Don't get me wrong, this is indeed a good film, with outstanding style and high standard, strong and neat cast, but I think it "just" calmly and thoroughly outlines or pierces the terrible and tragic reality of the myth of middle-class life in the suburbs of the United States. , Do you need to be so shocked? ——Well, well, of course it’s not easy in terms of Hollywood movies, although the standard of this category is a bit too low...
However, I will look back after watching the album "Six Feet of the Storm" by the same screenwriter. Watching this film, you will find several connected features, such as the style of the soundtrack, such as the focus on (male) homosexuality issues, such as a certain cold "death spirit" (The story of "Six Feet of Wind and Cloud" revolves around the funeral club Needless to say, American Beauty’s narration is a dead character, and the opening tells you clearly that he is dead, and then the plot proceeds to remind you again on the day when he is about to raise his braids), such as the subtle and precise mastery of teenagers’ psychology, especially Jane in the movie is exactly the same type as Claire in the series. An angry, confused and actually smart and sensitive girl, she has the same figure and dress, which makes people wonder what the inspiration prototype of this character is.
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