The hard-to-see film literature

Toy 2022-01-17 08:03:35

I made up for the film "The Reluctant Fundamentalist in Lahore Teahouse", which was released in 12 years, because of Riz Ahmed. He just ran into the old man Hopkins who was unlucky and missed the little golden man. The performance in "Voice of Metal" is good enough, and even the film itself is somewhat customized for the performance award, which is a pity.

Female director, ethnic minority, topical, this film is expected to be more influential if it is put now. The role of Ahmed is done quite well. The story itself has a look and feel that is relatively rare in movies nowadays-like...um...Read 1 A best-selling novel, or a long reportage. The last time I had a similar feeling was watching Wu Siwei's "The Half of It", a kind of texture of a best-selling youth novel, which is warm and healing. Similarly, there is no excitement and there is no movement during the awards season, alas...

What is precious is that they are not in a hurry to export, they do not sell excitement, and they are patient and patient.

In retrospect, from the 1990s to the early 2000s, movies with this quality were still the mainstream. Although this literary tone is also a best-selling literary attribute, it still pursues the interpretation of the complex world and human nature, requiring the audience to voluntarily sit quietly in the theater. Hours, just like at that time, best-selling literature still has literary attributes. It requires you to have at least the patience and... the courage to finish reading a book. That phenomenal "stimulus 1995" awards season represented the pinnacle of this trend. This is the most energetic form of mainstream movies I can think of.

Perhaps it was the emergence of Twitter (Weibo) that all this began to change. The intense and stimulating one-sided output became the mainstream. The supremacy of traffic affects everything from the basic creation logic. It is getting harder and harder for us to see such works. For example, we are increasingly unable to read more than 140 texts.

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  • Reva 2022-03-24 09:03:22

    Big Eyed is a really good actor. The confusion of the male protagonist is a sentiment shared by many Muslims who worked and lived in the United States after 9/11. At the beginning, I really thought that the male protagonist was an extremist, but I will learn more about it later.

  • Samara 2022-04-23 07:03:59

    After reading it with mixed feelings, I can't forget the protagonist's question to the students: I used to live my "American Dream", and now that I am back, what I want to ask you is, is there a "Pakistan Dream"? A dream that doesn't involve immigration? Suddenly thought of "China Partner".

The Reluctant Fundamentalist quotes

  • Changez: Pretend I'm him.

  • Changez: [about watching the events of 9/11 unfold] In that moment, I should have felt sorrow or anger, but all I felt was awe. What audacity. The ruthlessness of the act was surpassed only by its genius. And David had struck Goliath. I'm sorry if my reaction to the attacks has offended you, Bobby. I hope you see that I'm not celebrating at the death of 3,000 innocents, just as you would not celebrate the death of 100,000 in Baghdad or Kabul, for that matter. But before conscience kicks in, have you never felt a split-second of pleasure at arrogance brought low?

    Bobby Lincoln: And you ask me why they're harrassing your family. Let's just cut the bullshit, okay? You believe in violence as a tool for social change. You teach a course in violent revolution at Lahore University. Your lectures are full of anti-American rhetoric.

    Changez: [cut to him teaching] We will wipe the blood of the invaders from our swords!

    Bobby Lincoln: If that weren't enough, you were spotted at an Asal Mujahideen meeting with Mustafa Fazil, a known cell leader.

    Changez: [cut to said meeting] I think I can help.

    Mustafa Fazil: I knew you would.

    Bobby Lincoln: Last night, Anse Rainier was kidnapped. And this morning, your class was canceled. If you're just an innocent bystander, Changez, why were you hiding? Only guilty people hide.

    Changez: Your candor is appreciated, Bobby, but your conclusions are wrong.