A small movie in the South Side Hall in a certain year. Back then, the library still did a lot to promote art films, but I don't know what to do now.
When the camera swept across the young people who had just entered the reformatory, I was attracted by the eyes of one of them, a pair of very sad eyes, which made his entire face look indescribably sad, but he was completely a A supporting role that flashed by. Finally we saw the protagonist Smith, not not disappointed because he looks a bit old and not beautiful, more disappointing because he doesn't look British, not because he is not gentlemanly, you can't ask for all the British Everyone has an old gentleman's morale, but he doesn't even look like an English ruffian. What I saw on that older-than-life face was mockery and confrontation. Smith was sent in for stealing money from the bakery. It is very accustomed to start guessing about his living environment, poverty, parents divorce, or one of them died, or both are gone. Children who grow up in the mud at the bottom of the society are far more likely to fall than other peers, although I This is not advocated as an excuse for willing depravity. And Smith, well, his background really didn't disappoint my guess. His father died of illness, and he often quarreled with his mother during his lifetime. His mother was a savage city woman. A few days after his death, his father received a pension and began to live together with his former partner. Smith didn't go to school or work, and was hanging out with friends who were also rambunctious, and in Elizabethan times people like that were going to be caught on the street.
If I saw such a person in real life, my first reaction would be to snort and walk away in disgust, but in novels and on the screen, I began to fantasize about this more unruly life, where lawlessness is not enough for me who follows the rules. There is no doubt that it has considerable appeal. So I was very happy to watch them drive away the car that was parked on the side of the road and forgot to take the keys, took the two chicks for a ride, and cut the clothes and hats on the back seat when the car was parked. Go to play slot machine, take advantage of the boss not paying attention to shake out all the coins inside and take it away as if nothing happened. The person next to me obviously felt the same way as I did, laughing and leaning back and forth, overjoyed.
Smith's mother is very tenacious, and she enjoys life quite a bit. She knows not to cry over what has passed. It is more important to live in the present than to mourn the dead. Therefore, before her husband died, she would be with other men. When her husband was seriously ill, she would calmly say that there was no way to save her. The important thing was to relieve the patient's pain. The kids go shopping, and then they officially move in with the old lover. Her days were full of excitement and excitement.
It's hard to say that Smith's good attitude towards his mother is because of his dead father's injustice. The resentment is probably more about his position being replaced. Every time he protests, he says that I have the final say in this family. I am the head of the family now, and I don’t care about my father. Later, when I found that no one recognized my status, I shouted out that you go to collect the money before your father’s body is cold and go free. Jolly, rightly slapped by his mother.
He regards the night he spent with his girlfriend in Shnage as the most beautiful thing in his life. In fact, I doubt his attitude towards this. It is undeniable that he did think that night was beautiful, and he also liked his girlfriend Ao Dai. Li, but that may be a normal choice. Compared with a family with little status, he undoubtedly has a great satisfaction in his self-esteem in front of his girlfriend. After being slapped by his mother, he began to miss that day more deeply, but he needed money to go there, so when he saw the window of the bakery was open, he thought of theft.
The process of stealing is very simple and fun, and even more fun is the process of hiding money. Moreover, he has considered all kinds of situations very carefully, even considering that he can't use the money suddenly in the first few days to avoid revealing the secret, and even thoughtful about where to hide the money is the safest. We all burst out laughing when we saw this, Smith's getting younger and younger relative to his face, he's starting to look like a kid after stealing a grown-up's money their faces look so hard and innocent look. The same is true when dealing with the police who come to question him, and his mother is equally amusing.
By the time the police stood at the door for the third time and kept questioning, the rain flushed out the banknotes that Smith had worked so hard to hide in the pipe, and we couldn't help laughing. Smith's moment to rub the paper money to make it disappear became one of our favorite characters.
By contrast, how cynical and cynical he was in the reformatory was of little interest.
I also don't want to bother to think about why he chose to give up when he finally crossed the line, if it was only because the inmates made fun of him like he was a big red man in front of the dean or our traitor, or because he couldn't face it. In the past, if my friend's suspicious look made his blood dizzy, (of course, this is very possible, but I don't like such a person at all. Because of other people's attitudes that affect my choice, I don't want to see such cowards) I'm going to hate Smith in no time. Fortunately it doesn't seem to be the case. He could have lived up to the expectations of the probation dean, beat the public school and got the first place and got out of prison early with a high score, but at the last moment he gave up and smiled smugly when he saw the frustrated dean. The audience sitting next to me was disappointed and said oops what a great opportunity.
Of course, the reason can be said not to compromise with the system, not to compromise with this abominable discipline, and not to be a pawn of the dean, but the actual reason is that it is boring, just boring.
Later, I read the novel (received in the collection of decadent novels of "Disqualification"), and added a lot of content to the movie. You can refer to another article "The Daughter of a Thrift Dealer", which I think is better.
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