This is a very moving movie. I am not a fan of Dolan. I have only watched his "I Killed My Mother" and "Fantasy Love" before. I feel that this movie is very different from the previous works. When the whole person sinks, there will still be fierce conflicts, but without agitation, the ambiguous shots are just right. The relationship between Marty and Maxi is like a feather scratching and scratching people's hearts.
I like the director's handling of the two kiss scenes. The first time it was the fuse, but it was shot in the mist, the camera was deliberately blocked, and the editing was switched in a second, which stunned the audience's appetite. It wasn't until Marty came as a guest at Rivitt's house that we were vaguely confirmed in the mirror, kissed, and were quite engaged. The second kiss was beautifully shot. Marty first pecked Maxi’s injured hand, then kissed his lips, nose, and eyes with emotion. When the red birthmark on the cheek was kissed, he changed back to gently stroking. , Maybe he remembered the phrase "ink face" that he just said unscrupulously. There are guilt and distress hidden in this detail. With the song "Song for Zula" and the appropriate falling rain, the relationship between the two Zhuma friends is no longer Can't go back to the past.
I like the setting where the two lines sometimes meet and sometimes go in parallel. Marty was born in the middle class, graduated from a prestigious school, and is a senior white-collar worker. He is well-recognized in his career, rigorous and serious, and exudes the light of "children of other people" all over his body. Maxi had a terrible native family, his father was absent, his mother was drunk and drugged, went crazy and beat and scolded his son, and his brother ran away from home if he was fed up with torture and never returned. Maxi works in a bar, lives in a messy little house, and waits to clean up all kinds of mess every day. The friendship between the two began when they were young, and the director of that meeting only used a childish and lovely children's painting to explain it. In the painting, the seven-year-old Marty and Maxi drive a car and jointly own a farm. They are very good friends. I don't think that the kiss that breaks the relationship between the two is willing to lose in the gambling and sacrifice for the play. Perhaps as early as the news that Maxi was leaving to pursue a new life, Marty's seemingly stable world was crumbling. So he plunged into the cold water, forgot all the appointments, said bad speeches at the farewell party, and fought with his buddies. So he saw Maxi's phantom in the restaurant and unconsciously learned Maxi's finger biting. So he walked through the long corridor, took a sip of wine, and sighed and kissed Maxi, so he deducted the letter of recommendation that he had received two weeks ago.
The theme of the film made by my friend's sister is "Who Am I", which is probably also a problem that plagues the two protagonists. Marty's confusion mainly revolves around the ambiguous relationship between the two, while Maxi's troubles are more of the uncertainty brought to him by his native family. My friend asked about his plan after going abroad, but he didn't have a specific plan, which shows how hasty and urgent the escape this time is. The elder brother, who never answered the phone, was drinking and dancing in the beautiful big house, and suddenly he asked his gentle mother for money. He covered his right face with birthmarks, and looked in the mirror dimly. The boy in the mirror was white and disappeared in a blink of an eye. What he is for his family, whether going abroad can make him a brand new person, and what kind of life he wants, has no answer. And now, another trouble has appeared. How should the relationship between him and Marty be defined?
At the end of the film, Maxi learned that Marty had secretly deducted the letter of recommendation that had been sent. He stumbled and asked a very silly question in English: "Then why didn't he send it to me?" "I'm afraid you I have to ask him." The other party replied. Maxi's eyes were red. That is one of the most moving scenes of the film. Maybe at this moment he has some answers and confidence. Someone he cares about is trying to keep him secretly in such a clumsy way in a place he can't see.
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