Why do you have to ask Zhang Ailing to become Lu Xun?

Graham 2022-01-08 08:01:45

A friend of mine once described that watching Eric Rohmer’s film is like walking with an old friend.
You follow him like walking along the water. The
best scenery along the way. He doesn’t need to talk nonsense and a gesture, you can understand it,
and the final destination is always forever. You will not be disappointed.

Sofia Coppola is my Eric Rohmer!
I love her. I love her. I love her. I love her. I love her. I love her.
Although some people reflect that the subject matter of this film is out of the sentiment of the people, it is private and trivial,
and some people reflect that she has copied it again and again since the beginning of Virgin Suicide. The theme of "the life"

although these are the truth.
But being able to summarize the major themes common to all her works does not mean that they are all the same. Because every great artist repeats a theme throughout his life, such as Edward Albee, Tony Kushner... because this theme is too important to them, if they don't pour out the doubts and fears in their hearts, they will die. But each of these works is actually different, because the author's experience style is changing.

Regarding the matter of separating the subject from the people, Sofia Coppola is indeed very personal, but I will compare my heart to heart. If I had a father who made a gangster movie that was worshipped by the whole people, I would definitely be fed up with the "very man" element. And he can only surpass him by taking the path of privatization. In fact, every film of her is full of vigor in her femininity.


The theme of Sofia's movie is that people who didn't feel it didn't feel it, but people who felt it seemed to be swimming alone in the endless sea. When they were about to drown, they suddenly saw a touch of the same kind. And the most valuable thing about Sofia is that she has always been sincere and sensitive, unlike the groaning that many people take for granted when she hears of her origin. Moreover, these "life with nowhere to escape" movies are not the small sad emotions displayed on the surface, and she never draws conclusions (although each film is beautifully shot, she is definitely not a cure), She questioned life through the extreme emptiness of each individual.

My concept of life is the structure of her movie: there is no head and no tail, in the middle is a boundless life, there is no solution, no direction, all is just a little bit of fireflies appearing constantly, and a layer of pink The halo is like lust, but also like an extension of the mother's memory.

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Somewhere quotes

  • Johnny Marco: What's that book about again?

    Cleo: It's about this girl that's in love with this guy. But he's a vampire, and his whole family's vampires. So she can't really be with him.

    Johnny Marco: Why doesn't she become one too?

    Cleo: doesn't she become one too? Cleo: Because she can't. He doesn't want to turn her into a vampire. And if she gets too close to him, he won't be able to help himself.

    Johnny Marco: Oh, man.

  • Johnny Marco: Whoa! What the fuck, dude?

    Ron the Masseur: Oh. Did they not tell you how I work?

    Johnny Marco: No.

    Ron the Masseur: I have a website that explains my technique. I feel that if my client's naked, it's just more comfortable if I meet them at the same level.

    Johnny Marco: Yeah, it's - it's not for me. Thanks, though. Why don't you just pack it up.

    Ron the Masseur: Alright.

    Ron the Masseur: [after putting his clothes back on] S'sorry about that.

    Johnny Marco: Nah, it's cool.