It is a purely academic film, an interpretation of language and aesthetics.

Meaghan 2022-10-08 07:27:04

On the surface, the film looks like a normal movie without a "point of view", just showing a small snippet of everyday life, simple and interesting. But further observation will reveal that it involves many social issues, such as the issue of assistance in dating, the difference between urban and rural areas, the situation of the elderly intellectuals, the emotional and future issues of young men and women, and the spiritual issues of women living alone. Then, if you go deeper and understand, you can realize that this film is actually exploring the definition of "identity" and the relationship between reality and fiction, just like Abbas's previous films. These three levels (1, sketch films of daily life; 2, art films that explore social issues; 3, academic films that discuss the aesthetic understanding of film art and language.) are handled by Director Abbas as relatively independent and complete, and mutual The rupture is more decisive, and the core content is placed behind everything with exceptional care rather than expression. These make me think that this movie is not a "material individual" "this movie", its greatest value is that this movie presents such a face - by Abbas's directing ability and aesthetics, language expansion and Exploring the appearance of the sum of attitudes in art. It is a purely academic film, an interpretation of language and aesthetics, despite its apparent simplicity as a light-hearted sketch.

Clue:
The girl entered the old man's house, and the old man was doing translation work, which also prompted the beginning of the specific "conversion". At the same time, the old man explained that the woman in the famous painting taught the parrot to speak, and the girl understood that the parrot was also teaching the woman to speak, which also meant this transition. Since then, the identities of both men and women in the assisted dating have gradually evolved and changed, and finally returned to the original point: the men and women who assisted the dating (originally) - the man and the woman in the favorite painting (the painting on the wall) - the father and daughter (the photo on the small table) - Husband and wife (photo on desk) - grandfather and granddaughter (boyfriend thinks) - grandfather and granddaughter (neighbor thinks) - men and women who support dating (truth is revealed).

"I'm not trying to distance the audience," Abbas said. "I want to remind them that film should be as exploratory as life. If you're curious, you'll definitely find enough information."

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Extended Reading
  • Hayden 2022-04-15 09:01:08

    The author's style: the use of space in the car; the first fixed-camera dual camera; multiple voiceovers; perspective shading and conversion completed with the help of external objects; the scenery flowing with the car when listening to the message. Continuing the theme of virtual and real identity, with the change of the physical scene, the transformation of the physical role is completed without leaving a trace. Identity is constructed rather than essential, so I can be anyone. Modernization is the meeting of strangers. The scene of turning off the lights is very contagious.

  • Paris 2022-04-20 09:02:58

    Although Abbas still accurately calculates sensibility, I still watch the input. The ambiguous emotional states of the old and the young are gradually stripped away from their respective original purposes, and although they are still strangers, they have become a potentially interdependent real state. The ending failed. The film should have ended when the girl sat on the steps and listened to her aunt's nagging with an imperceptible smile. Takanashi Lin is very good, and he couldn't have played it more properly in the state of the old man's house.

Like Someone in Love quotes

  • Takashi: [subtitled version] Who said not to love her? I said not to marry her.

  • Akiko: [subtitled version] I'd rather not know all the mistakes I've made. I'm depressed enough as it is.