Director Xavier Dolan is more like a poet, his poems are gorgeous and beautiful, like rotting flowers, with truth that penetrates the soul. The opening music is like an electric shock, telling us that this is not an ordinary story. But later, I found that this is a story that almost everyone will experience, experiencing depression, confusion, searching, not being understood, and finally becoming more and more determined. "The world is full of restlessness, and everyone is eager to be freed from their shackles." - At the end of the Nietzsche film, Lawrence and Frederick meet in a dimly lit bar. Red hair. At this time, they were no longer hysterical, perhaps tired of being noisy, and they even chatted about family things like an old friend. Until Lawrence broke the surface peace: "Xiao Fu, are you happy?" Lawrence is a more and more straightforward and brave person, because he has been suppressed for more than 30 years, he no longer wants to live that kind of life, he decides to dance When he came out, he had to dare to puncture the abscesses under the skin. Although pus would flow out and everything would become dirty, he knew that if he wanted to change, he had to endure these things. One day the wound would heal, and he would become more and more ill. more certain.
And Xiao Fu seems to be confident and forthright, she has her timidity, she can't bear the strange eyes of others, and she is not wrong. After Laurent confessed herself, she was completely lost and confused because she loved Laurence so much. In her opinion, Lawrence deceived her and hurt her badly. "You can't have both." The boring life after marriage was still not what she wanted. She began to be irritable and depressed again. When he learned that Lawrence had been paying attention to her, she was ignited again. But she was too lucky, she thought her husband didn't know, and in the end, even a stable life was lost. And the Lawrence she wanted would never get.
In the end, they each pushed open their doors and stood among the autumn leaves flying all over the sky. Brilliant, depressed, chaotic... This is the life they have faced and will face in the future. The difference is still the reaction of the two people. Xiao Fu quickened his pace and even started to run, as if the autumn leaves were like Lawrence, and she wanted to get rid of it as soon as possible. And Lawrence stood in the autumn leaves, his eyes seemed to be looking at the direction that Xiao Fu ran away, and he seemed to be looking at the unpredictable future.
The shooting here is very freehand. There are many such shooting techniques in the film. I love Dolan's aesthetics, which is really poetic! No wonder the male protagonist is set as a poet, the film is like a poem, and the characters are poetic.
A few poetic clips: Black butterflies fly out of Lawrence's mouth. I think that what Lawrence felt at this time was not the anger and sadness after Fei's derailment, but freedom, and his guilt towards Fei disappeared. And the room was soaked by the pouring water. After marriage, Fred hates a life without passion, and Lawrence's poems and hints, like a heavy rain, or the sea that swept ashore, made her finally realize what she wanted; then, they eloped to Black Island, The music sounded, and they walked freely on the black island, and the sky was filled with countless colorful clothes. Clothes, a label that can reveal the true identity of the male protagonist, he is like the male protagonist's armor, and he "revolution" with the male protagonist...
This is the first Dolan movie I've seen, love it. It's like a dream. Similar filming techniques remind me of "The Shining" and the American drama "Legion".
Just rambling, that's the end of it.
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