In the original novel of "The Night Listener", the author tells his own emotional story and the experience of being a DJ on a radio midnight show, interspersed with necessary story narration with delicate and moving brushwork. In the process of adapting the novel into a movie script, the sensitive content in the original work is completely preserved: same-sex emotions, child sexual abuse, trust and deception between people, etc., laying a solid social topic foundation for this low-cost film. So as to achieve a thought-provoking effect, reaching people's hearts. An independent film like "The Night Listener" with a small investment and a slightly biased story will not have a very exciting performance in the battle for the box office. However, the film, which contains many sensitive topics, has been well received by many audiences and film critics
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The Night Listener evaluation action
2022-03-22 08:01
Extended Reading
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[last lines]
[we see the back of Donna as she walks down the sidewalk, leading away from the condo she just looked at purchasing]
Gabriel Noone: As for Pete, there's a line in the Velveteen Rabbit that reads... Real isn't how you were made. It's the thing that happens to you. I'm Gabriel Noone. Goodnight.
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[last title card 1]
Title Card: This film was inspired by a telephone friendship with what was believed to be a 14-year-old boy.
[last title card 2]
Title Card: To this day the existence of that boy has never been conclusively proven.
[last title card 3]
Title Card: He would be 28 years old today.