The essence of romance is uncertainty

Christy 2022-04-22 07:01:04

The title quote is from the writer Oscar Wilde, and this gentle and wild uncertainty seems to be the best footnote to Suzy and Sam's love.

Generally speaking, the "host" who is explaining to the camera only exists in documentaries, and the director makes the bright clothes of the old man in the film express directly instead of part of the film language. The telescopic frame brings the viewer into Susie's perspective and the world she sees, and the two seem to be united in an edipus-plot metaphor (such as Susie's sexual induction of Sam and Susie's maturing eyeshadow). make-up), and Sam does have the wit and agility of adults, their attraction and love confirm the line in the film "The beam of the flashlight draws the moonlight out of the darkness."

Growing up in a repressive atmosphere, the two developed a set of survival patterns that were in harmony with each other in their childhood. Planned escape and courage catalyzed part of the child's immaturity and emptiness. Parents play the role of guides, hiding their body can be skillfully decorated as the control of "love", cramping or crowding out the child's living space, although the real world is colorful, it is inevitable that the years will wear and tear (personally, I feel that in the later stage of the film, except for the The ending part seems to be less saturated than the first half), children need a pure and free place that belongs to them, which also echoes the title of the film.

(I watched a lot of the clips and felt a bit like "Jojo Rabbit," presumably because of the Boy Scouts and the context of the story.)

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Moonrise Kingdom quotes

  • Sam: [Sniffs twice] You smell like perfume.

    Suzy: Oh, it's my mother's!

    Sam: Hm! Hm!

  • Sam: I'm sorry.

    Suzy: Oh, it's okay!

    Sam: I'm on your side.

    Suzy: I know.