![]() Personally I averted my eyes for most of it as it was the epitome of beyond the pale. When the movie starts we are with Susan at her latest, and biggest, and most important art opening. And then the second bit being the book and the characters of Tony, Laura, and India Hastings. The first bite being the thread of Susan Morrow and Edward Sheffield. Now that we have the basics of the timeline down, let’s take the movie overview in two big bites. All the while jumping back and forth between the book and real life. So it starts out at the end of Susan and Edward’s life timelines (T, U, V) and then flips into the story of the book (1, 2, 3, etc.) which remains chronological (though jumps forward regularly) and then jumps to the beginning of Susan and Edward’s relationship and marriage. And with that in mind – the timeline would go something like this: The second timeline is the timeline of the book which I will denote with numbers 1, 2, 3 etc. Later we’ll use a lot of connote) with alpha characters – A, B, C, D, etc. For example, winter denotes a season of the year, but connotes cold weather.” Aha! Denote, definitely. Denote refers to the literal primary meaning of something, whereas connote signifies the attributes of a word aside from its primary meaning. First, we start with the timeline of reality – which I will denote (or is it connote, I always get those two confused: “Although both words broadly mean ‘to signify’ they are technically quite different. It isn’t super complicated, but isn’t a straight linear timeline. Probably the first thing we need to chat about is the timeline of Nocturnal Animals. If you have not seen the film, I would highly recommend that you leave, see the film and then come back. About as much spoiler free material that I can muster. That’s probably plenty for now for you to make a decision about seeing it or not. And as both stories go we learn more and more about Susan’s life and how it intersects with that of Edward’s. The book is a story about a man, his wife, and his daughter, and a particularly tragic day in their life. The story moves forward with the novel and novel reading all happening in an intertwining and dovetailing fashion. And as we are realizing this, she receives a draft of a novel that was written by her ex-husband, Edward Sheffield. And yet, everything isn’t right in Denmark. (No, I jest, you are all way kinder than I deserve in all practicality.) Does that sound like a good game plan? Quick Nocturnal Animals Overviewįor those of you who have not seen the film yet, the movie deals with the life of a woman, name Susan Morrow, that appears to be wildly successful as an art collector and promoter. And then you all eviscerate me in the comments. And then I do a high level overview of the important occurrences in the film followed by potential theories that explain what just happened in the film. A drop a trailer on you and then I shew out the non-viewers in order to talk solely with those that have already seen it. I talk through what the movie is about for those who haven’t seen it yet – a spoiler free overview. So normally how I do my movie dismantling is fairly simple. I considered just doing a truncated ending explanation – but I realized if I didn’t discuss the entire movie and the vantage I am coming from 90% of you would be lost when I dive deep on the ending. I did actually enjoy the movie – the story within a story, the amazing acting, the literature feel and format – really everything. And yet, I’m sure there are going to be so many of you that just come out of the movie theater with your head completely spinning. ![]() I saw the movie Nocturnal Animals about a week ago, and I have been flip flopping back and forth about whether or not to do a full in depth overview of this movie.
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