I heard about Moonligh's so-called politically correct name for a long time before, and my first reaction after reading it was that it was wrong. Why is it always weird that minorities are represented in movies + why is it always white people have the right to speak, because movies are directly linked to the economy. In this field that requires large financing and large cooperation, the first is the economic foundation, and then the talent. No matter how good or bad the film is, the audience needs to step into this fictional world first, instead of preconceived and judged from a realistic perspective (this idea is naive, because some directors do move closer to their standards and markets for awards, but all Movies will have this consideration to some extent, and as far as Moonlight is concerned, even if the screenwriter really draws the line at the beginning, we need to point to the same, black, poison... So what, the impact of the movie itself on the market power, the influence on the audience is of practical significance) Why, when the protagonist of a film has a bit of homosexuality, he must be singled out to say that it is politically correct. Like this question: is this film a so-called black film? Cass is indeed black. But at least my answer is, no, I can totally empathize with this film. And I would say sex, sexuality is fluid, and even if you're pretty sure you're a certain type, there's no denying that sex can be explored. Moonlight presents Black's sporadic exploration process, not a film that reflects society and oppression with strong intentions. When a complex emotion is on the big screen, the last thing we should do is define it in words and then waste two hours deciphering it in words.
Favorite is the concise clip. cut cut cut is neat and neat, cut when the mood has passed the commanding heights and fell a little to calm down. The rotation of the shots between the three people at the beginning is so beautiful, and with the peculiar tone of black dialogue, the mood is set right away. This is a world that we have never understood and know very little about. Immediately afterwards, the noisy child's tumultuous voice interrupted, cutting to the POV boy running, shaking with the camera in hand - the sense of dizziness, the sense of alienation was established at the beginning. Hand-held photography is too present in some shots. For example, when Juan took the boy to his house for the first time to get off the car, he swayed for no reason and danced a bit.
I especially like the chapter of Little. Because of Juan, I feel very secure. I really see it from the perspective of a child. There are many discoveries in this period, there are many learnings, learning to swim, including knowing that my mother is taking drugs and the relationship with Juan . Regarding children and reminiscences, most people can empathize with them. As an audience, I see the difference in the little boy. He insists on being different (does not speak), but he is still well caught by those who love him. Some people care about him, some people treat him like a child. However, at my age off-screen, I am far from this idealized state. Most of the time, I am lonely and self-enclosed. When I grow up, I am still like this, and there is very little chance that someone will come to you and understand you. So it is quite enjoyable to see this beautiful fantasy projected on the screen.
The little boy had just been bullied and hid in the dark room, and there was another loud knocking sound, which made people feel scared. After the window was removed, he saw Juan. At this time, he didn't know whether he was good or bad. He speaks kindly, respects the child, and then says "It's OK to take the front door" This sentence is so wonderful that I can't help but repeat, he in the it's Ok picture, opening the window to rescue the boy, is the character of the boy resolution, and then he opened another door. Two external channels were opened for him. Then he makes an evocative joke humorously, retells what we can obviously see, and the joke is done. There must be something philosophical about it. I don't know what that is, but there are many interpretations. A not-so-creative one is his role as a father figure into the boy's life, but his black identity, and the life he has to face, makes him the only way to show the boy is drug trafficking. (Although this is not really what Juan intended) The scene of Juan and Black eating at the restaurant is also very moving, the emotions are nuanced, and I think the picture is full of "Black language" and jokes that only they can understand. I have to admit that it is an exaggeration to say that, because the same scene exists in white movies, but at this moment I feel so different. They really did it. They don’t need to share their culture, emotions, and other people all the time. The feeling of explaining is revealed. When Juan dragged the meal to his side, the picture cut to the little boy, and I didn't see the little boy getting angry at all (maybe that' s just me) But Juan said yoyoyo didn't mess with you anymore, you kid you can't mess with. As a viewer, I was shown emotions that I couldn't capture, and it was precisely because childhood was the beginning, mainly Juan and the little boy, who was very comfortable with the little boy (that's an exaggeration, the little boy kept going to his house) As well as asking him whether selling drugs to his mother brought him a lot of distress), I was attacked again and again as an outsider, and I learned that no others can understand their emotions. The scene of learning to swim has a feeling of trying to explore the subject of mother and father. Juan protects him like a mother holding a baby... Later life education at the seaside also made Juan's role more faceted. The ocean, naturally, makes people feel drift away, or has an attraction (which is quite relevant to same-sex attraction), so quiet that people want to indulge in it. After growing up, the sea has become the only thing that makes "I" make sense of my own life, the only thing that appears coherently, can drown my sorrow and recall the past.
light up. Several times the blue color palette of the sea is very beautiful visually, but I still can't understand the lighting other than the sea scene. The most dance scene is the contrast between the blue and yellow light in the dialogue between the third chapter of black and Kevin's restaurant. I think the blue light hitting the Chiron white shirt reminds me of detergent sanitizers, a particularly eye-catching color, a motif but I can't decipher it. So I also feel that sometimes the sudden jump from dark, blue to light between scenes is a little too jumpy. The tones are so varied that even if there is logic, it is difficult for me to notice the logical connection of too much detail. Since there are three chapters, it's cliché but just to give an example, this chapter will be much better at assigning a tone without being too cluttered. The connection is not very good. I don't know if this is a bit contradictory, but it probably means that there is less connection on the screen. The feeling created between each part and the cut is simply neat, very private, very nostalgic, and there is a kind of trying to recall sense of experimentation.
music. Wish I could read it, but I can't. Obviously black music and those violins/melodious/Italian? ? Tracks represent different things. silence is also a model of application. smoke, another motif, no good interpretation.
long shoot. I really like panning...I don't know what effect that brings but I sure notice its existence...
"Faggot is a word to make gay people feel bad." Full marks for this explanation. Kid, you have to know, it's nothing about us. It's others projecting their anger, unhappiness, and fear on us.
After thinking about it for a while, I felt that the display of black culture was especially online, not much, not much. At first I thought it was lacking, but it fits perfectly with this movie. I've seen every black guy mention their "rules" like Juan's is to sit with your back to the door so you can't see the danger, Teresa is love & pride, Kevin is (common) I said I story, now it's your turn. In fact, the recurring rules can be case specific, that is, just to shape the character of Black (too submissive, as unfathomable as the sea? Everyone tells him "rules" only the rules that he does not have his own life), but three Individuals choose the same way of expression, which is part of the cultural presentation. For example, in the Black chapter, the car with the Black Gold Teeth and Gold Necklace Black305 is playing loud music, which is a typical cultural display, and it is also very real. But the movie takes us into three black families (mostly two), one is Juan's home with Japanese prints on the dining room walls, richly colored woven tablecloths and more, and the other is Little's blank and messy home . I appreciate these details. I also feel that there is no need to express something in order to show something.
I feel that every scene against my mother lacks a bit of impact, but it's really lifelike when you think about it. There are many times in the movie where we emphasize dramatic tension, but life is always ugly, and when the same scene is normalized, Its ugliness will even fade. All I want is simply to get over with this chapter of my life.
The Chiron chapter is not very impressive. Maybe I overinterpreted it, but I really think that the rhythm is designed to be very close to life. As mentioned earlier, various opportunities during childhood were traumatized but also protected by others. Stacked on top of another bad thing, the result of thousands of feeling spewing out is only violence and sexual expression, and facing people who want to help us (most of them can't understand) can only say "You don't even know" (Actually, when I first watched it, I thought Moonlight conflicts wasn't enough, but now I'm very grateful for the realism that the film retains. We will have bad parents, but they will ask us for forgiveness in the end. We There will be bad classmates, especially in the case of black people, drugs cannot be ignored, but we have no words to resist, sometimes we just wander around in our own world like black, and let others tell who you really are. People; we have our own ups and downs, but our destiny is like a flood that cannot be resisted, the general direction has been decided for us) In adulthood, the film is a bit boring, but again, this is life. I miss the old man in my heart, and I feel very down when he shows you the picture of the child. it gets you, life traps you, life makes you a joke in your own life. Went to rehab to visit my mother who was taking drugs and hurt me a lot, but I was a drug dealer myself. How are we supposed to interpret that? This kind of joke, a blow from life, is so powerful. Walking up to hug my mother is also a very uncomfortable posture, and Black's emotions are not visible in the picture. Does his emotion matter? Probably not. Forgiving the ones who loved us & who is going to die soon is just something we do as human beings. In the end Kevin said he got out of that anxious life and he finally had a life. Ah, when the video is mirroring life, I can only shake my head. After he worked in restaurants, he said, he finally had a life. The pressure of blacks in society is something the film cannot present, and it is well restrained.
Curious about the lens used in the film and why the peripheral piece is all mushy.
In my opinion, Black's gayness can be just a foil for his character. He was too introverted, too distant. Why let someone touch me and walk into me when I haven't even figured out who I am. He said, you are the only person who has touched me, and that moment was really dramatic, but when I digested this sentence, it was very consistent with his character and the direction of his life. The whole film gives people memories, a sense of dream, and puts in a lot of facts--what this character sees & experiences, and there is not much language to explain. only sex. His nocturnal emission told him that it was real now. He is lying in the arms of his lover at the moment when his speechlessness can be justified, that is, his existence is justified.
A lot of things I wrote here probably don't make any sense and even if they do they are shit. Words don't mean anything.
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