'before night falls': a great epic gay movie

Bobby 2022-03-02 08:01:06

Cuban co-author Reinaldo Arenas, who died of AIDS,'s novel and his documentary film "before night falls" are full of tragic and splendid. After watching it, I was very emotional, this is a very profound and connotative film in the gay theme I have seen. The social, historical and psychological aspects reflected in it are worth our experience.

Losing the connection that can come from the mother's body, the child becomes vulnerable and loses himself, and can only let the world be ravaged by wind and rain, and by being mutilated and hurt, he can let himself die earlier. reinaldo arenas easily reminds us of the experiences of artists like Freddie Mercury and Derek Jarman. Are they a loser?

As a comrade, what do you think? The world has made us to walk the rough road that seems unprovoked in our lives because we are different from others. The dead can rest in peace, and the living are still breathing. Now, take a breath and see, do you feel suffocated, do you feel some pain in your heart, and will tears flow?

Now let's do a little psychological projection experiment: "[Psychological topic] If someone gives you 10 million yuan to leave your hometown, you will never be allowed to come back; will you accept it?"

A person has lost his mother, his hometown, and his country. support, people will die. If the income is low, you can temporarily go to work in the field, but it will be miserable not to come back. In particular, the local culture gives us a very strong sense of belonging to the region. Here your hometown, the north and the south, China and foreign countries, the earth, and the universe, see which category you can set your inner position in. It depends on the system your fraternity is in.

I think this film is similar to this projection experiment. Under the political background of Cuba at that time, although reinaldo arenas could leave Cuba, but in the so-called free country of the United States, they still could not find a home, and death from AIDS may be inevitable. It is doomed that a comrade from the third world cannot survive in this world.

Due to the lack of social understanding of sexual orientation and the lack of a corresponding support system, it becomes difficult for comrades to survive. Therefore, some people may consider leaving their hometown and live in a paradise, dreaming of having their own life there. But wherever you go, it's the earth. But your problem, you can't escape after all.

In the past, I would answer: accept to leave; even I would answer: I have no money to leave; now my answer is: I will make my own money and work hard, go to the travels I like, and I can go and return.

Looking back, your past family and parents have the greatest influence on you. The ability to integrate into society is very important to a person, and it is difficult for people to live apart from the crowd. Indigenous social care systems are also key. Therefore, our vitality is the first self-growth and the later position in the society. This process is a person's life.

The dead rest in peace, the living strengthen themselves. As comrades, although we have to go through hardships and face discrimination, we can work hard and live out our dignity, just like reinaldo arenas can use his works to leave the world a reflection and win the world's respect.


This article was first published on qafone

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  • Brett 2022-03-21 09:03:17

    Baden is finally not so rough... But the most amazing thing is Depp!!! You have too much drama!!!!!! Too ecstasy!!!!!

  • Corrine 2022-03-02 08:01:06

    Never stop, even if the high fever does not subside, even if the footsteps are heavy. Even if I am delirious, as long as I still believe that people must not live in a cage, then I will keep running away, running unswervingly, without compromise.

Before Night Falls quotes

  • Reinaldo's Mother: Reinaldo, would you be sad if I died?

  • Reinaldo Arenas: [narrating] Leonardo da Vinci was homosexual, so was Michelangelo, Socrates, Shakespeare, and almost every other figure that has formed what we have come to understand as beauty.