I was very happy at first, thinking it was a campus pickup film with an art school as the background. Although old-fashioned (the protagonist is the kind of young aspiring diaosi in American movies, accompanied by a few extreme friends like Sheldon, and occasionally some dirty jokes, plus the typical characters that are indispensable in the school, and A dream girl), but with an art school as the background, the characters are exaggerated and realistic (art students report to strange shapes; art girls are all nervous; students and teachers pretend to be big coffees), plus I am also an art student, naturally I feel the same way, I think it's quite interesting to see.
Halfway through the viewing, I realized that I was too superficial. It turns out that this is a film about art students pursuing their own path. The protagonist belongs to the academic style of painting, lost in the avant-garde "true art" environment, becoming overwhelmed and forced to change himself. The film's satire on art is even more poignant. The supporting roles in the film seem to have more "artistic vision" than the protagonist, each of them will brag and be extremely conceited. What exactly is true art? The film also does not give a clear position, and the trash-like grass paper can also be blown into a masterpiece, which makes people think when they smile.
It's finally time to reveal what art is, and suddenly the previous murder case is brought up to talk about it. The funny thing is that the protagonist doesn't know what he's thinking. At first, he promised to be a painter, but now he has turned into an art exhibition for women, and used the murderer's paintings to defeat his opponents. He was brainwashed by art. The film also doesn't really address whether the protagonist realizes he has committed a murder - if he does, it looks like he is ready to take the blame for the murder in order to make himself famous. Then why did he kill himself again? If he didn't know, why didn't he justify it? What's even more puzzling is that at the end, the lawyer told the protagonist that he could clarify the crime with just one sentence, but the protagonist gave up. Regardless of whether he was willing to take the blame before, now that he has gained fame and women, why did he give up and get out of prison? The second half of the film completely ignores the psychological activities of the protagonist, leaving people at a loss.
This may be to use abstract art to satirize the absurd society, but from the content of the teacher's teaching in the story structure class, it is still too abrupt.
The film's triple-themed patchwork is chaotic and feels more like it's been condensed into a 90-minute series. Shooting and writing-like plot, too many supporting characters, and unnecessary character characterization. For example, my roommate ran out and said I'm gay, and the undercover police mistook the set for the shooting scene. These episodes that have little to do with the overall story can be deleted. Personally, I think that the fat man who is professional in writing and directing in the film is the epitome of the director of this film. He combined the art school story with the murder case to make a film, which was really not very successful. As a movie, this film failed to choose the content well. But if as a series, there is a lot of time to describe the branch lines other than the main line, it will be a masterpiece with rich characters and rich plot.
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