psychedelic

Garry 2022-04-20 09:02:38

Always looking for something special, and psychedelics are the best medicine for healing. You may be torn to shreds by reality, but psychedelics will smooth things out for you.
I like the song "ENGLISH SUMMER RAIN". It's just a simple repetition of those two sentences, but it can make you feel the singer's heart. Lyrics don't matter, what matters is the listener's mood.

The same is true for this movie. It doesn't matter what the story is, what matters is the mood of watching the movie. For the confused teenager, everything becomes pure and beautiful, pure and simple in a long note with small beats. Nothing, just an Eden created by the director to give you everything and peace of mind. And let you comfortably enjoy the peace and confidence away from the hustle and bustle of the city. So much so, that

anything that would break this calm could not be tolerated. The director is cruel, but also emotional. With a very big wave, he broke the peace and beauty that he could create for 45 minutes, and began to describe the young man's mind with delicate shots. Like a scalpel, he analyzes the teenager's mind layer by layer for the audience to see.

The large piece of wild grass seems to symbolize hiding, and the chair in the grass also seems to symbolize the young man's mind. In fact, there is a safe harbor, right?

Postscript: It is purely emotional, I hope those who are interested will see it again.

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Extended Reading
  • Demarcus 2022-03-18 09:01:09

    Gus Van Sant is so good at using long lenses that it fits perfectly with the narrative.

  • Kasey 2022-03-26 09:01:13

    Indie director Gus Van Sant's new work last year, in fact, my impression of GVS only stays in "The Unruly Sky" and "The Last Days", and even the old-fashioned "Elephant" is not fortunate to see. However, his selection of each blond boy definitely reassures everyone. Skateboarder Alex takes a wrong step and slowly infiltrates and completely changes the path of his life, but has no choice between escape or redemption. The edge of "Psychedelic Park", depression, despair, pale, sensitive youthful colors and shaky panning shots remind me of LSD and the endless green grass of "All About Lily Zhou"... It is worth mentioning that A long shot of Alex's shower, terribly blurry and so unmarked...

Paranoid Park quotes

  • Alex: I just feel like there's something outside of normal life. Outside of teachers, breakups, girlfriends. Like, right out there, like outside - there's like different levels of... stuff.

  • Jared: Dude, we should go check out Paranoid Park.

    Alex: Dude, I don't think I'm ready for Paranoid Park.

    Jared: Yeah, but no one's ever really ready for Paranoid Park.