◆ What is "Detachment" about?
It tells the story of the male protagonist Henry to the community school on the verge of bankruptcy and serves as a substitute teacher.
◆What is the storytelling method of the movie?
At first, it looked a bit chaotic, multiple pictures interspersed, unable to distinguish between true and false, and gradually became clear later.
The male protagonist Henry is describing himself, which is equivalent to the narration, and after the narration is over, the picture will continue to appear. The color of this picture is dark orange. In the recollection, the fragment of the recollection is a close-up view, and the whole picture is not visible, but this echoes Grandpa's madness (what should have happened between Henry's mother and Grandpa). The memories at this time are a little orange and black. In class, the picture is always bright and the colors are more vivid.
Overall, that's true. Specifically, some details will be interspersed to enrich the theme. For example, Meredith, one of henry's students, often takes black-and-white photos and often photographs people who look melancholy or troubled.
◆ Is this movie depressing?
To be honest, I don't feel depressed.
From the color point of view, it is indeed depressing, after all, dark and dark colors appear more frequently than bright colors. In addition, the background music and interludes are not cheerful rhythms.
Judging from the content of the story, whether it is the school, teachers, parents or students, without exception, they are full of problems. For example, parents no longer care about their children, children lack of love and are not recognized, teachers do not get the understanding of students, schools and teachers do not reach a consensus, etc.
But there are also times of healing, like the male protagonist Henry saved the wandering prostitute Erica, life seems to have a light, although he has to send Erica away later.
For me anyway, the film isn't depressed, it's more about showing problems that trap everyone like chains. But chains didn't cause depression, so I started thinking about how to solve them.
◆ What is the biggest feeling that this movie gives you?
It's important to understand, it's important to learn to express!
When watching the play, I tried to judge each character in the play by the definitions of "needed" and "identified".
Meredith needs love, but she may need to be recognized and talked about more. Henry needs Erica's company, and his grandfather needs to be forgiven by Henry's mother. Erica needs a stable life and love...
Personally, I think "can't". He had never heard or tried to get Meredith to describe the problems with her.
Not really. After being seen by Sara's teacher, he did not explain it to Sarah properly. I'm more inclined to think that maybe Henry doesn't understand the difference between liking and loving.
All in all, I think that if you can talk to each other well, express your thoughts and words in your heart, and finally understand them, some problems will naturally dissolve.
◆ In this movie, which character is your favorite?
Male lord. His native family had tormented him for so long, but he still wanted to give hope to others. For example, he could have left Erica alone. In addition to the film has always shown the kindness of the male protagonist, the male protagonist also has his shortcomings. For example, he couldn't handle Meredith's liking for him.
All in all, the male protagonist is like a grown child in my eyes.