The story reminds me of Oliver Twist. The attitude of the punks in the film to their elders reminds me of "A Clockwork Orange". The clean and beautiful images are from Fassbender, although the editing is a bit broken. The whole film tells the whole story in the form of a road movie, and the method is still relatively conservative. Comparing the fate of the protagonist caused by accidental emotions and events in "The Elephant" and "Psychedelic Park", "My Private Ideho" is a bit too fateful, and the narrow circle of characters has a strong stickiness, and Mike can't get rid of his mother's influence. , and can't get rid of the male prostitute life around Bob. This sense of fate caters to Mike's tragedy very well. Perhaps in his heart, he deeply knows that he is not worthy of the so-called normal happiness.
Once caught in the rhythm of Gus Van Sant, the story seems to be non-existent, like following Mike on this journey. The pulsation caused by the small fish swimming upstream, the emptiness created by the whirring of the wind, and the lingering dreams all seemed to come to the fore. The story doesn't matter, it's the feelings that matter. This kind of feeling is different from Tsai Ming-liang's film. It stands in the position of a bystander, peeping into Mike's dreams and pain. From this point of view, Gus van Sant has inherited Kubrick's mantle.
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