Pair with "The Selfish Giant" to see the parallel life of the male protagonist.

Sammy 2022-03-19 09:01:02

Everyone compares this film to "The Lost Lover", but the heroine who has watched "The Selfish Giant" resonates with the protagonist of Nightcrawler.

The two of them have too much in common: illegally stealing public iron and selling iron, and there is no guilt for stealing things. Bargaining cheaply with the boss for a few cents. Being scolded and disgusted by the boss, people are often yelling for him to get out! Both of them have an annoying quality.
Very low, doing extremely dangerous and unethical things for a little benefit! No sympathy for people and animals. selfishness!

The protagonist of the selfish giant is a boy about ten years old with ADHD. The family situation is in a mess, and the money he steals makes him proud and complacent. Steal public metal and sell it to the scrap shop owner. His entrepreneurial experience is exactly the same as that of Nightcrawler. He did not study and did not follow the instructions of the teacher, and was eventually expelled from the school. He became a professional stealer of public wires and picking up waste products. The police came to his house and asked him if he had stolen the wire, and he was fined 1,000.

The selfish giant hero is like the childhood version of the nightcrawler hero. You see how he spends his childhood, they are not necessarily anti-social humans, but just ADHD + unfortunate family. I think it turns out that ADHD affects moral and emotional functions. It's not twitching. They are still very smart and flexible. But they couldn't help but get into trouble and do extremely dangerous things.

The selfish giant is a warm film, and the nightcrawler is a cold film.
The little boy has a very warm and silly friend. They grew up together, and their love surpassed the love of their relatives. The good friend died because he helped the little boy steal the high-voltage cable from the public house. The good friend burned to ashes. The little boy was shocked at this moment. When he was able to recover, he seemed to feel the warmth and warmth of humanity, and he started to care. Small animals care about human feelings. He felt great grief and anger. In short, it was a seizure all the way, and then a very warm ending.

Nightcrawler happens to be that the male protagonist has never had a good friend who is warm enough to sacrifice everything for him. When everyone saw him, they all looked disgusted and roared and let him go~ (this is a god-like trait). The female choreographer also embraced him for the benefit and material. He is also very cold with the shooting partners, who don't care about them. They are here to work hard, not to warm your cold-blooded heart. He has been cold-blooded, selfish, positive, and disguised with a hypocritical smile to meet his needs.

The male protagonist behaves like an animal, a hyena. They snatch and steal the lion’s prey, and even kill the lion cub. When the lion sees the hyena, it will usually kill him. As a disaster, not as food, they will not eat the hyena. There are people outside, and sooner or later the male protagonist will be punished. Sooner or later, he will meet someone like a lion, like a gonegirl.

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Nightcrawler quotes

  • Joe Loder: If it bleeds, it leads.

  • Lou Bloom: Why you purse something is equally as important as what you purse.