Well, otherwise, sometimes it's a good thing to have no expectations when watching a movie.
Heaven and earth conscience, I was really looking at people this time, but the last person to watch it flickered and made soy sauce, and I didn't feel cheated at all. This film is also considered a geek work. Its screenwriter and director Whit Stillman has only made three films so far, and these three films have been honored as the "Urban Trilogy", and they have also released CC's. Collector's Edition. The film is the last of the trilogy and was filmed in 1998.
(That is to say, the director has been out of the hole for more than ten years. At this time, a real worry inevitably arises: so-and-so, you are now reclusive and unhappy, and you have finished playing House. I won't plan to use him as an example in the future!)
Turn back to the film. I secretly think that all this film is interesting is because all the cliche you are afraid of, or hate to see, all of them did not happen in the end. This is very good, and it is not easy. It may be difficult to say whether a film is a classic or not, but whether it looks good or not depends entirely on this. This film can be shot very well, but it doesn't end up being superficial or pretending to be profound; this film can be made very bloody, but we don't know until the end that it's not a hum Haw pretends to be a twisted love movie; this film can be made to pretend to be petty bourgeoisie, nostalgic, literary and even B, but it is just like the last steam train banging and panting towards the terminal, everyone quietly got off the car and parted ways , an era is over, but life still has to go on. All the characters not only have one face, but also don't just put on bright clothes and walk on a huge stage. If you think about it, you will feel that such people are not as far away from you as the distance between movies and reality. , the words they said, the things they did, the mistakes they made, and the people they loved were so familiar, you would think it's a little bit like a slap in the face of a self-righteous young woman.
In fact, I don't know more about the Disco era than the average person, but the description of the Disco era in this film is an accurate, concise and empathetic recap. The script is well written, and the lines are well written in addition to avoiding the above-mentioned masking of characters and formatting of the plot. The practice of intercepting a group of people in the film is very similar to the Diner I saw a while ago and highly recommended by Judd Apatow. Although the tone is different, the cast of other Diners is also much stronger than this film, but for the group portraits The portrayal is basically successful; the protagonist in the play cites scriptures at every turn and complains in large sections is inevitably reminiscent of Before Sunrise and Before Sunset, maybe all the literary and artistic youths in New York are like this; anyway, in the end, this is a hard-to-categorize movie. Movies, and this difficult classification also naturally brings unexpected fun to watching movies.
It is an unsolved mystery by what kind of chance and coincidence RSL came to play soy sauce in other people's production crews. Before watching the film, I had no doubt that Jonghyun would have to get together with Kate Beckinsale again after Much Ado About Nothing, and in the end, the dialogue between the two in the film probably didn't exceed two lines; he was actually a jerk, she didn't It's a bitch, he is like a metaphor for the spirit of Disco, and she seems to be the reason for Disco's demise in a way, it's funny, the director deliberately cut off all possible intersections between the two people, not Knowing is to show that the origin of Disco has nothing to do with the end of Disco. Maybe it was intentional to choose Jong Jong for the role of Tom, because he is so gentle and low-key, not like the flashy and exaggerated Disco, nor the one who finally proved to be his own moral stance with doubts but first accused others of being dishonest. Hypocrite; the director seems to have some feelings for Disco. Maybe he wants to say that Disco is just like Tom, who is a bit idealistic, a little eccentric, and maybe occasionally indecisive, but in the end, he still wants to follow social norms and grow into a standard society The reliable youth of the pillar - or the unremarkable youth. In fact, the most interesting part of the film is the portrayal of several female characters. Different backgrounds, experiences and ways of thinking make them sway, depend on each other and hurt each other in the process of social life and personal growth, forming a kind of different from the present. The "BFF" type of female relationship that has been completely reduced to a cliché. To be honest, I'd rather watch this group of women in this film sometimes feel uncomfortable with their candid but uncomfortably candid aunts in Sex and the City pretending to be each other's spiritual pillars year after year. But it's a cut that is closer to real life.
(Perhaps RSL was pulled in just to see that he could dance Disco...? Those few buttocks twisted, tsk tsk tsk tsk... By the way, how does this guy sway his youth and then Disco boy, you can still be gay and shake all over... …)
That one star out of five goes to the show. It is necessary to mention Diner again. Compared with the lineup of teenage geniuses, the film is a bit thin by the good performance of Kate Beckinsale alone; the heroine Chloe Sevigny does not seem to be able to control the role of Alice 100%. In addition, the performance of other actors in the film can only be said to be quite satisfactory, which makes this film too few impressive moments. Of course, the climax and splendor are not the realm that this type of film seeks to achieve. For this kind of sketch film of "a glimpse of life", the important thing is still the well-designed plot and characters.
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