Before watching it, I heard that it was "a good social movement theme" movie. After watching the first third, I felt it was political propaganda. After watching the whole film, I only thought it was political satire. Judging from the film, the student-organization-style democracy is indeed as emotional and impulsive as the students are, as often quarrelsome and sometimes united as the society. Sean's death doesn't make Act Up's cry look any more revolutionary. The more distressed, lonely and tormented Sean became before his death, the more vulnerable the protesters on the Seine appeared, the less confident their anger appeared. The lack of self-confidence may be due to confusion, because they do not know which way will work (the company representative is very confident). When they confronted the pharmaceutical companies face-to-face, all debates, inquiries, and denunciations inevitably ended in anger. Therefore, Chinese contemporary netizens often speak of "incompetent fury", which is very reasonable. After Sean's death, many people came to see him, shed tears for him, and then returned to an even angrier life. And I know that countless things like this have happened and will continue to happen in the future. More slogans, more blood bags, more deaths.
Regarding the first two pictures, thirty years have passed, and unfortunately, they did not succeed. The mountain is there, and you can't knock it down if you shout. As a movie, the audio-visual language of "120BPM" is particularly good, and the shots, colors and music effectively convey the atmosphere and mood, which also makes the movie's guidance and psychological suggestion to the audience very powerful. But the most outstanding thing is the actor. Neville played the AIDS man into a god, and Sean's moan when he was seriously ill was too real, enough to evoke a nightmare in everyone's memory.
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