BE will not reduce the wonderfulness, authenticity, sweetness and slenderness of this film. The two talked all night, quarreled, drugged, and had sex. Real life is so chaotic, mundane, without those stupid pretensions. Many people have had similar experiences, but their enthusiasm was eventually destroyed.
Although it doesn't matter whether this is a gay movie or not, the two parties in a relationship are both male and have different effects on the film's narration. Russell came out but was very reserved. He didn't dare to talk about his relationship with friends and didn't like to be intimate in public. Glen is on the contrary. He is more like an activist, saying FUCK to those who make homophobic remarks and threatening to "explode their chrysanthemum". At the end of the film, Glen asked Russell if he wanted to do a romantic thing like Notting Hill. Russell said that if he did, everyone would clap their hands. Glen replied that they would either clap their hands or throw the two of us onto the rails.
The two have the same anxiety about being gay, but from different directions, Russell's from the inside, and Glen's from the outside. They all try to solve their own sense of disharmony through their relationships with other men and recording every experience of shooting. The Facebook generation either wrote down everything that happened, or nothing happened.
Like most contemporary comrades, the protagonist of the movie has the pain of coming out and the fear of AIDS lurking in the depths. No one will be a self-oriented martyr like Brokeback Mountain or Milk. Although everything seems to be normal, there is still something uncomfortable. The gay community is still constantly struggling with accepting themselves, and at the same time, they have to face the exhaustion that comes after the endless appointments of the Emperor Jieke.
As a modern movie, there is no Hollywood-style artificial setting and occasional cursing lines, but it tells a moving story, and its authenticity and performance are worth five stars. Whether you are straight or curved, in love or broken in love, you probably cannot escape the reality between the two men in this small apartment.
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