The film is adapted from Cherie Currie's memoirs, she is the protagonist of the story for granted. But because Joan Jett joined the production, because of her later musical achievements, and because of Christine Stewart's wonderful performance, the audience's expectation of "Happy Ending" was fulfilled in the role of Joan Jett.
In contrast, some foreign film critics think that Dakota Fanny's performance is not convincing enough. I don't think she has the ability to become Cherie Currie, but this Cherie is more like the director's personal setting. During the promotion of the film, Cherie Currie mentioned more than once that the script deleted the plot of her being sexually assaulted, or that the paragraph was missing. To be honest, few people really care about her story.
To me, the post-designated "interest" (sometimes not necessarily pleasant) is to watch how Dakota Fanny interprets the movie version of Cherie Currie. It's not that Christine Stewart's performance is not brilliant enough, this is her most dazzling role so far. However, Dakota Fannie created an invisible division on the topic of coming of age girl growth that the director is concerned about.
It is definitely a difficult challenge to interpret the 15-year-old Dakota Fannie, who is also 15-year-old but who has grown over age. Christine Stewart is four or five years older than Dakota Fanny. In fact, Joan Jett is only one year older than Cherie Currie. For example, the protagonist in the recent "An Education" is only 16 years old. At least Carey Mulligan
, who is in his twenties, is competent to get a smart and precocious girl heart. I think the director is pinning Dakota Fanny’s body, not just To squeeze out Cherie Currie's young and mature, on the contrary, let her moderately radiate Dakotafenni's innocence and fragility, and let us have a little more sympathy for the protagonist of the story.
The first act of the movie is Cherie's first scripture dripping on the asphalt road, foretelling the growth price paid by the girl's body. The movie took a lot of space to establish her family background. The audience generally understands that little girls haunting nightclubs are her way of finding a way out. And Joan Jett, who also appeared in nightclubs, was portrayed as a single-minded believer of rock music.
There is an essential gap between Cherie's recognition of music and the members of the orchestra. She performed David Bowie’s work at school and was cheered by her classmates; the slow song she prepared before the audition was teased by the members of the non-self literary category; even though the whole group was struggling, she wanted to listen to Don Mclean’s "Starry Starry Night" The wish was also stopped.
The agent confessed from the beginning that she (only) the appearance of the orchestra. There is a snippet mentioning how Cherie accepts this mission in an acknowledgment. She looks like Xiaojiabiyu ironing clothes at home, and her agent called to inform her that she was going to accept an interview with a Japanese magazine for photography. The clothes were scorched by accident, and in the next second she wore a revealing black vest and short pants, posing seductively. The grandmother was so angry that the photographer was deliberately treated as a fun section, but I jumped out of the movie all of a sudden, and I felt unwilling to give up Dakota Fanny: In my eyes, she was just a child.
The rock music defined by the agent is the spokesperson of the dark heart, but how can ordinary people maintain a high and intense musical mood from time to time? Sex and drugs have become the best support. When she was young, Cherie Currie always had overdose in her eyes, but when she was middle-aged, her eyes were sober. The drug shots in the film are far more shocking to the average parents than the sex shots. Drug use provides explanations for all behaviors, including the skin close to Joan Jett in the film.
This scene takes place in the singing on the ice rink. Changed to be the lead singer of Joan Jett, Cherie's misty eyes keep looking around Joan Jett with the lens, and the surrounding photography creates a sense of dazzling. Joan Jett took a puff of cigarette (marijuana?) into Cherie's mouth, leading to a kiss between the two. Next is a close-up close-up of psychedelic but universal. We know what's going on, it's just the flow of lust with the help of drugs. The movie makes the audience think that this is Cherie's occasional behavior, but they are becoming accustomed to Joan Jett.
The key to the end of the orchestra is that Cherie leaves. The film confessed that Cherie's young body and mind cannot bear the pressure of career and life, and it also beautifies some courage that he does not want to be controlled by the high pressure of the agent. Joan Jett has always been the most humiliating member of the band. She is willing to endure everything because she loves music too much. The departure of Cherie liberated Joan Jett. She was forced to find another way out of pure music, without being attached to the packaging of the women's orchestra. "I Love Rock N Roll" is not just the title of a song, it is a declaration of her life's struggle.
At the end, Joan Jett was interviewed on the radio, and Cherie, who had washed the lead, called in from the small shop to say hello. I am a little skeptical of this character setting. Because Joan Jett’s song suit was about 1982. Although Cherie was not as good as the past, there were still opportunities for film and television performances before 1984, and she did not seem to have the kind of personality that can completely escape into ordinary people. . I think this is more like a curtain call ceremony specially arranged for Dakota Fanny, inadvertently reminding the audience that she is Cherie who is eager to grow up in the play, and she is still a well-behaved Dakota Fanny.
Speaking of female rock bands, those who are interested can further watch "Prey for Rock & Roll" starring Gina Gershon in 2003. A script written by rock musician Cheri Lovedog based on real experience. This group of women is no longer young, each has its own life problems. They have never made any achievements in the music career in their entire life, but their love of rock and roll has never ceased.
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