The protagonist lineup is quite eye-catching, a group of handsome pots. Allen: A tender and tender big boy, Ed: A typical European and American handsome blond boy, Arnold: He is also a beautiful man (personally feels his voice is too hoarse), David: A lively little angel. (For those who haven't read it, go to my profile to find resources)
Arnold is a drag queen. At the beginning of the movie, Arnold talks to himself while putting on makeup while facing the camera. The drag queen is part of American same-sex culture, but the movie is not about drag queens, just the identity of the hero, Arnold. Is a drag queen.
In the movie, both Ed and Allen love Arnold deeply, and Arnold also loves two people, but as Arnold said, Ed and Allen are different, and the love for them is also different. Yes, there is no comparison, and there is no need to compare.
When Ed came back to look for Arnold again five months after leaving Arnold, he couldn't help but laugh at his helpless and naive appearance, because he didn't know what he really wanted, so he couldn't express it clearly. After all, I am confused in my heart, how can I say it clearly?
The sudden appearance of Ed also caught Arnold off guard, struggling extremely hard inside. Did he take Ed’s car back together? Or do you sneak away by yourself and let him freeze to death outside? Although I love Ed in my heart, but worrying about being hurt again, my heart is swaying from side to side, vacillating.
I really like Shi Tiesheng’s words, “Love is difficult, and opening your heart and soul is very dangerous. Others may be your hell, where there are armors made of scars of the soul, swords made of defensive eyes, and language arrangements. There are traps hidden by smiles. Behind that, of course, there is still a lonely heart trembling, and there is still an unquenched desire for communication. Are you still going? Unwilling to submit? Then you have to be cautious and lonely Go gamble-others are heaven, and even use pain to pay for your long-cherished wish."
How did Arnold make a decision, the director did not tell us, because such a decision does not depend on others, but on ourselves, gambling? Still not betting?
The film was shot in 1988, when discrimination against homosexuality was self-evident. When the gangsters beat the old man, passers-by fled and avoided, Allen yelled and hurried to call the police. But as a passerby said, the old man is gay and the police will not care.
But in the end the police and the ambulance went, not to save people, but to collect corpses. When I saw Allen covered in blood, I felt my heartbeat missed a beat, just as Arnold quarreled with his mother while mourning at the grave: "You lost your husband in the clean hospital, and I lost me in the dirty street. My lover. At the age of 27, died on the street and was beaten to death by a group of children with baseball bats. A group of children with the same thoughts as you: homosexual feelings are not counted, they all asked for it."
Although the journey of the same sex is difficult, I believe that as the poet Rilke said, "Be patient and don't be depressed. If spring is coming, the earth will make it complete little by little."
The movie can be said to cover two types of typical gays. One is like Ed, who does not fully accept his identity and thinks that he is a double. After getting married, he separates from his wife, and cuts off contact with his parents after financial independence.
One is like Arnold, who recognizes and accepts his identity, and argues with his mother. "There is one thing you’d better understand: I can teach myself sewing, cooking and repairing furniture. I can even comfort myself when I need it. So I don’t ask anyone for anything. I don’t need anyone to give me anything except love and respect. And anyone who can’t give me these two things has nowhere in my life.”
David is the adopted child of Arnold and Allen. Arnold wanted a child very much. The husband and wife agreement he wrote with Allen emphasized that he wanted a child.
When they decided to adopt the child, I was also worried that the child's personality would affect the relationship between the two. Later I found out that I was wrong. David was simply a little angel, not only empathetic, but also warm and caring.
When Arnold's mother learned of David's existence, it ignited the grudge buried in the hearts of the two like a fuse, but all quarrels will eventually return to peace.
At the end of the movie, Arnold held four things tightly into his arms like treasures, David's hat, mother's orange, Ed's glasses, and Allen's photos.
Everything you experience, whether sweet or bitter, will become a part of your life. You have to get used to it and accept it. This is a good thing, because it ensures that you will not forget, like stars that adorn you. Life.
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