Actually, I don’t care about its political stance. The same incident has different meanings in the eyes of different people. Even if the movie clearly supports the non-violent reforms of the old professor and opposes the tyrant, it also opposes the revolution, but that’s just the perspective and perspective of those people. ——Those who have no worries about food and clothing, sit on a vast tobacco leaf garden, taste Havana cigars, go to a passionate nightclub... But at the same time feel that they need to be worthy of their conscience, need freedom of speech and soul-these are the people.
These people are the protagonists and backgrounds of "THE LOST CITY", and whether it is the brutal colonel of the army or the murderous 7.26 sports organization, they have become flat characters. They just show their tyrannical and cruel side. Even Che Guevara is not immune, even if his smile is charming, but he is just a prop. The touching plot is endowed with wise professors, old-fashioned but inspiring brothers, innocent and innocent second brothers, and third brothers who participated in the revolution and promoted violence but were too mad at my dear uncle and had to draw a gun to commit suicide. Even the major who was promoted on the eve of the revolution-his rescued man was thrown into prison and was shot in the morning.
Perhaps the political stance revealed in such a carefully arranged plot is too obvious, and I have to deliberately ignore it and focus on the beauty of this excellent movie.
The tone of the whole movie is bright and melancholic-these two words seem to be contradictory, but they can’t be more appropriate when put together. When I was young, I liked to use such conflicting adjectives in poems, such as bright sadness and warm sadness. Class-I rarely write poetry now.
But this movie is a soft elegy under the bright sunshine of a tropical island—the elegant and beautiful life under the old-school elite system that belonged to FICO is gone forever. They are caught between the tyrannical independent husband and the roaring poor, and the final result is bound to be wiped out.
After Andy played the role of the billionaire casino owner in Las Vegas, he beautifully made a serious and good-looking literary film, although he was in this film and in "OCEAN 12 "(And "OCEAN 13") is the same elegant and upscale manner. In 143 minutes, I felt the fascinating breath of Havana all the time: white beaches, turquoise waters, emerald green jungles, transparent and brilliant sunshine-of course, noble and elegant clothing, with FICO and AURORA is simply... As I watched it, my mother kept admiring: Why don’t you have such good-looking clothes now-obviously it’s an old-fashioned, exquisite and simple style, which is not quite the same as the popular and even weird fashions full of personality nowadays. .
The lines of the movie are also very beautiful. In FICO's mouth, Havana, like AURORA, is a beautiful rose, depending on whether you touch the petals or the thorns. Only in the end, Havana withered, and AURORA disappeared and became the United Nations ambassador of the red regime. He refuses the new rules of the game, refuses to give up his old-school logic and principles, and even refuses the people he loves deeply. Therefore, even if he just washes dishes in a restaurant in New York, he will not return to a place where violence and violence are intolerant. , Even if it was the rose-like Havana he loved.
Andy's performance in the movie is very reserved and restrained. It is possible that only in the farewell AURORA scene did he become more emotional, which is very different from his clear viewpoint as the director. Perhaps the two combined together made this film won the IFA 2006 Best Director and Best Picture, and it was nominated for Best Actor and Best Actress.
This is an exquisite and elegant film, just like the position expressed by the film. It deliberately avoided the magnificent and magnificent scenes in the epic movie, but it sang the turbulent years like a whisper. It is an elegy, which still maintains its own demeanor despite sorrow.
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