As soon as I heard the bickering dialogue within Act Up at the beginning of the movie, I knew I was going to lose sleep over the movie. They debated whether to use violence to speak out. At first, I felt that this was not good. The society was already disgusted with the group. Under such circumstances, fighting with violence would undoubtedly aggravate the society’s disgust towards this group; But later conversations made me change my mind: if it didn't do this in a way that didn't evoke fear in those public figures, how would they pay attention to these groups? This seemingly inadvisable move is full of helplessness.
In the movie, they went to the pharmaceutical company to threw blood cells to protest their arrest. After they came out, they said in the carriage: "We wasted 3 hours of our lives in the police station." God knows how important those 3 hours were to them.
They went to the school to promote the knowledge about X love safety. The first teacher thought they were crazy; the second teacher told the students that they must listen carefully, which is very important, but the students disagreed. When school leaders were asked why they didn't put condom vending machines in schools, the answer: they were all underage. Is this a reason not to publicize relevant safety knowledge? When handing out the booklet, a female student said: I don't need it, I'm not gay, there's no risk like you. Seeing this, I really think they are ignorant and funny, but what causes such ignorance is the lack of relevant education. This was not the case in France in the 1990s.
Act up's parade slogans "This may be my last pride parade" and "Silence equals death", they want to arouse the attention of society and arouse more people who are silent in this group. They not only speak up for the LGTB community, but also for prostitutes, addicts, and foreigners. They rebelled, fighting for hope and opportunity. They and their loved ones knew death was coming. But they treat every parade as a carnival, perhaps because they crave and love this kind of life, something that quickly disappears for them, to have a good time. As Sean said "I either die or I live". To live must be alive, they cannot be silent, and silence will only make death come faster. They create panic because they are also panic and afraid. In the movie, they ask the people of the pharmaceutical company again and again: Do you really know our pain? No, the people at the pharmaceutical companies saw them making a mess, they wanted to condemn, they wanted to explain. But they still deliberately release a small amount of new drugs in order to promote new drugs, and it is hoped that the sick group will draw lots to decide who can get it. How can this not make people angry?
The second half of the film shifts the focus from the parade and debate within the organization to Sean and Nathan's relationship. Some people feel that this is where the film fails and drags. I think that's the real beauty of the movie, because their movement is ultimately about helping all individuals in this group win hope, and Sean was a warrior in this war, but he was so thin day by day that he couldn't walk. Continuing to participate in activities, the feeling of watching life disappear a little bit makes me hopeless and uncomfortable. Sean's departure is a portrayal of the group's ongoing struggle for hope without success.
He's gone, the war is still going on, his ashes are sprinkled at meetings, death and funerals are used to fight, it's hard to watch. He told Nathan: "I'm ready, you take care. Everyone was ready for each of them to die: Sean left, his mother didn't have to live in grief, food and coffee for those who came to mourn him, and everyone to follow Sean's last wishes Preparing for his funeral, people in the organization who had argued with him come to see him, discussing how to start a new round of protests over Sean's death, Nathan asks Tebow to accompany him for one night - some say it's gay A portrait of the chaotic life of a group. If this is the case, if you have to have a positive view, you will really have nothing to say. There are gay friends around them. They have no sense of security and are not recognized. They are often described by words like "disgusting". They are worried that they will get sick. Jiang Sida once interviewed people from this group, and many of them I don't know how I got infected. No one can comfort them. Nathan is lucky to find someone who comforts him at this time, isn't he? They didn't take revenge on society, they chose safe ways to seek solace in the instinctive desire to live, and I don't think there's anything wrong with that.
I like the soundtrack of the movie very much. I was surprised at the beginning. There is actually a movie that uses electronic music as the soundtrack. It was only later that I learned that this was intentional by the director, and that's where the movie's name came from. The frequency of house music used in it is 120-130bpm, which is also popular in the film background era, which emerged in the 1980s.
The picture of the movie is also very clean, without deliberately creating an outdated atmosphere, which makes people involuntarily pay attention to the dialogue of the movie. There are also several clips of their dancing, which jumped out of the depression of the whole movie, and saw the ecstasy of life from the way they danced and the smiles on their faces.
Many people compare this movie to call me. I like both, they have different themes, nothing to compare. One has love and pain, and there is a philosophy of life facing pain; the other is full of blood and life struggle.
Em~ it's a mess. Allow yourself to be silent for a while.
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