Ang Lee said he would make a comedy about happiness and hope after making six tragedies. "Taking Woodstock" is not a Hollywood nonsense that will make you laugh back and forth. As a comedy, it may have a lighter taste, not even a tearful laugh. Feelings of mixed feelings, but this is indeed a film of happiness and hope, inheriting the spirit of "peace, love and music" of Woodstock Music Festival, although there is no shortage of scenes of marijuana, LSD and promiscuity. .
The details of Ang Lee's films are as good as ever, and the pictures have become more refined since his father's trilogy. The opening chapter is a blockbuster of fuchsia lavender, which is romantic and flirtatious. The sound of the guitar is lazy and plucked. It's a sunny and quiet summer. . TV news secretly revealed the background of the times: Apollo wanted to walk on the moon, the Vietnam War was still going on, and the Sea of Galilee (where the saints walked on water) did not stop... The Jewish mother who was greedy for money was the most joyous and had the most exquisite acting skills. After retirement, I can publish an autobiography "How I walked through Siberia with potatoes in my arms"; the check-out person with a gorgeous British accent is a meticulous ridicule by the choreographer; using a bed sheet to guide the plane down with a cross can be described as full of aura. When Michael arrived, the demons stripped naked and danced wildly; another example was a catwalk show, introducing a group of cutting-edge talents into the swamp. The so-called comedy element may be in these details. The details I like are the wildflowers on the police cap, it's so beautiful, but it's not out of touch with reality.
Anyone who has watched "Making Woodstock" must admit that the most gorgeous scene in the film is the hallucination that Elli had after taking drugs. From the top of the mountain, looking at the center stage, the crowd turned into an ocean, the tides rose, and the distant The music stage is fireworks, a galaxy, the center of the universe... So gorgeous, so psychedelic, I'm afraid it's really not suitable for minors to watch, even I have the urge to try it.
Before the film was released, the media hyped up Ang Lee's third filming of a gay-themed film. In fact, "Making Woodstock" is not a gay movie at all, but more of an ideal sustenance, a free, unrestrained and arbitrary self-performance. The male protagonist is Gay, a good boy who grew up with a strong mother. He is kind, compassionate, and dares to take responsibility, but unfortunately he is not a big SG. The reason why I say it's a pity is that if Ang Lee finds a big SG to star in "Making Woodstock", it may save some box office and not end bleak. Reality is reality, Woodstock is too idealistic, even if it exists, it is a short-lived, only belonging to the 1960s in the United States.
A music festival can put forward the slogan "Make love, don't fight!" It can make people who forbear sacrifice bravely pursue themselves, but it can't play the role of savior. Changing the world starts with changing yourself.
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