Love movies are inseparable from the love of two people to the point of death, the hypocrisy, deception, or romance of the love world. Gay love movies will add some topics such as social disapproval, discrimination, disapproval of family members, not to mention transgender people. The focus of the movie is not on whether or not to change gender, why it should be changed, but on the question of whether to love someone should not limit the gender of the other person, but a lot of times the words are always on the lips, you have to accept or when the people around you are like this. It will become "tell one thing, do another thing". In fact, some people in the society talk about "anti-discrimination", but in fact, they are ridiculing and ridiculing their fellow travelers in gay circles, and many people take sexual minorities as a joke and laugh at them all day long.
In fact, the core of the movie is not the gay community. Of course, in the eyes of the director, it is easy to be labeled as gay, but back to the basics, the movie is about how to love someone, it is difficult to love each other, and you have to accept the shortcomings of the other party , personal self, the views of those around you will also be affected. The world of love is not the same fairy tale weaving as before, not that the princess and the prince are always happy in the castle and love each other forever. That's all deceptive. Love, this thing has been pursued in a poor life, and this thing is not easy to distinguish too clearly. Even in a relationship, there is no absolute right or wrong, and a decision can have multiple facets. The movie chose to start with the story of transgender people, so as to tell a love story that spanned ten years. From the male of biological sex to the female body seen by others. From falling in love to hurting love, and then from the beginning to the end of a relationship.
And look, some of the award-winning gay films in recent years are based on ten years. For example, "Keep The Lights On", which won the Teddy Bear Award at the Berlin Film Festival, is also a true story. , but "For" is about the director's story, while "Healing and Healing" is the story of the director's friend. It was handed over to the director to create and write this "heart-abuse" story. Love makes people blind, love makes people ambiguous, once love thought it was tolerant, thought it was a hero and had the ability to love, but at that time everything was illusory. It's not because I don't love it, it's because I love it so much that I don't know how to love. This is the so-called healing love in the movie, and the more you love, the more overwhelmed you are. There are too many to face, whether it is one's own inner world or the external world, there are certain pressures and struggles. Fred in the play loved Laurence, so she forced herself to accept his appearance, and she became unhappy.
The epic love contains Laurence's cry: "I just want to be a woman". There is no strong binary opposition in the film, and the attitude towards gender identity is very indifferent. There is no very clear decision to be male or female. In fact, gender does not matter at all. The important thing is how to treat a person as a person. This is a very important proposition in the movie, which is to be yourself.
The image style of the movie is very different. Those montages seem to be there, but they gradually form part of the movie. Birth, transformation, rebirth. The beginning of the relationship, the run-in, and the beginning. Life is just that. I especially appreciate the strutting silhouettes, whether it's Laurence's first cross-dressing show at school or Fred taking the spotlight at a prom, those are assertive and well-cut. The film is relatively long, and it knows how to grab the eye with some strong beats and shots. The rhythm is precisely controlled, and the "sorrow card" is less played in the movie, and the role, identity and love are left to the audience to think about as much as possible.
Years are like songs, the weather is not as scheduled, and emotions are like luggage, which cannot be separated from abandonment. The "sadness" of the movie is that when you know something is irreparable, telling you not to blame yourself and let go is also a kind of love. Dolan's author style and stylization are indeed very pleasing to the eye, making people indulge in this love, and have been in love with earth-shattering. Laurence Anyways, Laurence still has many aspects to be discovered, just like Dolan's future.
Text/Dorothy
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