If there is a bottleneck in youth films, then "Naked" and this "Oslo, August 31" can be said to have achieved the ultimate. When I watched "Over the Spring" a few days ago, I felt that most youth films today are not about our youth at all. In this era of excess material, the ups and downs of the plot are like a dazzling array of commodities, which can be made very gorgeous and exquisite, but after breaking the shell, you find that there is nothing inside that you need, because your life is not like that at all . Similar to Naked, the movie is short and the dialogue is well written. Although "Oslo" and Louis Mahler's "Ghost Fire" are based on the same novel, I hate the hypocritical confessions and dialogues in "Ghost Fire" (I don't really like Louis Mahler). I'd much rather compare this film to Mike Lee's Naked. Naked and philosophical dialogue is replaced by Oslo-style audio track switching, videotape-style interludes, and some audio-visual tidbits.
In terms of morality, it is actually a deep reflection on the essence of life. When Thomas told Anders about his daily life, he said that it was all boring. Even though his life is very different from Anders, everything loses its life when it becomes everyday, and Anders is like that. Love has become routine, nightlife has become routine, alcohol has become routine, drugs have become routine, and we are constantly looking for new stimuli and discarding them. Thomas asked him, don't you love Evelyn? He said no, Thomas said, come on, everyone can see how fascinated you are with her. He has already lost love. "The reason why he likes the mansion he builds is that he likes it from a distance, but not close; perhaps he just likes to build it, not to live in it" - "Notes from the Basement"
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