stories is in New York. After 9/11, the two empty searchlight beams at the beginning of the film stand in the place where the Twin Towers used to be. The apartment where Barry lives is also next to the wreckage of the World Trade Center. A feeling of sadness or desolation.
As a crime film, there is no action and intense plot, and there is not too much tangled description of criminal psychology. Only Norton has a peaceful attitude of dissociating from the world, and shuttles between friendship, family affection and love. The novel is even a bit absurd. Norton's arrest doesn't explain much, just mentions a few words, and even his well-prepared way of doing things, this life seems not to be his, just like an outsider . But in fact, this gave the plot and actors a lot of performance space. The big bank robberies and gun battles on the streets of New York are obviously not ordinary people. And everything around Norton is real life, friends who share weal and woe, lover, and a worried dad. I don't need to know how he happened, I just need the subtle changes in the relationship between people after these events. The background of each character is very clear, the character is very distinct, and it is very touching.
Norton is happy. In times of adversity, his friends live and die together (at least in front of him), his lover is reluctant (at least in front of him), and his father even takes him away (although it is only a suggestion). It was also at the time of adversity that he discovered that the ordinary life that he used to curse 10,000 times now looked so beautiful and made it difficult for him to let go. What is most important to him is to return to New York City innocently in a few years, trying to pick up a life that may no longer belong to him at that time? Or for freedom, wandering in a foreign land and incognito abandoning everything? This is too difficult for him, too difficult, at least he has obtained the happiness in front of him, which can be regarded as a comfort before making a choice.
View more about 25th Hour reviews
