As a writer-director, I have several expectations for Randy Moss. The first is to tell an interesting story; the second is to tell it in an interesting way; the third is not to tell me the ending. Author-type directors basically don’t like to reveal the ending. Perhaps they have no end at all, because the things they focus on have no end in themselves.
Measured by the first expectation, this movie really didn't appeal to me. About a third of the way through the film, I had a rough idea of what he was trying to say. This story may be considered a kind of chic for the European post-70s who are soaked in honey water, but it becomes a cliché in China. Life in the Walls may be new to him, but I think there can be far better Walls stories than he can tell.
The second one is well done. I love this not-so-real reality scene. All hardware is real, all software is fake. The hardware is those sets, props, costumes, etc., and the software is the roles that the actors play. This heterogeneous coexistence fascinates me. At least I didn't plan to use fast forward to watch the whole movie.
The third article is not surprising at all, it really is an ending without an ending.
So I have new expectations for where Randy Moss will go in the future. One is to find a screenwriter who is truly awesome. His book is really not very good, and some of the dialogue is a bit rotten. The main reason may be that he focuses on topics beyond his life experience. Without the accumulation of relevant experience, the director will be foolish. Randy Moss is a fool when it comes to walls and tyranny.
The second is to stop imitating others and become more comfortable in the means. The heterogeneity in this film is the result of a femininity. It's a pity that a bunch of awards with ulterior motives may make the director addicted to this kind of pretense.
Judging by the speed of Randy Moss' filming, the next one should be 2013, right? Just wait and see what changes.
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