Today, let's talk about the movie "Sound of Metal".
The title is Sound of Metal (2019), alias Silent Drummer (Stage).
The film is an original Amazon film and director Darryls Mader's debut feature film about the sudden deafness of a metal drummer.
The male protagonist, Reuben, worked as a drummer in a metal band, was exposed to high-decibel sounds for many years, suffered from sudden deafness, and had a sharp decline in hearing, and soon became deaf.
Ruben's setting is very interesting, it seems that he is a drummer in a rock band, but in fact, this rock band is also Ruben and his girlfriend and lead singer Sister Lu.
Compared to the rock stars who are full of echoes, Ruben and Lu's band is still in the underground stage, on the one hand, they are touring everywhere to accumulate popularity, and on the other hand, they are looking for big companies to cooperate with, trying to make a name for themselves.
Their financial situation is also stretched, living in a motorhome, wandering around in search of performance opportunities.
When the world suddenly stopped sounding, everything fell silent.
You may wish to think about it, or try it, turn off the speaker headset telephone TV, put on the earplugs, is there a feeling of sudden stillness.
In rock concerts, the lead singer will shout "Make some noise~" and "get restless~" when mobilizing the atmosphere. With sound, people will follow the activity, and work and do things will have feelings.
Hearing excellent and grand music, you look at the husky and husky around you, and you want to ride each other to the battlefield. Hearing soothing and soft music, people will also be relaxed physically and mentally. Hearing the white noise, you can find a little comfort.
Ruben's setting is a metal band drummer who needs to work in high decibels and is desperately needed to get restless. Metal Music itself is full of this struggle and unruliness, never bowing down like fate, always feeling that he can fight with one, even if he is crushed to pieces.
It was in this environment that Ruben was deaf.
It was as if fate had made a joke with Reuben, pressing the pause button in Reuben's restless life.
Physics tells us that where there is mass, there is inertia. The same is true of life, everyone will live according to their familiar routines, it is impossible to change suddenly.
It is not easy to get a restless drummer to accept the sudden advent of a still life.
"Sound of Metal" tells the story of a metal drummer who suddenly moves from a restless life into a quiet life.
As the film shows, Ruben, after suddenly losing his hearing, tries many ways and methods to try to find a new way of life that he can adapt to.
Ruben went through five phases of the DABDA grief cycle. "Voice of Metal" shows his process of denial, anger, compromise, depression, and acceptance.
Ruben refused, refused to accept the fact that he was deaf, and wanted to continue on touring.
Ruben was angry, venting his emotions on everything that was not going well around him, and smashing a lot of guys.
Ruben compromised, sought medical treatment from a doctor, lived in a mutual aid club according to Lu's wishes, learned sign language, and lived with a group of deaf people.
Ruben had been depressed, depressed from watching Lu's tour, wanting to accept calm but unable to write anything.
Eventually, Ruben accepted the calm. After receiving treatment, he returned to the hustle and bustle of life again, only to find that he could never go back.
When life encounters major changes, how a person needs to adjust and adapt.
Sound of Metal answers this question with the experience of deafness by one of the drummers who needed the most hearing.
"During those afternoons of sitting in your room, did you feel a moment of calm?" The film gives the answer in a rather Zen way. Ruben did not understand this way of seeking peace at first, thinking that it was only metaphysical, but when he resisted and tried to go back, he found that the answer to adapting to his new life had already been given.
Restless life suddenly stands still,
Veterans don't die another way.
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