Sitting at the top of the pyramid crying

Grant 2022-04-21 09:02:52

At the beginning, he looked like a decadent youth, no different from any decadent youth. He drove a Ferrari lap after lap, and he lived a life full of money. I fell asleep between the thighs of the hot girl I just met. . .

Then we found out that he was actually a Hollywood star.

We feel a little sour, but isn't it, he's so boring because he has everything.

Does he really have anything?

What a beautiful home he has, I'm drooling with envy, but he doesn't come home, he'd rather live in a hotel in the same city. Having a house doesn't make you feel like you have a home when your heart has nowhere to settle.

He has what may be the best job in the world, he is sought after by the media and fans as soon as he appears, but when he is suddenly surrounded by a group of hot dancing girls on stage, he is at a loss; when he is bombarded by reporters' questions At that time, we began to balance our minds, and we saw that he could not escape the fate of the clown.

The whole film is mostly about his trivial daily life, and a small part involves his "amazing" work, but he always looks stupid when he is doing "amazing" work, like a puppet being played with. And when he was eating and drinking, he was a little more human, although he was a very bad person.

The glamorous "occasions" seem contrived and absurd compared to the blurry but real everyday life. Here, eating and drinking has become the protagonist, and serious things have become supporting roles. Maybe this is the truth of life? In those "business affairs", you always seem so insignificant, even if you are a big star, you are just a screw in the whole huge industry. You can only be "arranged," which often appears to be "tricked."

At the press conference, JOHNNY was exhausted. We found that he did not understand the background and connotation of the movie he starred in. When asked who is johnny marco, he seemed especially stupid, but this stupidity is not The fate of each of us?

So the movie doesn't seem to have anything to do with him, and the love of fans doesn't seem to have anything to do with him. He always bows his head and flees in a hurry, because he knows they don't love him, just JOHNNY MARCO, and JOHNNY MARCO is Who, he did not know.

who is johnny marco? There is a scene where he goes to the dressing room to make face molds for older characters, and while he is smeared with mud and waiting to dry, the makeup artists leave him alone and go on with other things. The camera stared at him silently for a long, long time - this person, he is JOHNNY MARCO, destroying the face on the surface, which is the face he used to make a living, and others and himself recognized him. After that, is he still him? Why was he confirmed?

Human beings are so lonely and helpless, their faces blurred.

There is no shortage of solutions in our world for settling the mind, for faith, for direction, and one episode in the film exemplifies the powerlessness and absurdity of those solutions: a masseuse comes to your door and puts on a record of yoga-like music. , he put his hand on JOHNNY's back, closed his eyes and took a deep breath, then took off his shirt. . It reminds me of the magic words like "mind," "lift," "transmit energy," and so on; then he takes off his pants again. . . JOHNNY jumped up! The masseuse explained with trepidation that it was a theory: that being candid with the client would be more conducive to energy communication. . .

There is also a scene where he is casually turning on the TV in a late-night hotel, just as he was bored staring at the pole dancer before, he is also staring bored at Gandhi on TV - God, saint, utopia, you are So far away, so far away into the void.

According to Maslow's pyramid of needs, JOHNNY is undoubtedly close to the top of the pyramid, but SOFIA COPPOLA shows us that it doesn't make much difference, really, don't think that standing tall must see far, maybe you are full of enthusiasm and give everything to climb to the top , and saw that there was nothing but a huge set in front of him.

But didn't someone say it? Would rather sit in a BMW and cry.

Then his daughter came, and he spent a few days with her out of duty and out of frustration. Their relationship was simple, just like any dad and daughter get along, except of course the Ferrari, the suite with the pool, and the helicopter: They played games together, tasted various flavors of jelly together in the middle of the night, snuggled together and listened to the old black man playing ditty when they were tired, and went swimming and basking in the sun together. Those ten or so seconds in the swimming pool made me want to cry: they all jumped into the powder blue water, which cut off everything from the outside world. They were briefly alone in this small world, a world that only belonged to two people. They were laughing and making brushstrokes underwater, and the lazy music sounded vaguely, as if from the bottom of their hearts. . . That is happiness. The little, nebulous happiness we have in this huge world and this huge life.

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Somewhere quotes

  • Johnny Marco: What's that book about again?

    Cleo: It's about this girl that's in love with this guy. But he's a vampire, and his whole family's vampires. So she can't really be with him.

    Johnny Marco: Why doesn't she become one too?

    Cleo: doesn't she become one too? Cleo: Because she can't. He doesn't want to turn her into a vampire. And if she gets too close to him, he won't be able to help himself.

    Johnny Marco: Oh, man.

  • Johnny Marco: Whoa! What the fuck, dude?

    Ron the Masseur: Oh. Did they not tell you how I work?

    Johnny Marco: No.

    Ron the Masseur: I have a website that explains my technique. I feel that if my client's naked, it's just more comfortable if I meet them at the same level.

    Johnny Marco: Yeah, it's - it's not for me. Thanks, though. Why don't you just pack it up.

    Ron the Masseur: Alright.

    Ron the Masseur: [after putting his clothes back on] S'sorry about that.

    Johnny Marco: Nah, it's cool.