tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-112128161596156210.post6224477273994223142..comments2023-04-12T01:29:39.281-07:00Comments on An angry man's view on films: Mr Nobody Understands MeAngry man film bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04778440317089653823noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-112128161596156210.post-58453949524810856662013-01-05T18:39:23.866-08:002013-01-05T18:39:23.866-08:00It's sad that this amazing film was so poorly ...It's sad that this amazing film was so poorly marketed and ended up so commercially unsuccessful and, as a result, so few people are even aware of its existence.<br /><br />Movies can makes us think (try to make sense of the story) and movies can makes us feel (empathize with the characters' predicaments). It's a rare film that can manage to effectively achieve both.<br /><br />It's true that Mr Nobody is a challenge to make sense of, even compared to other films that employ nonlinear storytelling tactics.<br /><br />If you've seen it but are still struggling with putting the pieces together, consider this an attempt at an interpretation:<br /><br />[spoiler warning]<br /><br />The multiple branches of a life story that we see in most of the movie are the dream of a younger Nemo (though it's hard to tell what age: 9? 15? 34?) of how his future life might unfold. The 2092 future doesn't exist yet (as the 118-year-old Nemo himself tells the interviewer at some point near the ending) except in Nemo's dreams or in his imagination.<br /><br />Just like an unfinished chess game's possible multiple future developments co-exist simultaneously in the chess player's mind before he/she makes a move, so do young Nemo's possible future life stories co-exist (in his dream(s)?) simultaneously before a crucial decision is made.<br /><br />The multiple possible life stories keep on branching and branching, but in this film they are woven into three distinct threads. In one of them, Nemo ends up marrying a girl who loves someone else. In another thread, he ends up marrying a girl he doesn't love. And then there's a thread in which Nemo and the girl are completely in love with each other. But the trouble is: in this thread, circumstances conspire, time and again, to prevent them from living together happily.<br /><br />As Nemo dreams of his life's possible future paths and his life's ending, he is trying to understand which of the three women is his true love. When he gets to the final answer, "Anna", he exclaims: "This is the happiest day of my life!", and then -- in a way -- time starts rolling all the way back to the point(s) where the crucial decision(s) is/are made.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-112128161596156210.post-20602021309519317442012-07-10T15:00:44.676-07:002012-07-10T15:00:44.676-07:00What about the gnostic themes of this movie?What about the gnostic themes of this movie?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-112128161596156210.post-40033849100160282242012-07-01T23:52:28.898-07:002012-07-01T23:52:28.898-07:00hahaha..... is definitely diff, which is exactly w...hahaha..... is definitely diff, which is exactly why i love it. def not a mainstream film and clearly, one of my fav movies.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com