A film that helplessly reminds you the everyday shit you saw in your life… the people who have been left behind…the only hope / warm moment in the film might be the last scene where passengers start to gather to play 踢键子 in the cold winter night….
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Monster 2023
Genius piece. Watched it without knowing anything about the film and I’m so glad I did it…narrated around 3 people’s perspectives and the editing makes the stories so interconnected and surprising: from a bad teacher story, to a bad kids story, finally to a pure story between the two bullied boys. The scenes where they hid in an abandoned train cabin are just so natural and beautiful. “I like someone. I can’t tell anyone, so I lied.” How can liking someone make you a 怪物？The monster is all the prejudice. I wish all kids don’t have to feel ashamed of anything they want to be.
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Teahouse 1982
The teahouse is probably the most representative cultural symbol of the old Beijing life. In this film, it’s a performance stage for rapid changes in the old times, where people of different classes theatrically present their situations. The teahouse is absolute a public space: always opens its door to the city, to the extent that it’s almost a city living room. Also, standing in the flood of the transition from the old dynasty to a brand new country, it’s fate…
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