Moonlight by Barry Jenkins (2016), Taken from McCartney's original stage play, The Black Boy in the Moonlight Looks Blue. From childhood, teenagers to adults, the film has a three-stage jump structure, Poetic presentation, prose style, borrowed from Hou Hsiao-hsien's "The Best Time", And the filming in the film was inspired by Wong Kar-Wai's "Breakthrough", Include episode quotes.
In fact, a paragraph-style movie that spans time and space, Before "The Best Times", there were many, Such as "Heavy Rain is Coming", etc., such as Lubitsch's earlier films. The shooting technique of Wong Kar-wai's "Breakthrough" is not new. Before that, I have been slapped by European and American filmmakers many times. Exaggerating a relationship is not helpful for understanding the film itself.
In fact, the success of "Moonlight Boy", The fundamental thing lies in the precise interpretation of its emotionality, Created a first-class loneliness mood. Contradictions, antagonisms, and resolutions are all unusually cold. It's just that this kind of coldness is internalized in the heart and external in the form. Karong (there are many translations) has been taciturn since childhood, And helpless, painful and sharp eyes. Juan, Teresa, Mother and Kevin related to Karon, It seems to have passed in a hurry, but it has been the most detailed interpretation.
The film is unusually cold, pure and simple. Slightly insufficient, the emotional intersection of Karong and Kevin, the plot interpretation is too simple. Caron is too hasty for Kevin, Inevitably, it's a bit shaved and hot, and it lacks evocative interactions. If you dig deeper, It will not be so exhausting for Karong's final emotional confession.
In the first chapter of the film, the young Karong is the little guy in Hu'an's mouth, who is bullied by his classmates . The unfamiliar Juan became Karon's life guide. He cared for Karon unselfishly. It was this guide who touched Karong's tender and frozen heart. Juan's girlfriend, Tereza, gave her a real motherly warmth and love. What has always troubled Karong is the repeated humiliation of being called "gay" by his classmates. Juan explained to him. Juan told him that "gay" is a derogatory term for those who discriminate against "homosexuals".
In each chapter of the film, the narrative is also jumping. Juan taught Karong to swim, and the swaying sea water was like his little undulating heart. The point is, Juan always cheers him up and makes him confident. On the beach, Juan said to him, we blacks are everywhere, anywhere in the world, We are the first humans on earth, Dark skin turns blue in moonlight, You are the blue child, wait until a certain moment, You have to decide your true self, you can't let others decide!
This is the general tone of Moonlight. Blue, moonlight, sea water, and black skin have some kind of natural association. In other words, they are a part of nature, and it doesn't matter whether they are high or low.
The question is, how much effect did these words of encouragement have on Karong? In fact, it doesn't matter. The main purpose of the film here is nothing more than to explain the vague emotion of a long-lost friendship and the inner touching of a person. At the same time, Karong saw another side of Juan. His mother was taking drugs, and the drugs were bought from Juan. Juan, however, does not allow open drug use on 15th Street in Miami, lest it affect the children.
What a contradictory Juan. So Karon's mother angrily denounced Juan's false mercy, And ridiculed his son's "indecent". Just this paragraph, a mother made fun of her son in front of Juan, Is it a bit overkill to highlight the excesses of a character?
The depravity of the mother and the duality of Juan made the little Karong extremely uncomfortable. It also made him feel more lonely inside. When he bravely asked Juan, did my mother buy drugs from you? yes. Juan's answer is also quite honest, without evading, But I saw the pain of a soul torn apart. Juan wants to be a good person, but in fact is a bad person.
Listen to his words and watch his actions. Inconsistency in words and deeds is a common problem in the adult world. This is enough to give Karong a personal taste of the adult world. This body odor can't be settled, it can only be more swollen.
In the second chapter, the little Karong became the black boy in the mouth of classmate Kevin.
Kevin is also the only classmate who is close to him.
But at this time, Juan was killed, which meant that his umbrella was gone.
Only Tereza cared about Karon now. But the rogue classmates continued to bully,
Let him not dare to ask Tereza again, because he is afraid that she will be revenge by these scoundrels.
Another side of the film "Political Correctness",
But he also pointed out that Karong, who is also black, has been bullied by the same kind.
It is extremely rare for the director to exclude this point without avoiding it.The mother at home, in addition to constantly picking up customers, is constantly taking drugs. Even when he became addicted to drugs, even his poor meal money was taken away by her. The greater torture comes from the inner squeeze and the heart-wrenching feeling. Where can he go. Only wandering on the seaside street. At this time, good classmate Kevin came to him. Under the moonlight, they both had a lightning-like deliberate intersection. Said deliberately, because it makes people feel a little "lalang match", And make a foreshadowing for the following narrative. Of course, this blue love naturally left the deepest imprint on Karong's life.
Next, the bully Telo picks things up, entangles a bunch of classmates, Encourage Kevin to declare war on Karong, If not, Kevin will "go to hell", The only choice is to bite the bullet and punch Karong against his will. In fact, Karon's eyes can speak. He understands Kevin's "weakness" and because of the blue love, He has to punch up, even if he falls, gets up, falls down, gets up again... So, Kevin's heart is bleeding, you can't help but get up.
Thinking of the night before, Caron said to Kevin, I sometimes cry a lot, I want to do something outrageous. He was beaten with a blue nose and a swollen face, But the teacher refused to encourage him to testify. He didn't want Kevin to get in trouble. But he decided to do something outrageous. He walked firmly into the classroom, He picked up the chair and smashed it hard at Telo, who had been bullying him. Under Kevin's eager eyes, he was taken into a police car. In this way, Karong's time as a student who was bullied was over. Unprotected, Karong became an orphan under the blue moonlight.
In the third chapter, the black boy becomes the real black boy .
An adult Caron came to Atlanta from Miami.
He wanted to get away from that sad place in Miami.
The mother also took over and placed them in social institutions.
The mother wanted to use her repentance to persuade her son to pull back from the precipice.
But her son rejected her with contempt.
The mother asks her son's forgiveness, I'm sorry.At this time, the black boy wearing the gold chain, Just like another Juan, with a group of people trafficking drugs. What hasn't changed is his taciturn and sharp eyes. This mirrored his lonely heart. What we want to ask is that Karong followed in Juan's footsteps and became the second Juan, Will his life end in the middle of it? Maybe.
That night, Ka Rong unexpectedly received a call from Kevin. This evoked the dusty emotional ripples in his heart. He couldn't wait to drive to Miami, Meet Kevin who has become a restaurant chef. Kevin is married and has a son. He said it was the coquettish female classmate Samantha, but then they split up. Kevin specially cooked him a good Cuban meal and asked him to talk about the current situation. Ka Rong looked at him as if nothing had happened, and the disappointment in his eyes was obvious. As if to say that since your life lacks nothing, you are so complete, Then why are you still hiring me?
This is Karong's painful life, and it is also the blue that he cannot overcome. As a result, Karong couldn't help but ask, why did you call me? Kevin, who was embarrassed to be asked, said with a smile, I'll put a song for you to listen to. Graceful, relaxed and lively Spanish pop songs, The hot sea breeze of the Caribbean, in the face of everything that is right and wrong, It made Karong feel stinging and uncomfortable.
Kevin said the song will make people forget the past and live anew. But Karon doesn't see it that way. When Kevin took him back home, Karong finally said what was in his heart, You are the only one who touches my heart, the only one! But time is like smoke, revealing all the secrets that are never the same as before.
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