This film is only 87 minutes, which is relatively short. It is the shortest film I have seen except Nolan's "Following" and Director Xi's "Little Mother". Short, tight story, no lengthy dialogue, smooth story line, quick scene transitions, maybe it's the Darney Brothers style? Apart from this one, I only watched "Two Days and One Night" starring Mei Ting from France. I watched it when I was in college. It's been more than three years, and I'm still very impressed. It's the same as "The Bicycle Boy". Hand-held photography, the story unfolds following the movement of the characters. Speaking of handheld photography, when I was sitting on MOMA Broadway watching this film, I realized that the Dana brothers probably liked this kind of shooting, and then I wanted to rant about Lou Ye! I don't hate handheld photography at all, it does make the audience fit the world of the protagonist better in some occasions, but it doesn't care about the audience's perception (I typed a few swear words or deleted...), the camera seems to be hanging on the actor, It makes me feel that it is purely for the sake of holding it in hand, which is simply preventing the audience from understanding the background outline of the story in a short period of time (hand-holding).
What impressed me more were the two emotional outbursts of the little boy, one when the co-pilot rudely waved someone's soothing hand away, and then scratched his face, because his father clearly told him "I abandoned you", and another time His father threw him back the money he stole and drove him away. The camera shot him violently riding a bicycle for a long time. I only realized later that the little boy digested the particularly turbulent emotions in this nearly one minute of footage.
The stubbornness of children is really worrying. Maybe at that age, they will think that something is right. No matter what, they have to try it before they believe it. I think the biggest bug between the film and reality is that after he recognizes and accepts the cruel reality, the world still has a destination that belongs to him, where there is no criticism and prejudice, and complete acceptance, this is really rare... so The heroine is really like a virgin. The last scene where the little boy wakes up from a coma, refuses to go to the hospital, picks up the charcoal on the ground, picks up the bicycle lying on the ground, and slowly rides out of the camera, is definitely the most touching scene for me this year, he is going to find his "Mom" is having a barbecue with friends, and he can finally be a child.
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