Harmony, who shocked the film world with the extremely cult "Strange Boy", was born in a documentary producer's family. Although his debut work was criticized by many critics, it was praised by the German master director Herzog and even participated in the performance. Harmony's later "Mr. Lonely" shows the master's love for him. The values of adolescence in "Spring Break" are closer to Hamoni's screenplay "The World is Innocent", although he retired from the crew due to disagreements with the director at that time, he finally continued this theme after nearly 10 years.
At the beginning of the film, the neon-like fonts show the color of the whole story. The soundtrack of the whole film is almost all the best electronic dance music, sun, beach, bikini, big breasts, buttocks, cocaine, smoking and drinking, drug proliferation, and physical sex. A view of the "paradise of paradise" for young people. This "utopian" story background also reminds people of "Mr. Lonely", which was known as the weirdest movie in Cannes. Like flying nuns, the female students in "Spring Break" seem to have the courage to robbery and murder. After the first attempt was successful, they seemed to have opened another door for them and gradually moved away from the normal state of students. Enter a whole new world that excites them.
The cruel youth of American teenagers is a subject that many American independent directors are passionate about. Harmony invited Selena Gomez and Vanessa Hutchinson, the most popular actresses in the 90s and so on, to help him reflect the current United States. Youth problems can also be described as well-intentioned. The two most interesting parts in the film are the protagonists singing Britney Spears' classic songs together, accompanied by the sea view and sunset, the panoramic view of the girls singing and dancing, making people temporarily escape from the "cruel" and feel the innocence and beauty of youth . In fact, until the end of the film, the two girls fought all the way to destroy the entire gang group. Maybe their hearts are still as simple as these songs, but they have gone too far in the pursuit of adventure and excitement, and they squandered unrestrainedly. Youth, and James Franco's ending in the film may be their future price.
The film did not explain the family background of any of these misguided girls. It only took a few phone calls between them and their families, saying, "Good life", "As if in a new world", "Finding a brand new self"" I want to be a better person." These things that sound like lies, but when you think about it carefully, they don't seem to be completely true. Harmony implicitly pointed out the huge impact of family guidance on young people. Insufficient attention and care made them more likely to embark on a worrying path of growth. Perhaps this is a little over-interpretation. After all, the most glamorous part of the film is its unparalleled black youth wrapped in an ambiguous appearance.
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