The desperate attitude to life fascinates me the most

It is still the subject of female growth that the director has always been good at. This time he moved his background to the vast rural wilderness areas of the United States. Around a group of young men and women with perverse personalities and excess hormones, they traveled through most of the American sales magazines to make quick money, a bit of youthful road film. Temperament. The style of the documentary shows the real sense of reality. It is said that most actors are casually found on the street, and many non-professional actors perform in their true colors.

The soundtracks are very well selected, and they often have magical features. Whether it is We Found Love in the supermarket at the beginning or American Honey, which is sung by the newcomer at the back, the mood and emotions of the characters can be accurately revealed. The director's favorite portable photography more accurately captures the reckless and restless nature of youth themes. The virtual focus lens allows the audience to experience the heroine's inner ignorance and helplessness when facing this absurd social environment and the uncertain emotional world. Compared with the previous film "Fish Tank", the metaphorical images of animals/insects still exist in this new film, such as the bees covered in tin foil, the butterflies on the curtains, the bugs in the cups and the turtles finally released. poetry.

Although they are a group of white trash who only use lies and deception to deal with the world, and their bleak future seems to have long been doomed, but they themselves are not aware of it. Instead, they have maintained a self-entertaining mentality and unconcealed throughout the journey. Enthusiasm, this desperate attitude to life is the part that fascinates me the most.

The absurd experience experienced by the heroine on the journey, on the one hand, confirms the psychological changes from innocence to maturity of women from the side. First, they are attracted to the hero and have a good impression. Only after they are involved in the emotions, they are deceived. Later, they understand the essential meaning of the emotions. . On the other hand, this seemingly non-stop road trip (later new girls joined) also allowed the audience to see the differences in values ​​of different classes in contemporary America, from the hypocritical education methods of the white middle class to the worship of the supremacy of money. Then there is the joy of the low-class people. This may not be a topic deliberately discussed by the director, but through this highly author-style film, we can understand the attitudes of contemporary Americans to life, which undoubtedly enhances the practical significance of the entire film.

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