The most anticipated black movie this year? I don’t feel satisfied, even though I won many awards at the Sundance Film Festival at the beginning of the year. It's a bit like the style of "Moonlight Boy" director Barry Jenkins, especially when the soundtrack and slow motion pictures appear, but this director is obviously not intoxicated with poetic and self-style. It is the focus of attention. The portrayal of the role of group portraits in the black community is vivid, and the depiction of the relationship between blacks and whites is also touched, and the house as the core of the narrative carries the dual meaning of functionality and metaphor. The story of the script surrounding this house has multiple interpretations. On the surface, it is about the unreasonable land policy of the United States, which caused the poor and young people in the city to live in remote suburbs or slums. At the same time, the protagonist’s narrative of the house’s history continues to imply that whites have continuously occupied the land for hundreds of years, accompanied by the expulsion of other races, and the pollution and destruction of the environment. On the other hand, the black people's defense and love for their homes are touching, and they even fall into a blind and paranoid position. However, the director is a newcomer after all. I feel that there is regret in the screenplay. The transition and contrast between the hero’s grandfather’s "first black" and his own "last black" cannot be fully explained. More supporting role plots dilute the main line of the protagonist. However, as a director’s debut, I can still see a lot of personal style, which is worth encouraging and continuing to look forward to.
View more about The Last Black Man in San Francisco reviews
