"I have been looking for myself, looking for certain targets, just like a submarine in the water, always looking for a landing place."
Heavy movie:
This movie is as heavy and depressing as her name, and the whole process is unhappy. Just like other movies produced on the British Isles (Guess the train, this is England...), we need our own relief in the end.
Withdrawn people:
All the characters in the film seem to suffer from autism and are not good at communicating. There seems to be an impenetrable energy membrane between people. The alienation between the characters adds to the depression of the film. The lonely male protagonist, the eccentric female protagonist, the incompatible parent, and the narcissistic speaker, they are like a few irrelevant items randomly arranged together.
Inner
confession : 50% of the film uses the actor's intellectually limited inner narration, which fully demonstrates his inner activities. Show the male protagonist from a subjective perspective and communicate with the audience in this way. This kind of inner monologue is not only a manifestation of the male protagonist's withdrawn character, but also a struggle against his own destiny.
Ideographic light effects:
There are several obvious uses of ideographic light effects in the film. When the heroine is waiting for the heroine at home, when the heroine presses the doorbell, the hero opens the door for her, and the whole scene suddenly lights up when the two meet, indicating that the hero is happy to see the heroine. Due to some contradictions between the two, when the heroine left the actor's home, the scene suddenly went dark again.
Dark tone:
Most of the film is in a darker environment, and the picture is darker. It reflects the character's environment and the character's unpleasant psychology.
Two colors:
red represents conflict and impatience, and blue represents calmness and depression. The film uses these two colors as the transition pictures, revealing the plot of the story and the inner transformation of the characters.
The hero's fantasy and dreamland:
The first time I dreamed about the scene after my death, the second time I dreamed that I didn't go to see my girlfriend's seriously ill mother, and the third time I dreamed about seeing my girlfriend at the beach. These three imaginations all play a turning role for the actor. The use of contrast montages and some suggestive shots show the ups and downs of the characters' hearts.
Struggle and eruption:
After making himself into a desperate situation, the actor finally understands that he can no longer remain indifferent, so he takes a series of actions to save his family and life, and achieve self-breakthrough in the eruption.
Calm: The
sea is calm, giving people and hope endlessly. The hero and heroine stand in the sea (the real embodiment of the hero's third fantasy) and gradually approach each other, as if the seawater melted the gap between them. There is no dialogue in this scene, only the sea water and the smiles and tolerance of the male and female protagonists. It is the sea that brings them to a beautiful place.
Concluding remarks:
I used to be a submarine, roaming in the endless darkness of the seabed, and now I have found land. Hope you do too.
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