He used to cry

Mikel 2022-04-22 07:01:26

A friend asked me how many times I watched "The Four Hundred Blows". I said, many, many times. He smiled and asked if there were 8 times, and said that watching movies must have taken up a lot of my time. I wanted to say that "once" took up a lot of my time, but I understand better that "once" itself, like a small mark on a luggage conveyor belt, appears over and over again, but always gives people the illusion that it turns to the other side never meet people again. And that "many, many times" "Four Hundred Strikes", how many times have I "used to" watch it? Or how many times did the "once" in my head add to me when I was running around the playground in a long-distance bus? Maybe only a certain security guard who has been guarding the conveyor belt for a long time has counted it for me.

"Once" is not a regular theater line, and it is unreliable. Sometimes, the boys in "Four Hundred Strikes" followed the PE teacher and ran away one by one. When there were 7 or 8 left, they suddenly jumped to "No One Less". Sometimes, I see Antoine in "Steal a Kiss" in another movie many years later.

Everyone said that Antoine's one-minute long shot was a classic. But there are still other teenagers running in my head. When Xinzhi was practicing boxing, he was wearing dark blue sportswear for running, and he was stunned to breathe evenly. Riton's face was pale, and he ran all the way to the beat of the drums, followed by unrecognizable policemen. The little ruffian Tom and the good boy Mark pushed wheelchairs through the small town of Sommers, thinking about a girl who everyone praised as "so fit". The college students of the "Carving Time" crew, who do not shoot love stories and only shoot love relationships, took Tiangong Manami on the streets of Hong Kong, and some people shouted: "If you are caught, don't say that you are from the City University of Hong Kong!"...

Meng Kerou said, "I'm in trouble."
The man in the commentary track of "Blue Door" said, "Yeah...whose youth is not troublesome?" The

boys ran away, thinking they had escaped their troubled youth , but unknowingly grew old. Antoine, but stopped, turned to look at me.

No no no... I'm not talking about the classic ending of "The Four Hundred Blows". What I'm saying is that in my mind, he has, has, and is looking back thousands of times - telling me that the boy's run later was all a ceremony to commemorate him. Just like the slow motion of action war movies is so commonplace now, it is easy for people to mistakenly believe that as long as a gun is needed, people can get rid of gravity and stay in the air for a long time. And slow motion has lost the magic of making the main character of an action movie handsome, and it has become a simple ritual - no matter how ugly it is, as long as there is slow motion, it can be proved to be an action film. In the same way, running has become a matter of course since I don't know when. People don't ask where the boys are running anymore, because everyone knows that running is not about the destination, but out of confusion.

The boys ran and ran, and finally realized that running was useless. So they have a claim. Eh, not bad, you gangster. Well, yes, when boxers...they can also stand on the table and shout, "Captain! My Captain!" to show their independence. I miss Antoine so much every time I see them in high spirits.

Because I've only seen Antoine's tears. So don't forget it.

Even if he resisted, Antoine didn't mean it. He stole milk because he was so hungry after running away from home. Because he liked Balzac's style and borrowed his sentences to write the essay, he was regarded as plagiarism by the teacher. He was caught because he wanted to return the stolen typewriter to its original place. He was so confused that when he saw the bandits and prostitutes in the same car in the police car, he finally cried in grief and fear.

The meaning of "400 blows" is similar to "good people come out of the yellow thorn stick", but it hides the flavor of "protesting." Adults whip bad boys four hundred times to make bad boys behave. But the paradox is that bad boys are often out of control after four hundred hits. Adults can't figure out why, and bad boys don't even know why they've been abandoned like this.

Tears glistened as he clutched at the bars in the dark, rickety carriage. Say goodbye to the Eiffel Tower at night.

Many years have passed, and even the illiterate gangsters in Scotland know that they are destined to be abandoned by society, and they voluntarily give up integration and choice. They clamored: If it's illegal to smoke vitamin C, let's do it! Bad kids learn to smile with disgust when they see something disgusting. They plunged straight into their depraved lives without turning back.

This is the story of Antoine after he ran to the sea. Antoine kept resurrecting through the bodies of the bad boys, but died quickly after they ran for a short while.

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The 400 Blows quotes

  • Gilberte Doinel: My boss drove me home.

    Julien Doinel: Your boss.

    Gilberte Doinel: I couldn't very well refuse, could I?

    Julien Doinel: I hope you get overtime for that.

    Gilberte Doinel: I will, at the end of the month.

    Julien Doinel: Those services are usually paid in cash.

    Gilberte Doinel: Oh, knock it off!

    Julien Doinel: No wonder madame needs to rest on Sunday. By the way, where's my Michelin guide?

    Gilberte Doinel: How should I know? Ask the boy.

    Julien Doinel: He said he didn't touch it.

    Gilberte Doinel: He lies through his teeth.

    Julien Doinel: Like someone else I know.

    Gilberte Doinel: If you raised him better...

    Julien Doinel: I gave him my name, damn it! I put food on the table!

    Gilberte Doinel: I've had enough of your criticism! Fine! We'll send him to the Jesuits or the army orphans. At least I'd have some peace and quiet!

  • Antoine Doinel: [heard thinking aloud, as he is writing on a wall] "Here lies poor Antoine Doinel, unjustly punished by Sourpuss for a pinup fallen from the sky. It will be an eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth!"