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Here the book more or less abandons its plot??€”and Eco sends Yambo off to delve into the hoards of books, magazines, and other artifacts that, aided and abetted by the Italian cuisine that rockets his blood pressure to dire levels, are supposedly to help him re-find himself...
...course, the departure made sense. We do not intend our shoddily-written book, which bears the working title The Fourth Lie (rejected prospective titles include Veritass), to be strong on character development, and quickly-sketched caricatures of charismatic eggheads are a handy way to make room for the plot??€”which will, incidentally, be really, really gripping...
Instead of emerging from the plot??€™s pivotal events, the incredible poignancy of Extremely Loud derives from passing thoughts or quick exchanges that reveal the sadness, struggles, and strength of the novel’s characters. That Oskar would invent a birdseed shirt reads more touchingly than his sudden decision to dig up the coffin...
...make your own conclusions about the ambiguous plot??€”it follows an eerily Sesame Street-esque puppet, who may have killed a woman in a car crash, as he is tended to by doctors and either dies or miraculously survives, depending on your interpretation...
...plot??€™s trademark characteristic is its incongruity; the movie has no sense of proportion. All three main characters keep secrets, and the series of swift and dramatic revelations at the end of Mei and Jin’s journey pushes the bounds of belief. Their exaggeration makes the film utterly unbelievable, but admittedly fun to watch, especially with Yimou’s adept directorial flourishes. In one memorable example, a summer day surreally turns into a winter snowstorm over the span of a few hours...