The most touching part of this film is its poetry (although it seems very fucking to say "poetic" these days). "Poetic" means that it is very lyrical, which is a bit of light on the basis of tragedy. A high school student, 16 years old, was involved in another world, like "Alice in Wonderland", experiencing the meaning of existence and the warmth of love in a heartbreaking "Mad World". In the end, everything went back to the past, as if nothing happened. Natural disasters and man-made disasters, the world is as usual.
It's just that in the end it wasn't that "nothing happened", but that he saw too much madness and darkness in the other world, and finally realized his responsibility...In order to keep the plot of the movie from being revealed here, I won't say too much about the plot. NS.
For a director's debut, the film is no longer simply "Brilliant", it is simply "Amazing". The young directors in recent years have not been particularly stunning. The impression seems to be Memento's Christopher Nolan. But Nolan has already made two films before, and he is also 30 years old. However, the coincidence is that both of their films have complicated structures. If you don't see it in the end, you don't know what happened. There seems to be a great hobby for that kind of unconventional non-linear way of expression.
A big reason why I like American independent films very much is that under the budget or production and limited circumstances, just a few actors can tell a complete story—maybe it can’t be described as complete, it should be It's too good to say.
The film can be labeled as a "sci-fi" movie because it borrows some time travel terms and concepts. According to the domestic classification method, it can be regarded as "soft science fiction"-there is no fictional time and space background, no complicated mechanical/theoretical settings, and more is to dig and describe the inner world of the characters. In fact, the core of science fiction is always about "people", which is also the type of science fiction I like. Compared with the advancement of science and technology, the human heart is probably the most difficult to figure out.
I really like Jake Gyllenhaal, the actor of DONNIE DARKO. He has that kind of skeptical spirit, dark heart, a little neuroticism and violent tendency, and his sensitivity and introversion when he is with Gretchen Ross is really fascinating. In particular, his speech in the school hall was impulsive, fierce, and mocking. I am almost reminded of the aggressive character of high school boys. The ignorance and curiosity of young boys and the gloom and gloom of adolescent boys are perfectly combined in the whole movie.
What fills the whole film is a kind of 80s-style SYNTH POP and SLOW CORE music. Originally, I didn't really like the low-key/death folk songs, but in this movie, it really fits. Especially that MAD WORLD, sang all the sadness of the protagonist. After watching a movie, you can easily recall the sadness that echoes in the movie. This is not only the scenes of the 80s, but also the irresistible fate in the life of DONNIE and the passing of the loved ones. , And the loneliness from beginning to end.
There are too many references and symbols in the film, which also determines that it is a stylized CULT film-it is impossible to be loved by most audiences. But this prevented it from becoming a classic movie.
Mad World:
All around me are familiar faces
Worn out places, Worn out faces
Bright and early for the daily races
Going nowhere, Going nowhere
Their tears are filling up their glasses
No expression, No expression
Hide my head I want to drown my sorrows
No tomorrow, No tomorrow
And I find it kind of funny, I find it kind of sad
These dreams in which i'm dying, Are the best I've ever had
I find it hard to tell you, I find it hard to take
When people run in circles its a very very
Mad World, Mad World
Children waiting for the day they feel good
Happy Birthday, Happy Birthday
And they feel the way that every child should
Sit and listen, Sit and listen
Went to school and I was very nervous
No one knew me, No one knew me
Hello teacher tell me whats my lesson
Look right through me, Look right through me
And I find it kind of funny, I find it kind of sad
The dreams in which i'm dying, Are the best I've ever had
I find it hard to tell you, I find it hard to take
When people run in circles it's a very very
Mad World, Mad World
Enlarging your world
Mad WorldOriginal
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