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The young people in this film are half old and not too young. They have nothing to do, and if they do, they can’t be regarded as serious. There was never success, no attempt to succeed, no sex, no interest in sex, no accomplishment, or even the idea of ​​wishing to accomplish. The youth it describes is not the kind of life that is often described in pseudo-teen films, the life we ​​want to live but did not live, but it is precisely the life that many people did not want to live at that time, but actually lived. They are not calm, but they are not. Of course, they also need to deal with all kinds of things that are coming to the city. Jiamuxu doesn't use this kind of dislocation as a gimmick, he just likes to be embarrassed, cold, like to be proactive or forced to stay with himself, and he can't communicate with anyone when he meets him. This kind of restoration, which is not aimed at making fantasy, is very common now, but there are few films that are better than this one more than 20 years ago.
There are two inseparable routines in the youth story, one is confusion, and the other is fun. (Of course, some people have started a struggle that is not commensurate with their responsibilities and strength, but I think this so-called struggle should also be classified as confusion, let’s call it a later confusion). These two themes are actually two directions of the same thing.
Those who write novels independently now, when talking about the text, they like to use those big words, such as lightness, abundance, and muddy sand. It is difficult to find support in this film. The characters here are stubborn, paranoid, and narrow-minded. The plot is monotonous and repetitive, and feedback is strengthened. There is no such thing as Xueye Mingzhou and his likes in the world, nor does Salinger have the kind of impermanence that Salinger wants to create. Every event is simpler and more direct, and every response corresponds to a simpler result as much as possible. The characters of Jamush never surpassed their own abilities, nor did they even show signs of summarizing themselves. They just do some harmless little moves in their own trajectory.
Because it's enough.

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