The film tells a story about the young Beats of the literary giants.
After watching the movie, I became interested in the "Beats" and wanted to know what they had experienced, so I found their books and biographies to read. It really is a group of people who are boundless, sometimes even incredible, no, in fact, their behavior has always made me feel incredible, whether it is when I first met at a young age, or the various experiences in the future, it is indeed worthy of the name.” beat generation".
Their relationship in the film is actually quite complicated, whether it's family, friendship, feelings, or thoughts, maybe such complicated and unpredictable factors make them different. They are people who are excluded from the mainstream of society - homosexuals, ethnic minorities, drug addicts, etc. They hate their studies and work, they enjoy traveling around the world, and they despise the legal order of society. They are always seeking new excitement and absolute freedom. , indulge in lust, drug addiction, and indulge, so as to challenge the traditional values of decency. These behaviors are revealed at a young age and are amplified after they leave school as adults.
Roger Kimberke said they were a group of drug-abusing sex fanatics and childish egocentrics whose shamelessness convinced a bewildered and gullible public that their speech was the work of genius.
Conservative writer Norman Baldjeretz said the spirit of the Beat Generation was like a leather-jacketed savage running toward his final hour with a dagger and an automatic rifle.
It is true that they are controversial and even unworthy of admiration, their freewheeling lives, piles of sex scandals, contradictory reactions to their reputations, but we cannot deny that the words left by their typewriters are timeless, and It has a certain influence on American postmodern literature.
The film is adapted from their stories. The little detail that makes me feel very interesting is the traffic map. The trains pass through those stations quickly to explain their locations, and it is also very intuitive to see that they are on the fringes of society. A place people don't want to set foot on and sneer at.
A group of people got acquainted because of Lu, and then went their separate ways because of him. Of course, they continued to communicate and get together after the film. Regarding the specific circumstances of the dispute between Carmel and Lu, I think only the parties can understand it. For us, it is also an eternal mystery. But when I heard Carmel helplessly say to Ginsburg, "I know who you are, We're the ones he needs but never wants." It was really unbearable.
Another thing I find interesting in the film is the talk about circles. In the beginning, when Ginsburg found Lu's room with the music, Lu said, "He says that life is round. That we're stuck on this wheel of living and dying. An endless circle. Until someone breaks it. You walked here. You ruptured the pattern. Bang. The whole world gets wider. (He said life is round, we're stuck on this wheel of life and death, endless circle, until someone breaks it, you walk in, you Break the mold. Boom, the whole world is wider.)", which reminds me of Ginsberg's monologue at the end of the film, "Another lover hits the universe. The circle is broken. But with death comes rebirth. (Another lover runs towards the firmament, the circle is broken, but death also brings rebirth).”
Seemingly mirroring each other, the circle was broken due to Carmel's death, bringing a temporary separation and also a rebirth. Bang, the whole world becomes wider.
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