"In terms of rock and roll, the past 40 years have been brilliant."
Pirate Radio is an entertainment film that pays homage to rock and roll.
After watching this film, my impression is: if rock and roll is a woman, it must be a super stunner who can be called "slutty".
For example, The Who, The Kinks, The Supremes, Rolling stones, etc.,
after watching the whole movie (or should I finish listening to it?), there will be at least a few songs that will give you goosebumps as soon as the prelude comes out Dropped all over the floor.
The film revolves around the reactionary essence of the 1960s—sex, psychedelics and rock music.
The background of the film is set in the United Kingdom in 1966. In the era when the BBC only broadcasts forty-five minutes of popular music a day, an underground radio station called "Rock Radio" was set up on a fishing boat in the British North Sea, with a bold Speeches and the all-weather "Voice of Exile" are broadcast on the high seas. The radio attracts 25 million fans to listen to it every day. The unbridled words of DJs, and their behaviors that challenge public power are the real reasons for winning the love of the public.
This film uses a lot of parallel splits at the beginning and end of the film to show how happy contemporary DJs and audiences are in the moment, very dazzling, and very faithfully reflects the influence of music on people.
I don’t know if the crew did it on purpose or not. The entire color of the clips depicting the British government is black and white, but in the radio clips, almost all imaginable colors are used, and the contrast gives a very eye-catching sense of entertainment. What impressed me the most was when Quentin, the radio station owner, said, "The government hates free people the most." The official in the next paragraph said, "When the government doesn't like something, it just needs to make laws and make it illegal. "At a time when the government was doing everything it could to kill them off, the activities at sea were even more aggressive, which also made the audience smile at the incompetence of the officials at that time.
The DJs on Pirate Ship(?) look forward to Saturday nights, and since there are no women on board (except for a puller), every Saturday there is a boat with all kinds of throwaways , to spend a wonderful weekend on the boat. I don't think this part is very difficult to understand, but I couldn't help but complain to my friend: "Why do the women in this film look so casual...".
What made the 1960s fascinating was the passion—the new energy in society. Not as it is now, with unemployment and depression everywhere. But I also have to control the power of emotions in the film, if the passion is too much on the screen, then this film doesn't need any music - get some women and drugs and you can go high.
This movie may be public, but it is very subtle in the expression of some emotions. For example, the little actor Carl (he is a relatively obvious main line) in the film can still come after his lover is stolen by the very blessed DJ Dave. There is nothing to do with each other, such as the simple and honest Simon inexplicably marrying an Elenore who doesn't love him at all, but under the catalysis of music, it seems to have become innocuous and an understatement of the past.
The movie lays out the beautiful plot between the original pillar The Count and the glorious return of Gavin at the very front. When it got out of hand, the two climbed the mast and competed with courage. Actually, I like it very much. There is a scene where the sun shines on the two of them in the middle, which sets off the swaying sea surface and the back on the boat pole.
Speaking of the main line of the movie, it is probably Carl's journey to find his father, and the twists and turns in the middle are also bizarre (I almost thought that idiot would be a prophet). This paradoxical question mark (the ship is full of sex, drugs, it is said that it is almost a matter of correcting and returning to evil...), evolved to the end, but let Carl find his true belonging, and the piece of the puzzle that has been missing in his life, I think this is the main line Pulled very nicely.
The most worth watching episode should be the final battle between pirates and the government. Even if it turns into an unmanageable shipwreck, it will once again show the DJs' love for music from the bottom of their bones, to the end of their lives. unwilling to give up. In particular, Bob, who has the lowest sense of existence, carried a heavy box of vinyl records while running for his life. When he had to let go, although there was no crying or tears, in the ocean, Bob tried his best to grab any record. But the futile picture made me feel the most insane but most infatuated frenzy.
I think the picture of the DJ's successful escape at the end is very shocking, but in order not to explode, let's lay a little foreshadowing. (But I have to say that this Titanic-like handling is really amazing, too tense.)
When I saw the picture of The Count emerging from the sunken ship, I really felt a kind of Relaxed happiness.
That's right, long live rock, and long live anarchist rock.
All in all, I think describing this movie as "very entertaining" is a little less flavorful.
If you're looking for a musical movie, Pirate Radio won't let you down.
If you're looking for a movie to have a good laugh on, Pirate Radio won't let you down.
If you're just looking for something retro Movies, Pirate Radio won't let you down either;
but if you just want to see a historical story, sorry, you might as well watch another movie.
According to the information found on the Internet, this film is obviously not as "faithful to historical facts" as I thought, but closer to "real events": the
film "Pirate Radio" was originally based on what happened to Radio Caroline in 1964-1968. A true historical story, but the director clearly made it so revolutionary romantic that Radio Caroline says on its website that the film "fails to be true to history, and doesn't even pretend to be true to history."
In March of this year, the British "Mirror" interviewed DJ Rosko, who had been on the Radio Caroline more than 40 years ago (he is considered to be the prototype of The Count in the film), the 66-year-old old man told the truth, the real life on board Not as lively and interesting as in the movie. "Sex on board is like a rare vacation from a British bank. How often do you come here once or twice." In the spacious and bright live broadcast room in the movie, in fact, back then "it was only a little bigger than a toilet, and there was only one porthole. Although the myth of adio
Caroline ended in the 1960s, it still struggles to survive, has its own website, and is a radio station broadcast on satellite channels and online platforms that survives entirely on social donations.
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HBO broadcasts a wonderful film "Pirate Radio The Boat That Rocked". Rock music fans at home, whether they are young and enthusiastic young men, or immobile old men and old women, are deeply moved by the spirit of "Pirate Radio".
According to news reports, Hollywood actress Sarah Myers, now 71, deeply regrets her involvement in a campaign that destroyed traditional British values. He said, looking back on the 1960s now, he would break out in a cold sweat. The virtues such as solemnity, morality, courtesy, etc., which destroyed the British tradition through their advocacy, cannot be restored now, which is really heartbreaking.
About the 1960s, I don't dare to expose it, I just review it from what I remember: the Vietnam War, the anti-war movement, the civil rights movement and the sexual liberation movement, the assassination of Dr. King and Kennedy, hippies, psychedelic drugs, rock music... …In the context of such a smoke-filled era, empty and angry youths pursue love and peace, professing to prefer sex to war. The rebellious spirit of rock and folk singers is most likely to be deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. For example, Bob Dylan is a representative figure, full of music styles of anti-war and pursuit of spiritual freedom, reflecting the young people's pursuit of enthusiasm and ideal life attitude.
The film focuses on the reactionary essence of the 1960s - sex, psychedelics and rock music. The background of the film is set in the UK in 1966. In the era when the BBC only broadcasts forty-five minutes of popular music a day, an underground radio station called "Rock Radio" was set up on a fishing boat in the British North Sea. Speeches and the all-weather "Voice of Exile" are broadcast on the high seas. The radio station attracts 25 million music fans every day. The unbridled words of DJs, their reckless behavior, and their behavior of challenging public power are the real reasons for winning the love of the public.
All the staff of the radio station are on board, which belongs to the world of men, and the only female is the cook who is gay. Every Saturday, there will be a boat full of female fans to revel in, and the girls will take the initiative to dedicate themselves to seeing their favorite DJ. This boat is not only a "rock boat", but also a "love boat". This film highlights that the emotions and morals at that time are very weak, perhaps this is the style of the rock era.
Young Carl was dropped out of school, and his mother sent him to the radio owner Quentin, expecting to learn some norms and live a normal life on the boat. The irony and laughter is that getting along with this group of rock DJs is like a tiger's mouth, and what you may learn is a more corrupt and wild life. (But I think it was the foreshadowing of the mother asking Carl to find his father)
Carl and the boss Quentin met for the first time, and the intersection of the two conversations was Carl's mother. Quentin told Carl, "She's a mother to you. ' followed with an expression of infinite fascination: 'For people of my age, she is a sexy goddess. ' (Emma Thompson performed), so we know that Emma was also one of the female fans and may have had a one-night stand with Quentin.
Carl is a pure and straightforward boy. Through his eyes, we can see the DJs' enthusiasm for music, special personal charm, attitudes towards sex, psychedelic drugs, and their bohemian and colorful lives. Carl admires these leading DJs and wishes Quentin was his biological father, and if not, any DJ is fine. As it turned out, his father was a DJ who played in the unpopular midnight hours, the quietest, kindest and weakest person on the ship.
The biggest conflict was detonated because Gavin broke the tacit understanding between men (a boat is a man's world, and women can stay on a boat only when they are married), and it also hurt the heart of Simon, the American "Count" who singled out Gavin. The appearance of "Earl" actually contains a personal factor - a former radio DJ, he has a Yuliang complex for Gavin's comeback. This one-on-one show highlights the naivety of the man and the mentality of fighting for battle. The two compete to climb the mast of the ship. Later, the competition turns into a prank. Finally, they both jump into the sea to show their bravery and end the farce. After that, not only did the friendship between the boys rebuild, but the friendship between the DJs became stronger. (Comedy baa)
The film satirizes that the British government at that time had its own way of dealing with people's "rebellion", that is, "if the government doesn't like something, it will make up a law to make it illegal." The high listening rate of rock radio caught the attention of officials, who came up with many ways to disrupt the listening message. In the film, the scene of entertaining the incompetent and incompetent government officials is quite comical and makes people smile.
In the end, the radio station had to blow the lights out, but the DJs insisted on their dedication to music. Even if the boat tilted and was about to sink to the bottom of the sea, the boy's father risked his life to pick up records underwater. All deeply moved. At this time, the soundtrack is "The End Of The World", which not only symbolizes ships and people, but rock music also seems to face the fate of the end of the world, which is very suitable for the situation.
Seeing that the ship was about to sink, we and the radio station owner Quentin both firmly believed that the government would help at this time. Unexpectedly, the plot arrangement ran counter to what we thought, which undoubtedly gave the government a slap in the face. This is also the point to ponder: how easy it is for the people to believe that the state will defend us! Comedies always have miracles at the end. Music-loving listeners came to the rescue in small boats. The scene was really touching. The joy and cheers of rebirth made everyone shout "Rock and roll! Long live".
The focus of the film is undoubtedly a tribute to rock music. Reminds me of a movie "Famous" many years ago, the same rock spirit and atmosphere, also understand the seemingly frenzied and corrupt rock era through the eyes of a young boy. The charm and superb acting skills of the actors themselves, as well as a lot of British humor, make "Pirate Radio" a romantic comedy with deep cultural texture and strong nostalgic style.
There are a lot of popular golden songs in the 1960s and 1970s, and the plot makes it easier to integrate into the situation. I heard that there is also a British version and an American version. It seems that some of the more restricted-level plots have been deleted. I don’t know what the difference is between the two.
"Famous" has my favorite actress "Kate Hudson", who seemed to have just debuted at the time, beautiful and individual!
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