So this is the best gay movie I've ever seen. In fact, I have watched not much, not much, from "Wilde", "Breakthrough", "Lan Yu", "Milk", "Brokeback Mountain" to the two I Love You Morris and "Brokeback Mountain" that I have recently watched. Single Man".
The story is simple: in 1962, in California, United States, George Fackner, a professor of literature, learned that his partner of 16 years, Jim and his dog, had died in a car accident. After struggling for a week, he decided to die. This is how he spent his last day on earth: driving to school, telling students about Huxley's novel "The Swan Dies in the Summer Years After Years", talking about fear, and constantly recalling precious moments with Jim over the past 16 years . He packed up the office, went to the bank to handle the accounts, loaded the pistol with ammunition, and drove home, ready to shoot himself with the gun, but he still went to his old friend's house for dinner, and when he returned home, he still couldn't make up his mind to pull the trigger, so he ran back to that year. I met Jim's bar and went to borrow a drink to relieve my worries. I met a male student in my class. I felt that I had found spiritual solace. I was deciding to give up the idea of suicide.
It's not just the unexpected ending that says this movie is good, it's the irony that always strikes me, like reading Kate Chopin's short story The Story of An Hour years ago. Irony is the cure for kitsch, the panacea for all the sweet, shiny, warm hypocrisy, the only possible channel for comprehending the true nature of the world; The pessimists continued to remain silent, making the young literary, middle-aged, and elderly “rotten” even more thoroughly.
The casting of this movie is good. The gays must be played by British people, or the gays who perform well are British "rotten" men. For example, the hero Colin Firth, I was looking for this film for him. , nominated for Best Actor at the Oscars in 2009, but lost to Jeff Bridges; and "Wilde" starring Stephen Fry and Jude Law, "I Love You Morris" Ewan McGreggor, obviously better than the king of comedy Kim Kelly To be more gay. The photography is also great, especially the constant change of color, from black and white to color, from light to strong, which interprets the hero's changing mood and emotional memories delicately and in place.
The role of the hero's girlfriend in the film is also well interpreted by Julianne Moore. Several dialogues in the Last Supper scene are classic and very dramatic. You love him, but he loves him, you are angry, you accuse, you question the love between them, and he retorts. You chased him from London to California, and lived next door to his house. It's been decades since you were so close to him, but you still couldn't occupy his heart. Therefore, a woman falling in love with a gay man is probably the most bitter and bitter irony in the world.
If I have to make a finishing touch at the end, then it is a major discovery of mine: Christopher Isherwood, the author of the original novel, Tom Ford, the director and screenwriter, and Colin Firth, who plays the male lead, are all Virgos. This is a thoroughly typical Virgo novel + movie, with a rich and exquisite artistic atmosphere, the costumes, scenes and makeup are absolutely in place, and the most amazing thing is that the male protagonist decides to shoot himself before he dies. The suits, shirts, ties, and leather shoes that he was going to wear were neatly placed on the desk, and a note was left: Please tie the tie in a Windsor knot. sky! Isn't this what a Virgo is? Details, details, or details, if you don't pay attention to details, Virgo who is not perfect will die.
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