when you are old

Jeff 2022-03-22 09:02:16

Almodovar's new film stars Antonio Banderas. Banderas' movies are good, but he's an actor like Hu Jun - his works are all good, but it's hard to eat the "Sporty Guy + Tough Guy" bowl of Amway. Antonio Banderas is also, the sexy characters in "House of Ghosts" (also called "Golden Giants"), and the handsome ones in "Zorro" are a bit greasy.

The movie "Golden House," based on Isabel Allende's famous novel "House of Ghosts," star-studded, including Meryl Streep, Winona Ryder and Jeremy Irons)

(Still from the movie "Zorro")

But many people couldn't help shedding tears after watching "Pain and Glory". Because, Antonio Banderas is like this in the movie.

This old artist who eats yogurt, because of the sclerosis of the spine, can't move, and has to decline the date of the old lover - what a painful realization for a Spanish man! This movie talks about a lot of people's pain in middle age, back pain, headache, indigestion, and choking when eating mushy food. Compared with this, Pu Shu video went home to sleep and Zhao Mingyi's thermos cup was really nothing. And this unshaven uncle was Zorro who could match CP with Catherine Zeta-Jones back then.

Directors got together this year with nostalgia. Quentin's "Once Upon a Time in Hollywood" is also about a heroic twilight. This is the CP of Xiao Lizi and Pete's group, and people can't help but look forward to watching a "beautiful pressure" drama. Indeed, one mountain cannot tolerate two tigers. Quentin's solution was to destroy both Wang Hans into Haitao. Li Qi of Xiao Lizi is an actor in the transition period. He played the villain in several popular dramas. When he felt great about himself, he was told the truth by Al Pacino, "You are playing the villain, no. It’s the traffic of big IPs. Be more mindful.” The mood to eat with Lao Al is gone, and when he leaves the restaurant, Xiao Lizi will cry so much that it’s raining. Sent home. This pear blossom with rain is the opening of the movie. When it was over, Xiao Lizi also cried to Pete, "Brother, I'm sorry, brother. Once you get married and buy a house, you can't afford to support your daughter-in-law." "Once Upon a Time in Hollywood" has no memories to kill. All kinds of embarrassment in middle age. Xiao Lizi broke through himself again. From the beautiful man of "Titanic" to the uncle of "Inception", to the unpromising uncle this time. The male god Laolu staggered down the altar, and the hardships became concrete.

"Once Upon a Time in Hollywood" isn't a tribute to the wild waves of the 1960s. Like "Pain and Glory," it speaks of the vulgarity of the common man. Its exaggerated plot is the same as Madrid's rich colors. It is the background of the stage. What is really staged in front of the stage is a hard-working human comedy. Quentin and Almodovar, who are middle-aged, are a bit see-through, so these two movies can be made fun without being obscene, sad without hurting.

Romeo has to start worrying about the mortgage, and Zorro can't make an appointment. The man of tricks eventually became a common man, with "painful wrinkles" on his "aged face". Yeats' poems seem to suddenly have a new meaning. It is the face of aging, the wrinkle of pain, the transcendence of the mundane in the mundane life, and the giving of "the soul of a pilgrim". Only when you enter the world can you be born.

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Extended Reading
  • Dorothy 2021-12-28 08:02:09

    This is the director looking back to pay tribute to the gentleness of his life. The strong color contrast as usual, the long shot of flickering light and shadow, finally ended with a subtle scene. The lead actor has a line in the play, only crying is not a good actor, but a good actor is a good actor who knows how to restrain tears. This sentence is most appropriate to summarize the movie. The director's life journey is almost unfolded in front of the curtain. A tough mother, a young painter, a stray wish when he was young, and a love from the bottom of my heart. You can feel the pain behind it, but it still hasn't flooded with it. The author's various emotions are intertwined, pain, sadness, regret and forgiveness, self-confession. Watching a movie is like looking at a diary, watching the ups and downs of the author, and finally reconciling with oneself. Five points are given to the favorite director.

  • Lexus 2022-03-26 09:01:09

    Almodovar no longer needs to use any skills to prove himself, but he is always willing to bring the freshness of images to the audience. His lifelong bond with his mother, Queer, and himself constitutes his image world and fulfills each individual's attachment to emotion. This is not only an autobiographical memoir, but also a memorial to Almodóvar's career as a film director.

Pain and Glory quotes

  • Salvador Mallo: The nights that coincide several pains, those nights I believe in God and I pray to him. The days when I only suffer a type of pain I'm an atheist.

  • Salvador Mallo: Alberto, gossip ages, like people.