"The Loneliness of the Good Runner"

Stephan 2022-07-07 20:41:27

"The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner" Richardson I actually saw the New Wave in a British movie, which really surprised me, so I googled the British New Wave and found that the director was the first of the British New Wave. Their new wave is basically the theme of "angry youth". The root of the anger comes from the social problems with serious national hierarchies. Most of them expounded the "pleasure" and "confrontation" in the consciousness of the youth at that time. The film is based on the theme of "running". Its surface layer is a running competition, and its core is a long-distance running on the road of life. Kelin had the opportunity to run from the working class to the higher class, but when he was about to reach the end, he stopped Down, he wanted to show an attitude, I can get better living conditions, but I choose to stay in the working class. This kind of angry youth's thinking may be ridiculous, but it can also be seen that he has a clearer understanding of the capitalist society, just like when a girl asked him why he didn't work, he said: I don't want to use my life to get paid for the capitalist class. This sentence may seem absurd, but it is actually heartbreaking. What is the purpose of our "introduction" day after day? Where is the desperate run? Maybe some people can think, but more people dare not think about it, they can only bury their heads and run wild.

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  • Colin Smith: The best thing to do is be cunning and stay where you are. I'm going to let them think they've got me house trained, but they never will, the bastards. To get me beat, they'll have to stick a rope around my neck.

  • Colin Smith: It's not that I don't like work. It's just that I don't like the idea of slaving me guts out so the bosses can get all the profits. Seems all wrong to me.