many good stories, but not many movies that can accurately express emotions.

The dance at the beginning is very weird, weird, and even uncomfortable. Everyone knows that aesthetics is very important, but some artists like to choose to judge ugliness. I think this is not a rejection of beauty, but to let people come out of comfort.

It's easy to be beautiful now, and I think it's time to reflect. So at the beginning, I think the main role is to set the tone and mood of the film. Although the heroine looks pitiful, she may actually be "ugly".

With a sigh from the heroine, pulling us into the world of the protagonist, these are very emotional details. Luxurious sitting and running, exquisite makeup, luxurious villa, handsome boyfriend, but she did not feel happy and happy because of it.

We can feel her depression, and the gorgeous outer world is full of fragments. The ex-husband sent a novel, and when it was just unpacked, she severely scratched her finger. When the two of them were together, the unfinished works were finally completed after they left.

To my ex-wife, this is our story, this is the work that we have gathered together. The speech made her fall into contemplation, and she became more and more lonely when she was not in the state at the reception.

Everyone envied her for having a handsome and rich man, and her friend's sentence "Do you still love him?" made her unable to answer. She didn't know what the problem was, and she entered the world of novels to seek answers.

A family of three was about to go on vacation in a distance. On the road late at night, the family encountered a gangster who was racing a car. When they saw their little daughter in the car, the gangster intercepted their car and began to play tricks on the mother and daughter.

This is like a real and pure nightmare. In this wilderness, the family dare not resist, and they are alone and helpless. The mother and daughter were caught in the car, and the man dared not speak out.

The man who was abandoned in the wilderness came back the next day to find his wife and daughter, and found two corpses who had been toyed with and killed. Heartbroken and tortured, the man was in constant pain.

Although he knew that the other party was cruel, he also knew that he was cowardly. Why does a man write about the death of his wife and daughter? In reality, his wife and daughter did not die, but what life makes him lose is like losing his wife and daughter.

And this loss was like passing away to him. There are many close-ups in the film, all to reflect the subtle changes in mood. Although there are a lot of close-ups now, there are very few close-ups that can feel the heart and experience acting skills.

Sometimes even the entire film just needs a close-up and that's enough. The two most exciting parts of the film are the part where the heroine is in a meeting. The music and editing are used to show the ups and downs of the heroine's heart.

Many times, by means of editing, the progress of the story and the expression of the heroine are put together, so that we can better interpret the expression of the woman and be better immersed in it like the heroine.

In fact, the film has many advantages, bright colors, offensive sounds, and even some of the selected art sets are very impactful. It seems that Kafka said a similar point of view. Only conflict can make people reflect and think. What we need to empathize with is not revenge, but the powerlessness of justice and the passing of love.

In a way, maybe we are all scumbags, we always hurt people who care about you without hesitation, because only they will tolerate your hurt, and others will not. So we have to cut open the truth and face the real self, maybe we are not as good as we think.

Finally, I think I can end with a piece of lyrics by Lin Youjia.

Although on the surface I am still the same me

But something has been punctured in the body

You are the one who made me an adult overnight

reckless innocence

Instantly turned into scars along the way

i miss my stupid

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Nocturnal Animals quotes

  • Bobby Andes: So, I'll tell what we got, we had a attempted to round up at a supermarket and mall last night just before closing. Caught one of the guys, one got killed, one got away.

    Tony Hastings: What you want me to do?

    Bobby Andes: See if you can recognize the one we caught. You can look at the dead one too, although I don't really think it's necessary, we know who he is.

    Tony Hastings: Who?

    Bobby Andes: Steve Adams.

  • Bobby Andes: It's gonna be rough on them out there, not knowing how it's gonna come. Maybe Ray get killed, for resisting arrest, or coming at home late at night, might get shot by a burglar.