-Bruce Sprinsteen "Thunder Road"
I thought "Cemetery Crossing" was written from director Ricky Gervais' own personal experience, but Having seen the movie, I easily dismissed the idea. It's not just because the time doesn't match (the story happened in 1973, and Ricky was just a 12-year-old baby), but also because of the rashness, naive romanticism and sentimental, routine narrative embodied in this story. , the lack of real life quality. It is like a beautiful nostalgic phantom imagined by a middle-aged person separated by time and space - the so-called youth story of the so-called small town youth defecting, the so-called nostalgia.
In Reading, England, in 1973, life was as stagnant as ever in an annoying calm. Freddy, Bruce and Snooker are three friends. Freddy, young, smart, but a little confused, his only goal is to be a successful insurance salesman and lead a white-collar life; Bruce, violent, rebellious, full of charm, all his actions have a tendency to self-destruct , but unfortunately it can't help him escape the quagmire of a failed family; there is Snooker, a funny guy who never speaks his words, never finds a girlfriend, and has a tattoo of a naked vampire on his body. The days of the three should have been no different, until Freddie met Julie, who seemed to be his enlightener and gave him the courage to make up his mind to let go of everything.
After a few years in Hollywood, Ricky Gervais returned to the UK and found his old "The Office" partner Stephen Mochant to make his "non-comedy" film debut. However, the theme of youth defection is nothing new at all, and coupled with the mischief of overflowing nostalgia, "Ceremonial Crossing" has more than enough romance and lack of confidence, and all the bridges are casual.
The town in the film has no economic downturn, no political turmoil, and you may even wonder why all the young people are in a hurry to leave here (contrast "Breakfast on Pluto" or the British TV series "Blood Detective" trilogy England in the 1970s). Although the film shows some blue-collar workers working in front of the lathe, it is also superficial and has no sense of existence. And it is even more immature to deal with the life of the young and the older generation as a binary opposition. Of course, we don't need to ask Ricky Gervais to Ken Rocky's standard. His strength is in his lines, which is the most interesting part of "Cemetery Crossing". For example, Ricky himself plays Freddie's father, a bitter, arrogant guy, and it's a pleasure to watch him swear.
Last but not least is the music of the film. When snooker danced around his fat body and sang Slade's 'Cum On Feel The Noize'; or Mott the Hoople's 'All the Young Dudes' in the background," Bill muttered all night he was going Suicide, he's 25 and doesn't want to live anymore"; and Led Zeppelin's "Rain Song" at the end, the familiar melody floats in your ears, you don't care anymore about Freddy and Julie's departure It's a fairy tale stupid . Maybe that's the power of music.
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