DZ-85: Choices & Decisions 2 - The Farewell & Wrath of Man

Listen when you want to show a character refusing to change despite every opportunity to do so.

In our second part of our “series” on Choices & Decisions, we take a deep dive into THE FAREWELL and WRATH OF MAN, with a sidebar on NOMADLAND.

In THE FAREWELL, we consider how the choice/decision to lie underpins every sene of the film (to great effect).

In NOMADLAND, we consider how using choice and decision is a great way to show how a character doesn’t change.

And in WRATH OF MAN, we look at how non-linear narrative - and its decoupling of choice, decisions and consequence (wouldn’t that be a detripling???) impacts the audience experience, especially how we feel about characters.

The terminology we settled on in Part 1 was:

CHOICE: Are the options presented to the character.

DECISION: Is the knowing consideration of the choice and resulting action.

CONSEQUENCE: is the resulting outcome from the choice.

Thanks to Chris for editing this episode.

As always: SPOILERS ABOUND and all copyright material used under fair use for educational purposes.

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CHAPTERS

00:00:00 – Intro

00:01:38 – Decisions & Choices Recap

00:03:41 – The Farewell

00:28:58 – Nomadland

00:37:39 – Wrath of Man

01:36:54 – Wrap Up & Key Learnings

01:45:06 – Backmatter

FILMS

THE FAREWELL (2019) — (w) Lulu Wang

WRATH OF MAN (2021) — (w) Ivan Atkinson, Marn Davies, Guy Ritchie (d) Guy Ritchie

NOMADLAND (2021) — (w) Chloe Zhao

SCRIPTS

Study the script: THE FAREWELL (2019) — Lulu Wang

Study the script: NOMADLAND (2021) — Chloe Zhao

SHOT ZERO DEEP DIVES

Editing as Imperfect Memory in THE FAREWELL

LINKS

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EPISODES IN THE CHOICES AND DECISIONS SERIES

DZ-84: Choices & Decisions 1 - Booksmart

DZ-85: Choices & Decisions 2 - The Farewell & Wrath of Man

RELATED EPISODES

DZ-34: Game of Choices - Decision Making and Character Implications

DZ-48: One-Shot - Blade Runner 2049 – Agency vs Choice

DZ-84: Choices & Decisions 1 - Booksmart

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