Towards the end of the year, many people have "American Sweetheart" in the top ten of the year. When I look at the director, Andrea Arnold has seen her "Fish Bowl" and "Wuthering Heights" before. She was completely conquered, so I can't wait to watch it. This one.
Director Arnold depicts the life of the bottom American teenagers with real brushstrokes. Through the experience of a girl named Star, he explains what is growth and what is the world. It looks like a decadent youth version of "On the Road." A movie based on Kerouac's novel of the same name has been watched before. There are many big names, but the essence of the original is not shot. And this one actually has it! Just like the director's previous adaptation of "Wuthering Heights", which was also adapted from the famous book, there were too many versions before, and this unconventional one, even Heathcliff was replaced by a black performance, so it was criticized. However, the sense of desolation in reading the original when I was young is only available in this edition. The director has been trying to put the camera very close, close, close. So the audience and Catherine fell into the mud together, their hair was blown up by the cold and humid wind, and they looked at Heathcliff's trembling eyes together.
In "American Sweetheart", we and Star leave the dilapidated place that is not even home, because we met a man in the supermarket and set foot on his way without hesitation. All the way to the distance, no one knows any secrets or surprises. A group of young partners are also lost people who have been forgotten in this world. Let's all go together and have a carnival by the fire. There is never a shortage of rappers in the car, as well as sleepwalkers who are obsessed with "I am your dad". There is never a free lunch in the world, nor a smooth love. The weird yin and yang Crystal is not a ruthless leader, she is this world. And Jake is the looming fluorescence in this world.
Video documentaries traverse the bizarre American continent and face reality. But every moment is like the same poem, those swaying pictures, those moving songs, those young and ignorant faces, and crumpled dollars. There was no shocking tragedy, no aggressive preaching, and the whole way was calm and quiet.
In addition to the protagonist Star, the leaders Crystal and Jake are also unforgettable. Crystal is sexy and charming, speaking weakly and ruthlessly. She took a group of children around the United States to earn money, established a reward and punishment system, and left you on the side of the road if you were disobedient. Jake was played by Shia LaBeouf, who was a smash hit in "Transformers", and started a hot dance in the supermarket, and then flirted with Star in the parking lot. It's not bad. I don’t know what kind of mental journey Shia LaBeouf has gone through. I personally think that he is now more powerful than the “Transformers” of the year, and now he can call himself an actor.
Just like "Fish Tank", girls have to experience the training of Fasha to grow up. In "American Sweetheart", it depends on a road trip. At the end of the movie, the young people laughed and jumped around the fire, Star walked into the pond step by step, sank, and suddenly came out again. The dark night that gradually fell, only left her outline.
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