love has courage

Palma 2022-03-22 09:02:59

Watching this movie gives me peace of mind, there is a story, there is an idea, there are no messy stunts and dazzling stars, maybe older relationships, and it helps one to listen to the film soberly.
I think the fact that Ali is in love with an old white lady in her sixties is sexy, very sexy. This time things are sexy and not people. There is a big gap in age and culture between the two, and there is no intersection in the circle of friends. Although the social status of the old lady (forgive me forgot what her name is) is not high (she is a cleaner), in European society like Aliens like Ali must be rejected (European "flashback" sentiment). But they still fell in love. I remember the woman asking the man "Why do you like me", the man said "I feel comfortable with you (by your first name), I love being with you", and the eyes are full of simplicity and trust, about love There is such a simple and powerful reason, to like someone is to like to be with him, don't make all those bells and whistles. There is also a scene where the woman pushed open the door where Ali was bathing and saw his strong figure, she was stunned, and finally said "Ali, you are so beautiful!" I think this sentence is very emotional, because Beauty attracts and loves each other. If you are favored by God-given beauty in your lifetime, who will let go easily, or you will regret it for life.
The director let each other discover the beauty of each other in two people who don't seem to have a bright spot, and show it to people, which is very kind.
In the last scene, two people went to a high-end western restaurant. The waiter asked them how much they wanted a steak. The woman chose one at random. It looked like a piece of raw meat, and she couldn't swallow it at all. Ali comforts her. The two were in an empty high-end western restaurant, next to the waiter's indifferent faces mixed with prying eyes. They are lonely at this moment. They can love and live happily with each other like two isolated mice. But it is impossible for people to separate from society and from the crowd. It is the identity of two people who have been forgotten by society that pulls them together. In the end, the world cannot understand, criticize or even despise their love that seriously tests them.

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Extended Reading
  • Garrick 2022-03-26 09:01:14

    There is a strong sense of melancholy in the title of the film. Although I have only watched this film now, the title has existed in my mind for a long time, and it has its own meaning away from the content of the film. Fassbender's strength lies in capturing the spiritual wandering temperament of people surrounded by loneliness and indifference. The protagonist Ali never calls himself "I", "Ali" is just a code name given by others because they can't remember his name. He replaced "I" with "Ali", as if he was talking about someone else, as if "I" had disappeared. Such a common theme of racism/classism, Fassbender reminds you not of the usual discriminatory details, but a little warmth that the self-imposed soul has struggled to capture.

  • Ona 2022-03-13 08:01:01

    Fassbender's films are emotionally awkward (especially this one), and although love doesn't need a reason, it still needs to be reasonable. Symmetrical composition, visual control of clothing color (from melancholy dark colors to bright colors), the movement and scheduling of theatrical sense (especially in the bar scene), the identity of Arab immigrants (being regarded as an alien is Fassbender’s) voice?)

Ali: Fear Eats the Soul quotes

  • Girl in bar: Well... are you coming?

    Ali: No.

    Girl in bar: And why not?

    Ali: Cock broken.

  • Emmi Kurowski: We'll be rich, Ali... and we'll buy ourselves a little piece of heaven.

    Ali: Why heaven?

    Emmi Kurowski: Oh, just a fancy of mine.