I've been really lazy lately, and the movies I've been watching can't arouse the desire to write.
I just watched John Schlesinger's "Midnight Cowboy" yesterday, and I think this movie is quite recommended to watch, except for my favorite actor Dustin Hoffman, and the performance of this movie Editing of dreams and hallucinations.
By the way, I watched David Lynch's "Wild at Heart" and Jarmusch's "Stranger" last week, two films starring top actor Nicolas Cage and Johnny Depp, But I don't like these two movies at all, I'm really sorry for the two great directors!
The beginning of the movie "Midnight Cowboy" is the picture of the protagonist Jon taking a bath and losing the soap. The first feeling is: gay movie!
But the stalk of "picking up soap" may have its earliest origin in the 1989 American classic action movie "Angry Tiger and Dragon", and the movie "Midnight Cowboy" was released in 1969. Therefore, the gay theory of "picking up soap" has been used by director John Schlesinger at least 20 years in advance!
Is "Midnight Cowboy" a gay movie? To be honest, it's really interesting. In the movie, after Jon (Jon Voight) and Rizzo (Dustin Hoffman) met at the bar, the two The greasy life and the final parting of life and death are more affectionate than lovers.
After the film was released, it became the first "NC-17" film (that is, not allowed to watch under the age of 17) after the introduction of the film rating system in the United States because of scenes of homosexuality and prostitution, and some film critics even criticized the film as "dirty and filthy" .
In addition, I have to mention that Jon Voight, who plays the protagonist Joe, is Angelina Jolie's father, and he has a tall figure and a flamboyant personality.
Back to movies.
"Midnight Cowboy" is a bit sad because the entire film seems to be shrouded in the desire and thirst of the two main characters Joe and Rizzo for money, but until the end they are only living in fantasy.
But such a mourning character is quite optimistic, because Joe loves to laugh, and the deepest impression of the whole movie is his smiling face while chewing gum; while Rizzo took on the role of the movie's acting, and he perfectly performed "the trash can". Romanticism in "The Depressed Life of the Lower and Middle Classes".
In the movie, Joe's dream is to go to the metropolis of New York to be an excellent male prostitute to make money. He considers himself suave and handsome.
But it is true, he is 191cm tall and stands with Dustin Hoffman, who is only 167cm, the picture is interesting enough.
On the first day that Joe came to New York, he began to hook up with mature women. Finally, he received a business from an old woman. After they made out at the hotel, the old woman asked Joe for $20. It turned out that the old woman Also a prostitute. The old woman cried and said that Qiao was a hooligan, but Qiao could only pay $20 for a prostitute.
By the time he met Rizzo at the bar, Joe was broke and kicked out of the hotel.
Rizzo is actually not a good person. He makes a living by cheating a little money. Rizzo tricked Jon into saying that he knew the head of a male prostitute group, but he charged $20 as an agency fee, and Joe, who was in desperate need of money, paid another $20. But in the end Rizzo just introduced Jon to a gay pimp.
Just when he was desperate, Joe found Rizzo who cheated on him again in a cafe. Rizzo had no money, but was willing to take Jon in his place.
Gradually, the two became close friends.
The movie starts here, and the plot full of love begins to unfold.
Joe and Rizzo, living under the same roof, began to support and rely on each other. They went to the market together to steal some vegetables and went home to cook for a living. Rizzo also poetically said that the necessary conditions for living are "sunshine and coconut water".
They also do some opportunistic deeds, such as rubbing against the old aunt's washing machine in order to wash clothes, and prying the shoemaker's toolbox to brush Joe's shoes...
The relationship between the two became deeper and deeper. Joe even sold blood to buy medicine for Rizzo, and Rizzo stole a coat for Joe so that he would not freeze.
Later, the two of them went to a party of drunken gold fans. At the door of the bar, Rizzo had a fever and was sweating all over. Joe used his inner shirt to help him wipe the sweat off. Rizzo weakly hugged Joe and said nothing...
Rizzo's condition is getting worse and his only wish is to return to Miami, Florida. Joe kills a pimp to get money and gets on a long-distance bus to collect money.
Along the way, Rizzo coughed and even became incontinent. Jon bought him new clothes and put them on, and then chatted with him like a chatterbox that he was going to find a serious job when he came to Miami...
What he imagined was two people living a good life in a small city.
At the end, I watched the movie and started "picking up soap" again. No matter what the intention of the setting was at that time, the encounter between the two people was full of love, even beyond the ordinary relationship.
Many people are wondering whether this movie is a gay movie, but in fact, even if it is, their relationship is more intimate than pure gay, because they have come through the hardship together.
The friendship between the two men is also beautiful enough.
In fact, what is even more unforgettable should be Qiao Yiyi's smile. He loves to laugh so much, and he must have a good life in the second half of his life.
Finally, on the bus, there are sunshine and beaches, coconut trees and waves, and they are leaning on each other. It starts with the hope of a big city and ends with the hope of a small town. This way is the most beautiful.
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