If "Listen to Mom" shows Duo Lan's burst of personal edge and the fearlessness of a rebellious teenager, then "Dear Mommy" is the careful care of mother and son who are afraid of losing each other. Despite countless efforts, countless sacrifices and love, it may not achieve a happy ending ("Listen to Mom" Yu Bo was sent to a boarding school; "Dear Mommy" mother sent Steve back to the nursing home after a beautiful fantasy, then Duan Fantasy Utopia can be described as a brilliant deception), but the mother's reluctance to give up in these two films is actually an endless entanglement and love for her son.
The last scene is undoubtedly a tribute to "The Four Hundred Blows". Under the same shackles of the state apparatus and social norms, the confused teenagers of different eras try to find freedom in their own ways, and seek redemption in the tension-filled parent-child relationship. . Anton in "Four Hundred Blows" ran to the vast sea, and faced a deeper daze after a short escape. However, when the camera turned back to Anton from the dazed and unknown sea, it seemed to have more firm eyes after growing up; while "Listen to Mom's Words" "Steve escaped from the nursing home under the soundtrack of Born to Die (mother's name is Die), desperately trying to return to his mother's arms, although he may not be saved after returning, it may be another relationship conflict and cycle, but Staying in a sanatorium must be waiting for death, spiritually the first to die. If life will eventually face torture and death, then at least Born to Die must be by the side of your beloved mother. "Four Hundred Strikes" is about throwing everything away to find himself after the cruelty of growing up; Steve regains his freedom by returning to his mother's love.
Chu Fu (named by Duo Lanben), Gundam (although Duo Lan said he hates Gundam, but the camera alignment and color matching are very obvious), Wong Kar Wai (too many shots and monologue style), Hitchcock ( Tom is at the farm), the Dadan brothers (parent-child relationship)... Duo Lan is deeply influenced by the masters, and many lens languages have their traces. In the past, Duo Lan may have been too obvious and arbitrary, and the result is It makes the viewers feel disgusted, but now Duolan seems to be able to easily control it without a trace, and successfully internalize the masters' background into their own grammar.
Which descendant did not start with imitation? There is no need to be too worshipful or too harsh, at least Duo Lan finally did it after 6 years of learning. For a director who is only 25 years old and has a lot of potential, it is already beyond the world to have such achievements. This is a journey of growth of a teenager after absorbing nutrients from the "movie mother". This teenager is Yubo, Steve and Duolan. When the time comes, he will naturally leave his mother and wait for the day when he emerges from the cocoon. The coming of Dolan's day is "Dear Mummy".
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