Tame and tame

Rosemary 2022-01-11 08:02:24

In the past few days, the picture of kes often appeared in his mind - Billy was holding kes, and a person buried it silently, and the picture gradually went dark.

There is no exaggeration, sensationalism, exaggeration, ostentation... But it makes me feel sad and inexplicable.

A film from 40 years ago, in such a restrained and calm manner, told the theme of "love and loneliness" through a child’s perspective. Today, 40 years later, that kind of emotion makes people feel clean, pure and moving in this impetuous age. Because it is rare and rare.

The boy billy is lonely and lonely. Around him is the adult world of bullying and chaos. There is only one thing in his heart that is important-an eagle called kes, and he is taming it. Yes, it is "tamed" rather than "tamed." Billy in the movie said that "eagles cannot be tamed". He didn't want to possess it, he didn't want to reflect his own value by taming an eagle, he wanted to appreciate the magnificence of kes spreading its wings and flying, and to enjoy the time with it.

Billy, who has endured bullying and loneliness, knows in my heart that the most precious thing must not be vanity and self-possession, that is the true "love". When it comes to the theme of "taming", I can't help but think of "The Little Prince", the relationship between the fox and the little prince. After watching the movie that day, someone talked about what the fox told the little prince in "The Little Prince": The really important things are invisible to the naked eye.

Yes, we use our selfishness and stupidity to ignore the beauty and purity that we can't see!

Ken Roach was very restrained when filming this movie, there was no deliberately exaggerated theatrical effect, no obvious emotional amplification, everything was just talking about it. Behind the humorous realism and social innuendo, the expression is only the simplest thoughts. If it were not for a clean and sensitive heart, it would be impossible to shoot such a great work, no matter how ups and downs of Ken Roach's works, because of "kes", he must have an extraordinary status.

What impressed me was the teacher who made friends with Billy in the movie. In the whole movie, he is the only character who makes people feel warm, giving the whole sad-tone movie a glimmer of hope. Even in this age, teachers like those in movies are still rare treasures. Adults always use adult logic to guess children, and children are eventually "tamed" by adults, far away from the beginning. How self-righteous is our adult world to ignore the childlike innocence in front of us?

I'm really fortunate to see this movie. In the past few days after watching the movie, I can still think of the scenes in the movie from time to time, and I am moved by it. This is probably the most admirable and admirable part of art, but it is just a contrast to the present, but I often experience the sadness of the movie. Except for the cold world, we can't even find such a movie.

The knowledge is too shallow, and there are too many movies that I haven't seen. And when I was fortunate enough to see a really good work, I was moved, grateful, and hoped that more people could see and read it, so I wrote these simple texts and I hope to recommend these excellent "beautiful".

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Extended Reading
  • Melany 2022-03-27 09:01:15

    Working-class spokesperson Ken Lodge always finds the best metaphor for social contradictions. Cows, mosques, and the eagle in this film are spiritual and arrogant beings that cannot be kept as pets. I wonder if the British films of the 1970s and 1980s exaggerated and stigmatized school education, creating a strong opposition to the desire to fly freely, while also easily perfecting the necessary dramatic conflict. In this regard, Ken Rocky has never do better than others

  • Braeden 2022-03-27 09:01:15

    The green world, the charming film, and a series of trivial plots such as being scolded by the teacher, buying fish and chips in the first half, create an extremely real and empathetic encounter, and lead the viewers to the end step by step. the humble and profound separation. May Ken Loach live to be a hundred years old to make more movies - the soul of Britain, the soul of British cinema, the soul of cinema. 20190105@大光重見, "Never underestimate the little people at the bottom, they all have guardian angels", Kenloch is one of them

Kes quotes

  • Billy: [training his falcon] C'mon Kes!

    [whistling]

    Billy: C'mon Kes!

  • Mr. Gryce: Mere fodder for the mass media.