“About Time” Simple time travel makes you realize the treasure-like brilliance of everyday life

What a simple time travel depiction brings

What I would like to focus on here is Curtis' style of time travel. No fancy contraptions like a time machine appear here. If you ever feel like you want to go back in time, all you have to do is hide in a dark place like a closet, close your eyes, clench your fists tightly, and think about it. Just do that and you'll be at your destination in the next moment. If we look at the history of film, we can see how many films depict low-tech time slips, such as `` Somewhere in Time '' (1980), `` Deja Vu '' (1993), and `` Midnight in Paris '' (11). However, this film is on par with those, and nothing special happens visually.

In fact, the production team for ``About Time'' originally planned to include some rich VFX footage for this time-travel scene. In fact, we commissioned work from a number of special effects studios, and in some scenes, we added psychedelic effects while rotating the footage backwards, and in other cases, the main character's body appeared in 3D from a still image. Videos that clearly show the line between "extraordinary" have been coming to light one after another.

However, when I applied it to the scene, I discovered something surprising. It seemed like the VFX footage, which had taken so much time and effort to create, was actually interfering with The Natural flow of the footage. So this time, I removed the unnecessary effects and returned to the original simple image of ``entering the storeroom and just meditating,'' and it seemed much more fitting. It was clear to everyone that this was the ideal form.

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Looking back, I think this small "realization" was an important turning point in determining the direction of "About Time." This is because, as mentioned above, this is a story that celebrates ``not special, ordinary everyday life.'' There's no time machine, no special effects. The simplest depiction of time travel in the world resonates with the details and theme of this film, which has been stripped of all decorations, and becomes a gentle light that illuminates the ``mundane daily life.''

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