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The butterfly dream of the precarious
Justus 2021-12-07 08:01:41
The masterpiece of the new Hollywood movie. The emergence of homosexuality, male prostitutes, and hippies, the disordered order and mental disorder caused by the Vietnam War, and the proliferation of sexual freedom, all elements have made this R-rated movie suffer from martyrs' condemnation, but it can't resist it from winning the Oscar. The glory of best film, best director, and best adapted screenplay. Most of the long shots and subjective shots in the movie have the intention to deeply focus on the low-level people in New York. Among them, Joe’s dreams of a large number of quick pickups, the large tilt shots and wide-angle processing of the bar party all give the film an attitude of "approaching nihilism with documentary". . A California cowboy who symbolizes the declining American spirit, when a large number of flashbacks reproduce the phrase "You are the only one", it is actually a contrast to his long succumbed in New York. (It's easy to think of when Nirvana sang "I'm not the only one"). Because of the unpredictable gloom in New York, Rizzo yearned for the dream of Victoria in Sunny Beach in Miami. At the end, he restrained Rizzo's illness and death, which perfectly fits the emotional trend and image tone of the entire movie. No matter how silently the two people cared about each other, in that era and level, the mutual sympathy actually had a proper background outline and emotional presupposition. ps: Is a teaser shot of Joe a tribute to "The Graduate" which was also starred by Dustin Hoffman two years ago?
Extended Reading
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Dwight 2022-03-27 09:01:06
The tragedy after the cowboy broke into the modern city rashly represents the shattering of the traditional American spirit. mainstream movie with a list stars and an X rating! Sex-based friendship between men, Jon Voight and Dustin Hoffman's divine performance. I'm walking here! I'm walking here!"
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Lesley 2022-03-29 09:01:03
Eternity lasts forever, Zhiqingchen net v. Yunyan
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Shirley: Well, it happens. Don't worry about it.
Joe Buck: Well, it ain't never happened to me before! You can bet your bottom dollar on that. Where's the matches, ma'am?
Shirley: Over there behind that thing. Maybe if you didn't call me ma'am' - things might work out better.
Joe Buck: That's the first goddamn time the thing ever quit on me. That's a fact. You think I'm lyin' to you?
Shirley: No. No, I don't think you're lying. I just had this funny image. I had this image of a policeman without his stick and a bugler without his horn etcetera, etcetera, etcetera.
[laughs]
Shirley: Oh. Well, I think I'm making it worse. Maybe we oughta take a little nap and see what happens.
Joe Buck: I ain't sleepy.
Shirley: Oh. I know. Scribbage!
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Shirley: 'Gay' ends in 'Y'. Hmm? Do you like that?
Joe Buck: Cut that out.
Shirley: Gay. Fay. Is that your problem, baby?
Joe Buck: I'm gonna show you my darn problem!