Max is a real jerk. A long time ago, the successful lawyer had turned over all the routine duties of family life to his wife Nathalie.His comfort and leisure time were a far greater priority. Sell the roadster and buy an efficient family car? No way!But then, Max’s fast-paced life suddenly screeches to a halt when Nathalie is hospitalized for several weeks with a complicated fracture.Alone with their two children and the dog he hates, Max quickly reaches the boiling point.As if having to play father was not bad enough, he is shocked to the core when he discovers passionate love letters written to his wife and signed “From G. in love”. Feeling that his life is slipping out of control, Max’s first impulse is to find out who his rival is. Then it dawns on him – could the way he has treated his wife be the reason why she has sought out another lover?Now Max attempts to see his situation from a different point of view. Last week he was ready to plan the yearly guys’ vacation he takes with his best buddy, but now things have changed.Max recognizes just how much he needs Nathalie’s humor, her organizing talent and her optimism, but also just how important to him she and his family really are. Max tries to discover the mysterious lover’s identity, but because of his new insight, he takes an additional step.Unfortunately, when he learns that the mystery man is Gregor, Max realizes that not only does the man have all those qualities - he is very attractive as well. His struggle to become a better husband and father suddenly becomes far more difficult.Hoping to knock Gregor out of the picture and get back in Nathalie’s good graces, Max makes an appointment with a successful life coach. But turning his life around is far more difficult than he had imagined.To make matters worse, Gregor turns out to be a loving, family-oriented man just what Nathalie needs. Max is desperate – he knows there is a real chance that he might lose Nathalie and the children.Willing to put everything on the line to keep his family intact, Max makes the biggest sacrifice of his life. Then something happens that is the very last thing he could have ever counted on…
寄蜉蝣于天地，渺沧海之一粟。吾生之须臾，羡长江之无穷。挟飞仙以遨游，抱明月而长终。
#2020金馬影展# 趙婷的作品，我果然還是沒有共鳴啊，尤其後面突然來個老人說教？（說起自己的兒子自殺）不過攝影、法蘭姨、音樂都很好。
两次泪崩。。一次是看到Swankie发来燕子满天飞的视频。。一次是see you down the road。。一路的悲伤和执着。。看完内心满满的。。他们这些人。。看似游离在荒野。。却恰恰是最难以割舍情感的。。导演大赞。。嫂子大赞。。镜头大赞。。配乐大赞。。
很喜欢这样的公路片，安静而不戏剧化，几乎所有的戏剧性都来自真实的生活。麦克多蒙德演这个角色简直不要太有说服力，倔强地永远在路上，在漂泊中渐渐疗愈自己。相信到最后她真正说服了自己，是无房可归，而非无家可归，这种强大的人生前进力量，就是影片的成功所在。
起初以为是命运的安排使人孤独，后来发现是自己选择了孤独，就像狂风巨浪中的鸟，在飞翔的时候才能体会到生命的广阔和人性的不屈，最后才明白，在路上是因为不想与心中那个他的影子诀别，不能停下，因为停下悲伤就会湮没自己。
花107分钟跟着赵婷和老麦去感受游牧民的生活。
不是一直在路上的小清新，而是行走在旷野中的孤独和疗愈。看的时候让我一度恍惚，这是美国西部的现代游牧，又何尝不是中国西部的心灵光景。在本片中无依是一种人生选择，可惜现实中无依往往是一种无可奈何。返璞归真的演绎让麦克多蒙德三度封后，集编导剪于一身的赵婷让本片浑然天成。《无依之地》让人看到，当一切因素都是对的时候，一部电影会呈现出什么样自信和充沛的艺术效果。电影中一切逻辑都完全自洽，现实中本片的遭遇却荒诞不经。
真的就很马力克，尤其是科恩嫂的单人镜头的时候，所以还挺享受的。但是在这样的题材下又要刻意收敛政治表述又显得很失策，但是考虑到赵婷的移民身份，她也是更多的想审视而不是参与其中的，所以造就了镜头和人物中间的这种疏离感，反倒让电影有些不同。羡慕她作为一个中国出生的富二代可以起点很高的拍自己喜欢风格的电影。
车厢里，荒野上，工厂车间，温馨家庭，每个空间的感觉和作用都拍得好清晰。选择“石头”来代表这些houseless的人也很贴切玩味。
“献给那些不得不上路的人” ps.这部电影是学习广角摄影很好的素材
有选择而浪漫才是真浪漫。
身体的箭头虽指向前方，灵魂的箭头却指向过去。被留下来的人如何与自己的余生相处。
如果我禹禹独行还算平安
《无依之地》的跳跃性剪辑大约可见一种诗性，看似碎片化，反切出一种白描性自然主义。不仅是单单描绘西部美景，而是于一种边缘性的生活方式的探索，更为隽久地感受到永恒的怅然的自由，然后面对人生还是要继续下去。较之一路上遇到的那些石头、遥远的星辰、广阔无垠的荒野、盘绕的大树、一望无际的公路和终将废弃的工厂，你我都是过客。有一种鸟是停不下来的，旁人看来是偏执般的孤傲，熟不知她助人的善意，和念莎翁十四行诗时格外的温存。参差多态才是幸福之源，告别那些宏大叙事，孤独的人并不可耻。8.6
与大部分人不同，Fern一段时间后选择自我放逐，过着类似牛仔又类似现代吉普赛人的生活。这不仅因为永不落下的星条旗背后有一群人正日渐消逝，更源于世上再无人可分享人生之最大悲剧。
最后再讲点民粹的事情：一开始赵婷拿大奖，国内一通吹我是非常不屑一顾的：我猜她拍的就是美国电影，拿奖正常，跟你有什么关系。看完之后觉得自己狭隘了，人类情感的共通之处是远比国别之间的差别大得多的，那些孤独、记忆、不后悔、安静是全人类共享的。希望2021年我自己更多元一点，不要太狭隘吧。
孤帆远影碧空尽，唯见長江天际流……以前不大明白這两句，昨下午看了這片（赶热闹）算明了一點……人生長恨路長在……
后一个小时是享受，分享，执着。
在忠於自我的路上，無人可依/無枝可依，能支撐在蕭條頹敗、只有更壞沒有最壞的當下，只能通過某種形式的不斷遊走去尋找另樣的出口，只要能扛得起外界的「主流」評價，就能實現自我認同。看這樣的影片對像我這樣的asocial真的是莫大的寬慰，知道自己在做自己的路上，不是一個人，而事實上，我們注定孤獨。En route！
灰蓝色的群山边缘，你总能看见一抹将逝的残阳。夕阳西下，但Fern并不是断肠人。萧瑟的生活中，她依然坚守心中最后的一片浪漫与诗意。
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