The film is described from the perspective of a London Herald reporter, Andy Shi, in the 1980s. Sandy is tasked with investigating Glamor Rock's Uranian superstar Brian Slade a decade ago. During the investigation he met Brian Slade's former agent and then his ex-wife. In their memories, Shi Andi gradually got to know the smash hit Brian Slade.
When young Brian Slade called himself an outlier, and bisexuality was a word he often talked about. He said he wanted to change the world and bring a revolution to the world. He did influence many, many people when he was all the rage. When his agent asked him who he would most like to meet, he remembered the founder of garage rock, Curt Wild, an American who stripped his pants and sang on stage before he became famous. Brian Slade said Curt Wild did something he didn't expect. So many years later, when Brian Slade was already famous, he went to see Curt, who was still living in the bottom society of the United States. After that, the two released a record together. Attracted to each other, infatuated with each other. But they parted ways after an argument due to Curt's irascible personality and poor vocals. Curt left angrily. Brian is still in love with Curt, and can't help but blow himself up. This eventually led to his "assassination" on his tour, before disappearing from the public eye.
If the story came to an abrupt end here, it would be nothing but the history of a man's depravity. However, through the reporter's unannounced and unannounced visits, we learned that today's pop singer Tommy Stone is Brian Slade of the year. Tommy now looks like a mainstream singer. loved by the public. He is no longer the young man who said "I want to change the world". No more rock singers to be ridiculed on stage. It's no longer to tell everyone that each of us is a bisexual pioneer. He became the representative of the world.
"We want to change the world, but the world has changed us." It should be the best interpretation of this film. We all have a dream in our hearts when we are young. It is only when we come to reality that we realize how insignificant our own dreams are. Adults are always admonishing children to learn to adapt. Because there are always so many helpless things in reality, it is you who do not learn to adapt to your injuries. Maybe there is always a group of people who insist on their dreams all the time, even if they are covered in bruises and blues, they will not give up. However, as ordinary people, we can only retreat into our own shell because of fear of being injured and gradually forget our pride and ambition.
"We are all very soft animals living in the shell and swearing to resist in the end, but we lose our armor and disarm and slowly obey.
We are all tiny animals. If you want to be happy, you must forget the vastness of the world."
It seems that everyone will one day forget the vastness of the world.
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