The lead actor realized the self-redemption in reality by starring in this movie, which is the real inspirational movie. @Nai Nai Sister
Peanut Butter Falcon, a movie whose name you don't know what to say, is strictly speaking a traditional American road-based inspirational movie. When I watched the movie, especially after understanding the background of the film shooting, I had a completely different feeling from other inspirational movies. Unlike other inspirational movies that feel like a wishful fantasy, Peanut Butter Falcon has really begun to change a lot of people during the filming process.
Peanut Butter Falcon was released in the United States on August 9, 2019, and was co-written and directed by Taylor Nelson and Mike Schwartz. He was nominated for "Top 10 Independent Films" at the 91st National Critics Guild Awards and Best New Director at the 23rd Online Film Critics Association Awards. Once released, it was well received by everyone for its special shooting background, special starring and heart-warming and healing plot, and it can be said that it is one of the highly rated films in the United States this year.
The plot of the film itself is not complicated, it is a typical American road movie, all the way forward. It tells the story of the uncared for Tang's child Zach, who was placed in a nursing home by the government and lived with a group of elderly people every day, but zach, who fantasized about becoming a wrestler one day, escaped from the nursing home, and met Taylor, a "fugitive" crab catcher who killed his brother in a car accident due to his negligence, lost the crab hunting certificate he relied on to survive, and argued with people to burn the dock. With Taylor's help, Zach met his wrestling idol, and really became a wrestler, realizing his dream, and Taylor also got along with Zach, walked out of the psychological shadow of his brother who killed his brother, bravely faced the mistakes he made, and obtained self-redemption.
Many people after watching this movie are touched by Zach's inspiration and his perseverance, but I see another difference from the movie, in addition to Zach's own inspiration, through this movie, we should perhaps see in life, what is the real respect for people, how to know how to put yourself in the shoes of each other, and sometimes the kindness of extending your hands is also to redeem yourself. This article will start from my own feelings and understanding, from what is the real respect, self-redemption, inspiration outside the play and the characteristics of American road movies to analyze the film, let us really feel the healing movie in this play and outside the scene is very inspirational.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" >01 Overprotecting is not necessarily the best care, respecting each other and letting go boldly is the best love</h1>
Throughout the movie, Zach has two important characters around him, one is Taylor, the other is Eleanor, and it is precisely because of the existence of these two people that they all like Zach from the bottom of their hearts that Zach has the opportunity to truly realize his wrestling dreams, but the two have completely different attitudes towards Zach' baby Tang.
1, Eleanor: excessive care is the expression of love
In the film, Eleanor is Zach's caregiver and has been in charge of taking care of Zach. After Zach escapes, she also anxiously goes out looking for her. She understands Zach's dream, but in her eyes it is an impossible dream, after all, Zach is a special patient, synonymous with vulnerability, need to be carefully placed in a special environment, carefully taken care of, this is the best way of life for him.
So when Eleanor finally found Zach, the first reaction was whether Zach had taken the medicine well and whether his body had any adverse reactions. Zach sits on the raft and worries about whether he will fall, like a mother who is overly worried about her child's injury, and completely ignores Zach's psychological needs, let alone let Zach play wrestling.
Eleanor wasn't wrong, she just took care of Zach in the way she thought was best, trying to give Zach the best she could. It's just that she doesn't know that her self-righteous goodness is not what Zach needs.
2) Taylor: Zach is not an idiot, what he needs is real respect and equal treatment
From the very beginning of his encounter with Zach, Taylor did not treat Zach as a flawed person, but gave him the respect that a normal person should have, called him a brother, and set two standards for Zach, who insisted on following him according to the standards of normal people: "1. Don't delay my rhythm." 2, I am the boss. Called Zach a "fugitive" like himself, so they were equal. Zach felt equality and respect in the process of getting along with Taylor, and felt a completely different strength from a nursing home.
From the beginning to the end of the film, Taylor never looks at Zach in a strange way, and even after Eleanor finds Zach, Taylor warns Eleanor: "You'd better stop calling him an idiot." Although Eleanor did not call Zach an idiot, Taylor felt that Eleanor's behavior was to make Zach feel like an idiot, which meant that even if he could do what he could, he could not do, which was only bad for Zach's life, not good.
Zach's opponent in the final wrestling match, Sam, knows that Zach is a child of the Down family, but he still shows no mercy on the playing field and does not release water at all, because in his heart, this is the greatest respect for Zach, and it is the real help for Zach to realize the wish in his heart. Otherwise, Zach wouldn't have come to play a game, but a game, and no one would want to take his life's wish as a child's play.
Eleanor in the play is like the attitude of many people in our lives towards the disabled, although the starting point is good, want to take care of the disabled, act and speak carefully, but let the disabled people feel their own special and incompetent, in fact, such an attitude and practice, sometimes it is more of a harm. Getting along with each other, sometimes treating each other as normal ordinary people, is the best respect. If you truly love one, you must respect him and help him realize his dreams.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" >02 A "loser" who has achieved Zach in his own way and redeemed himself</h1>
Taylor was a loser in life, once had an older brother who lived with him and caught crabs for a living, but because of his negligence caused a car accident and caused his brother's death. This incident made him grumble, and he could not get out of the shadow of killing his brother for a long time. After his brother's death, he lost his crab catching license and could only survive by killing fish in the factory. Later, because of the dispute between the crab poaching and the people, he burned other people's crab catching tools, causing a fire, and began to flee.
At this time, Taylor's heart is full of self-blame and loss, when he first met Zach, his heart was to treat Zach as trouble, but with the continuous understanding and deepening, he gradually fell in love with this innocent big boy. Although Zach is intellectually handicapped, he has an innocent, simple heart, and he naturally intuitively feels that Taylor is a kind person, so he is willing to give all his love to Taylor, so that Taylor can find the feeling of being with his brother. When Zach said to Taylor, "I'll give you all my birthday wishes from now on." Taylor cried because it was the most precious thing in Zach's mind.
On the surface of the movie, Taylor helped Zach realize his dream of becoming a wrestler, but in fact, Zach purified Taylor's heart with his own actions, allowing him to walk out of his brother's death and learn to face life bravely. The two of them help each other and accomplish each other. Sometimes we learn to extend our kind hands, but maybe it is ourselves who have achieved it.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" >03 The plot of the movie is simple and warm, but understanding the inspiration outside the scene can really understand the charm of this movie</h1>
1. Zach Gauchagen: The true color of a child with Down's disease
Zach Gauchagen, the actor in the film, is a Down child in reality, but he loves to act, and he is the true color of this movie. Taylor Nelson and Mike Schwartz became acquainted with Zach when they went to a summer camp for the disabled in California in 198 to watch a show.
Zach proposed the desire to appear in the film, and the two directors categorically refused, because there is no history of Down's children acting in movies, however, in the face of rejection, Zach was not discouraged and directly suggested: "Then let's shoot one together!" "So there's today's Peanut Butter Falcon."
The two directors used Zack's good swimming and wrestling skills in the film, and it was a coincidence that the film was filmed in Savannah, Georgia, and the famous inspirational film "Forrest Gump" was filmed in the same location. A movie starring Tang Shi'er is very difficult, so this drama was filmed for five years.
2. Shea LaBeouf: Self-redemption in reality through filmmaking
If this phone call made Zach Gauchagen realize his dream of being an actor, then the film Taylor's character Shea LaBeouf completed his self-transformation with the filming of the film.
LaBeouf must be known to many people, he is the little Sam next to the bumblebee in the first 3 parts of "Transformers". Child star-turned-Shea LaBeouf became a hit with the "Transformers" series and once became the world's most concerned Hollywood male star.
He retreated after Transformers 3, refused all commercial film invitations, and wanted to dive down and focus more on art films, but in fact, after that, he appeared in the public eye not to be good works, but to emerge from the endless negative news. Drunk driving, plagiarism, drunken trouble, the media called Hollywood's "bad boys". Until later, because of his reputation, he had to quit the show business circle, just like Taylor he played in the movie, and his past was stained.
During the filming of the play, Shea LaBeouf was also arrested by the police for seven hours for a drunken disturbance, almost ruining the film. After the incident, Zach said directly to him: "You are already famous, but this play is my chance, and you are destroying it." This sentence suddenly woke up LaBeouf. Since then, he has begun to make up his mind to change, began to stay away from alcohol, away from scandal, and staged a moving story of the prodigal son turning back to gold. After the film's release, "Peanut Butter Falcon" finally grossed more than 20 million with a budget of 6.2 million, giving Shea LaBeouf a beautiful comeback.
Through the process of filming and getting along with Zach, LaBeouf changed a lot. He said in the interview that after the whole process, he became soft and understood to listen.
In real life, Zach can't even speak clearly, but he teaches LaBeouf the power of calm, and also allows LaBeouf to achieve his own redemption through this movie, which is the real inspirational place of this movie, and it is also the difference of this film.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" >04 A typical American road inspirational movie that makes people see a different feeling</h1>
1, road movies, a major genre of American movies, use travel to achieve the purification of the characters' hearts
Peanut Butter Falcon is a typical American road independent film, and although Zach and Taylor walk mostly by water, they are actually classified as road movies.
Road movies, or road movies, are primarily a type of film that reflects life on the road. Usually refers to the narrative development of the film is set in a journey, the protagonist of the film in the absolute length of the film road trip plot, complete the life experience, change of thought, character shaping, resulting in a series of dramatic conflicts. Or communication with others, with one's own mind.
The United States is known as the "country on the wheels of the car", and Americans have the same feelings for the car as Chinese as deep as the bicycle. Because the film comes from life, in the United States, those winding roads, dotted with motels, and all kinds of people running on the road have naturally become the stage for American road movies to interpret the story. Oscar-winning films like Rain man and Bonnie and Clyde are all road movies.
This film also adopts the form of a road movie, through Taylor taking Zach to find his dream wrestling school and idol Saltwater Red Neck, and experiencing changes in the inner feelings of the characters on the way to connect and construct the structure of the whole play. Road movies are relatively simple plots, for Zach Gauchagen, a real Down child, such a plot setting is easier to shoot, and I think it is just right to interpret Zach's inspirational road in the way of road movies.
2. The uniqueness of this film lies in the synchronous inspirationality inside and outside the play
The title of this film is "Peanut Butter Falcon", peanut butter, falcon are very American labels, coupled with the design of the road movie plot, basically do not read the introduction also know that it is an American movie, after all, the combination of these points represents some of the characteristics of American movies. If this movie is purely from the plot point of view, the movie itself does not have too many brilliant places, the plot design is basically the routine of the traditional American inspirational movie, which may also be the reason why its Douban score has dropped from 8 points at the beginning to 7.4 points now, although it is only 7.4 points, but in the same type of movie, it has been considered to be a very good result.
If this movie is only seen as an ordinary movie, it will not have much feeling, after all, its plot is very simple and ordinary, but when you understand its background and the inspirational story in reality, you can really understand this movie. After all, for a Down patient, to complete such a movie, it takes a lot of effort. It is precisely because of Zach Gauchagen's persistence and hard work outside the play that he has fulfilled his life dream. Unconsciously, with his own actions, everyone in the whole crew has changed their thinking, especially to give a new life to Shea LaBeouf, and I think that with this alone, the meaning of this film has been successfully realized.
Movies come from life, but vice versa also affect life, which is the true meaning of movies.
summary:
The title of "Peanut Butter Falcon" is just a nickname that Zach gave himself as a wrestler, and this film has no complicated shooting skills throughout the film, only simple warmth and healing, plus the real background story outside the play, which is even more touching. A Child of Down not only realized his dream, but also inadvertently warmed and changed so many people, perhaps its own practical significance has been greater than the meaning of the movie, which is the real inspirational film.