First published on WeChat public account: [Mr. Huang Cinema], ID: huangfilm
It is narrated and discussed, especially if you are particularly concerned about being spoiled, it is recommended to watch the film first.
In Wilde's "Portrait of Dorian Gray", the aristocratic boy Dorian Gray sighed after seeing someone else's painting of himself: "How sad! I will grow old, but this painting will always be young... If It would be great if it could be reversed! It would be great if it was me who was young forever, and painting was the one who grew old! For this, I would give everything I have in this world! I would exchange my soul for it!"
It seems like a huge temptation to be forever young...especially for those who have been through the ages. Looking back, youth is always good.
It is a pity that this yearning is false. It is the happiness that people long to add after having experience, and pure youth is not happiness. Twenty years ago, Yi Nengjing released Zhang Fangfei's self-titled album, in which she shouted "Youth is inherently hard", "I can't choose too many things, but I can't afford it".
This is the reality of adolescence. Many people didn't enjoy it at the time, they were just confused, lonely and helpless , such as the protagonist in this week's film.
Frank is a teenager who grew up in Brooklyn, New York. His father had cancer and he was bedridden for many years. His mother was independent and capable. In addition, he had a 10-year-old sister.
At the beginning of the film, he is taking a selfie with his phone in the mirror. The reflection of the light on the mirror properly obscures his face, and a close-up of his toned body, part, part, unfolds before our eyes with each flick of the light. If Xiao Xianrou had a spokesperson, it would probably be like this.
Frank, who was alone in the room, turned on the computer and entered the gay video social networking site. He browsed the live broadcast rooms, watching those strange men standing or sitting, still or moving, or arrogant or boring. Frank chose an uncle who looked ordinary. "Show me your dick," he said.
Instigated by his uncle, Frank decided to meet offline. This is his first date.
Like being turned over by the emperor to be a concubine, before going out, he lifted dumbbells to practice instant muscles, trimmed his hair, and washed his body carefully.
After such careful preparations, the other party he met was a complete diaosi, leading Frank all the way to the wild where he could not see his fingers, and finished it while standing.
Of course, Frank also had an appointment with a "gentleman" who would drive him to a house.
Facing the old driver, he looked shy: dodge, smirk, and be overwhelmed.
After going to bed, they couldn't figure out their position at all, and the two of them tossed and turned on the bed.
Frank wasn't even sure he was gay.
At the fireworks show, the beautiful girl took the initiative to approach him and went home with him that night.
Faced with the girl's "do you think I'm beautiful?" flirting, Frank couldn't hold back the impatience in his heart, and buckled the leopard-print underwear that the girl had taken off on his chest (muscle), and learned in a high voice, "What do you think? am I pretty". The girl ran away in shame.
The next day, Frank, who had calmed down, politely apologized to the girl, and the two started dating.
And this communication is not the kind of dry wood and fire of young people in the summer vacation, but it is erotic and ceremonial.
When it was time to go to bed, Frank urinated into the bathroom to quickly DIY, and then ran back to bed, which was considered to have completed the task.
The girl took a group photo of a standard couple on ins with him, and he cooperated expressionlessly, thinking in his heart: he can make a business with his mother.
Frank's life was aimless, his day wasted vaping, smoking marijuana, and dozing around with his brother.
Seeing someone criticize the structure of the film, "Drugs, sex, and vaping are repeated three times?"
I'm sorry, this is youth with no choice in life!
Brothers will comment on Frank's girlfriend, whether it's a wife or not, ass size. Frank didn't follow suit.
The channel of desire cannot be forcibly changed. At his father's funeral, Frank, who was sitting in the church, couldn't help but take out the Jesus card in the front seat pocket and kept rubbing the nude portrait of Jesus.
In false behavior, the true self tries to reveal itself. Under the entanglement of inner demons, Frank couldn't help but ask his girlfriend what she thought of the sexual behavior between the two men. Girlfriend looks disgusted, that is gay.
On a date, Frank, who was taking his girlfriend to a bar, met his friend who was a bartender.
The other party was calm and politely served the wine. Frank's girlfriend also thought that it was because of her beauty that she drank the free wine and was overjoyed.
Frank, who knew the truth, started to get weird. He insisted on paying, left his girlfriend alone on the dance floor, and tried to run to a small room with his girlfriend once, and then he gave up.
Frank doesn't know who he is.
He attached great importance to the collective sense of belonging, and even encouraged his companions to pretend to be gay to cheat free leaves. Here's another lie: When there's nothing to smoke, I'll pretend to be gay online.
As a result, a cannon buddy that Frank made an online appointment became cannon fodder.
In the comments of this film, some people said that it is better for female directors not to touch gay themes, and some people said that women are really good at shooting gay pornography.
I think in this 98-minute film, the director is very accurate in conveying the emotions through those hormonal close-ups.
What is special about this film is that it focuses more on reflecting the characters through portraits, actions and behaviors than character dialogues and storylines, like lyrical prose poems.
Harris Dickinson, a London boy nominated for Breakthrough Actor of the Year at the Gotham Independent Film Awards for this film, has a tough and chiseled appearance. Maybe because he is playing a Brooklyn teenager, some shots will feel a little hip-hop Kris Wu. 's tune. Madeleine Weinstein, who plays the heroine's girlfriend, is also a super beauty, with a look like "Wonder Woman" Gadot, and a little Lady Gaga's face. - Both are like fashion blockbusters for the event.
Behind the beauty and sensuality of youth presented in the film is loneliness, clumsiness, and struggle. At that time, every inch of growth hurts.
Frank is not a bad guy, although his summer is R-rated, "Husky by day, Teddy by night", his heart is pure. It is undeniable that in the self-exploration experiment, between uncertain options, he will hurt others. But even this kind of damage comes from vulnerability, not aggressiveness.
Some people question whether it is outdated to talk about deep cabinets and identity barriers in this era when gay marriage has been legalized?
For the times, maybe. But for Frank himself, living in a family where his father was seriously ill and dying, as the only man left in the family, his mother and sister needed him to protect. Friends around him can't give him a safe environment to come out of the closet. The buddy culture of Brooklyn teenagers suppressed Frank like unspoken rules. If you tell the truth, you may get humiliation, rejection, and even attack. By contrast, the ease of coming out may be fleeting.
The gender belief system and cognitively narrow social environment made Frank even more lonely, who had nowhere to speak. This feeling of loneliness was further deepened by each of his lies.
If the attentive audience, will find the hidden plot in the film: in Frank's brothers, the little guy who is not good-looking is also a deep cabinet.
This hidden plot proves the pressure of the environment that teenagers of that age live in, and it can't help but sigh: If we can be honest, can we all be liberated, at least comfort each other?
＊Insert song here: Yi Nengjing - Youth is bitter
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References:
Li Liming, Zhao Bihua: The influence of homosexuality's perception of public attitude on loneliness: the moderating effect of coming out status
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