Or don’t think of it as a road movie in a youth film. It would be more reasonable to think of it as two girls choosing different paths. It is undeniable that the proposition is very big, and the world view and the view of love are not closely linked together. It is only a superficial and superficial explanation. The first half of the movie is brisk, the girls' heartiness and friendship confess the love between them, whether it is friendship or budding love, don't worry about it. You don’t even need to define why this film is a lesbian movie, but it’s not a lesbian movie. It’s just care and affection for friends and close friends.
Ginger and Rosa were brothers and sisters. It was the time of the Cold War and the Cuban Missile Crisis. At that time, anti-war movements were initiated all over the world, and the United Kingdom, where the protagonist was in, could not be left alone. Nuclear disasters are still a problem that countries all over the world have to solve. At first they participated in the struggle together and deliberately understood more information about nuclear bombs. Some people focus on the world, while others focus on love. Everyone thinks that everything in front of you is the world. What is unexpected is that people's selfishness and the pursuit of love hurt members of a family. At this moment, the world is not destroyed, but a family collapses.
Contrast is a very important element of this movie. The world VS individual, middle-aged VS young, past VS present. Between destruction and existence, seeing the changes of the two protagonists step by step, they used to pursue together, and then parted ways. Is it because everyone's values are different? In the process of growing up, there are too many people coming in and going out. How many people are left who want to pursue with you back then? Although Roland is Ginger's father, Roland's year-end love relationship with Rosa is real. However, this relationship has not been loved by Ginger, but has become a gap between her and Rosa. Ginger is an intellectual and responsible girl, but she is the one who hurts the most. Her worldview is recognized by few people. Many people think that what she is doing is boring. Instead of caring about the destruction of the world, why not care about the individual? There are always people in society who have this kind of thinking. When they see others being oppressed, they will always hide in dark corners.
The movie does not talk about politics, but only about harm, the disillusionment of ideals, the collapse of the family system, the abandonment of friends, and the new relationship between friends and fathers. How should they face the two? Quite complicated. The so-called love is not based on liberalism, but on restraint and consideration of other people's feelings. Rosa's ignorance, her precocity and indulgence are the reasons why Roland falls in love with her.
I love and hate this movie. To a large extent, director Sally Porter made the right style. At least in the context of that era, it was technically possible, and 35MM film was used to shoot the film to the next level. . The characteristics of youth films are not only the psychological changes of the children, but the texture is also very important, especially at that time, things must be shaped to have feelings. Hate mainly comes from the fact that the part of describing the "change" to the two girls is not detailed enough, and the affectionate words are kept in the heart, and they are very conservative and reserved. The biggest problem is that the elements in the story are scattered and not concentrated enough. On the whole, it is not too difficult to understand, and the shooting is acceptable.
This film can also be classified as a "cruel youth" movie. Everyone has pain. The previous generation faced war. Roland used to go to jail, while generations like Ginger and Rosa accepted the transformation of the social torrent, the anti-war movement. , Sexual liberation movement, and later hippies and rock music appeared. They are witnesses of the times. The two destinies of the two girls are one aspect. Everyone’s youth has its special features. Some people are ignorant, some are introverted, some like challenges, some are always observing, or to borrow a sentence from "Back Seat on the Sixth Floor", youth is like a sugar cube. The friendship between Ginger and Rosa may decline due to this, or understand each other, which is left to the judgment of the audience.
Text/Dorothy
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