A magnificent life needs to be honest and tolerant (not hard, not obscure, and discussing the big topic of human nature in a light and humorous way)

Josefa 2022-03-24 09:02:15

Quite a good movie, the picture is gorgeous, quite visual impact. It is not so realistic and has an idealistic color, but it is unified with the overall style, which weakens the cruelty in reality and brings more warmth and joy to the viewers. Personally, I feel that it is invaluable and well-intentioned to interpret marginalized groups and social problems in this way.

More importantly, this seemingly lighthearted film is actually rich in content. What it interprets is not just the transvestites, but directly to the heart, so that everyone who reads it can feel and resonate with it. Many of the lines in it are intriguing and thought provoking.

Or when we replace the characters in it with other people, various marginalized groups, or aspects that ordinary people can't be honest about and don't understand, we'll find similarities. And this kind of similarity is precisely what the viewer can feel and what everyone needs to face.

Its style is unique and sets this quasi-musical apart from other musicals, or a lot of serious, fringe movies. In a more acceptable warm way and comedy ending gradually penetrated into the hearts of the audience, and the aftertaste is long.

Maybe some great gods think it's not profound, or pick up some idealistic and contrived details. But I personally feel that life is hard enough and numb enough. There is no difference between a light-hearted and connotative sketch, and an obscure and profound film, or a film that is as painful as bone marrow, but only in different forms.

I just don’t know if the subject matter is relatively unpopular, or the social acceptance is really low, or its style is not high enough. Not many people watch this film, and there are few comments. It's a pity, if you have a certain degree of tolerance, it is really worth a look.

Recorded a few shots that impressed me: the

pink kite flying in the blue sky in the desert, Bernadette's expression, and the kite rope that was later thrown away.

Two verses by Felicia standing on the roof of a moving bus.

Mitzi rehearsed alone at the top of the mountain after the car broke down.

ps: In addition to the familiar Hugo Weaving, Guy Pierce has also acted in "The Time Machine". You can also watch this movie. Although it is different from the original, it is not a classic in the sci-fi film, but the music in which humans return to the primitive society is very amazing, and it matches the picture very well, and the transition of the years is also fascinating. I don't know much about Terrence Stamp, but her performance in The Desert Monster is quite good, maybe one of the best.

PS of PS: There are Easter eggs at the end of the subtitles.




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Extended Reading
  • Trycia 2022-03-26 09:01:07

    Why don't you have a grand tour! You are the whales who went to the desert to commit suicide, dancing wildly in the desert of the world, bewitching the country and stunning the city. Although it is still the applause of a few people, although it is still subjected to cold insults, it is still a silly dance! dance! dance! Fortunately, there are people who love you and the love that is being reaped. Opening I've been to paradise, but I've neve

  • Tate 2022-04-23 07:02:37

    The title of a certain Indian movie is perfect to sum up this film - "Three idiots", it is not acceptable for this film.

The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert quotes

  • Bernadette: We've only recently discovered that young Anthony here, bats for both teams.

    Mitzi: I do not!

    Felicia: Oh, so we're straight?

    Mitzi: No.

    Felicia: Oh, we're not. So we're a donut puncher, after all?

    Mitzi: No.

    Felicia: Then what the hell are we?

    Mitzi: I don't fuckin' know.

  • Tick: [to Felicia] Is it true when you were born the doctor turned around and slapped your mother?