Let us remember these names first: Bonnie & Clyde; Thelma & Louise; Mickey & Mallory. They are the protagonists of the movies "The Male and Female Thief", "The End of the Flower", and "Born Murderer". To me, these three films are surprisingly similar: they are all lovers fighting against society in extreme ways. Hint, don't care here. Note 2: Extreme methods: killing people with guns, or even killing innocent people indiscriminately); they are all wanted criminals who are not tolerated by society; they have gone through a life and death battle at the end of the film.
But the endings of the three movies are quite different: Bonnie and Clyde were shot to death; Thelma and Louise were rounded up by police cars and unyieldingly drove off the cliff (the freeze frame of jumping off the cliff is a picture I can’t forget, how much Impressive declaration); and Mickey is Mallory. After being arrested into the police station, he retired after a bloody battle. His feat was followed live by the TV station's director who was not afraid of death. Considering the age of these three films, the gradual changes in the ending are interesting.
Such films cannot be viewed with ordinary eyes. Behind their protagonists murdering people and surpassing goods and challenging traditional moral boundaries, they sing the same song, an elegy of individualism.
Last year, I read a piece of news on the headline of CNN: A young couple who went bankrupt, robbed US$7 million and absconded and was arrested. Interestingly, the news specifically mentioned that they quietly stopped the car at the door of the landlord before they walked away and put the rent of the month in the mailbox. Perhaps it was also surprised. The reporter wrote through the mouth of an interviewer: If I were a fugitive who robbed 7 million yuan, who would remember to pay a few hundred yuan in rent? The reporter seemed to sympathize with them. After telling the landlord’s good evaluation of them, I also quoted the blog of one of the boys (seems to be in his early twenties, but he was indeed just a boy). There was a sentence in it that I remembered deeply when I read it. In his last blog he wrote: "I'm not for this world, this world is for me."
"I'm not for this world, this world is for me." Isn’t this sentence in the news the declaration of the protagonists of our three movies? The indifference and indecency of the former housewives Thelma & Louise facing the male world, once You can't let go if you raise your gun and resist; Bonnie and Clyde, who were depressed and bored to death in the small town life, were so excited to kiss him all the way after the first robbery; With Mickey's help, Mallory brutally killed her who always molested her. Father, but gently said to his younger brother Kevin: You are free, let's run, let's run. From then on, the road to rebellion at the ends of the world has been to go to the extremes of the mountains and rivers, and refuse to bow their heads and refuse to compromise.
I love their determination. I can also understand the origin of their decisiveness. -It is Oedipus, and characters like Sisyphus set the tone of the West: the struggle between heroes and destiny. From the sailing and expedition that began in the Greek era to the pioneering of the Americas in modern times, Western civilization has always been shouldered by such heroism and individualism.
A hero, or a person who aspires to be a hero, if born at the end of the last century and the beginning of this century, he can invent airplanes, rockets, light telephones, and record movies. Born one or two centuries ago, he was free to go to the Americas to pioneer, fight against the world, slaughter the natives wrongly and heroically, and drove the colonists out of the Americas to gain independence. Earlier, he could go sailing with Columbus and Magellan, fight bloody pirates, and discover rich resources and treasures in the New World. Earlier, he could be a knight guarding outside the castle, loyal to the beautiful princess.
－－ However, unfortunately people born in the West today are destined not to be born in the era of heroes... All inventions have already laid the foundation of modern civilization. The separation of powers, democratic elections, and public opinion supervision have all been established. Banks, social security, labor unions, education system... The hypocrisy of politicians, the coldness of institutions, the clamor of the media, everything has been set up so geniusly. All system faults have been forgiven in advance and over-interpreted. Where are the individuals? Where is the individualism?
Rock and roll? Cannabis? Sexual freedom? Howl? Heroin? Postmodern?
Everything seems so incomplete, like the climax of hysterical masturbation, like a selfish but overwhelmed child.
In the movie, our three pairs of protagonists set off. They were always the object of oppression at the beginning, and they went on a long road of no return because of the need for a complete rebellion. They are youthful and beautiful, and they are the headlines of the newspapers. They are fashionable and avant-garde, and they are admired by people. They have youthful violence, and they are full of youthful blood, passion, love and courage. The photo of Mickey & Mallory appeared on the cover of fashion magazines, and the Barrow gang of Bonnie & Clyde was often recognized by the crowd. They are popular because they do what everyone wants to do but dare not do. Just like Sisyphus pushing a boulder up a mountain, they stepped forward and challenged the developed and indifferent, uniform system with their own strength. They are another face of Jesus. They are the last elegy of individualism in a modernized, industrialized, and institutionalized world where a civilization that once produced many heroes.
Did you see? When Bonnie & Clyde fell into a trap and was shot to death with random guns, the policemen who came to examine their bodies were so nervous and shriveled, like mortals who shot and killed gods, checking out their crimes. Can you see it? When Thelma & Louise leaped down the deep valley, the camera stopped, as if time had stopped, as if everyone was paying tribute to them. Can you see it? In the more thorough "Born Murderer", Mickey & Mallory swept away enemies in blood, retreated all over, and rock music rang out, seeming to preach an ode to heroes. I like the original soundtrack of "Born Murderer", especially the song "waiting for the miracle". The first lyrics are like this:
Baby, I've been waiting,
I've been waiting night and day.
I didn' t see the time,
Waited My Life Away Half the I.
There were LOTS of invitations
and the I know some you Sent Me,
But the I WAS Waiting
for at The Miracle, for at The Miracle to Come.
Baby I'm still waiting I've been waiting for
this to not be Half a lifetime has passed.
There are many invitations, I know you have given me too,
but I have been waiting
for a miracle, waiting for a miracle to arrive, waiting for a miracle
for a long time, just like waiting for a Godot who is less than one, almost a young age Portrait of people. The difference was Mickey, who was waiting for a miracle. He took up the gun and acted on his own. He wanted to make himself a miracle to comfort the long wait. The impotent Clyde finally gained sexual abilities after experiencing countless bullets and bullets. That was also a miracle for himself caused by such resistance.
He really loves her, and this is the way he loves her and gives her freedom. It's a bit extreme and a bit weird, but she knows it.
Bonnie knows, Mallory knows,—so, they became a legend in the movie. Not for crime, only for love.
Admit it, in how many stormy nights, when you were young, there was a glimmer of confusion in your heart when you were young, and the impulse to wave on the horizon. Before you were polished by the worldly life, you must have circled like this in your heart. word ----
"the I'm not for the this world, the this world iS for Me."
Let us remember these names: Bonnie & Clyde; Thelma & Louise; Mickey & Mallory.
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