Before introducing the movie "Reminiscence", it is necessary to introduce the director LisaJoy of this film.
Who is Lisa Joy? Before directing Reminiscence, her director's resume had only one TV series, the fourth episode of the second season of "WestWorld" The Riddle of the Sphinx.
The more recognized label is the younger brother and sister of the big director Christopher Nolan, and the wife of Jonathan Nolan.
This time, Lisa stepped up from behind the two men and became the director, screenwriter, and producer of Reminiscence. Master the voice of the film and use his own personal style to interpret this love story under the background of science fiction.
The story of "Reminiscence" takes place in the near future. Climate change has caused sea levels to rise, and Miami has become a "water city".
The protagonist Nick has a special device that can make people return to memory.
One day, at the end of get off work, an unfamiliar woman came here admiringly, wanting to retrieve her key.
Love at first sight and love at second sight, Mae became Nick's obsession.
Then……
Nick woke up from the memory. Mae disappeared, and Nick could only look back on the two people's past over and over again.
When interrogating the suspect through "Return to Memory", he accidentally saw Mae's figure. Through questioning, Nick learned about the unknown side of Mae before the two met. Mae is a drug addict, ruthless as the mistress of the drug lord.
After being shocked, Nick still did not give up looking for Mae. On the edge of life and death, Nick finally got to know Mae and made the decision for the rest of his life.
Here, there is no spoiler. Please take time to watch the movie.
There are very few movies that can make me feel so shocked after watching it, as if the reverberations are endless for three days.
This is a female director who composes a swan song of love under the background of cold apocalyptic science fiction.
When the two met and knew each other, it was soft and hazy.
The unknown Mae is dark and cold.
The most wonderful setting is the meeting between Mae and Nick at the time in the memory of others.
Nephrite is warm and fragrant, whispering, past memories are long memories for you in the future.
Falling into memories, falling into Reminiscence.
The film is not a hard-core science fiction film. There is no emphasis on the advanced science and technology and the collapse of the social system under the cyberpunk style, there is no visual impact of all kinds, and there is no conflict between people and technology. There is no end to the judgment of human nature and the thirst for survival.
It's not what the Nolan family is good at, the novel concepts and the chaotic narrative style of the timeline.
"Reminiscence" is an independent work by director Lisa Joy without her husband's surname. Borrow the shell of science fiction and the background of apocalypse to reflect the warmth of memories. Use technology to reproduce memories, narrate love in light and shadow.
Lisa's "Mystery of Remembrance", let me see the appearance of love.
Love, I love you, love you as a person, willingly accept everything about you.
Love is about falling in love with a specific person, not a concept.
The so-called time is long, love becomes family affection, or love can't compare with economic foundation. Never seen love before, just as love does not exist. To put it bluntly, I just don't believe in love.
Many creators nowadays do not believe in the existence of love in essence, and they have created a lot of works that sell materials with love. In order to embody love, we have to conceptualize and label people. Gentleness, kindness, self-motivated...These are all concepts, and real people are flesh and blood and rich. The perfect love object in everyone's imagination must have excellent qualities before we can appreciate and like it. But in actual communication, it is more than just dealing with attractive advantages. The advantages of the other party are used to enjoy and cherish. The shortcomings of the other party are used to get along and show love.
Everyone has the instinct to yearn for love, but the love that most people expect is loved. Only when you really know how to love can you get love.
In recent years, romance films, in the name of love, instill the material foundation to determine the stability of the spirit of love. What a weird social situation this is. Money and RVs are both human creations. To enhance the materiality created while denying the inherent emotional nature of human beings is denying the nature of human beings.
The greatness of a person does not lie in having a creative consciousness to create a colorful world. But in the great world, we can create and usher in a better time together.