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original address of the comedy about youth :
http://blog.sina.com.cn/s/blog_559e6aed010089kk.html
text/ Zhang Huanhuan
about the two.
Shunji Iwai is good at going deep into the depths of youth, calmly and movingly describing all the images one by one. This time, the protagonists are two girls - Flower, and Alice. They are inseparable good friends. They cross the snow to the station on a cold winter morning to take the bus to school. At school, they study ballet together. Their smiles flow as easily and lightly as water. Spring is here, and the two girls have entered high school, put on new uniforms, and chased and played under the cherry blossom trees.
About flowers.
One day, Hua noticed a boy who was on the same bus. The silent and gloomy teenager never raised his head to look around, and was always obsessed with the stand-up comic script in his hand, sometimes even reciting it alone. With the close watch every day, Hua's fascination with the teenager grows day by day, she picks up the camera and secretly captures his every move. What kind of admiration is this? Iwai's expression is this - Hana was sitting on a wooden chair at the station, her long scarf was dragging on the ground, her hand holding the camera slumped beside her, and she stared at Alice in front of her absentmindedly. This is a young love, the most hopeless expectation, how can a girl who is so sad and weak, who can't extricate herself in it, be dissatisfied and melancholy.
After entering high school, Hua Ma immediately signed up for the stand-up comedy club where the boy Miyamoto belonged, and followed him when he returned home. Miyamoto was so fascinated by the book in his hand that he bumped into the rolling gate while walking with his head down, stunned, and slowly fell to the side of the road. When he woke up, he first reflexively recited the lines of "Unlimited Longevity" that he recited every day, then remembered his own name, and remembered that the girl in front of him was a new member-at this time, Hua suddenly came up with an idea and was shocked. To remind him that he had confessed to himself that he had made love, and since his brain did not respond to this, Hua insisted that he had lost his memory. Miyamoto believed her.
The girl's instant inspiration turned this incident into gold, creating a beautiful miracle. The two began to continue their previous relationship. He is confused and at a loss when facing his new girlfriend, but she is working hard, but she has more than enough strength, and the two have never been able to reach a tacit understanding. Accidentally, a middle-aged boy found his own photos stored in Hua's computer, and became suspicious of Hua. On the phone, his expression was empty, and he murmured and asked Hua: Who are you? Without hesitation, Flower once again shies the blame to his lost memory, claiming that the person who took the photo was his ex-girlfriend, Alice.
She originally planned to keep the boy in her own world, but now she can only tell Alice the whole story and pretend to break up with her so that she can play the role of Miyamoto's ex-girlfriend. Lies continue and spread, and after one lie, there must be more lies to make up and modify. But are all we told about lies? In fact, this is a reflection and questioning of memory itself: memory can be distorted and fabricated at will.
Miyamoto found his ex-girlfriend Alice, and frequently asked about the details of the previous relationship between the two, asking and asking again and again, tirelessly. It is conceivable that in the blink of an eye, the entire relationship and the lovers in it have disappeared without a trace, and it is impossible for anyone to feel at ease. Alice's hands went up and down, and she could point to anything around her and tell allusions one after another. The teenager was fascinated by these small stories, and gradually built a new memory based on Alice's description. He believed that he had loved this girl, and that he experienced with her the things she told.
Hana treats Miyamoto, a hard-won lover, with all her heart, but it seems that she can't always get the same response, and she feels more and more uneasy. Hua is a girl with a firm heart. She wants to get Miyamoto wholeheartedly and wants to enter his life. Every accident can produce wisdom in a hurry, and any obstacles must be tried and solved. In this regard, Alice said enviously that she "can express it very directly no matter what."
About Alice.
Alice's parents divorced and lived with her mother. She is more lively and cheerful than Huahua on the surface, but there is a lot of emptiness and panic in her heart. A young and beautiful mother met her daughter at a fast food restaurant, introduced her boyfriend to the next door child, and called her a flower. Flower, hello, hello. The mother smiled brightly and greeted her again and again, alluding to her daughter. Flowers, bye, bye. The mother seemed aggressive, and Alice left the meal and turned and ran away.
When she got home, Alice wore an apron and became a little housewife. It was an exaggeratedly messy home, full of clothes and clutter, and crowded. Alice finished the meal and waited for her mother to return from a date, and said to her mother casually: You are already an adult, love should be for the purpose of marriage, and money is not the most important thing. The admonition is hilarious at first, but it's worth noting that Alice keeps her eyes down when she whispers it. Daughter and mother swap roles, but she's not really that calm. When she met her mother on a date, of course she was in a mess, but when she got home she never mentioned it, she just kept begging her to have dinner with her. I can't finish it all by myself... Alice begged, she just wanted to eat with her mother, she really wasn't very demanding. Only in front of her father can she be a little daughter, eat and chat with her father, and listen to her father's teaching meekly. But it was rare for the father and daughter to meet each other. When they parted, Alice was reluctant to part, looking at her father who was waving goodbye outside the carriage, and whispered in the Chinese she had just learned: I love you. The unfamiliar Chinese came out of the girl's mouth, stiff and green.
She also had fantasies about love and expectations about the future. She was overjoyed when she was discovered by a talent scout on the way and arranged for an interview at a film and television company. However, time and time again, she came to the set, so bewildered about everything, and her ignorance and dullness were further highlighted by the eager eagerness of others, and she was so overwhelmed, cowardly and unconfident during the test shoot. She even acts as if she can't eat in one commercial for chocolate - followed by a shot of herself gulping down a bento in stark contrast. When she got the news of being rejected again, she politely answered the phone and couldn't help being disappointed. There is a scene where she dances in the heavy rain in order to reduce stress. She is covered with a thick raincoat from head to toe, and jumps alone in the open space, as if there is no one else, and her posture is strange. The girl's heart is probably the same as the open space in the rain, either barren or empty.
Such a young man who fell from the sky... He is the person that his friends love, and she is the lover who was once abandoned by him... She always smiled sweetly and told Miyamoto that we used to do this and say this. More and more stories are getting more and more outrageous, she tells it out loud, as if she is really immersed in beautiful memories. She fantasized about a relationship for the teenager in which she played the heroine. The lie was too natural and smooth, and had long since deviated from her original intention. In fact, these are all secretly hidden expectations in her heart, and she is fulfilling a distant dream for herself. Once, the two passed a big tree, and Alice told Miyamoto that it was where the two first kissed. Suddenly it rained heavily, and the two hid under the tree, separated by a distance, each looked forward, speechless to each other. Miyamoto was silent and suspicious, while Alice's expression was dejected and exhausted. In fact, in Alice's concocted story, she was simply reluctant to give reasons for her abandonment, a question she refused to answer. She doesn't love Miyamoto. What she loves are those stories she makes up as she likes, and the teenagers in the stories who fall in love with her. It was the warm mutual consideration that she had always longed for in her heart but never got... the most perfect love.
About Miyamoto.
Miyamoto is a calm, gloomy, silent and introverted teenager. His only obsession is stand-up comedy, but his performances are always dull and dull-compared to the two girls, his personality is too dark and calm, and he is calm. After a head-on collision, he suddenly faced a strange and rich past. He seemed to be unable to accept the surprise with all his strength. It was as if he exclaimed every time he widened his eyes. These too many accidents seemed to surpass him. comprehension. There should be two romances and two lovers in his lost memory, which should have been personally experienced by him, but now he is always incomprehensible in the face of everything. He kept going to the hospital for check-ups, unable to let go of his memory, and was confused between the two girls. His originally expressionless face became darker now. Who does he love? The film doesn't seem to focus on this issue. Iwai said the story was meant to tell a comedy about youth. However, his always sad style has not been abandoned. Miyamoto is not the protagonist in this film. He is more like a prop, used to disturb the peaceful lives of the girls, and then quickly grow up.
About three people.
In summer, the three of them go to the beach together. Hana is already dissatisfied with Alice because Miyamoto is showing too much interest. In the game, Alice won the ace of hearts and asked Miyamoto to leave the flower in the name of a joke. Hua disapproved of the excuse of joking, and rushed up excitedly, and the two started fighting. The conflict that had been accumulating for a long time finally broke out.
Alice and Miyamoto were playing in the park, habitually and casually making up the lie, but this time the lie can be seen through, and Miyamoto finally understood that there was no memory loss at all. Alice first apologized, and finally covered her face and cried. Now that the reason for being together no longer exists, Alice faced her fictional boyfriend and said again in Chinese, "I love you" and "Goodbye", and the two have since broken up.
The flower began to be silent, as Miyamoto used to be addicted to stand-up comics, alone, and reciting lines all the time.
A week later, the school cultural festival opened. Hua must Miyamoto tore the ace of hearts card related to Alice, the two quarreled in the classroom, and Hua left in despair.
In despair and exhaustion, Hua Hua came to the exhibition hall and fell into contemplation after seeing the photos of girls dancing ballet taken by Ah Fu before. Afu narrates "Hanayashiki" for Hana, which is the beginning of Hana and Alice's acquaintance and learning ballet. It turns out that not only Alice's life has regrets and defects, but Hua has also experienced autism and crisis. It was Alice who brought her out of the haze. Hua began to re-examine the friendship, and her long-standing persistence finally shook, and she decided to give up her persistence. The stand-up comedy show finally started. There was a clumsy and comical performance on the stage, and Hana and Miyamoto stood on the edge of the stage to prepare for the stage. Miyamoto silently tied the belt behind the kimono behind the flower for her, and the flower admitted her lie and wished him and Alice happiness.
It was a very long close-up, Hua burst into tears, weeping word by word, desperately and with difficulty in the dark place of light and shadow, "Actually, the senior said that he likes me, but there is no such thing." At this point, Hua All dreams are broken. Maybe her firmness and perseverance were just bluffs. From the beginning, she knew that all this could only be a beautiful dream, but she still tried her best to keep it, she used all her strength, and tried her best to get him love, and then slowly wait for the failed ending to finally arrive. After saying this, the flower was hollowed out and generally weak. At this time, Miyamoto slowly said, "Yes." Hua was stunned, and tears burst out again.
And Alice danced a ballet in another interview and was finally accepted. It's a long solo dance, in the empty room where the sun shines in patches, girls in simple school uniforms, turning around, jumping, serene expressions, long braids flying, twirling from the bright window into the darkness , light and nimble. At this moment, she is the same as when Hana monologues to Miyamoto, she talks with her heart, no longer has to work hard or look ahead, just immersed in her own world. This is her most high-profile opportunity, allowing her to fully express her youthful hopes and sorrows in front of everyone, and to make up for all her previous loss, sadness, and depression. And the ending of the two is the same. Just like the name of the film, in the story of the two girls, the two have the same brilliant, the same pain, the same failure, the same harvest.
At the end of the film, Flower and Alice meet as many times before, laughing and running together. Alice's picture is in the magazine, and she doesn't care anymore. The two smiled at each other and walked forward happily together.
Iwai said that while making the film, I kept reminding myself that this is a comedy. But after all, it is a story about youth, and youth must contain a lot of sadness, whether it is friendship or love. The comedy nature of "Flower and Alice" is expressed from the smallest point, those small actions, and also from the largest point, that is, the ending of the story. Some of the comedy characters in the film, such as the person in charge of the stand-up comedy activity group, and the various men and women who couldn't wait to be a star during Alice's interview, are all harlequin-style and clumsy. In addition, some of the little actions of the three protagonists are designed to be very cute. For example, when Hua and Alice noticed two teenagers not far away on the platform, when they whispered, the four legs of the two people wearing white tube socks coincided under the short skirts. Stretching up, falling down, and doing ballet movements neatly; for example, when Miyamoto expressed surprise, his eyes widened, and the "Huh" sounded; for example, when the girls were joking and playing together. As for the ending, it can naturally be said that everyone is happy, each gets his own way, and it is a comedy.
Regarding the friendship between girls, joy and sorrow coexist. Flower and Alice have been very good friends from the beginning, so that after the two pretended to break up, all the girls advised, "Don't quarrel!" The first distance should be when Alice saw Hua and Miyamoto in the Together, Flower is thankful that Alice didn't recognize that it was the boy she saw on the platform. The second time was when Alice was discovered by a scout, and Hua refused to accompany her. It should be said that love and friendship sometimes conflict. Miyamoto's story was always hidden from his friends, and even when Alice helped fabricate lies, he only revealed a little. Because Miyamoto was discovered by the two of them together, and because Hua was never sure about Miyamoto. What eclipsed the friendship the most was that Hua was afraid that Miyamoto would see through it and pretended to break up with Alice. The most essential reason is an instinct. After all, the characteristics of love are exclusive. People who love each other hope that only themselves and their lovers exist in their world.
Don't quarrel. This sentence has been said many times. When I mention this sentence, I should refer to the girl named Ah Fu. Compared with the girls around, Ah Fu's appearance is obviously much inferior, and he appears quietly on many occasions. It was she who witnessed the awkward encounter between Alice and her mother; it was she who first discovered the abnormal situation of the two girls; it was she who smiled and said to them again and again, "Don't quarrel!"; it was she who photographed the girls Wearing a white dress, the elf in the light and shadow is like a youthful shadow; it is she who relives the irreplaceable friendship between Alice and Alice with a story, and finally ends all grievances and unwillingness, making this youth The story ends as beautifully as it began. This girl really has amazing insight, like a clear and transparent smiling witch. Perhaps, this is an angel specially descended by the director, so that youth can realize a wish that comes true.
A comedy about youth. Perhaps, youth is not a comedy at all.
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