Xiao Lizi's "True Color" starred

Letitia 2022-03-21 09:01:56

After reading several other biographical works of Xiao Lizi

The Wolf of Wall Street (2013)
8.0
2013 / USA / Biography Crime / Martin Scorsese / Leonardo DiCaprio Jonah Hill
The Great Gatsby (2013)
7.9
2013 / Australia America / Drama Romance / Baz Luhrman / Leonardo DiCaprio Carey Mulligan
The Aviator (2004)
8.1
2004 / United States Germany / Drama Biography / Martin Scorsese / Leonardo DiCaprio Cate Blanchett
Cat and Mouse Game (2002)
9.1
2002 / United States Canada / Biographical Crime Drama / Steven Spielberg / Leonardo DiCaprio Tom Hanks

Watch this one again.

Compared to several others, this film is the biographical debut of Xiao Lizi (slightly after "Different Sky", but earlier than "Cat and Mouse"). The film was released in 1995, (Xiao Li was born in 1974) at this time when Xiao Li was in his early twenties and his appearance was at its peak, it was very suitable to play the role of a rebellious school grass.

Compared to the other two similar films:

Velvet Gold Mine (1998)
8.4
1998 / UK US / Drama Gay Music / Todd Hines / Ewan McGregor Jonathan Rhys Meyers
Trainspotting (1996)
8.6
1996 / United Kingdom / Drama Crime / Danny Boyle / Ewan McGregor / Evan Brehner

This "Diary of the Edge" by Xiao Lizi is more about the helpless degeneration of teenagers in the "prosperous" New York. I personally think that the film more realistically shows the social status of the United States in the 1980s and 1990s. Most people In the freedom of spirit and the indulgence of life. However, there are significant differences in social rehabilitation and public security issues, and some children from poor backgrounds can easily go astray.

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