On the day that the Oscar-Fonder film "Bohemian Rhapsody" landed in Chinese theaters, Netflix's father from across the ocean silently launched a movie that is also a musical biographical theme- "Dirt . "
In the same context and time period, "Dirt" can easily be understood as a dark version of "Bohemian Rhapsody . "
It is also the story of a legendary band. "Bohemian Rhapsody" is based on the Queen's band, which has been left behind in history, and "Dirt" chooses the famous Motley Crue (Motley Crue) . The same goes from prosperity to peak, from predicament to reconciliation, and also from loss to liberation. The growth curves of the two bands are similar, but they deduce the twists and turns of completely different temperament stories.
If Queen is the shining king style on the music stage, then Clown Crewe is a wild beast that rages in the dark wasteland; if what Queen delivers to fans is maverick and courage to transcend, then Clown Crewe’s hiss The shouts are full of war and destruction; if the music of the Queen is the high horn of the warriors, then the music of the Clown Crewe is the dynamite buried by the dragon.
To understand the Clowns of Crewe is not only to understand heavy metal rock, but also not to explore alcoholism, sex and drugs, but to start from their era.
80s: The best time, the worst time?
The beginning of the film is a straightforward chronological description. " The worst era in human history " is the definition of the United States in the 1980s by Clown Crowe. They even mocked the famous first lady Nancy Reagan initiated at the time. Anti-drug public welfare activity "just say no".
In fact, many people just think the 1980s in the United States is the best era . After World War II, the United States, which was plagued by pressures such as the Cold War, the Vietnam War, and the oil crisis, has fallen into the quagmire of fiscal deficits and economic recession, and it was President Reagan who entered the White House in the 1980s that ended all this chaos.
The U.S. government has completely awakened the national industry through the implementation of the "Reagan Economics" of tax cuts and interest rate hikes. The “Renaissance Project” has initiated the lasting prosperity of the United States for 20 years.
Why is this era called the "worst era" by Clown Crowe?
They said, "What should I do if I was born in the wrong era?" The answer is "Build your own era." It sounds like there is quite a lofty ambition to set things right out of the box, but in fact this is a true portrayal of the mental state of some young people in the post-hippie era.
When the Cold War was dying, the anti-war slogan "love&peace" gradually evolved into a commercial line, and the so-called hippie culture was already facing collapse.
Fear and reflection on war no longer require voices. In the American society that is gradually entering a stable development, young people with strong hormones no longer have "objects of struggle". Instead, they are gradually pushed towards by the age of consumption and technological confusion. An empty and numb situation, and they only inherited the obsession and depravity of alcoholism, drug abuse and open relationships from the hippies of the year.
This is not only the truth of the era of the corrupt life of the Clown Crewe, but also the film's intentional paving of the growth of the characters and the historical process.
Messy biography or dirty comedy?
Closer to home, I think the story of "Dirt" itself is not so good.
What is worthy of recognition is that the characterization of the film is quite successful. We met Nikki Sixx, who had broken up with his family and changed his surname since childhood. He has extraordinary musical talents and a self-destructive attitude towards life. He takes drugs and takes drugs. Almost dead, reminiscent of the little plum in "The Wolf of Wall Street";
We met Tommy Lee, who is crazy and slightly simple. In fact, he is the most straightforward one in the whole band. He likes to carry drumsticks with him. He is passionate about music. The love affairs of celebrities were once a sensation;
We met Vince Neil, the arrogant and perverse lead singer. He was the most despised and unruly one, but after passing by with death, he began to feel uneasy about his chaotic life, and after losing his daughter, he even more Was awakened to the unbearable past;
There is also Mick Mars, who is the oldest and seems to have always been outside the band members. Many times he does not take drugs or pick up girls at parties, but just looks at his partner Hu Tianhudi with cold eyes. In fact, he has been silent and unaware. When will I devour my own illness and struggle.
Unfortunately, in terms of the size of the story, the film only roughly completes the process of Motley Crue from formation to fame, from dissolution to reorganization, and there is no clear mention of some of the band's musical achievements.
Unlike "Bohemian Rhapsody", which has a musical chapter-like advancement, too many passages about sex, alcohol and drugs are interspersed in the story of "Dirt". Although it is a restoration of real people and real things, it is true. The overall narrative rhythm is not helpful, so that it is difficult for the audience to reshape the thin and weak story line from the messy story.
However, although a large number of expressive sections cannot fill the story of the film full and powerfully, it is enough to ensure the interest of the film. The film not only shows the fierceness and wildness of heavy metal rock that is completely different from traditional pop music, but also shows in a glimpse the era after the crash of hippies, the extreme emptiness and crazy depravity of young Americans.
Their chaotic parties, their round-table blowpipes, their stage fights, their "hungry for food", their naked running, their white powder orgasm, their disdain for traditional morality, and their rush to the dark and inferior, not only The perfect footnote to the title "The Dirt" is also a change of expression for the faint worry of contemporary youth. The question is, will we reflect a little bit after we laugh out loudly?
As a biographical film, "Dirt" is only a pass. If it is a dirty comedy, it will be more toxic.
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