The cold image is destined to never return.
Leah (played by Morgan Saylor), who is about to enter her sophomore year of study, and her female classmate Katie took advantage of the summer to move and wanted to have a good time, so they rented a place in Ridgewood, Brooklyn, which is located on a remote street corner in New York and is a bit messy. Difference.
The reason why they want to have fun is because they are both addicted to drugs, which is the result of their frequent nighttime entertainment. Greater hidden dangers and poisonous erosions are quietly waiting for them, especially the pure, bright and fearless Leia. Of course, a lot of fearlessness comes from ignorance, not realizing the risks of the treacherous reality.
This is the first feature film "The White Girl" (2016) written and directed by American independent female director Elizabeth Wood. The documentary filming technique, mostly close-up, highlights the emotional evolution and psychological interpretation of the characters, joy and anxiety. The images, together with the sudden percussion, constitute the tipping point of the plot twist. In addition, shallow focus is closer to realism.
American independent films prefer to create an atmosphere of the scene, such as night scenes, street corners and narrow rooms, all of which are extremely appropriate, sometimes relaxing, and sometimes stunned. For Leah, "white powder" and "sex" are the two gripping hands. In fact, they are both related to white, and the two are inseparable. White makes sex more exciting, and sex deepens and depends on white, which can be described as a cause and effect of life.
Indeed, Leah is white, but she is faced with people of color and black people, and the racial differences are especially obvious in New York. Furthermore, she was stained with white powder. The deeper meaning is that everything Leah experienced afterward is undoubtedly the white opium, mainly mental devastation.
In the end, when she returned to school and sat in the last seat of the classroom, reflecting her dazed eyes and blank expression, everything returned to the origin of life, and the blankness in her mind corresponds to the blankness of reality. What a harsh reality that made her shudder.
What is rare is that Morgan Saylor's ability to accurately penetrate the character, as if she is involved, is amazing. She presents a unique experience of a girl that can be difficult to categorize. Born in Chicago on October 26, 1994, she grew up in Atlanta and has starred in film and television dramas such as "Homeland Security", "Vampire Assistant" and "After Death Care". Through the excellent interpretation of this film, I believe she has unlimited potential.
What the hell was Nalia going through that made her involuntarily fall into the quagmire, getting involved step by step and willingly involved. Is this just what "white powder" or a word "love" can interpret. not necessarily. If love is mixed with problems that pure whiteness, compassion and self-confidence can solve, then how can she stop it, and she can only go on with a step-by-step approach.
In fact, what she experienced was very simple. When Leah and Katie moved, they saw a group of dangling guys on the opposite street corner. Afterwards, Leah took the initiative to ask them about marijuana. After laughing for a while, Blue said that he has always been melancholy, but since he met her, it has changed.
Blue is indeed a bit melancholy, cool-looking, and looks really cool, the kind of street gangster who attracts certain types of girls. Immediately, Leah fell in love with blue, and of course she fell in love while attracting fans. Blue corresponds to white, which is the contrast of hues, but they are mixed up. They suck at trafficking. Sellers, I'm about to go to the night show. Leah was already addicted to it, dancing and smoking, which made her even more hilarious. But smoking this requires money, although she is from Oklahoma, her family is good, and her mother's frequent phone calls show that she is not at ease with her. But the birds that fly, who cares.
The problem is, this blue not only attracts fans, but he also has a pair of black and fat horses Jose and Kilogram (name) to help him. After getting the goods, he sells them to the next family one by one. To sell is to buy. He had to get the goods from the fat white Lloyd. This time he actually brought Leah, but after taking it out, it was not good, and was notified by the undercover police, and the police arrested her.
This scene happened in front of Leah. But the package was still in Liana. Lia, who was dumb and then, started a maddening journey in order to bail Blue out of prison. The fat white Lloyd found her and forced him to ask where the package went. She lied that she didn't know, which was considered a fool, and of course she was humiliated.
The greater harm is endless. Kelly, the male boss of her internship company, bought her goods at a low price, and also wanted to fuck her. The same goes for the white lawyer she hired, who didn't pay enough, and she had to keep raising money. The paradox is that she went to the night market with money to go crazy, and when she was unconscious, she was taken away.
The white lawyer had long coveted her, and Leah wanted him. In this world of fish and meat, there is no free lunch in the world, so Lao Bai took the opportunity to get on her. Anyway, she was raped every day, and it seemed that it was only a matter of time and willingness who would fuck her. Obviously, she has been lost.
On the other hand, when Leah went to visit Blue, she also lied that she hired a free lawyer, obligatory, so that he would not doubt her pure love for him. Fortunately, the white lawyer is really powerful, and actually saved Blue Mila out of prison. Obviously, things have come to this point, and Leah has been completely drained in the process. Blue Mila hugged her tightly and gratefully said marry me. She stared blankly and said that we are still so young. No, leave it alone.
The two snuggled up to the street, the sun hitting their faces. But Lloyd came to him, and he grabbed Leah. In a hurry, Lan picked up the hammer and smashed it hard at the fat white... As a result, the fat white died. The blood-stained blue made her leave as soon as possible. She was completely frightened and didn't know how to turn around and leave.
Later, the police took him into the police car, and Blue stared at her coldly, all the time. Her love and fear were engulfed by White. It's all white to blame. This just shows the harm that drugs can cause to young people.
Finally, the new semester begins, Leah is sitting there, her classmates walk around, the camera zooms further and further, the desks form a square, Leah must fit into this square classroom, and what she has just experienced, more Like a lingering nightmare in life. Obviously, the female director has a kind heart and allows her to return safely. Thinking about it, it's quite amazing that a female director's debut work can reach such a level, there is really no room for me to be demanding.
Of course, this may not be the case in real situations. The theme of the film prompts people to think about how to make young people better against this kind of white harm. But the film goes beyond simply presenting the superficial white hazard. The deep-seated implications are the topics of race, law, and equality.
In fact, the film raises another question, which is how a girl who goes to school in a foreign country alone, how to face a complicated and chaotic reality, how to stay away from an unclean and dangerous world, how to recognize personnel and protect herself, only Only by clarifying these issues can they maintain physical and mental peace. Otherwise, the colorful lights outside the campus will eventually tempt them and pull them into an uncontrollable dark vortex. In this case, self-salvation is just empty words, because reality does not allow them to escape easily, and the claws are pervasive and ubiquitous, which is not sensational.
In fact, young people from all over the world may encounter such a critical situation, and if they are not careful, they will fall into a situation of irreversible redemption. This is not as simple as the big truth. We often see on TV that some boarding middle school students are induced by bad behaviors, and a lot of them are addicted to drugs such as cough water The tug-of-war to quit addiction.
I remembered that Leah in the film always said confidently that I have the ability to solve problems. As a result, the complexity of the world is really not as simple as she thought. This purgatory-like life adventure is destined to be unforgettable for her life. Fortunately, she has not been destroyed by the white powder, which is really fortunate in misfortune.
2016, 12, 14
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