Such a movie lacks entertainment, even literature and art. The only thing worth mentioning is related to literature and art I'm afraid it's the avant-garde banquet where Cowboy Joe was first invited. Before that, we might have thought it was a poor, conservative, boring era. Until we heard the word heroin and saw the hippies When I watched the literary youth constantly fiddling with the cameras, I realized that the world that Cowboy Joe lived in was poor and uninteresting. This gap is even bigger than the difference between the upper class and the lower class. The upper class and the lower class, there used to be, There is today, and there will be tomorrow. But in those days, there was no hippie past, only present and future. In this sense, Joe is a cowboy living in the past full of "selling meat" to realize the dream of wealth. (The director skillfully switches Different camera lenses, but such technical questions are left to those who are familiar with the history of photography.)
The only reason why Cowboy Joe was invited seems to be that the host of the banquet was trying to record the appearance of all beings in that era. I don’t know if it is a metaphor for the director The purpose of making this film. He once said, "I think this is life itself, I don't think we always walk in the sun, I know Hollywood likes happy endings, but that's not my worldview. "Cowboy Joe and another key character, Rizzo the Tramp, are just a part of American life.
Living in an empty house that will be demolished, relying on petty theft to obtain food and clothing, afraid to call a doctor to avoid attracting the police. However, without Rizzo, Joe would have froze to death on the street. To survive, Rizzo's ability is limited to this. He has no "organization" to allow Joe to visit, and there is no way for Joe to find a job. Day after day, the two hunted for prey on Da Street, but only gays saw Joe. If it weren't for that inexplicable avant-garde banquet, Joe and Rizzo wouldn't have survived the winter. When Joe finds out that the woman he's got can get customers, Rizzo falls. "This Is Life Itself" has no romance and humor, and is just carried on by the food. Some say there is no climax at the end of this movie, I don't think so. Joe and Rizzo are squeezed together by life until the end, and we can only find "friendship" when life makes a way for them. Joe has a chance to escape such a life, but ends up committing a crime for Rizzo's sake. This is the climax of the whole film. The moment Rizzo died, we can say that he died in the arms of his relatives. Two men who had no relatives in the world finally found brothers, yet this Christlike fraternity seemed like hell. Taking Rizzo's life and destroying Joe's future.
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