"Saturday Night Fever" is like a Ukiyo-e painting on the other side of the ocean, although this picture scroll is more than 40 years old. But if you look at it carefully now, you can also taste the mood of young people in today's society. For America in the last century, the film ushered in the golden age of disco and catapulted lead singer The Bee Gees to the altar. Leather jackets, tight shirts, flared trousers and more were what our fathers wanted to wear. But this movie is not just summed up by the word "fanatic", "wanting to be recognized" and "confused" are the core of the film.
Tony, who was born in a civilian neighborhood, is in a huge confusion like everyone around him. The star-spangled brilliance of freedom makes everyone worth fighting for their American dream, down to Tony being able to buy two more burgers tonight and be able to shine at the bar and that's it. A free and powerful country has nothing to do with this poor family, the father is unemployed at home, and the mother is nagging all day long. The only light of the whole family is the elder brother who became a priest. As the youngest son in the family, he cannot be recognized, and he will compare his words and deeds with his elder brother. The part-time job in the hardware store is played by the boss because of the mere five dollars. Such a life Can not say good. The director intentionally includes his personal destiny in the environment of the times, and breaks the original cognition of others in the protagonist's heart through the people around him. While enriching the protagonist's heart, the audience's psychological expectations are fully satisfied. When watching the movie, I came up with the idea of "It turns out that this person also has his own difficulties". The director invested more space in Tony, confident and sunny with a sense of justice unique to a teenager. Rather than a sense of justice, it can be attributed to a religious love for dance, as favoritism will bring unimaginable contamination to dance. Watching my friends play with the music all day long, I was so naive that I directly sacrificed my life. He left, running towards the life he wanted on his own.
Stephanie is an interesting character, with a small town girl's vanity. In her narrow view of the world, she proved her excellence by being around big people, and constantly belittling Tony made herself feel like she had entered the upper class. Sadly, such a girl desperate for recognition may have sold her body for a tiny chance. Stephanie is also naive. In the modern forest where the weak eat the strong, she is no different from a little white rabbit with no experience in the world. The upper class in her eyes is nothing but ordinary people struggling in the world, and a few words can satisfy all the fantasies of the small town girl. Like Tony, "recognition" is the greatest badge of honor. The vanity disguise has to be removed after all, and in the days with Tony, Stephani has never been happy before.
Let's talk about an important supporting role, Tony's brother, Frank. This is the pride of the whole family, and it is also a role that grew up according to the route prescribed by his parents. Every time his parents mentioned him, it was a great honor in his heart, but the marionette-like life did not meet the real desire of Frank's heart. He longed to break through the shackles, but he didn't know that the shackles had already been buried deep in his heart, and he was still neatly dressed with his brother playing in the bar. The priest's way of doing things is ingrained in his bones. All he did was get the approval of those around him on the road of life, and that was it.
The youths around Tony were full of energy, but didn't know anything about the future. Whether it is the self-proclaimed Stephani or the honest-hearted Tomy, they cannot escape the attention of others. At the end of the movie, everyone drives on the bridge that appears in many places in the film. Here they bury their youth and witness their friend's anger and admit that they fell off the bridge. Next, all the farce ended in this dark night and became history.
The director is smart enough to hide the tragedy in a hippie style. The dramatic treatment pushes the protagonist into a desperate situation again and again, and then makes him wake up to the truth. The core of this film is the word "recognition". Tony wants the approval of his parents to recognize that he is not a gangster; Stephanie wants to be recognized by the upper class, but cannot escape the fate of being toyed with; Frank wants to be recognized by himself but finds that he has already become the spiritual symbol of his parents, and he himself cannot either. Get rid of the role of priest; annte wants to get the love of her lover, but becomes a sex plaything for her brothers, the word "cunt" is heavily branded on her heart and becomes her own cage; everyone wants to be recognized, but finds that no one can imitate them, Instead, he lost himself.
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