2004 135M
Flower and Alice is a film that is out of tune, only to be found when looking back, although we still see Iwai's usual style. This is a comedy. Don't be fooled by the confessions and tears in it. This is not a romantic film. Don't be fooled by the love between two girls and Miyamoto. That's just part of the story.
This seemingly clear-cut film is actually comparable to the diversity of "Swallowtail Butterfly", the Japanese-style philosophical dialogue about memory, the conflict and love between mother and daughter in a single-parent family, the reticence between father and daughter, and the adversity of student associations. The tenacity of the head, the perseverance of the girl to pursue her dream, as well as love and friendship. It's just that, like the picture of the film, it has been softened, softened to be as soft as emotion, as long as love, and these are unreachable.
Classic scene recommendation:
1. Miyamoto hits the door. This is the continuation of the story, an indispensable plot for an absurd but magical lie to emerge. Miyamoto ran into the iron gate while reciting his lines. After a loud bang, he rolled his eyes slightly and fell to the back, and the book in his hand was thrown out. After the slow motion enhancement, it strongly expressed a kind of absurdity. In addition, Miyamoto is also a member of the stand-up comic club, but he can't interpret the absurd effect of comic dialogue. It is really absurd in absurdity. I think, this is the clue of Iwai comedy, right?
2, father and daughter divorce. Iwai seems to have some Chinese plots, except for the Chinese dialogue in "Swallowtail Butterfly", where Alice's father said that Chinese is the source of the Japanese language. I hope Alice can learn Chinese well, but Alice's response is flat. At this time, the two suddenly picked up a Chinese mobile phone. The father showed his Chinese proficiency and successfully found the owner, which moved Alice. Later, her father asked Alice how to say "Aisidello" in Chinese, but Alice didn't know, so her father told her "I love you". At the time of breaking up, the daughter reluctantly asked when her father would contact her. The father just replied that he would call. When the father got out of the car, Alice asked the sentence in Chinese, and then read "I love you" with tears in her eyes. When the sadness began to spread At that time, my father said "this time should say 'goodbye'". Later, Alice used these two Chinese words to confess to Miyamoto and told him not to speak to others.
3. The memory of love. Miyamoto has been a taciturn person from the beginning, especially when the first sentence of self-introduction should have shocked a Japanese fan. As the pursuit of memory began, he became more and more silent and bleak, and even lost the memory that supported him. He had no idea what else in this world could be trusted. But near the end of the film, the truth came out. When he helped Hua fasten the belt of his kimono and patted her on the shoulder to encourage her to perform hard, we clearly saw a mature teenager, full of vitality and self-confidence. Behind this absurd story is a blue memory of a teenager growing up. If the girl in "April Story" felt the miracle of love, then this should be the memory of love, right?
4. The confession of flowers. Spending a lie pushed Miyamoto on the road of chasing memories, and at the same time she herself took a path of youthful love. Continue to create new lies, maintain lies, the first love of flowers is like an immature lemon, and after Alice is implicated, things slowly develop in another direction, and flowers indirectly create a love memory for Miyamoto and Alice. , and the memory of the love that "should" belong to me has never appeared. When Miyamoto learned the truth, Hua said to Miyamoto just before the crying of the club performance: If you like Alice, then it is true love . This is a very tense scene in the film. The close-up of Hua's face shows her complex emotions such as remorse, regret and admiration very well. The girl gave up love for love. That kind of giving up seems to be an unbearable weight. Pressed against the fragile glass, but she endured. But just like the scene of the father and daughter breaking up, Iwai also put away the sadness in time. Miyamoto did not end the relationship categorically, and said something that she could not understand exactly but kept hope.
5. The dance of paper cups. Alice has been working hard to participate in various interviews since she was discovered by a talent scout on the street, but she was eliminated. She experienced all kinds of setbacks and losses in the process of chasing her dream. When she joined the flower design as an "ex-girlfriend" After the absurd love affair, Alice, like Hana and Miyamoto, grew up slowly. In a magazine cover selection, Alice, who was not dominant, was about to accept another elimination, but the ending changed because of love. Alice gained courage after confessing to Miyamoto in Chinese. She made two simple dancing shoes with paper cups and tape, and danced the ballet seriously in the face of the examiner's indifferent attitude. Emotion and charm are fully displayed. It is the spirit that shocks everyone and the charm that conquers everyone. In this video, Iwai seems to deliberately create an unforgettable image, just like the red umbrella and pink cherry blossoms in "April Story" , this pursuit has gone beyond the film itself. In the end, Alice was selected to shoot the cover, and the red dot on the nose made the duo laugh when Hua and Alice were watching the cover together, and Alice said: Damn mosquito.
6. Beach Lies. The film starts with a lie, and then a series of lies are connected, and the lies are so pure that it makes people heartwarming, and they are so perfect that they are pitiful. The three of them came to the beach in pursuit of their memories. Alice kept making up places and events beyond the design of the flower, and finally performed poker magic for the flower and Miyamoto, but a gust of wind blew the poker on the beach (I thought the director had too much) . Alice and Hua found the ace of hearts first, and the person who found it first could fulfill a wish. At this time, Miyamoto found the ace on the ground, but Alice waved and shouted in the distant sunset, Hua asked her. What is the wish, Alice said: I will take Miyamoto away from the flower. The atmosphere condensed, and suddenly Hana rushed to Miyamoto and hugged his arm tightly, Alice stopped there, and then made a playful pose saying that it was a joke. The flower ran towards Alice frantically, and the two started a fierce "fight" on the beach. Alice's joke and later Hua told Miyamoto that he and Alice were real memories and love, two of the most beautiful lies, and the madness of love and the forbearance of friendship contained in them made people sigh with emotion. Such a flawless youth.
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