First, the movie
a lot of people commented that the film took quite bad, nothing exciting. I understand it very well, because from a film perspective, compared to other rock-themed movies with more expressive power, it is indeed more modest. The touchable problems are covered up, and the touched problems are not at the point.
But looking at it as a whole, its film quality is actually weakened by its musicality, so you will find that it is not a stunning movie in terms of screenwriting or directing, but it has been performed in a few live shows. In terms of interpretation, the degree of reduction is extremely high. You can compare the performance videos of The Runaways in the early years. Costumes, appearances, and even when to scream and shake their heads are all followable. Before the filming started, the two leading actors, KS and Fanning, spent more than half a month with Joan and Cherie stayed together, practising singing skills and electric guitar, trying to reproduce as much as possible. The four people often communicated on the set, so that the staff sometimes couldn't tell which was an actor and which was a real person. See After the film was completed, both Joan and Cherie themselves expressed that they seemed to fall into a dream and return to the past.
It can be seen that it is the director Floria’s MV pattern that has affected her film vision, or Joan Jett, who is in the production of the film, is not interested in this. The fact is that the film focuses more on the restoration of the escape band and the main creators. At the beginning, I was not pursuing the big picture, deep proposition, scheming and unexpectedness of a sophisticated film. Its motive is like a rock and roll, pure and lovely.
2. Rock
When it comes to the music of this film, I actually feel the same with many people. Even junior music fans know that Joan Jett is the soul of escape. However, because the film is adapted from Cherie's autobiography, the protagonist is naturally Cherie, and Jett has a sense of existence. Too strong and unable to give up, in the end, it is inevitable that people will be strong. My big Jett actually became a big green leaf for 90 minutes, and finally it feels like a mother-in-law. This is indeed a flaw in the choreographer, so I won't repeat it.
What's more regrettable is that some of Jett's classic hymns eventually become the ending songs. I have a sense of premature ejaculation that it is clear that this is the main film but is already rolling in the cast. This feeling may be just like the whole trajectory of the escape band, and also like the star journey of the lead singer Cherie. In the rock music of the 1960s and 70s in the United States, not all bands can stand as strong as Kiss and Guns N'Roses, and more Many are like fleeing, fireworks are easy to cold, short-lived. The film did not use too much pen to explore the reasons for the failure of these bands, but directly attributed to Cherie's withdrawal. From many details, it is not difficult to see that Cherie’s passion for rock comes from the rebellion of youth. This rebellion is temporal. Basically, rock is more like her tool to rebel against the world. Her heart is a contradiction, so she will be When listening to "stary stary night", I feel lost. After being lost in drugs for too long, I suddenly want to regain my life. People who live with folk songs and rock in their souls cannot hesitate.
Jett is more obsessive and pure in music, and more self-controlling. To be honest, at the end I saw her writing words in the bathtub (mi water?), wearing her pants, rubbing her guitar on the bed and arranging the music. When the "I Love Around the Keng" in the background sounded, my goose bumps burst. , The burst of power in a young body will really move you. After the escape and disbanding, guitarist Lita Ford released his heavy metal album three years later. The sales were very good. Joan Jett, as everyone knows, is still active in the music scene.
3. Women's rights
Why do you say that rock and roll comes first, and women's rights come behind? First of all, there is no doubt that rock is the way for these girls to conquer the world. From the posters of Iggy pop and David Bowie plastered all over the wall at home, and the imitation competition of being thrown bread, they know that they are also a generation inspired and guided by rock idols. Feminism was behind, because the runaway band was formed in 1975, when the second round of feminism was popular. As the first female punk band in history, they have to be said to be an emerging force for feminism. The movement injected a wide range of actions. And Joan Jett has also become a very important symbol in the later Riot Grrl (violent girl, feminist punk). It can be said that there is no escape band, and the history of women's rock music will be postponed for many years.
But according to the film, they actually walked a bit sadly on the road of feminism. Their original intention was to build a women's rock band to prove that women can do what men can do. It is a pity that under Kim's packaging and the incitement of public opinion, the later escape only aggravated male power. With repeated hype of beautiful chicks, ecstasy scenes, and bold lyrics as selling points, the image of the band gradually changed from a "cherry bomb" to a meat bomb. It explored the sexy of women from a male perspective to win the madness of men. This is incompatible with feminism. Values actually run counter to each other. What followed was the slander of public opinion, the blurring of the focus of music, and the pressure of dissolution can be imagined.
Kim has repeatedly emphasized that the spirit of rock and roll comes from anger. In fact, what I feel when watching this movie is not the beauty of the chicks, but more of their resistance and struggle, from rebelling against patriarchy, to rebelling against pornographic packaging, to rebelling against market public opinion. Almost throughout the whole process, instead of walking on the edge of the era like this, perhaps Cherie's exhausted lead is indeed a more comfortable posture.
Three, too illusory
I finally wrote this part. I feel that the style of painting here will change. Ah, it's still more serious. As long as you simply browse the short commentary, you will find that in addition to the protagonist Fanning's stunning style and character contrast, the most discussed is KS's full T Faner. As someone who has never watched Twilight and did not plan to watch it, the first time I saw KS was in "Into the Wild". The 17-year-old KS surprised the wilderness, and there are road movies like "On the Road". I want to say even KS’s bags under her eyes are appropriately decadent. She was born in that way, okay? It’s hard to imagine why such a temperament would go to a Twilight youth drama, but think about Twilight talking about vampires, which is probably the same as her gothic temperament. Dip it.
In fact, both KS and Fanning have average CP in my eyes, but a scene in the pulley ML really made me bloody, with the Yinhong-colored lights, and the fresh like a peach Fanning was wearing childlike roller skates. Rubbing on the wall, the guy next door was tempted to pounce on him, Xiao Fan turned his head to look at Xiao K with disdain, the background sounded "I Wanna Be Your Dog" by The Stooges, and the hormonal pheromone exploded exponentially, dizzy. The magical atmosphere is life-threatening, and then the classic sultry puff of smoke was staged. Oh shit was drunk, and the filming technique behind the bed sheet also implemented the drug and sexual reactions, and it felt like going to the sky.
I really want to thank the famous MV director Floria Sigismondi for his expressiveness. Speaking of which, Floria has filmed a lot of MVs for various big rock names. The MV for David Bowie’s new song "The Next Day" last year was also very interesting. It can be said that the director That absurd beauty creates the psychedelic temperament of the film.
Rock is always linked to hallucinogens to a large extent, so some people think that this segment is actually a drug effect and there is no sex. I don’t want to argue about the protagonist’s sexual orientation. In fact, gay is very common in the rock industry, and the movie does not require it. The meaning of avoidance, the audience is willing to deceive themselves. As for many friends who are waiting for Little K to come out, I think we are hallucinated by the atmosphere of the movie, whether it is "Brokeback Mountain", "La vie d'Adèle" or the domestically produced "Butterfly", but the world is imprisoned and hindered. Your love will give you the pain of reality, and even the beautiful fragments are like untouchable illusions. You need to break free from the shackles of the flesh, swim into short-lived dreams, and pursue the desire of the cerebral cortex. Therefore, excellent same-sex movies often make people immersed in sweetness or sorrow for a long time, and instead cast expectations on rps.
And the transition between true and false, between the false and the real, is also the living state of most comrades in reality. Where can we "accommodate weird people" and when can we "hold hands and swim too empty"? Before sexual orientation becomes commonplace, If you want to come out, you have to use the courage of Joan's innocent heart. If you want to hide it, you must have Cherie's determination to face the ordinary life.
But our vision for the future is still as the song sang, "To be together in two hundred years, we should not be afraid that others will not be convinced." Not only gay equality, feminism, but also any little thing we insist on in life, and the spiritual power of rock and roll are all connected, just like people often ask whether the greatest band is the Beatles or the Rolling Stones, and they think they are not. , But those bands that have been creating for decades, whether in the corner of the flyover or in the underground garage, even if they are unknown, they still insist on their rock and roll philosophy and continue to create. Sincerity will not rise with the admiration of all people, and will not end because no one listens. Sincerity stems from the reality that you want to be yourself, and finally you don't want to contend.
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