An experiential documentary, the filming makes you immersive, as if they are your friends, music, music is also full of memories, with nostalgia; it is also a personal documentary, but it is not just a record , it comes running at you with problems, domestic violence, skateboarding is a way for them to release stress. Skateboarding is a medium that brings these teenagers together. A documentary for several years, the lines are connected with all this, and the capacity is also very large. It is not only a personal record, but also contains things that can trigger social thinking.
Most of the time, the sound and picture are separated. On the one hand, the essence is gathered to the greatest extent, and the content is connected in series. The audio-visual aspect is not easy to be boring, and it can also present some of the details of the shooting. In addition, in my opinion, The separation of sound and picture also carries the meaning of the past, which is a period of time.
The characters are very comprehensive and influential, from the perspective of Asians, whites, blacks or children, wives, and mothers who have been abused. Or keire, a black friend who turned negative energy into positive energy; Zack, who grew up in a single-parent family who chose to avoid negative coping; nina. The stories of these characters are varied and representative, expanding the landscape of documentaries. There are news voiceovers in the film: Rockford, the number of people has plummeted, and crime problems, most of which are caused by domestic violence. I think the biggest success of this film is that it can resonate with the vast majority of people. As the director's own healing documentary, it is also healing us. Homeschooling is a common problem, and most parents are forced to experience parenting for the first time without experience. And many times, they bring situations to their children that they were unwilling to face when they were young.
Ang Lee said: Every family has unknown pains. I have heard and seen the phrase "unfortunate people heal their childhood all their lives" many times, but I think it's actually not that tragic. It's just that the family of origin has a huge impact on everyone. And recently, I also tragically discovered that in me, there is also something that I once hated my mother deeply. Just like most people who suffered domestic violence when they were young, most of them could not escape the fate of domestic violence against their children after becoming parents. own life.
I see a lot of people around me who have a lack of love, that is, a "pleasant personality". Me too. This kind of flattering personality is a disaster for wanting to live a happy life, and it is difficult to have good results for love. Schopenhauer said that man himself, that is, what belongs to man's personality in the broadest sense, has the most fundamental and thorough influence on man's destiny. And these are difficult to change. I think this is probably the most helpless part of life: sometimes you know something is wrong and bad, but you are unable to change it, you can only watch it, because it is your nature.
No matter what, it's good to say some things, because as it is exposed and bit by bit, you will eventually forgive your past self.
And I think this is what director Liu Bing wants to tell us, you can't change the past, you have to accept it calmly and face these problems directly, then you can let go of the past and embrace the future.
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