"I will never stop loving him, even though it is meaningless now." What is the relationship between marriage and love? In the eyes of most people, it is probably that when love reaches the depths, it will naturally enter into marriage, and when the love between each other is consumed by the trivialities of life, the marriage will come to an end. But in fact, sometimes this is not the case. Most of the time, love is still there, but marriage is inevitable and can only choose to end. Because of this, the feature film "Marriage Story" directed by Noah Baumbach and starring Adam Driver and Scarlett Johansson will resonate widely after its premiere at the Venice Film Festival. "Good praise, 8.5 points on IMDb, 95 points on Metacritic, 100% freshness of rotten tomatoes, 8.8 points on Douban, and successively won the Golden Lion Award in the main competition unit of the Venice Film Festival and the British Independent Film Award. Nominations for the best foreign independent film, the best film and the best screenplay at the American Independent Spirit Film Awards... The transcript of
is not surprising to Noah and the audience. From the director's works including "Francis Ha", "Squid and Whale" and "The Story of Meyerrowitz" to the screenwriters "The Great Fox Papa" and "Aquatic Life", Noah is best at it. It depicts the small emotions between people. The humorous brushstrokes and witty lines are his "good tricks". The same is true of "Marriage Story". The script is solid and profound. Although the American divorce it tells is obviously a trivial process, it is humorous and universally realistic by Noah.
Nicole, who grew up in Los Angeles, became a hit when she was a girl with a youthful comedy. However, in a stage play in New York, I met the theater director Charlie and fell in love with him within two minutes. So, Nicole gave up her prosperous career in Los Angeles and came to New York to marry Charlie and have children. They are the most important lovers in life and the most suitable partners on the stage. The identities of directors and actors allow them to achieve each other, complement each other, and make progress. "She is the best actress I know." "He made me feel that my dead part came alive." "He unconditionally tolerated all my emotions." The feelings between them start from the beginning of the movie. "What I love about Charlie/ Nicole" is directly presented to the audience, and countless small details piece together the appearance of love between the two. However, the next moment the camera pierced through this warm barrier, the two were sitting in the marriage mediation room to coordinate the divorce issue. This affectionate confession was the lover they remembered. The whole subsequent process was not tepid, and always calmly told how the two went from being the enviable lover and work partner to the embarrassingly inseparable one.
The reason seems to be very simple, but because Charlie sticks to New York, and Nicole wants to return to Los Angeles. However, torn apart, it is a concentrated presentation of the dislocation of expectations and needs for marriage. For Nicole, she gave up her career in Los Angeles and chose to go to New York to complete Charlie’s career. At the beginning, her fame could bring popularity to Charlie’s stage plays. At this time, the two are equal and stand together to accept congratulations. of. However, as the stage plays directed by Charlie became more and more famous, and even began to be performed on Broadway, Nicole felt that she had become smaller and less important. At the same time, Charlie made it clear that she could stay in Los Angeles for a year. Directing a stage play, but he refused. This further magnified Nicole’s sense of not being needed, unimportant and uneasy, so he took advantage of the invitation of the TV series pilot episode to bring his 7-year-old son back to Los Angeles; as far as Charlie is concerned, he is just what Nicole wants. One excuse and one choice to escape from Los Angeles. After the impulse, passion and sweetness gradually receded, and what was left was a gentle and slightly ugly tug of war.
In this regard, the story is a little bit bloody and nothing new. It is just a narrative of the seven-year itch. Obviously, the success of this film lies in the fact that Noah can tell stories and is good at creating atmosphere, embedding this unsurprising story in the natural and real daily life, as if the camera is aimed at each pair Ordinary couple, very natural and sophisticated, very Noah's style. As Noah said in an interview: "Everyone has the same thorough pain, which will change your life and reality in many ways. What interests me is not only your stories, but also your emotions. And the commonality of this emotion is even difficult to describe." It is difficult, but Noah succeeded in putting thisThis commonality is passed on to the audience. What surging between Nicole and Charlie is not just silence, depression, cruel undercurrent games and hoarse accusations, but also a delicate tenderness, reluctant look back and understanding after decision. The painful and runny tears of self-wrongfulness, the powerless resentment of blocked communication, the unbridled curse, the regret and guilt after being embarrassed into anger, through the flexible language of the lens, it directly reflects the difficulties of each couple in real life. With love.
Of course, besides the director, the meticulous and detailed performances of the two starring actors Adam Driver and Scarlett John are also bonus points for the film. Adam fully interprets the focus, perseverance, pride, grief, and powerlessness of the middle-aged literary and artistic man, especially the last solo, which makes the characters in the movie's mood reach the audience's eyes and becomes one of the stages of "tears"; and Scarlett Rei played steadily and completely released her acting skills other than "sexy". After closing the door, she was crying and crying on the bed, and she heard her husband (here is the ex-husband) saying that she had accepted a job in Los Angeles. It was all true. Naturally not pretentious. These "highlights" make this "little movie" focusing only on personal life not inferior to the hits of many popular awards season movies such as "Once Upon a Time in Hollywood", "The Joker", "The Irishman" and "Knife Out". How much, on the contrary, it has earned a place of its own. Many people in the industry predict that next year's Oscar nominees will at least have male and female stars and directors. Regardless of what the outcome will be, with such a high degree of recognition, this movie is already a success. What's more, this film has recently been selected as one of the top ten films of the 91st National Critics Association Awards. The list has great influence in Hollywood and has a high degree of overlap with Oscar nominations. So, let's wait and see whether the "little narrative" can knock on the door of Oscars. (Close the ears)
