Well, boys don't cry....

Kelsie 2022-03-27 09:01:06

why not? We are the pursuit of beauty, what kind of feeling can exist forever? Might as well just do it once, and then freeze it.

Brandon's story has been the subject of countless magazines and has been made into a documentary to screen at gay film festivals. Kimberly Pierce's "Boys Don't Cry" dramatizes the story while keeping the main plot real, making each of the main characters three-dimensional -- she even unearths the humanity in John and Tom. The film uses a very realistic approach to explore the ambivalence of the young American generation. Behind the chaos, lust and murder, we see a brave man searching for love, himself, and a place to call home. The lyrical way is not ostentatious, and the feelings of the actors are also very delicate. Hilary Swank's performance gave people an earth-shattering surprise, and the Oscar-winning actress was well deserved. "Boys Don't Cry" also has some flaws, and the director's description of the protagonist is not sufficient. It seems like she found too many inconsistencies in her research on Brandon to get to the heart of a woman who sees herself as a man rather than a gay. Brandon is ultimately portrayed as a victim, the object of his friends' inner fears, rather than a fully understood man. The real emotional center of the film is Lana, which is also Chloe Sevigny's best performance to date.

Below is a little bit of my opinion. . . .

Freud said that both men and women have castration complexes. I think if the castration is a little more serious, it will become a transgender like Brandon Tina. She has a girl's body, but she imagines a boy Love a girl the same way, Lana, I don’t know if she had been given a choice at the beginning, and if the times and social circumstances allowed, let her love a girl like a girl, I wonder if she would still be classified as a heterosexual, said It might end up being a homosexual, but at the same time, facts have proved that no matter what social environment, transsexuals exist, so let’s think Brandon is a transgender for the time being.

After watching this film, it seems that what we should think about is love. Love knows no age, love knows no borders, and love knows no gender. These are not the original intentions of the author I got. In my opinion, I am more What should be discovered is the whole process of love, which is super bright and super simple, that is, two people face each other, even if there is only one person who really meets the eye at that moment, the short-term troubles, anxiety, and loneliness will definitely be met. To drive the production of this substance called love, people have been exploring how love is produced for thousands of years. Today, I finally dare to speculate that love itself is also a transformation. . .

Like the several transformations it breeds, I haven't really seen that kind of love, it's really pure and simple. And love, compared to a more powerful substance, human nature, seeking newness, is definitely a lot weaker, so I conclude that the reason why the love between Lana and Brandon in the film is wonderful is entirely because of them The wonderful feeling of the scene was blocked by the outside world in time, and it directly entered the transformation phase of the memory fragment. Things will not change again. The wonderful scene before has become a beautiful memory that will always exist with the disappearance of one's life, and it will no longer be like Like ubiquitous love, overwhelmed by time or new things, it has become a complete testimony, a testimony to beauty on both sides, imagine if it didn't happen that way, or Brandon took Lana, and it won't be a few years, or Due to external pressure, or due to changes in the pursuit of both parties, love is always changing, relying, supporting, drawing, opposing, BREAKUP...or he failed to take Lana away, the good feeling can be maintained for a period of time, after it has been transformed into longing , Brandon is bound to come back, things change, and they can't control it, or Lana already has new worries, a new chance to find love, or Lana doesn't, then things go back to the original starting point , no matter when Brandon comes back, the ending is the same as the above two. . . inevitable tragedy.

So the freeze frame mentioned earlier is a good way to maintain love. why not? We are the pursuit of beauty, what kind of feeling can exist forever? Might as well just do it once, and then freeze it.

02/02/2016

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Boys Don't Cry quotes

  • Brandon: Lana, you are one cranky girl.

    Lana: Yeah, well, you'd be cranky, too, Mister I'm Going To Memphis Graceland Tennessee, if you were stuck in a town where there's nothing to do but go bumper skiing and chase bats every night of your evil fucking life.

  • Lana: God, I hate my life.

    Lana's Mom: [drunk on the sofa] Lana?

    Brandon: I hate your life, too.