Jack and Rose's love song "The ballad of jack and rose"

Emmalee 2022-01-18 08:02:47

The plot does not jump out, it can also be regarded as a family ethics film, Electra complex and adolescent growth and other stories. But the director’s lens language is quite unconventional: a wooden house full of natural plants and flowers, father and daughter who depend on each other for life, dim feelings; the secret feelings of the girl are destroyed by the women brought by her father, and she starts to fight and begin to express , Including having a relationship with the woman's son, her goal was achieved, and the father was helpless, angry, and painful. Finally, the woman left the wooden house, but everything could not go back.
It’s worth mentioning that the film’s photography is quite good. With a large number of low-angle shots, the composition often exceeds the frame, which is a bit DV-like, but the characters appear to be full of tension and fullness.
The few actresses perform quite well. She hung the white sheets with traces of virginity high, and watched her father’s frustrated face let out a vengeful laugh; she planned a weird party, letting the images of her mother and her childhood be shown on the surrounding walls in a loop, almost to let This father was crazy; she guarded his cold body, jumped through the window in the raging flames, and left the wooden house where all the memories of childhood and youth were recorded. Her girlhood was completely over.

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The Ballad of Jack and Rose quotes

  • Gray: I wouldn't be able to do that.

    Jack Slavin: If you don't like your situation, then change it. If you can't change it, then leave it. It's your fucking life, man.

    Gray: I appreciate it.

  • Jack Slavin: What are you thinking about?