Closer to home, after watching it, I really don't understand why this is classified as a gay movie. That's right, it's the feelings of two men, and then I understand that it's a man's wishful thinking about another man. But the problem is that the emotional portrayal of Mike's dependence and persistence on Scott's relationship is also applicable to love between men and women, and to any two people in the world who are entangled in love and being loved.
Faced with Scott’s childish joy and tension, Mike said in front of his lover like dust, "I love you and you don’t have to pay", the low-profile but extremely sincere confession, and he wailed without scruples around his lover. All emotional expressions and behavioral manifestations are "love", but they are by no means limited to the same sex. Therefore, there is still that attitude, there is no difference between heterosexuality and homosexuality, there are so-called "love", regardless of whether the other half of a man is a man or a woman, Our other half are lovers.
However, even if gender is not an obstacle to love, it does not mean that there is no other distance between lovers. The difference in living conditions between marginalized groups and mainstream groups reflected in the movie, as well as the difference between the two How the disparate family background led to their final separation is an insurmountable distance.
Scott comes from a famous family. He mixes among these homeless people. He said that it sounds good is more of a life experience. If it is bad, it means that you can eat and have nothing to do. It seems that life is uninhibited, but he has good control over people and things. He can be a male prostitute as a foil to the "mayor's son", but he can't simply be a male prostitute. His so-called professionalism about male prostitutes is precisely due to his situation and playfulness. The messing with Mike and others is just a part of life. It was an episode when he was young. He can withdraw and leave at any time, call a pause at any time, throw away his old jacket and wear three suits at any time.
But Mike is different. Contrary to Scott’s sense of emptiness because he has too much, he is lost because he has nothing and can’t find any way out. The male prostitute is not his entertainment, but his entire life. He can’t see it in chaos. People can't help but scold Fuck life. Seeing Mike muttering to the sky and the road, the appearance of the innocent child talking to the puppies on the side of the road suddenly remembered a cynical man in a certain movie saying: In this dirty world, I only sell my body, not my body. soul. The sense of contradiction and inner conflict of a person who can't agree with body and mind makes him decadent and weak.
Therefore, a person's original wealth interferes to a large extent and even determines his emotional strengths and weaknesses. It is difficult for a person to get rid of the class he belongs to, and he supports his class subconsciously. Scott's apparent defect made him more aware of his inevitable return. Mike has always been aware of this gap, so he is right In addition to the humble lover's humble status, there will inevitably be the humble status. If it were not for this difference, he might feel more secure. It is often said that the place of life is not a castle in a fairy tale but a modern city. The love of super-class is as difficult as love of super-gender.
Also want to talk about Keanu Reeves. Most of the attention of this film is on River Phonix. Of course, his beauty, his outstanding performance, and his fleeting misty early death of life make him too easy to become a legend and become a topic, but Keanu Reeves' performance is also It is definitely unforgettable. I even think that he perfectly interprets the perfect lover in Mike’s eyes. He is handsome, calm, and appealing in a small circle. When you fall asleep, he puts on you a coat. You are sad, even if you don’t think a man can love each other, he will give generously. With a hug, you will accompany you from Portland to Rome to find an image that may not really exist. Keanu Reeves's careless handsomeness is suitable for such a man who is easy to send and receive in character and life.
Of course, he may do these things out of fun to pass the time, rather than out of love for Mike, but it is not that important. It is not whether he loves Mike or not, but the important thing is that Mike thinks he is loved. , Mike was comforted here and now. For a person who is about to drown, a straw can also be grabbed. For Mike who has nothing, what courage does he have to hope for more besides a moment of self-suggestion and joy? Excessive deprivation made him too late for himself, too late to investigate and never look back. Moths fighting the fire are just a spiritual struggle, but the behavior is so peaceful, even when Scott left him for a girl. There is no retention. The reason for not staying is because I love him too much, and the peace is because the people who are really sad are those who are fighting with themselves in their hearts. The outside world is too indifferent to them, so they can only focus on their hearts.
At the end of the film is the funeral of two elderly people with different social status. One is the mayor's father of Scott, and the other is an old tramp who is also called the father by these boys on the street. One side of the funeral is pure, the visitors are black, polite and indifferent, the priest reads the Bible, solemnly enters the funeral, on the other side is the tramp in fancy clothes, the sound of random playing piano, the sound of quarreling and shouting, and the crying. The sound is like an impromptu party. I don’t want to criticize which way of life, but compared to the former’s rigid way of expressing feelings, the latter’s way of expressing feelings is so frank, sincere, true, and undisguised. At that moment, the wanton remembrance of the dead made this group of marginalized people finally Become an emotional winner. The death of the two old people even made me have strange associations. I thought this might herald the way Scott and Mike will die in the future, and the distance between births will continue after death.
What should I do? There is no way out in life, there is no way out in love, I can only love you at a distance. If, as people say, love is a matter for one person and love is a matter for two people, then love is lost to distance, but my love for you will not lose. I secretly speculated about the lonely, sad Mike's thoughts.
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