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Karson 2022-04-23 07:04:42
"Seventeen-year-old Bicycle" directed by Wang Xiaoshuai in 2001 reminded me of "The Bicycle Thief" directed by Desica in 1948. It can be said that this is the Chinese version of "The Bicycle Stealer", however, there is no "Bicycle Stealer" that shocks me. Wang Dao used a bicycle to connect the seventeen-year-old worker with the city. This bicycle is a symbol of his entry into the city and a description of his tense living style. And when the bicycle coincides with the second protagonist, Director Wang takes us into the life of urban youth. It can be said that the film provides us with a peek into reality through the eyes of the two young protagonists. But unfortunately, the director focused too much on the two boys, and didn't dig deeply into the world around them. The final destruction of the bicycle brings the film to a climax. The scarred workers disappear into the indifferent and bustling city with the deformed bicycle on their backs. How his prospects, the film gave a silence. Although it is still painful, I think there will always be a way out for them, because after all, it is not in the war years, and the whole society is not full of unemployment and poverty. Although, indifference is always there. indifferent? my indifference...
