To understand this movie, we must first get the irony in the movie. If you are wondering why a movie has a comedy label, it is also because you have not grasped these subtle and ubiquitous ironies, and these details are the brilliance of the movie.
At the end of the movie, the protagonist Daniel explained at the new book conference that the truth does not exist. The truth you think is just the deconstruction and interpretation of wishful thinking made by people from their own point of view. Then I will deconstruct wishful thinking from their own point of view. Look at this movie
1. Why did Daniel return to his hometown?
After reading some analysis, the general idea is that after he won the Nobel Prize, Daniel suffered from exhaustion of inspiration, or was unable to write anything for 5 years. At this time, he just received an invitation letter from his hometown, so he wanted to go back. Find inspiration.
If you were also born in a small town that no one knows, you should have this kind of touch. Every time you go back, there will always be an inexplicable melancholy in your heart. The surprising years and decades of my hometown have remained unchanged day by day, but they have become more decayed day by day.
Daniel said that the most commendable thing he has done in his life is to escape from this place. On the one hand, he feels hopeless and disgusted by the numbness and stupidity of the people here. On the other hand, this is the place where he grew up, the source of inspiration for all his works, and the place he cannot escape no matter how far away.
So his feelings about his hometown are very complicated. Nowadays, when people reach middle age and become famous, they realize that a person can't give up their hometown anyway, so the idea of going back to their hometown is born. It can be seen that the feelings of the hometown are shared by everyone, not just unique to the people of the country.
As for the idea of going back to find inspiration, I think it should be. In Daniel's subconscious, maybe he didn't find it or didn't want to admit it. As a writer, Daniel believes that he has a social responsibility. His responsibility is to care for these poor people or groups, not to consume them in order to write good works. He witnessed tragedy and used it as a prototype for artistic creation. The original intention of the two is different from deliberately looking for tragedy for creation. I personally agree with the former. I think Daniel is a writer with humanistic care.
2. Two sly smiles
There were two sly smiles in the film. One was when the award was presented. After he spoke, the audience was shocked, and then they began to applaud for unknown reasons. The other place was the new book launch event, with an expression made for posing for a photo at the end, but this smile gradually became a little meaningful.
I personally think both of these are ironic.
The smile in the first place seems to be saying, do you think my speech is just a pretense of being a writer, pretending to be deep, in fact, this is also my inner thoughts. Everyone didn't expect me to come out like this at the awards ceremony. I was confused, but still pretended to have realized it, or started to applaud without knowing it. The smile contained some vanity and trifling little pride.
The second smile actually has similar emotions to the first one. Do readers think that my work is an exaggerated artistic process based on reality? In fact, these are real things. Do you think my motivation for returning to my hometown is to find inspiration for the new book? Actually, I just want to go back and take a look. I didn't expect that there will be material for me to create. The reality is so ironic!
Of course, I have also seen some friends who think that these two quirky smiles that are not easily detectable actually expose Daniel's nature. He is not a morally and humble writer as the world thinks, but is selfish and obsessed with creation. There are even some enchanted people.
But I don't think so, there are two plots. First, to carefully read the works of the guy at the counter who likes to write, and sincerely encourage him. Second, although I realized that I was not the savior and could not help all the unfortunate people, I was touched and helped the disabled boy buy a wheelchair.
So in general, I still think that Daniel is a person with humanistic care. Of course I also said, this is just my wishful interpretation.
3. Why didn't Daniel go back to the funeral for his father?
When Daniel first returned to his hometown, in order to welcome him, he played a short film introducing his life. This short film was crude, vulgar, and even ridiculous, but Daniel saw tears in his eyes. There is a detail in the short film. His mother passed away 40 years ago. From the perspective of time, that was basically the time when he left his hometown.
So I guess that after the death of his mother, he left his hometown and never returned for 40 years. As for why he didn't come back when his father died, I think his father may also be a reason for his disgusting hometown. (Conjecture that is totally inconsistent with responsibility)
But Romero used this point to criticize him, "A man who doesn't even return to the funeral after his father died, what can we expect from him?"
This is very common. We are often misled by the boring media and use things we don’t understand to evaluate the personal virtues of public figures.
For example, if Yang Zhenning is so old but has such a small wife, shameless...
4. Why did Daniel abandon his girlfriend?
Non-existent problem
In the movie, Daniel's girlfriend when he was young was not a nasty character, but rather likable. Although he was middle-aged, he was still very elegant.
I don't think Daniel abandoned his girlfriend. We all know that life is always full of helplessness
Irene has read every book of Daniel, and Daniel has talked with a few girlfriends, but he hasn't married at this age.
When you understand what good luck is, you will understand that Daniel did not abandon his girlfriend
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In fact, there are still some details that are not very clear, such as why Irene drove over and asked him why he fell so far. Is it because I found him and her husband to look for flowers and ask Liu? Or did you find out about him and his daughter? (I think I shouldn't find it) And Daniel said, I don't even know "him"? ? ?
Why did Antonio change him so much and what happened that night in the nightclub?
It might be due to editing
But after writing this article, I was relieved. Don’t explore the details too much and ignore the integrity of the movie. As long as the emotion and value conveyed by the movie are understood, the details are not so important.
Finally, there are some digressions.
When the disabled boy's father asked Daniel to fund a wheelchair, he relentlessly refused.
Imagine that there was a report later that Daniel, the Nobel Prize winner in literature, succeeded in discrediting his hometown, but then lost his heart, indifferently rejected the fellows from the hometown, and stifled the children's dreams. Even so arrogant that his fellow villagers kindly invited him to eat at home, but they coldly refused. According to reports, after Daniel became famous, he never went home to the funeral when his father passed away... so so.
So the righteous people, standing on the commanding heights of morality, began to strongly condemn Daniel and call on everyone to boycott Daniel. If you love Argentina, don't buy the book of Daniel the traitor.
Don't turn, you are not Argentine!
Maybe you were one of them
Think about the news around you.
This is a fictional story, but it is a portrayal of reality!
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