Oh, little tramp, it's time for you to go home~~

The sky is finally clear. Just finished watching this movie. This is not a gay movie. Joe, a young man from the western countryside of the United States, came to New York alone and wanted to start the beautiful life of his dreams. However, in the bustling and hustle and bustle of the big city, he, a fool who has never seen the world, can only hit the wall everywhere, and he can't even be a dancer, but because of this, he has met Lizzo, a gangster in a bar. Rizzo cheated on him, but he too was just forced to make a living. They stick to each other, and in the cold New York City, they are like two sparrows suffering from hunger and cold.
JOE has the simplicity, sincerity and kindness of rural youth, with a vision for a better life. However, the reality is cruel, he can only endure poverty and helplessness. After his repeated failures as a dancer, he pawns his beloved radio, sells blood, and robs old gay men of money for poor, seriously ill Rizzo. In the end, when Rizzo was dying, he wanted to return to Florida in the south of his hometown, and when the car was about to arrive in Miami, Rizzo died in the car. At this time, Joe finally understood that he should find a normal job outdoors, because the dancer was not suitable for him.
The background of the film is the post-economic recovery of the United States, but the glossy surface cannot hide the social problems behind its rapid economic development. People's spiritual world only shows its true appearance at midnight. They are wild and lost, so they indulge and take drugs. Young people from the backcountry in the west came to the unfamiliar and prosperous eastern New York with a dream, but could only get lost here. Like the gold rush of the Great Western Development, people don't really know what they need. The bright future in the dream is like a dim light, like a pair of hazy sleepy eyes. People are passionate and optimistic, but without direction, they can only hit themselves scarred.
Dustin Hoffman's interpretation of the poor man Rizzo is very good, especially his eyes that show the heart of the characters, helplessness, sadness, longing, pain, determination... The film is interspersed with stream-of-consciousness lens sketches. JOE faces the pain and complexity of reality, and his thoughts will be intertwined with his childhood and painful memories of the past. The scenes of his girlfriend being raped were repeatedly presented, which was his deepest pain in the past. But what about reality? More painful than ever. In front of Rizzo's eyes, Joe appeared as a dancer and became the darling of the ladies, and he was surrounded by the ladies...
If this is the shattering of the gold rush dream of a rural youth in a big city, then today, this story still makes us ponder, does the prosperous metropolis really carry the dreams of each of us? Especially for us young people, it is best to first understand what we really need and desire.

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