Although there is no clear indication, most of the audience can see that the current Coke no longer needs love in the strict sense, at least the 30-year-old Mantos does not have the basis for love, what she needs more is a descendant, a continuation of life - maybe not necessarily related to her, but this sense of inheritance in life is the most urgent need of Coke now. : Music: Text: Novel 3w. し Wxs520.CoM

And what about Mantos? His feelings for Coke are a little subtle, he wants to know the story of Coke's life, explore whether he has left traces in her life, understand the logic of the world, but he is unwilling to touch his scars, which makes his interrogation plan repeatedly blocked, the progress is completely unable to catch up with the plan, and even in the company of this Coke has a subtle emotion, this is not a simple love between men and women or family affection, but it is certain that Coke's care is also a new thing for Mantos, he is a little confused by this feeling, But unconsciously, I gradually accepted this life of dependence.

"The story of Mantos' life can actually be deduced from the story of Cola, whose parents died very young, and she lived with relatives, and this is the message that the first story brings to us, so what is this implying to us? Mantos, who is in his 30s, now Mantos, needs tolerance, care and help from his elders, and he feels tired of the kind of middle-class life he is barely sustaining, while his wife and children are unable to support him, but are constantly asking for it, which is an important reason why he is on the verge of collapse. Is this the reason why Mantos met with Coke at his current age? ”

Looking at the picture of Mantos and Coke going to the city to buy groceries together, and the two walking silently, Alan leaned back, he thought thoughtfully, "It can be seen that Coke's child died when she was in her forties, this detail will not be mapped to Mantos's reality for no reason, is it because of this reason that he and his wife are at an impasse?" Because of the death of the child, the wife has been moody? Is this also the ultimate reason for Mantos' poor mental state? This pressure has never been released? ”

In this warm and leisurely scene, Mantos and Coke's voices are once again covered by background music, and they walk through the scenery of spring, summer, autumn and winter together, Coke is getting thinner and thinner, and his waist is more and more bent, while Mantos is still in his 30s, which makes it difficult to judge how many years have passed in the movie - but Alain has carefully noticed that in many corners of the town, objects are no longer what they were, and like flowers in the wild, they shone with a thick liquid light, but this phenomenon is still quite slight, If he hadn't found out at the first time, and then paid special attention to verification many times, it was very likely that he would have lost it.

"Coke is slowly walking into death, well, Mantos is very measured here, and you can see in the montage that his expression has been changing slightly - especially the eyes, the feeling of tears in the laughter is noteworthy...... This is the difference between a good actor and a bad actor, even if a good actor has a straight face, there is drama in his eyes, and the expressionless face of a bad actor is completely expressionless......" Alain has a feeling of enjoying food, "The most rare thing is that the special effects in this section are very natural and realistic, even in the comparison of Hiss, the increasingly thin and shriveled Coke has no sense of distortion - even if there is already a preconceived prejudice, unconsciously rummaging for flaws, but it is still difficult to see that this is a CGI character... … This level of technical proficiency is sure to applaud the Oscars, and the judges love this kind of special effects that serve the details of the plot the most......"

Yes, although 90% of Coke's current image should be made by CGI, Jennifer may have just contributed a face model and done motion capture, but her image and Heath don't feel out of place together, in general special effects masterpieces, the virtual characters modified by CGI are with real people, and I always feel that the lighting on both sides, the movement mode of CGI characters, are different from real people, although I can't say where it is, but I can still feel it, but Coke doesn't have this problem, Even her facial expressions are extremely realistic, if not everyone knew that Jennifer played the role of four stages, many people would think that the elderly version of Coke might have been played by a different person. - However, at this stage, she has no chance to show her acting skills, and the director rarely gives positive close-ups, after all, the whole face is made of special effects, and it is a human face, and the audience examines the details, which is different from the standard for viewing "Avatar".

"Hey Mantos, how is Coke doing?" The picture cuts back to the normal rhythm, no longer montage editing, and the accounting firm that works in Mantos - he's always been doing it, and the working environment has always been large, spacious, with a somewhat modern décor that doesn't fit in with the small-town environment - his colleague asks with concern, "If you're worried, you can work from home these days, you know, until—"

He didn't say any more, but the reaction of the crowd conveyed the message that Cola was dying, and the audience did not question the rationality of this line - this is not the style of this movie, and the words and deeds of many characters are really ridiculous if they are put in other movies, but there is a particularly reasonable feeling here, maybe this is the charm of magic.

"Okay, I'll go back and talk to her." This sentence obviously touched Mantos, and his face twisted for a moment - after this sentence, 'Coke is about to come to an end' seemed to be an inescapable fact, even if he had kept himself out of mind before, but now, he could no longer escape.

Although his eyes were full of thoughts, on the surface, Mantos still nodded politely, accepted the kindness of his colleague, and he stood up, "I'm going to pour a cup of coffee, do you want it?" ”

"Bring me a drink, too." The colleague smiled and handed the mug to Mantos, who took the two cups and walked into the pantry, but instead of taking the coffee, he put the cup on the table as if he had suddenly made a decision, and hurried down the stairs next to the pantry, and down the street all the way, and soon reached the woods—and after a complicated glance, Mantos stepped out of the town.

"Can't you face loss?" Alain tugged at his beard in deep thought, and couldn't help but hiss in pain, "Mantos' character weakness? Almost every time he left was related to the crow, but this time it was his own decision - interesting, or rather, when he was in the rest of his age, he was addicted to the life of the time and needed force majeure to force himself to face reality, but this time, he chose to leave on his own, and in his real age, he chose to leave, does it also mean that he can't face the real reality, he is still a failure, right? Or maybe it's not a failure, it's just his personality, it's his fate......"

This is just his speculation, there is no explanation in the movie, after Mantos walked out of the town, he quickly identified the direction and continued to walk forward - the further he went, the more the lines of the surrounding scenery became more and more flattened, and the trees, flowers and plants seemed to become a flowing silver stream, but barely maintained their form - the journey was almost to the point, and Mantos's steps were getting faster and faster, and finally, he couldn't wait to run forward - until the dense forest appeared in front of him again, only this time, The tree had melted down softly, and Mantos touched the scar he had left behind, turning it into a puddle of water.

It seemed to have toppled the dominoes, the towering giant trees melted into the ground one by one, the buildings and the crowd turned into ashes, and in Mantos's run, the whole town was quietly destroyed like a dream, turning into silver droplets, blending into the time and space under his feet, only the house where Coke lived was barely maintaining its form, crumbling in the melting frenzy of the surrounding buildings, Mantos ran into Coke's room and knelt down in a pool of silver-white water in front of her bed, He took the stethoscope from her bedside and bent down to take her hand—

Now Coke, who was almost a little old, was so thin, bent over the sheets, almost like a shrimp, one of her eyes was blindfolded with an old ring, her black eyes were white, her eyes were staring blankly, except for her slightly undulating chest, there was little sign of her being alive, and she didn't react in particular to Mantos's arrival, except for a slight squeeze of his fingers.

Mantos's lips trembled, his eyes wandering around, unwilling to fall on Coke's face - as if he still couldn't face the other scene, but he couldn't help but be attracted to it, and he whispered, "I-I-"

But Coke didn't respond, her fingers flicked, pointing to the small cabinet at the head of the bed, and the camera followed, photographing a birdcage placed on the bedside table, Mantos stared at the delicate and cute black bird in the birdcage, and then looked at Coke - the audience's breathing also became heavy, even if not everyone can think about every metaphor behind the camera like Alain, but seeing now, most people can still understand the meaning of the crow, at least for now, release the crow, It seems to mean the death of Coke.

The expression on Mantos' face was a mixture of fear and reluctance, but, in the trembling of Coke's fingers, he picked up the cage heavily, closed his eyes and swallowed a few times, and opened the cage door.

"It's a big improvement for him......," Alain sat up straight, "but it's so natural in the atmosphere, maybe his departure just now is the last throes of growth, not an escape ......"

The crow, which was as small as a sparrow, jumped out of the cage with pleasure, followed Coke's thin hand all the way up, jumped onto her shoulder, and pecked hard at the door of her head--in the shouting and stopping of Mantos, the house, the furniture, the coke on the bed, all of this accelerated and melted in the whirlwind, and turned into a silver droplet, which fell into the crow's little short beak, and the blackbird flapped its wings and let out a long cry to the sky, and in the whirlwind it grew bigger and bigger, and soon became a giant bird again, It didn't take Mantos, but flew towards the sky, and Mantos let out a shout, and ran after it in the melting city, and the camera zoomed farther and farther, and in the collapse of the whole city, the whole wilderness, thousands of giant crows flew from a distance, and there was only a small black dot on the ground that kept moving forward, moving.

“…… This is really ......" Jon was speechless, and before she knew it, she was clenching the handle tightly - from the point of view of the special effects, this scene was indeed spectacular, whether it was the melting city or the flying scene of crows, there was an incredible beauty, but it was ...... that moved her even more She couldn't say what it was, but the plot just now did make her hold her breath, and she felt an inexplicable sense of sacredness and solemnity, as if the picture touched the deepest thing in her heart, making her feel that she was too shocked and couldn't return to her senses, let alone organize her thoughts.

"What a beautiful ......" Alain reacted a little faster than Jon, "this composition ......"

After a long shot, the scene cuts to Mantos, and he keeps running forward, his expression gradually changing from complex and sad to focused and pure, as if all he wants to do now is run - finally, he stops suddenly, and stops at the edge of this silvery world - the camera flies up, pulling out a vista, and the spectacular waterfall of time appears in front of everyone, causing a low gasp in the screening room, and this rushing, grand water rumbles in the starry sky, Falling down without stopping, all the way down and down in the endless starry sky......

The crows scrambled to fly down the waterfall, and soon all disappeared, except for one crow still hovering over the waterfall, its blood-red eyes staring at Mantos, as if it also contained complex emotions, Mantos stared at it blankly, and then looked back, revealing a sense of nostalgia.

As he turned back, the crow screamed, folded its wings, and threw itself into the waterfall like a bullet, and when Mantos turned his head sharply, it was gone, and panicked, hesitant thoughts flashed across his face, but he finally took a few steps back and rushed towards the waterfall with a wild scream.

In the empty starry sky, a figure jumped down quickly, a scene that caused many people to let out a low exclamation, and then, the sound of the waterfall swelled and took over, and Mantos disappeared into the water—in the rush of the water, a lot of light and shadow passed in front of his eyes, the words and smiles of the four Cokes, the words and deeds of the four Mantos, the various pasts between them, the silhouette of Mantos in reality-

In these rapid images, and the sound effects of inhaling from time to time, the figure of the crow has been looming, Mantos stretched out his hand and struggled, as if trying to grasp something, and finally, he seemed to finally grasp the crow's claws, but with a crisp chirp, the picture suddenly went black.

After a few seconds of darkness, the sound of the car horn and the human voice gradually became stronger, the sound of dialogue with a British accent sounded in the distance, and the picture gradually lit up, Mantos staggered, as if he had been thrown to the ground by something, and ran forward a few steps in embarrassment, only then did he stabilize himself, he looked left and right in shock, and found that the drivers around him were busy chatting and did not notice him, and his car was parked not far away, the driver's seat was empty, and no one seemed to be there.

After a few steps forward, Mantos turned his eyes to the edge of the fence, and he was suddenly startled—he himself was leaning against the edge of the fence, looking into the distance—and in the far wilderness there was a crow flying, and it seemed that it was flying in this direction.

As if not intending to fly far, the crow stopped on a tree. Mantos turned his head and glanced in this direction casually, and now Mantos shrank up in fright, and after a while stood up again, looking in the direction he was - seeing that 'himself' seemed to be attracted by something, he climbed out of the fence and walked out, and Mantos also unconsciously walked where he had been standing, looking at the back of 'himself' attracted by the white camel under the tree, and walked forward.

The crow has disappeared at some point, the pure eyes of the white camel cow seem to have crossed the 'self', and met Mantos, he looked at the white cow in a daze, watching himself stagger into the twilight, the night is getting thicker and thicker, and soon, the 'self' in a black suit has disappeared into the night, only the white bull walking leisurely in the distance can barely distinguish.

"Hey, buddy!" A few loud horns sounded, and someone shouted at Mantos. "Do you want to move your ass back into the car? Stop artificially creating a traffic jam? ”

Mantos was visibly taken aback, and he looked back to find that the traffic had begun to move, and it seemed that the traffic jam was over, and the drivers were getting into the car and preparing to leave.

Time seemed to be completely back to normal, Mantos hesitantly sat in the driver's seat, his phone was buzzing desperately, he picked up the phone, while saying, "I'm here now, it's no longer stuck in traffic", while looking at the white bull in the distance, it has turned into a small dot, and it seems to disappear from view in the next moment.

The traffic slowly surged forward, the camera pulled up, this colorful road has a different kind of splendor in the night, the slow rhythm of the headlights, the flickering frequency and the soothing background music are intertwined into a blurry light band...... However, all this is ruined by a screeching sound of brakes, and the camera abruptly returns to focus from false focus - in the midst of the drivers' scolding and horns, a car reverses its direction and drives to the shoulder of the road, and a figure opens the door and staggers out, panicked over the fence and runs wildly into the wilderness - the black dot moves undulating in the night in the endless wasteland, and Mantos's voice rings out again, this time, his roles with Coke reversed.

"What do you think about travel?" Cola's voice seemed young and happy, and she giggled, a big difference from the ethereal nature of the opening credits.

"Well," Mantos said with a smile in his voice, more relaxed than ever, "I travel for six months a year, from New York to Washington, from Mumbai to Singapore, from Rio de Janeiro to Reykjavik...... You don't know these cities? It doesn't matter, you just need to know that they're all big and amazing......"

As he narrates, the camera zooms in, and Mantos runs back into the familiar woods, the camera passing over the tree that has been seen so many times - but the traces he left behind are gone, and he runs through the woods and into the town at night, and everything seems to have returned to the beginning, and the 16-year-old Mantos stopped at the door of the hotel, holding his knees and gasping, staring at the intersection ahead.

"Hey." When the 16-year-old Cola walked through the intersection with a group of female companions, Mantos stared at her in a daze, his face flashed with an extremely complicated look, but the undisguised love and tenderness in his eyes also made the theater resound with a low sigh: there is no doubt that Mantos loves Coke, and he loves it enough to give up reality for her, maybe this is the meaning of the previous journey. - After a brief period of wandering, he finally stepped forward and stopped Coke.

"Hey." Coke was visibly curious about the stranger, and she touched her braids and replied with a snickering in her female companion. "Are you new to town?"

"Yes." Mantos said, holding out his hand. "Jack. Anderson. ”

"Ahh

"Norma. Stonebridge. 'Coke' said with a grin, and she reached out and shook Mantos' hand.

"Ok, Norma, nice to meet you." A smile appeared on Jack's face, as he and Norma walked naturally forward. "Norma, what do you think about traveling?"

"Is this your pick-up line?" The camera slowly pans from their faces to their whole bodies, and many people have noticed that Norma's dress has changed a lot - she looks more modern, at least not in the style of the 20s, and even the shops in the town seem to have the flickering light of televisions. "So-what do you think about travel?"

"I travel for six months a year, from New York to Washington, from Mumbai to Singapore, from Rio de Janeiro to Reykjavik...... You don't know these cities? It doesn't matter, you just need to know that they're all big and amazing......"

The camera moves upwards over the building, over the roof, and forward, forward, the light source keeps brightening and brightening, and finally, it falls to the carriage shop in the center of town, which has somehow become a train station, and on the platform, Jack carries a suitcase and gets into the train parked on the platform with Norma. Compared to before, Norma, who seemed to have grown older, pointed out the window, and Jack, who had not changed at a glance, was much calmer, and he turned his head to look at a crow perched on the awning of the platform, and silently stared at it.

With the sound of a whistle, the train slowly moves forward, the camera zooms in, and finally falls on the watch worn by Jack, the second hand ticks, ticks, ticks, ticks, ticks, ticks,

There was a burst of applause, and the audience's mood was not as enthusiastic and expectant as when they watched "Codename Shero", and many people were discussing the meaning of the ending with each other. "Do you think this town is real? What is the whole movie about? ”

"I think...... The town may be somewhere between the real and the unreal, depending on how Jack sees it, doesn't it? When Jack thought of it as a dream, it was fantastical, but when he started to take it seriously, it became a lot more real. ”

"Yes, but what exactly is it talking about? Is it Jack's growth? Or death, time, love, worldly relationships? ”

"I think it's kind of wonderful -- it's amazing, it's not the kind of classical art film, the theme is clear, all the metaphors are in the service of the theme, and the metaphors behind the theme, it's a little bit fragmented, but there's a solid kernel that runs through the whole film, so that it's not scattered. It's just that this kernel is not as easy to say as a classical art film. ”

In this preview screening, all the audience signed a confidentiality agreement, and after watching it, they could not just leave, but participated in the discussion and feedback under the auspices of the statistical company, and filled out some questionnaires - the opinions of this kind of preview screening will eventually be fed back to the producer, and may even lead to the revision of the film editing, and there is no shortage of anecdotes in history that the producer has revised important plots because of the feedback from the audience at the preview screening. If it weren't for Salvi. Tuqi is working on a new film, and he will definitely be on the scene as well. Alain, who also participated in the panel discussion as a member of the film critics, said seriously, "It's a vague, chaotic feeling, like a psychological consultation, you get a lot of information, and you have to put together the specific answers yourself." But it's by no means meaningless, the symmetry, the mapping, the changes in detail, it's all a reflection of Mantos - or Jack, and I think if we look at it a few more times, we can see a whole new story from beneath the surface, the story of Jack's life, especially the first half of his life, after the last time he arrived in town, you can easily see that Nora's dress and temperament have changed, and she has become more like a-"

- A girl from a good family, yes, at least her family is not particularly poor, and her parents do not seem to be dead, Jennifer's performance brings out this subtle difference, and in the end, in Nora's shot, she behaves more confidently, and the faint inferiority complex at the beginning is gone. So, if you take this Nora as the real her, then the previous cola is a projection of Mantos himself, and the first half of his life is actually hidden in the first paragraph, and Nora's first half of life is in the last paragraph, which is a correspondence-" Another film critic Andre said, "If you still think of this Nora as a projection of Mantos himself, then it also means that Mantos himself has changed, he has become bolder and more pioneering - this is a very interesting film, it is like Escher's painting, It's subtle, it's unique—"

"Yes! Yes! Alain excited, "The paradox, the loop, the symmetry...... A topology movie, yes, that's its unique temperament. ”

"But do you think mainstream critics will appreciate it?" The Warner crew sensitively asked, "Do you think the current editing will be well received by critics?" Does it need some changes, and what do you feel about it? ”

Several critics exchanged glances and shook their heads.

"So far, I don't have any opinions," Alain said cautiously, stroking his messy beard, "I personally would give a good review - I think this is a very fresh and esoteric film, there are too many details to dig into, and the acting - of course the performance can hit the Oscars, and the male and female protagonists will not have a problem getting nominations, but, of course, Jennifer will not win another award anytime soon-"

Everyone laughed knowingly, and the staff from Warner also laughed and shook their heads, "But the movie itself—"

"I don't think its theme will be the kind that Oscar appreciates, its topic is big and small, and it is very different from the reality and sense of history that Oscar focuses on, and this complex and exquisite design and free romantic atmosphere, it is very young." Alain shook his head, not hiding his appreciation. "It's Salvi's exploration, and you get a clear sense of it, he's free to explore his own psychic world—"

"Yes, yes, you can feel the traces of his mind wandering, and the feeling of leaning out at the forefront of the industry, it seems to be a whimsical work, full of aura, of course, very well shot, the use of special effects-"

"Yes, yes."

All the critics nodded, "And those directors who only use CGI to build robots and choreograph the so-called absurd scenery in "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" should come to see this movie, Salvi's use of special effects is really full of aura, those gorgeous and romantic shots, that kind of visual enjoyment - this kind of revolutionary creation will definitely have a great impact on the best special effects next year." ”

"The whole lens language, he is getting more and more free in this regard, but the editing and footage at his fingertips are so perfect-"

"But you can still feel that this is a very young film, and it's far from Salvi's peak." Alain concluded. "It's a collection of some of his cutting-edge ideas, it's very fresh, and I think it's going to be nominated for an Oscar for Best Picture, but it's not going to be too likely."

"But do you think the general audience will like it?" The Warner crew jotted down something on the paper, and he continued, "How much potential do you think the box office has?" ”

"Uh......" said Jon, "I don't know what other people think, but as far as myself and my friends -- we both love the movie, of course, we're all fans, but it doesn't have much to do with it, really, as far as the movie itself goes, we love it too." Although you can't clearly say the theme of it after watching it, it still makes you feel - exquisite, interesting, and very beautiful, those pictures, that dreamlike feeling - although I can't fully express the core idea of what it wants to express, and I can't say that I fully understand it the first time, but understanding it doesn't prevent you from watching the movie, because you know that it expresses something - although it may be very philosophical, you can't understand it for the time being, but there will be an urge to watch it a few more times, to experience it a few more times, Because the graphics are really beautiful -- it makes me regret why it's in 3D, and why I don't have a private theater in my house, you know, because you really feel sorry to think that it's going to be out in a few months-"

"Beautiful, I think first and foremost, that's the biggest feature of Salvi's films," Zade gushes. "In fact, it takes talent to make a movie beautiful, really, with his age, you can only say that it is talent, there are many complex scenes here, but he explains the entire logical chain very cleanly, and even replaces the characters' lines and confessions many times, and presents their psychology completely, which is very beautiful and concise - in addition, of course, there is beauty in the aesthetic sense, his beauty is very abundant, and the actors' performances are also very big highlights and gimmicks, This is a movie that makes people start thinking naturally, the geometric beauty of the structure is the source of its charm, and human beings will really appreciate that beauty unconsciously, they will find this kind of thinking pleasant, I don't think you need to worry much about whether the box office can pay off, you can just follow this clip, if it is cut into that kind of big road love story, it will make the box office and film reviews go down-"

As if noticing the staff's expressions, he smiled, "I know that the cost of this film is close to 200 million, and it is the result of your joint investment with Universal Focus, Disney Touchstone, and a whole bunch of independent film labels, which is a big investment for you, and you urgently need to recoup your investment - I think Jennifer didn't invest, and it was a lot of pressure on you, but ...... My opinion is, you don't need to worry about this, as long as there is Jennifer's performance and 3D gimmicks, it is unlikely that you will lose money on a global scale, not to mention that this movie is so beautiful-"

Yes, in the successive test screenings, whether it is a professional film critic or an ordinary audience, the evaluation of the film is very positive, although it is neither a traditional 3D commercial film, nor a traditional art film, it can be said to be the most cutting-edge grafting product in the industry, there is no precedent to follow, it is purely a big gamble, but what is surprising is that such an incomprehensible movie can be appreciated by both the elegant and the vulgar, and the audience really doesn't seem to care too much about not being able to understand it at the first time, but praising "Life Journey" 'is really deep, It makes people want to watch it a few more times and think about it', and Alain. Film critics like Morrison have already written articles to express their feelings.

"It's a topological film" and "represents a new metamorphosis for Salvi, and the key word of this film should be a breakthrough - under his leadership, Heath. Ledger and Jennifer. Jefferson also performed an amazing performance, "the most difficult way to perform by age, the best result...... Different from the traditional evaluation of masterpieces, this kind of rough and somewhat puzzling comments, such as 'topological films', have aroused the expectations of the film industry, after all, only a few people can see the test screening, and more people have secretly looked forward to the Christmas schedule - such an unprecedented 3D art film, whether it is the film itself, or its distribution and marketing, has a strong reference value, and its performance at the box office is also expected: 200 million budget, at least 100 million publicity, That must be a large-scale opening, for this kind of movie without peripherals, it is difficult to recover the cost if the global box office is only 800 million, and it must count on a good performance at the Oscars in order to sell the follow-up copyright and make a profit.

And '800 million in the world, the Oscars have a sense of existence', this is indeed an extremely high goal for art films, even if Jennifer participates and gets good reviews, this goal still seems unattainable, rumors about "Life Journey" are still quietly circulating in the industry: it is said that Warner and other investors intend to edit a more popular and commercial version and give up the Oscars in exchange for the box office and give priority to returning to profit......