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This is very different kind of a movie, but very interesting and I could recommend it especially for musicians, composers, sound technicians etc who work with music and/or sounds somehow. In the main role isn't cinematography with all the tricks it can do; this movie is slow-paced and dark; even the lighting in the end is extremely dark; you barely can see the characters in the ending. In the main role there is music and the sounds that are heard by Peter Sarsgaards character in all of it (also named Peter).
About the ending; I felt the plot a little bit of lacking considering the female character's role. There wasn't a clear romance, even if there was it wasn't clearly shown. We find the character's standing outside, and Peter can hear the major chord again. They look each other in the eyes. What is supposed to happen after the final cut, we don't know. Are they about to kiss or embrace each other?
But the music heard just before the ending definitely is there to mean something, as the soprano sings Camille Saint-Saën's theme from "Le Cygne". It's dark but beautiful. As Le Cygne is heard, we are seen Peter's character walking toward's Ellen's place in rain. We aren't clearly given the reason why he goes there - yes she called him but didn't ask him to come over - but the Le Cygne's theme is a hint for that.
It's dark, weird, beautiful, different, unusual and lovely movie.
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This is very different kind of a movie, but very interesting and I could recommend it especially for musicians, composers, sound technicians etc who work with music and/or sounds somehow. In the main role isn't cinematography with all the tricks it can do; this movie is slow-paced and dark; even the lighting in the end is extremely dark; you barely can see the characters in the ending. In the main role there is music and the sounds that are heard by Peter Sarsgaards character in all of it (also named Peter).
About the ending; I felt the plot a little bit of lacking considering the female character's role. There wasn't a clear romance, even if there was it wasn't clearly shown. We find the character's standing outside, and Peter can hear the major chord again. They look each other in the eyes. What is supposed to happen after the final cut, we don't know. Are they about to kiss or embrace each other?
But the music heard just before the ending definitely is there to mean something, as the soprano sings Camille Saint-Saën's theme from "Le Cygne". It's dark but beautiful. As Le Cygne is heard, we are seen Peter's character walking toward's Ellen's place in rain. We aren't clearly given the reason why he goes there - yes she called him but didn't ask him to come over - but the Le Cygne's theme is a hint for that.
It's dark, weird, beautiful, different, unusual and lovely movie.