Own Private Idaho
I'm tasting roads my whole life.
——River Phonixe
watched this film for the first time during the summer of high school. At that time, I hadn't even watched "The Matrix", and of course it wasn't because of Keanu Reeves' popularity in Hollywood that he picked this film. It's just because the tenth projection room has made a compilation of road movies. Among the many fields and straight roads, this one seems to be the only one that has a decent plot, so I looked for it.
As a result, I still overestimate road movies.
Don't believe the plot of a road movie, no matter how twisty and gripping the review or synopsis is. The plot of the road movie is just the background, you just need to know where these people come from and where they are going. No, it doesn't have to be known where these people come from. Where to go is also in the progress of the movie, you and the characters in the play stumble and stumble forward. In the end, even standing on the top of the mountain and looking around, it may still be vast. You would think, is this really where the protagonists clamored to take us at the beginning of the story? Like "My Own Idaho", in Rome, there is still no Mike's mother.
And the endless road and the boundless Gobi, desert or wheat fields on both sides are the main theme, because that is freedom, desire and rebellion, and it is also an unreachable never-landing.
The plot is as dull and calm, the details are as trivial and delicate, the lines are witty and crazy, and the shots are tossed and broken. At that time, the scenes of loneliness and freedom, the real and crazy performances, and the irrefutable fate of exhausted youth still moved me when I saw a road movie for the first time, and from then on, "Paris, Texas" and "Easy and Happy" started. The path of the knight....
And after five years, the movie still beats me easily, leaving no leeway.
This time, it's not about a lot of metaphors, it's not about deep learning - mastering Shakespeare's lines (to be honest, I'm not that keen on reading Shakespeare, especially the English version, and I can't read Old English at all. So to all People who read Shakespeare and use Shakespeare have all respect...), it has nothing to do with youthful rebellion, only about love, destiny and freedom.
When Mike rambled to himself after the confession, he buried his head, was silent for a while, and raised his head abruptly, "I love you though." This is a kind of courage, but also a kind of sincerity. In the face of such disparate status and inevitably different life paths, friendship is a bubble that can burst at a touch, not to mention love. What you need to say this is courage. But maybe not, considering Mike's messy life, he probably doesn't even understand how far apart he is from Scott. The father died and the mother escaped, the family was broken, and the neurotic brother was the biological father. He was born with narcolepsy. Every time he woke up, he was still in a dream, but the dream was somewhat real. He sells his body for a living, but still doesn't feel comfortable taking photos of porn magazine covers. On the contrary, Scott, who has a prominent background, said that the hooligan leader is his real father. He is firmly and professionally engaged in prostitution. He is even more comfortable in shooting the cover. He is looking for the truth that cannot be found in the upper class. down, hiding a heavy weight of control. Because he believes in the truth too much, he clearly understands the power of money and power, and understands where his ultimate destination is. But Mike must have felt that Scott was in the same profession, lived in the same place, and accompanied him all the way from Portland to Rome, and they were the same people. If so, Mike's sincerity is equally astonishing, even though he says "I love you and...you don't pay me..." (I love you...you don't have to pay me for it) ...). I believe that in such a scene, no one will not be moved, and Scott is moved but also a little overwhelmed, because he is too sober.
If the wood is strong, it will be broken, and the love will not last.
There are many people who say that this movie is actually telling people that social class is a chasm that can never be crossed. No matter how passionate the feelings are, people from different worlds will eventually return to their own world. Without Cinderella, there will be no poverty. Scholar. It's hard to deny this. The background of growth is a person's warmest destination and the deepest bond. With Shen Congwen's talent and style, he has been in the literary world for so many years, and he always feels that he is a "Liba person". It has nothing to do with noble or high or low, but there is a kind of estrangement with Lin, Liang, Xu and others who are naturally noble and noble. "Xia Liba" and "Yangchunbaixue" do not have derogatory or commendatory meanings, but they can be sober. Di looked on the other side with a cold eye, but had an unaware compliment to his own circle.
But perhaps there is a larger theme to interpret the film, which is destiny. I remember that there is a saying in the game "Gu Jian Qi Tan", "Fate is determined by heaven, and luck is determined by man." It's really good. People are always entangled in the proposition of "believe in fate", but I think this is obvious - people can resist or even defeat fate, but they cannot deny the existence of fate. He was born in the family of a wealthy businessman, with no worries about food and clothing, but never had an intuitive and profound understanding of the hot and cold world and the warmth of human relationships; he was born poor and lived on the streets, but he was well-versed in all aspects of the world, insight into world affairs, and experienced human relationships; I don't have a family background, but I am a family heirloom, knowledgeable, gentle and courteous... Isn't family background a manifestation of fate? Environment determines character, character determines fate, isn't that fate? But not reconciled, it is probably some kind of precious quality unique to human beings. Although, it brings crime and even war, although it creates injustice and even sinister, but I can't imagine how boring our life would be without it, without the surging desire in the heart, and no interest in freedom and expanse, and What can make us progress? What else can make us face the sea of stars?
People's pursuit of freedom is really the most ruthless mockery and resistance to fate. There may be flames flowing in everyone's veins. When everyone laughed at the "travel that goes away", there was probably a little helplessness and ironic admiration for animals' desire for a stable group.
Therefore, we can only use the eyes of Mike and Scott to occasionally withdraw from reality and switch perspectives. As a result, the director made a big joke with us with the ending... At the end of the film, Mike said "I'm tasting roads my whole life", and I seemed to look through the eyes of River Phonixe , saw the director's sarcastic smile.
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