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A magnolia flower has many petals, one piece connected to each other, and each piece has a dew on it. The petals rotate around the axis and become a windmill. The pieces are transmitted and transported again and again. The dew varies from large to small and the color of the petals. They are different, but they continue to rotate and become a magnolia flower.
"Magnolia" Magnolia is great. Mirror movement and multi-line narrative are eye-catching, and the film length of three hours is not too long. TV programs and weather forecasts, these things that are available every day, seem to be ordinary, everyone in the program, the streets under the sun, the rain on the car, what is happening in every ordinary day, maybe It's boring work, accidental coincidences, sad losses and miracles from heaven.
In the opening three short stories, the Jazz was murdered, the diver was scooped up by the glider, the quarreling couple accidentally killed the son who jumped off the building, the three seemingly unrelated stories all have one thing in common, which is coincidence. At this time, the host Jimmy hosted a quiz show on the TV, and the little prodigy Stanley kept answering, and the TV show was broadcast in every house. Outside of the TV, the little prodigy Stanley’s daily busy morning, the old prodigy Daniel goes to the dentist, the heartbreaking daughter Claudia at midnight, the dying old man Earl, and the anxious young wife Linda.
Director Paul Thomas Anderson PTA has dragged everything out at the beginning of the film. The world is unsurprising. The coincidences and accidents of life are all twisted together under the fast editing, handheld mirror movement, and looming background music. Like a magnolia flower, a burst of energy accumulates. PTA and Wes Anderson should be able to make a soul confidant, stop-motion animation and pan-motion camera just waved. The soundtrack is also a must, there should be music here.
Tom Cruise gave his best performance, undressing, kneeling and somersaulting, roaring and provocative, full of firepower, and he was too addicted to acting. Later, I looked at the part of the old father, cursed and cried, and played very well. Up. Linda played by Julianne Moore is also unforgettable. Her husband is about to pass away. She is nervous and regrets that at the beginning, the scene of taking medicine at the pharmacy finally broke out, and the front was suffocated.
The quiz show hosted by Jimmy has been broadcast for decades, and now 30 years later, the old prodigy Daniel worked in an electrical appliance store, and a new generation of young prodigy Stanley appeared in the TV show, preparing to break the mythological record set by Daniel. After drinking the tequila in the bar, Daniel began to confess his true feelings. He opened his heart and said that he was smart before, but now he is a fool. For example, carbon is a common element. It can form wood, graphite, coal and various magazines, and it can also form hard diamonds. Time and space change everything, and everything has never changed.
Frank and his father Earle had not seen each other for decades. Before Earle died, he came to the bed and spoke with the same tone and words as him. After so many years of hating and staying away, he still inherited the characteristics of his father. Earl lay on the bed and talked to Phil, the caregiver, about the past. It was too long to live to be 65. He had to confess everything he did. Life is not short at all. When the old man talked about his first wife, he deceived his former lover, messed around outside, abandoned her, and lost his love. And Earl’s current wife, Linda, was also heartbroken when dealing with his illness and inheritance. She only found out that she fell in love with Earl, and she had been messing around outside, and now the one she loved was about to die. It's like a reincarnation, like a revolving magnolia flower.
Accidents and coincidences happen every day. Maybe they happen to me. The friend, lover, close friend, or just like the nurse Phil, experienced the movie-like story in person when taking care of the patient and performing his work. In the plot, I also participated in it, calling Frank, the star's son, whom the old man hadn't seen for many years.
The story can be divided into two parts. On one side are the little prodigy Stanley and the old prodigy Daniel, who were implicated by the host Jimmy in the quiz show. Stanley reads crazy and memorizes knowledge points every day but can't fulfill his right to go to the bathroom. Now Daniel is in love with the handsome bartender in the bar and begins to brace braces. There is also Jimmy's daughter Claudia, who hates and refuses all communication with Jimmy. There is also the police officer Jim Claudia met. Jim fell in love with Claudia at first sight. On the other side are the dyingly ill Earl and his young wife Linda, the caring nurse Phil, and the love-hate dispute with his star son Frank, who has not seen each other hatred for many years.
After Jimmy fell on the TV show, the story began to turn. The daughter took two mouthfuls of drugs and turned on the TV. Jim lost the gun and sat down beside the bed. Frank drove to the door of his old father's house after a psychological struggle. There was Linda sitting in the car. Stanley was reading past genius materials in the library. . At this time, the sky was raining heavily, and these people began to sing, singing the same song, including old Jimmy lying on the sofa, and even Earl, who was in the hospital bed, gently humming. The lyrics wrote that none of this will happen, so give up.
The story and fact is that everything does happen, so giving up is not so easy. At the end of the story, you can see that PTA sprinkled soft light on everyone. Not only Jim’s sincere confession to Claudia, but also the black boy who stole Linda’s money and helped her call the emergency number, Frank went to the hospital to visit Linda, and Daniel stole The money withdrawn was put back where it was, and what Stanley said to his father, Dad, you must treat me better in the future. There was also a frog that fell from the sky, smashing off the pistol that committed suicide by Jimmy's head.
Times have changed, and nothing has changed.
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