"Mysterious Boys": How far are we from Los Angeles in 1928?

Marty 2022-03-16 09:01:03

Somewhat unexpectedly, "Suspicious Clouds" turned out to be so good.

I have seen the movie synopsis before: A mother suspected that the son who returned to her side after being abducted and sold may not be her real son, and the arbitrary police believed that the mother had an illusion and put her in a mental hospital ...
Such a movie synopsis makes me think it's just a story about how great a mother's love is, and it won't get any better. Because I have always felt that the greatness of mother's love may be beyond doubt, but most of these stories are either outrageous or outrageous. It is rare to find an accurate hit or something, and Eastwood, an old cowboy, is probably no exception.
But the truth is that I was wrong. Dogs look down on people. Eastwood's shot is really like a cowboy holding a revolver, pulling the trigger constantly, and the gun hits the viewer's softest point. The twists and turns of the plot, the heart-wrenching details, and the gloomy style have all been seen for many years. At least in terms of personal movie viewing experience, "good-looking" movies can always be seen every other day, but truly "shocked" movies. But how many years have I come across such a piece.

It is said that the film has sparked a discussion on the Chinese Internet about how far we are from Los Angeles in 1928: in other words, China today is like Los Angeles back then, because of the corruption, incompetence, and ignorance of certain official institutions. Shame is exactly the same as the Los Angeles Police Department in the film; in other words, we are still far from the Los Angeles of 1928, because the Los Angeles mother had the possibility of "hope" after all, in today's country, the result may only be is "desperate".
Honestly, this is not an appropriate topic. Because, we are by no means similar to Los Angeles in 1928, and it is not even a matter of how far apart. According to a personal pessimistic view, how far is the gap forever. The root of the problem is not the so-called system. Although the distance is still a long way off, the day when Rome will be built will never be seen today. It is people's hearts.
As sung in the song, if the heart is in a dream, it will be there. Lord Xing said that everyone who cooks with heart can be a god of food. In Los Angeles in 1928, the media, churches, public opinion, courts, and hearings constituted only a stage, and what was performed on the stage was courage, justice, and conscience. The stage was always there, but there was no show before, and everyone could not help lining up to be thrown into the lunatic asylum. After the "performers" were all alive, there was a scene, and everyone was able to line up to fly over the lunatic asylum. And the reason why they can live together is because those things that concern people's hearts have never collapsed in them.
We will also have a stage, we don't know when, but there will be. However, in our place, all the things that can be called "bottom lines" have already collapsed to smithereens. What else can be performed on this stage?

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Extended Reading
  • Lois 2022-04-24 07:01:04

    This is the best Julie play I've ever seen. It's close to the perfect performance of a one-man show. All the expressions and emotions are just right. It doesn't need to be said. Those who can understand can understand it. In addition, the last scene of hanging , is the hanging execution after the Dark Dancer I've seen. When the name of clinteastwood came out at the end, I realized that I didn't even know about this film directed by his old man. I was really ignorant.

  • Sonia 2022-03-19 09:01:04

    This film still left a deep psychological shadow on me, especially it was adapted from the chicken coop murder case, and the plot of the film describing the chicken coop is also very scary! It is also very touching that the heroine still insists on waiting for her son at the end, and the open ending makes people sigh!

Changeling quotes

  • Detective Lester Ybarra: If that's how you want it, then I guess we're done here. Tell county jail we're remanding him for trial.

    Arthur Hutchins: Wait. I didn't do anything. I wasn't even here when it happened.

    Detective Lester Ybarra: By pretending to be Walter Collins, you're interfering in a police investigation of a kidnapping and murder. We can try you as accomplice to that murder after the fact. That's too bad. County jail is a lot worse than a juvenile hall or a foster home. It's a lot worse.

    Arthur Hutchins: You can't do that. I'm just a kid.

    Detective Lester Ybarra: Mm. Sanford Clark's a kid, too. Fifteen. He's going to jail. All murderers and their accomplices go to jail. Everybody knows that. Get him out of here. It's out of my hands now.

    Arthur Hutchins: Wait. I don't want to go to jail.

    Detective Lester Ybarra: [pause] Prove it.

    Arthur Hutchins: I... I knew Los Angeles is where they make the Tom Mix movies. I figured if I could meet Tom Mix, maybe he would let me ride on his horse. His horse is named Tony. Did you know that?

  • Dr. Jonathan Steele: According to your file, you believe that the police substituted a fake boy for your son.

    Christine Collins: No, I didn't say he was a fake boy. He's not *my* boy. They brought home the wrong boy. My son is still missing.

    Dr. Jonathan Steele: Well, that's strange, because I have here a newspaper article with a photo of you at the train station, welcoming home your son.

    [shows her the article]

    Dr. Jonathan Steele: That is you in the photo, isn't it?

    Christine Collins: Yes.

    Dr. Jonathan Steele: So, at first, he was your son and now he's not your son. Has this been going on for a long time? People changing, becoming something other than what they are?

    Christine Collins: People don't change.

    Dr. Jonathan Steele: You don't think people change?

    Christine Collins: No, that's not what I...

    Dr. Jonathan Steele: Shh! The police, they're not out to persecute you?

    Christine Collins: No, they're not.

    Dr. Jonathan Steele: No, they're not. The police are here to protect you.

    Christine Collins: Yes.

    Dr. Jonathan Steele: Really?

    Christine Collins: Yes.

    Dr. Jonathan Steele: Well, that's odd, because when you were admitted, you told the head nurse that the police were conspiring *deliberately* to punish you. So, either the head nurse and the interns are also conspiring to punish you or you're changing your story.

    [pause]

    Dr. Jonathan Steele: Do you often have trouble telling reality from fantasy, Mrs. Collins?

    Christine Collins: No...