First off, this was my first time at the Byrd and I was incredibly impressed with the architecture and style of the theater. It still has the classic feel of a movie theater that the new ones just don't have. I loved feeling like I time travelled back in time to when going to the movies was about the experience and not the action. When I was sitting in my seat, before the movie started, I couldn't stop looking around at all the architecture. The chandelier and the lighting around the auditorium were magnificent.
The first thing I noticed about the movie was the unique cinematography. The camera was a little shaky, but in a natural way. The lighting was also bright and the colors were calm.
The movie started with establishing how Taillandier, the main character, had recently started acting depressed and out of character. He is a famous painter with a loving family. His paintings always have the same subject- a woman, sometimes in a hat, looking out across the ocean. After finally having enough of no longer being satisfied with his life, even though he keeps being told it's perfect, he decides to leave. His first night out it's rainy and he tries to kill himself on a in front of the house where he was introduced to painting at a young age by an older hatted woman, the subject of his paintings, but chickens out of it and aimlessly drives through town. As he's stopped at a stoplight, a girl knocks on his door and lets herself in to his passenger side of his car. She says that she has been kicked out of her house by her mother, who was acting on the wishes of a "bastard" step-father, and just wants to be driven anywhere she can be. We later learn her name is Marylou. After an unsuccessful encounter with Marylou's mother and step-father, the pair start driving. They end up in a sea-side town and rent a house, starting new lives together with a quickly-formed father-daughter bond. Taillandier takes up art again, as he is inspired by Marylou, and Marylou decides that not all adults are bad. They help each out. But after they finally get comfortable, Taillandier finds an article in the newspaper about Marylou's mother. She's in the hospital because the step-father beat her and threw her out the window. Taillandier and Marylou both decide to go visit Marylou's mother in the hospital. She's in terrible condition and can't open her eyes, but there's a quick shot of he clutching Marylou's hand. A sign that she still loves her. While Marylou is in the ICU with her mom, Taillandier finally calles is wife and lets her know that he'll be on his way home soon. He talks to Marylou after she's done visiting and lets her know that her step-father has a criminal record, is in custody, and will get the maximun time in jail. He also suggests that she stay with a foster family while her mom recovers, of course meaning that Marylou continue to stay with him. Flash-forward an unestablished amount of time and Taillandier's wife is waking Marylou up in the morning saying that she is about to miss breakfast, like a mom. The room looks like a teenager's room so it is assumed that she has been there for a while. That same day is the day that Marylou is dropped back off at her mother's. Her mother is so happy to see her and thanks Taillandier for taking care of Marylou. Taillandier and Marylou both try to stay strong but it's obvious that they've grown close and will miss each other. They have impacted each other in ways that they'll never forget.
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I really like your commentary, from the architecture to the difference in cinema!
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