Two life , for one thing
Introduction
Title: Sliding Doors
Translation: sliding door/double-sided lover-Taiwan/fate see two sides-port
Writer/director: Peter hewitt Peter Howitt
Starring: Gwyneth Paltrow Gwyneth Paltrow
John Hannah John Hannah
John Lynch John Lynch
Jenny terry PuHuoEn
Jeanne Tripplehorn
Type: romantic/comedy film: 99 minutes levels: R class s: 1998
Issue: milkshake company Miramax
Country: the United States/England
Premier: February 21, 1998, Berlin film festival non-competition unit
Release date: April 24, 1998
Literature review
background of " the sliding door "
The sliding door of pure and fresh and smooth, looked contracted, love light comedies of the type in British sketch style. Gwyneth. Paltrow meticulous charming wonderful deduce, make it become the 1998 years Britain's one of the most outstanding movies.
The introduction of the film
Fired by the company
"Sliding door" refers to the electric door on the subway. London a well-known company public relations manager of white-collar Helen, the long hair floats, hand early and drink at the king's nine late five in the fast pace of the drive to work, but because the birthday party by four temporary home a bottle of vodka fired by the company. Indignant at the ready to take the subway Helen in home.
One step change life
One step is poor, before the class a rumbling forward, she will have to wait for the next stop is open, and can't wait any longer.
The film in the subway stop interfering picture of sliding door, segmentation for two clues.
Cheer up of short hair Helen
A story is to assume that the clock back Helen quickly took a few steps, happened to catch the
train. And the subway seat that had been in the building in the elevator of the handsome man met
James encounter, all the opportunities are distinct spots and fit. Trample unpunctual go home,
"Gerry and former girlfriend living boyfriend get mixed up in bed scene Lydia, pain after set, cut
to long hair flowing, with renewed short hair XinMao start a and the good relationship James
topped white collar, and at the same time in James coattails, raising new public relations company,
restore public relations manager line, love the LiangXiang spring in his career.
Unsuspecting Helen
Another story is Helen didn't wait for clues to the subway, back to the ground, the robbery was unfortunate. To the hospital after the bandage, late go home step, miss Gerry and its former girlfriend bed imaging. Don't go to work sit at writing novels not only to Helen support by Gerry, but in an outfit and moving between two women. For his family, Helen a helpless, in can't find the gap of the public relations manager position, had to go to the bakery send take-away odd jobs, to make the money and keep her Gerry spending.
The last of the tragedy
In the movie, the director has two time line are side by side in together, take the kind of drama the same time splicing event scene, two parallel story lines in time point into a lot of small, joining together together, make the audience instant controls. This rapid show the same characters in different circumstances but temperament under the conditions of different results vigorously promote story to finally--what both exciting point difference, only a slip doors change?
Didn't catch the subway home of Helen later hard work low pay money to maintain the family, she even send take-away to Lydia rival in the company is not unwittingly suffer shame and the popularity of the beat. Helen was fired by the company home that day, Gerry to prevent Helen found him at home and Lydia tryst clues, Helen, go to the hotel to accidental pregnancy after XiaoChou Helen. Later, Helen didn't even chance that this important things to Gerry. Gerry has been studying, still weak minority is broken. Lydia also with pregnancy until the intimidation and Helen break up, and Helen also was about to pour out its YunQing knew right away and find out what she has been support of men and women and children of another betrayal, dispute and improved, Helen fell down the stairs abortion. Send Helen to hospital, Gerry just know Helen pregnant the truth. Gerry and don't regret, but at this step, Helen has heart such as the resurgence.
Instant change life
And every event point of synchronous peaceably unto lens, is a sliding door Helen after incision in the same situation. She got the word in timely sliding doors on a subway back home, the timely discovery of Gerry affair without any regret and break up, living to his girlfriend Anna home, and then and James rebuild new love. The film at Helen for pregnant when working in a restaurant after the discomfort stunning moment camera, at the same time, the contrast is shear playback short hair Helen in the same restaurants presided over the new company ceremonies the scenery of the scene. Outside the window, Gerry surprised when Helen, with sufficient sum of good. Helen festivities in there are also on the moment stunning, but it is and James after the results of the pregnancy relationship. Helen and Gerry fall injury after an argument to the pregnant, and movie synchronous another clues of the story of the camera is Helen and James misunderstanding disagreements a traffic accident causes into Helen after deadly die, James in the hospital with her long embrace Helen body.
End of the film
Long hair Helen dump Gerry, walked into the hospital elevator, just meet to see the mother of James from ward out. They were in the care of the subway dialogue film opening, Helen and James head a public relations firm in office elevator meet James ears hear a soap opera lines: cheer up, nobody expects the Spanish trial.
Own point of view / analysis
That is to say, although there are two clues, the story in the film the reality is Helen missed the train. In my opinion, should be in hospital operating table Helen upper postpartum face when Gerry, but would rather go back to film opening, catch the early train, timely face boyfriend's betrayal, get back to no Gerry down himself. "Thank You" for more info theme is that although morning have rain clouds appear in the window, but still not too bad. In the near future, she'll find true love.
Conclusion
The film the last of the fundamental key is optimistic, that song-Thank You, says the film's actual circumstances and theme:
Critics say this is a small woman's movie. In fact the purport of the film really up the path. The film is down, because the film itself look down very relaxed pleasing. And Gerry was play live, that both sides of an affair men are all swing Gerry so
I could not help but feel interesting, also is divided into ten BaoQu Helen.
I think, the writers is probably the margin of a letter; And it is believed the love and hope. But, so a circle to come over, to finally to the same result, whether this is also a kind of helpless?