The Harlequin described by Beaumarchais said: "People are thirsty without drinking, and have (sexual) desires in the four seasons." Some people release their desires behind their backs, while others bring their desires to the table.
After watching the whole film, it directly tells about a failed theft case planned by several college students who are more ambitious than their age. But in fact, I don’t think that’s exactly the case. If we say that they act because they want to realize their own ideals, it is better to say that they are actually seeking pain and stimulation in this indifferent society.
At the beginning of the film, the director explained Spencer's character in an interview. The interviewer wanted to know his character at first, but he thought he was asking about his family situation. It was like moving out of his shelter. Prevailing the interviewer's question, but as to "what kind of person do you think you are as an artist", his eyes are blank and confused. The director inserted Spencer's performance with his classmates in college here, very Obviously, the question raised by the students is a question that can fully reflect personal character and opinion, but he said the standard answer like copying a dictionary and was spurned. What's more, he feels that all great works of art are based on mental pain and sorrow. In the shadows of these great men, he does not see the source of inspiration for their real creations. It is a pool of stagnant water to accidentally find a lotus with fallen seeds, and it is a stranded one. The tadpoles of despair are drawn out by the water waves, because they live in an unbearable reality, and people will cherish these small and sporadic beauty more. In the eyes of outsiders, this is a child with a normal family environment, and as an "artist", perhaps this extremely bland comfort can stifle all inspirations in the sparks that have not yet erupted.
I personally make a bold guess. Spencer's first idea of stealing this painting was not because of the value of the painting (Warren is the one who really cares about the value). What he presented to everyone was not right. The desire for money, but sees itself in this painting. Flamingos like to live in groups, and in this painting, only one is drinking water far away from the group. The director didn't give the painting a full close-up, but he did intentionally feature Spencer's body language, which he longed for. So I told this idea to Warren, the male protagonist of this film. I guess Warren in real life is a funny person who dares to love and hate. Look at the tattoos on his own body, I think he is the one on the tattoo. Tyrannosaurus rex, trying to turn off the fan that symbolizes a step-by-step life course. That's why he can steal food with a sense of justice, and he can only scolded his father "are you fucking crying" when his parents suddenly divorced. But this daring to love and dare to hate character directly pulled Spencer and others into this sewer.
One of the four in the film spends their time talking about how they planned the theft and their inner struggles with the operation. And the most bug-like part of the film is the theft. In the library that houses the rarest Auduban prints in the world, there is only an old aunt who works part-time as a commentator and administrator, while in the library management After the officers were bound by the attack, screaming and struggling, and the boys spent most of their time looking for keys, moving books, and smashing glass, no one came to ask. It seems to be the most unreasonable place in this film, but I believe this is a small trick played by the director, because it does not affect the nervous heartbeat of the audience when watching the film, and it also exacerbates this sense of fear, because every Everyone has ghosts in their hearts. This empty space where no one comes up to ask questions is a time bomb that the director buried for the audience that will not detonate but is still ticking, but it forces the ghosts in people's hearts out. The fear and imagination are left to the audience themselves. (ps fast-forwarded a bit when I was watching part of it because I was too scared, this is obviously not a horror movie TT)
The thing that struck me the most in the movie was the kids' struggles with hurting the librarian. Just imagine that in China, let alone just being tied up, it is possible to kill people in a hurry. It can be seen that other countries with human rights awareness are much stronger than us. In the end, we saw the belonging of these people after being released from prison, as if we saw the tolerance of this society.
Finally, I would like to say that the director used a semi-documentary form to present this film, which is very novel, but let's not talk about it. Many film critics have said it, so I just add hehe
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