This is a huge and delicate film. In other words, Yang Dechang used frame by frame details to pave the way for the breathless historical group portraits of Taipei in the 1960s. It was as small as a short blade used by a Japanese woman in the past, which was pulled out by Elvis from the ceiling of his old Japanese house. In the end, it became Xiao Si stabbed Xiao Ming to death, and it was also the murder weapon that announced his idealistic dream was finally shattered. . If such trivial but heavy details are presented one by one, they can be written into a reportage. Therefore, the length of the 237-minute film does have the confidence that it runs counter to the mainstream rules and the patience of the audience. In fact, "Guling Street Teenage Murder" does not have the so-called "boring" of the feature film at all. It feels like this story is getting more and more fascinating, and it makes people tremble more and more in advance for this foreseen tragedy.
Although speaking of this film, it is always impossible to avoid its specific historical environment, and many film critics have explained the political wrangling behind it in great detail. However, I prefer to narrow this historical picture, because even just focusing on the personal growth history of these teenage boys is enough to make people linger and ponder.
I want to talk about Honey first. This little park boss who only appeared in the public in the first half, but died unexpectedly and tragically in the end, has become a very important role in the transformation of the character of the little four in the limited playing time. of a person. Maybe many girls have fantasized about falling in love with the all-powerful boss in school when they were teenagers. This person may be vicious and vulgar, but he must also be moral, fierce, and secretly following another set of idealism that deviates from the norms of school education. Honey is one such person, and come to think of it, so do the bosses in many of our favorite gangster movies.
"...I was in Tainan, and I was so bored that I could read several martial arts novels a day. Later, I asked them to rent the thickest novels for me to read. In fact, the people in the past are really similar to the people we come out to hang out with now. There was an old man, everyone thought he was taking the wrong medicine. I remember, it seemed that the whole city turned their heads and was set on fire everywhere. He was going to block Napoleon by himself, but he was caught by the smuggler.' "And Peace', I don't remember the titles of other martial arts books, I only remember this one..."
Honey's appearance is actually a bit funny, with navy uniforms, exaggerated flared trousers, and a big-boy hoodie Wearing a coat... This outfit looks very funny on a childish face, but he is not pretending to be an old man, but interpreting his "martial arts" novels and his own heroism in a stubborn form. So in the end, as written in "War and Peace", he really went to the 217 scene alone; so his brief appearance and heroic death made him the decisive and eternal idol in Xiao Si's heart. In Xiao Si's final confession to Xiao Ming, he said, "Only I can help you, because now I am Honey." Honey's loyalty, stubbornness, and his naive ideal of trying to change the surrounding, after his death, he plunged deeply into Xiao Si's heart.
What kind of person is Xiao Si? Zhang Zhen himself said in the interview that he was originally a very lively child, but after playing this role, he gradually became quiet and taciturn. Xiao Si is a child who can make people silent, crying too lightly and resentment is too heavy. I always liked the poster with the theme of Xiao Ming reflected in Xiao Si's eyes, but I really dare not look him in the eyes. At the beginning of the movie, the fourth student is a good student by standard, perhaps because of the mistakes in the examination papers, he entered the night club of Jianzhong. There is a metaphor that runs through here, which is the living state of a ray of light (Xiao Si) in the darkness (Night Division). Many details of the film point to this metaphor, such as the flashlight Xiao Si took on the set (including the fact that he was stabbed to death in the end). Xiao Ming returned the flashlight to the studio before), and Xiao Si's family has been trying to get him to transfer to the day department (return to the bright world)...the list goes on and on.
Xiao Si inherited his father's upright and upright personality. When he first entered the night club, although he was surrounded by chaotic small gang struggles, his participation was not high, but he was more interested in the school's studio. Xiao Si has always been clear about the evil of this world, but just like his father, watching and accepting, as long as he doesn't mess with himself, he can still live in peace in the world. If Xiao Ming's appearance aroused the desire for love and possessiveness in his heart, no matter how intense this emotion is, it will not trigger subsequent murders. Like I said before, it was Honey, and it was Honey who made Xiao Si begin to have a clear hatred for the evil in the world. He no longer stood on the sidelines indifferently, and the blow when he was reprimanded after insulting the health teacher shattered the electric light in the discipline office and shattered his student status, but it was the first sound of his official confrontation with the world. In the fire of revenge for Honey, he also took up his weapon and faced Shandong, who was rolling and struggling under his feet. He was a little scared, but he asked directly, "Did you kill Honey?" The idealism was born out of nowhere, and he was determined to change the dirty existence around him and change this dirty world.
So, when he learned the fact that Xiao Ming, who was as pure as an angel in his heart, actually attached himself to different boys, friendship and love fell apart. At that time, he was angry and confused, but there was still a glimmer of hope. He directly told Xiao Ming about this hope and told her that it could be changed! However, Xiao Ming said:
"It turns out that you are just like them. You are good to me. You just want to exchange my feelings for you, so that you will feel at ease? ... I am just like this world, and this world will not change."
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At this point, the belief in which all his ideals were pinned collapsed in Xiao Ming's understatement.
Then, he killed her. Swearing loudly: "You are useless, you!"
As a girl, Xiao Ming is a character that makes me a little ashamed to admit her authenticity, because this seems to be admitting the precociousness and or more that I once had. or less scheming. Xiao Ming's family background is very typical. His father died early, and his mother was sick. In order to make a living, he had to live under the shelter of others all year round and live a life of no fixed place. In this world, Xiao Ming has nothing to rely on, which forced her to understand prematurely that her beautiful and pure appearance is the best bargaining chip to use when dealing with the misfortunes of life.
She sells ignorant love to the little Taibaos in exchange for her own status and sense of security; she sells unrequited desires to the little doctor in exchange for her mother's medical bills. She lost her carefree girlishness early and accepted the "instrumentality" of being a woman.
Does she have real feelings for Honey and Xiao Si? I think there is. Even in my opinion, it was their ideal colors that attracted the girl's attention. After all, people always want to approach the light, especially those marginalized people who have been confined to the darkness for a long time. A flash of light. However, compared to the cruel laws of this world, this light is too weak, as weak as the electric light in the 217 stronghold that always goes out.
For Xiao Ming, this is far from enough to salvage her from the quagmire. Honey's death, on the contrary, confirms the social norm she believes in: the world will not change. Therefore, she will not change. It seems that the whole world is supporting her, full of confidence. As if saying: "Look, there's nothing wrong with what I'm doing."
Every young man who was focused on by the camera in "Guling Street Teenage Murder" has a very distinct personality. Elvis' straightforward loyalty, slick bullying, Xiaohu's vicious and gloomy, Xiaocui's cynicism, and even Xiaoma, his arrogant and domineering, contempt for women but sincere and contradictory to friends are also very impressive.
As the opening subtitle says:
"Around the 38th century of the Republic of China, millions of Chinese moved to Taiwan with the Nationalist government. The vast majority of these people are just for a stable job and a stable future for the next generation. However, during the growth
process of the next generation, they find that their parents are living in the unknown and fear of the future. These teenagers, in this uneasy atmosphere, often organize gangs to strengthen their young and weak The will to survive." In the
end, these teenagers called "Little Taibao", no matter how hard they swear, how disdainful their expressions, and how loud they slap, they are actually covering up their unease and weakness. On the other hand, isn't each of us fighting the world in our own way? When did you lay down your weapons and compromise with the world?
When the Blu-ray disc first came out, a friend pre-ordered it online early, and he said something like: "This is the "Guling Street Teenage Murder Case"!"
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