I write a long film review because the quotes are too many to fit in a short review. After watching this film, it is nothing more than some popular feelings, which I wrote in a diary.
When Andrew was having dinner with his family (probably relatives, etc.) in Poppers, there was a conversation like this:
-Charlie Parker didn't know anybody till Jo Jones threw a cymbal at his head.
-So that's your idea of success?
-I think being the greatest musician of the 20th century is anybody's idea of success.
-Dying broke and drunk and full of heroin at the age of 34 is not exactly my idea of success.
-I'd rather die drunk, broke at 34 and have people at dinner table talk about me, than live to be rich and sober at 90 and nobody remember who I was.
In addition to Charlie Parker, as far as I can remember, there are Chet Baker, jelly rolls... and of course Little Walter in the film. It's okay to say that they are self-inflicted or abandoned by the times without innovation. After all, it is a smash hit and a downfall. Suddenly I remember someone in the Beatles said a word, to the effect that their success is only because the times chose them. After watching this film, there is a feeling that no matter how sophisticated the screenwriter is, it can't match the sense of historical reality. Especially when the last subtitles appear line by line, there will be a heavy sense of time that makes you have to re-examine every plot of the movie. This is all the history that really happened to the stars that once shone in the sky. They rose up by chance, some were quenched for no reason, some flashed outside and inside, and some fell and the dust was regarded as garbage. The dramatic ending of Boss Chess may also be a kind of arrangement in the movie. In short, maybe history has always been like this, the oligarchs who follow the trend, the actors whose audience is flowing.
On the other hand, I have seen a lot of movies that reflect racial discrimination in the United States. Although they have now turned some of their attention to the issue of women's rights, they have to admit that the discrimination embodied in this film is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. I think it may be because the film is interspersed with a lot of factual phenomena. Thinking of the fierce hunting of the Wind River Valley some time ago, this is the bloody fact, full of impact. In contrast, the forced feminist design in some films is uncomfortable. (It's not that I'm against feminism, I have 400% respect for all women and all abilities. But the outline of anything is really offensive.) Although the theme of the film is the rise and fall of the blues, there is also a sense of racism. Silent protest (Etta's experience may also have a bit of a feminist dimension), it's clear that the history of the blues is held up by people of color.
Go ahead so much nonsense. No matter what you think, I think this movie is pretty cool~
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