At that time, the world was still young.
In the age of film expression, telephones were still wired, tapes were used for recording, newspapers were still smashing, and the materials were still printed on paper... Even if it was a thrilling chase plot, it is still today. Judging from the perspective, the rhythm is still the slow of the last century, the cutting is not fast enough, and the senses are not dazzling, but the taste has settled down because of this, the taste of the age that will no longer be there.
In the film, the political shady of Jin Yuan, the defense of freedom of the press, and the little people changing the world... these topics belong to the "sorrowful young people" and also belong to the young world. It is like the acne and freckles on the face of the young world, once distressed, but never cured. When the world loses the last layer of fluff on its mouth, the hard beard comes out with another set of mature concepts, more rational and indifferent. This is the world Snowden needs to face today. It is no longer desperate for press freedom and citizen privacy. It has indeed changed perspectives and even beliefs because of anti-terrorism. We can't judge today's right from wrong, but we can be sure of yesterday's passing. With the passing of that juvenile idealism, the world has indeed changed.
At that time, they were still young.
When the movie was released, who would have thought that Julia Roberts and Denzel Washington would both become Oscar winners and movie superstars in the future? Therefore, they retained their rare immaturity and authenticity back then. Although their performances in the film had excessive natural interpretations and excessively vigorous details, they are also more precious because of their innocence in the future, just like who will blame them today. What about Anne Hathaway's youthfulness in "The Queen Wearing Prada"?
Movie fans are harsh and mean to their favorite stars, and do not forgive their shortcomings or even aging, because their old age proves their old age. Keanu Reeves’ weight, Julia Roberts’ crow’s feet, and Kaneshiro’s double chin are magic mirrors that fans have to face, reflecting the fans’ own lifebuoy and big fat legs... deep love and injury By the way, if the movie is a dialogue with a dream, then the movie star is a confrontation with the person in the dream, and the person in the dream cannot grow old.
As far as "Gannet Assassination Order" is concerned, the two dreamers have just grown out of youth, fresh and refined, shining with the light of stars, heralding the majestic future. Therefore, if you look at them after the ebb and flow of the tide, you will encounter the waves again. If life is only as good as the first time, all this is because we were young at that time.
At that time, the dream was still young.
When I was a teenager, I was scorned by people because it was still the soul leading the body to run. The soul of childhood is still weak, and the soul of adulthood is left out. Only the soul of youth is like a figure in the afternoon, always shining in front of the body, leading the direction of the youth's running.
When I first watched "Gannet Assassination Order", I was still in junior high school, and my obsession with the plot triggered my curiosity about the "Watergate Incident." At that time, the concept of Internet cafes was limited to playing StarCraft online. Anyone who could play ICQ was considered a pioneer of the times. So in my world, there was no search or Baidu at that time, only the real library. Applying for cards, indexing, flipping, and photocopying, this procedure seems to be ritual, so I naturally projected into Julia’s character experience in the movie, and understood the whole picture of the Watergate incident, although I didn’t reveal something like a character. A huge shady, but already looking forward to such a journey. This experience opened the door to idealism for me. The concept of "right to know" and "freedom of the press" was deeply rooted in my heart as the concept of civil rights for the first time, and a halo of dreams rose above the bedroom of less than 30 square meters.
In the years to come, although the body does not wait for the soul, it often hurts my heart because the soul once shone. It is the running of my youth that is pulling today's pace, telling myself to slow down, and waiting for the soul. After all, we are still young.
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