This film is actually about a little black boy Chiron growing up slowly, and the influence of the people and things he met in the process of growing up on him. The whole film is displayed through three segments: i little, ii Chiron, iii Black, these three segments correspond to Chiron's childhood, adolescence and youth, and at the same time, the film is divided into simple pictures in the film. Although these three-paragraph narratives are not very complete, and may even make you feel a little disconnected, there is a brief prologue at the beginning of each segment, and the plot is advanced through the story in the segment or the dialogue of others. Show the growth and change of the protagonist.
Childhood Chiron was a small, timid, taciturn child, and as the title of this clip is, he was a little bit. But the relationship between the poison dealer and him in the first clip is full of warmth and sweetness, as if to make up for little Chiron's father who never appeared. Not only did the drug dealers take him in, they would find him bored and teach him to swim and chat with him. But the lack of father's love, the drug-addicted mother and the bullying of classmates make the introverted Chiron extremely sensitive. When you look into his eyes in the film, you will feel the sadness from the bottom of his heart.
As a boy, Chiron was still shy, introverted, and lonely in front of most people, but his mother became capricious because of his drug addiction, and the death of the drug dealer made the people he could get close to less and less. He grew up slowly, and slowly realized that some things can only be undertaken by himself. When he was most alone, the comfort (masturbation) given to him by his only childhood friend, Kevin, satisfied him. Then everything collapsed in the betrayal of his friend, but it was precisely because of this that the depression and pain that had been accumulated in his heart for more than ten years burst out at that moment, and he could no longer bear it. So the title of this clip is his original name, Chiron, indicating that he has found himself.
The young Chiron was strong and sturdy, and when he first appeared in front of the camera, it really made one wonder if it was him. But at this time, he looked very much like a drug dealer in his childhood, and in fact he did it. However, after two phone calls, we found out that Chiron's heart is still sensitive. Especially when Kevin, the object of his childhood admiration, called, he was a sly drug dealer one second, and he returned to his shy boyhood the next second. And Kevin called him "Black" at the beginning of the phone call, which is also the title of this clip. Personally, I think it not only reveals that Chiron has grown into a typical black man, but also implies that he has returned to the starting point, back to the hometown and people who guided him to grow up. .
The most common feeling of this film is that it is ordinary. Although it is adapted from personal experience, through the director's smooth and indifferent shooting method, we seem to be watching the growth of the boy next door. His changes are under the influence of circumstances, under the influence of his family, but also under the influence of the drug dealers, friends and bullies he has interacted with. These effects are as shown in the movie, as if these are just a simple day in ordinary life. But in fact, these things and people continue to infect the male protagonist, gradually allowing him to complete his understanding of himself, others, and the world.
I don't know if you feel this way when you read books, but there is always that paragraph of text that will make your heart skip a beat in an instant. The same is true of movies, and when the smooth picture in the movie is presented in front of you, you may be hit by a glance, a back, a line. And "Moonlight" is just seeing the truth in the ordinary. Some people label this film as black and homosexual. I think that many of the pictures in this story may find similar shadows around us. Each of us, like Chiron, grew up in an ordinary world because of various ordinary experiences, because this ordinary in the eyes of others is a special feeling for ourselves. There is a line in the play "At some point you gotta decide for youself what you gonna be, can't let nobody make dicision for you", in short, you have to decide for yourself what kind of person you want to be. Yes, what kind of person you will become is more about your own thinking and actions than the influence of others.
At the end of the film, the title of the film appears on the screen, "moonlight"
moonlight
under the moonlight
a lot is happening
The warm embrace of SEX drug dealing
under the moonlight
boy turned around
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