The film makes mistakes similar to those common in biographies: too much lace, too little core. Of course, we can only understand a person by looking at his surroundings and trying to capture the constraints he faces. But a unique path doesn't mean it's correct. For artists and thinkers, the main contradiction exists only in the depths of their hearts, invisible to anyone, including themselves. Essentially, that is incomprehensible.
Kundera gave an example. The poet wrote a very good poem because he peeped at the housemaid's bath. The reader asked the poet how the poem was written. Of course, the poet did not tell the truth. Therefore, the information that readers get from the author (which may also be regarded as the most authentic first-hand material by later generations because it is said by the author himself) is all wrong.
But the more critical question here is, how much does this poem have to do with the maid taking a bath? Furthermore, how much does it have to do with the poet?
The struggles of sexuality, the loneliness we feel more empathetic to, didn’t matter to artist Freddie at all. As far as we can see, we also know that many people are struggling and suffering more than him. So the most touching thing in the movie is Freddie's smile when he meets inspiration when writing a song.
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