I would call this film a work of genius.
I'm one of those people who doesn't really like to talk about talent, but Underground deserves those two words.
Like a huge, empty and real, beautiful and sad dream.
Ma Gao said that if there was no war, he would be a poet and go to the graves of the sages.
Hei Zai's wife gave birth to a child and was dying. Ivan cried and said "it will be okay", she said "it won't be okay".
A prophecy.
The world will be good?
A 1995 movie I'm watching in 2021.
During this period, I witnessed the new crown, economic downturn, unemployment, stock market crash, currency speculation, 996 death from overwork, racism prevailed, and Asians were discriminated against and shot to death.
Words heard a lot lately, involution, anxiety, PUA, Versailles.
Everyone is very angry.
The world seems to be changing, but it doesn't seem to be.
For the better, or for the worse.
I was shocked to see Marco betray Hei Zai and live on the surface with Natalie, leaving Hei Zai and his brother and everyone who believed in him underground.
In the middle of the film, Ma Gao is first seen dressed like an intellectual, solemnly reciting the words of the ribbon-cutting ceremony, and Natalie smiling charmingly beside him. I started to wonder.
The camera cuts to the apartment, and Ma Gao turns on the camera, watching Hei Zai sleeping with his eyes open, making fun of him.
Then Ma Gao and Natalie put on their wounded makeup and took the ladder to the wedding of Hei Zai's son.
Everything is fine. The bride wears a white wedding dress and slowly flies to the groom like an angel.
In the cellar, Natalie cried to Magao, "You're living a decent life on the ground while they've been working underground for you!"
I'm shivering.
Yes, they have been underground for twenty years. I always thought the war was not over. Always work hard to build weapons for the country they believe in and love.
Ironic.
The word "underground" here shows the real meaning behind it. Not just living in the physical underground.
When the pdd event came out last year, I've been looping "Can Good Things Happen to Me" by Constantine's Change Ball:
But what happened was never expected
What you really want is taken away by others
I didn't decide too many things, it's just like this today
Then it turned into a shitty mess
One more dose of hope to numb the pain
Can only go in, can't go back, can't carry it, can't put it down
had to go
Our half-dead life
There is no future as blessed as you
Our half-dead life
How did it go, how did it go
I understand them well. First a girl, then a junior. I also got off work at 12 o'clock every day and was lost in the accusations. I have also lived "underground".
Once simple, who was used. When the tide hits, who can escape.
The human narrative is repetitive, and fortunately, I have come to know it now and left.
But what about those who continue to live underground.
To put it a little bit more broadly, when I hit uber in the United States before and met a Chinese driver, he wanted to come to the United States to make money. He said in the chat that many Chinese people come here, but they don’t speak the language. Almost depressed.
Embrace the yearning for beauty, but see the deep darkness.
Only the truth can cut through it. This is probably the meaning of going to the field.
There's a lot more to this movie. Add it later.
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