The most familiar stranger

Elissa 2022-03-21 09:02:12

Ordinary People The most familiar stranger. They're family but the way they looked on each other like a stranger. A cloud of sadness descended on a family by a sinking. Everything was changed, the train out of its rail. The eldest son Berger died for it. His brother Conrad thought that everything was his fault cause he survived he can't forgive himself. Bitter remorse gnawed at him. He tried to free himself by killing himself. Fortunately, his father Calvin saved him, a man was torn between his son and wife Bess. Bess buried the best of her in Berger's funeral but she didn't realize. Three of them can not hear each other, only lived together left, went far away each other gradually. On either side of the fence , Calvin on the middle, watching things going in despair.Eventually Conrad went back hugged his father and said “I love you” with the help of a psychologist, ordinary words contain infinite emotions. Bess unable to acknowledge that she lost the ability to love others, choose to leave home. There’re some touch my heart,When Calvin said to Bess "I am not sure if I still love you or you just only love yourself,I can't feel your love anymore"while he was crying.A man's tears mean much.That's life,ordinary people in all over the world.s life,ordinary people in all over the world.s life,ordinary people in all over the world.

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  • Reagan 2022-04-22 07:01:32

    The content is similar to that of "Mrs. Kramer" (the film's previous best Oscar film), reflecting the family conflicts in the American middle-class family, and deeply depicting the feelings and gaps between family members, but it doesn't feel as good as Kramer's. The couple is more moving, maybe this one is more Americanized

  • Geraldine 2022-03-27 09:01:10

    Very Yang Dechang, the film looks very gentle at first glance, the characters' dialogues are basically all front and back, and even close-ups are very restrained, but I can feel the vague uneasiness under this restraint, the emotional impact is very strong, and the skills are very powerful, such as At the beginning of the scene, I can see that the camera gradually turns from the crowd to the absent-minded protagonist. This detail impressed me a lot, because the director showed a strong restraint on the audience's attention as soon as he came up, which is the embodiment of efficient creativity. I was very surprised. I didn't expect that he could actually film the delicateness that European and American directors have always been unfamiliar with. On the one hand, he was backed by the original book, and the script was very thick. This film unfolds the core contradictions of family films step by step, and the final outbreak of development is extremely thorough. But let Lao Yang shoot at the end, it's definitely different

Ordinary People quotes

  • Conrad "Con" Jarrett: You woulda visited Buck if he was in the hospital.

    Beth Jarrett: Buck would have never been in the hospital!

  • Beth Jarrett: [to her mother about the platter she just broke] You know, I think this can be saved. It's a nice clean break.