Handling - Director Alice Wu's Views on Ellie and Aster's Emotions

Sherman 2022-03-11 08:02:00

Summarize:

1. Eillie is definitely LGBT, may be bent, may be bi, and may even be pansexual in the future, the director does not want to die.

2. Aster's sexual orientation is unknown. The director said that they are seventeen-year-old children anyway. They grew up in a very conservative town, and they did not have much exposure to the concept of "sexual orientation".

3. The director thinks that Aster's emotions have changed a lot when she was in the hot spring. She seems to be able to perceive something vaguely, but she is not sure enough and has no courage to admit it. And this situation has also happened to the director himself (also my personal experience 2333)

4. The director still ended with the attitude of "We don't know anything? ‍♀️ Everything is possible in the future". The author of this interview also mentioned that this kind of "the ghostwriter is found and finally the goddess and the ghostwriter are happily together" classic youth film routines (such as the classic Disney movie Cinderella Story 1 and 2, one is a dance double and the other is a lip-synching. ) is not present here, but rather portrays the complexity of friendship. The author of the interview believes that the director did not fall into the cliché of the plot, and wrote it as a cool drama that "as long as there is a common language, you can get the girl".

5. My opinion on the ending is very contradictory. On the one hand, I agree with the complexity: watching Paul's brother face off against racists very honestly, and foolishly making cakes with Eille's father, I understand the importance of Paul's role. Sex is by no means the positioning of a tool person. In my opinion, the relationship between the three in the movie is a bland version of the relationship between Haruki Yukina and East Malaysia.

6. Finally, I understand the truth, but do I still need sugar?

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Extended Reading
  • Coby 2022-03-15 09:01:11

    Not every gay person has to go through the "self-identification" stage, and I was impressed that the film didn't exaggerate at this point. Because this is just a story about...love...

  • Elias 2022-03-26 09:01:14

    Love is a hand that is willing to destroy one's own good paintings in exchange for a chance for great works, and is also a hand that wants to be touched and withdrawn.

The Half of It quotes

  • Ellie Chu: Aster Flores thinks you're into abstract art and repressed British literature.

    Paul Munsky: Yeah.

    Ellie Chu: None of that is you.

    Paul Munsky: It could be. I started reading that Remains of the Day book.

    Ellie Chu: Really?

    Paul Munsky: Yeah. I fell asleep a few times, but I'm still reading it. That's gotta count for something.

  • Paul Munsky: What was your mom like?

    Ellie Chu: Young, funny, dead.

    Paul Munsky: No, before she died.

    Ellie Chu: Young, funny... .. fun.