{To The Wonder } Sublimation and letting go: "Love is Magic"

Like "Tree of Life", "Love is Magic" has a very personal feeling and poetic expression, and Christianity is more intense. The film begins with a trip in Paris, France, to bring out the romantic relationship between protagonists Neil (Ben Affleck) and Marina (Olga Kurylenko), and female lyrical voice recognition elevates the words of love into a kind of almost religious speech. . Paris clearly reflects love, and I especially pay attention to the treasure trove of town hall Paris National Medieval Museum by Terrence Malick (Musee national du Moyen Âge) - "The Lady and the Unicorn" (The Lady and the Unicorn) This is a total of six tapestries , denotes the five senses, and the latter is called My Only Wish (À Mon Seul Désir) One expression is that this tapestry expresses love.

The sublimation of emotions and senses becomes love. However, this is not a straight path, but a winding path.

Once the cameras were on, Neil took his daughter who was born to Marina and her ex-husband to live in the United States. Mother and daughter and Neil originally lived in a life of heaven. In time, they were unable to adapt to life in the United States, and gradually became emotionally isolated. The two of them left the United States. "Love is Magic" exudes romance and also refers directly to the inner alienated world - the emotional alienation between people. Neil is an environmentalist. He saw that nature was polluted, and that there was also an alienation between man and nature. Finally, another important character in the film, Father Quintana (Javier Bardem), no longer has love and passion in his heart, and he feels that humans and God are also alienated.

Love is not permanent. In a world controlled by sin and indifference, love seems impossible, but people still want to love (the pastor said: You must love), how is it possible?

Neil runs into his former friend Jane (Rachel McAdams) again, but the two of them still haven't walked together. Marina parted ways with her daughter, returned to the United States to marry Neil, and the two began again. The priest also continues his community service work, as if to make a difference. They returned to the order of life and had to be safe and sound, but in an ordinary community, confusion of people and even betrayal would ensue quietly.

Like "The Tree of Life", "Love is Magic" is not dominated by drama plots, but cares about people's inner feelings and various psychological states from both positive and negative sides. Terrence Malik engages in love and hatred, this enthusiasm and indifference The secular world brings hope once again, Neil and the pastor begin to communicate, willing to forgive Marina, and the final character's inner monologue is not the words of love and grievances at the beginning of the film, but murmurs like prayers. This film boils down to service and forgiveness. However, it is no longer an individual who leaps towards power to achieve love. On the other hand, the individual humbly sets himself up with nothing to welcome new vitality or possibility.

In the beginning and ending scenes, the Mont Saint-Michel pilgrimage site is used as a symbol, which may be the source of miraculous, invisible sacred objects.