The content of the movie does not need to be said here. The exaggerated method in the play to tell an important aspect of American culture is understandable, and even a little bit like a three-pointer. The mentality of "party up" of young Americans is bound to show up, and the "being cool" under individualism is also obvious. I still want to talk about what a group is in the end.
The beginning of "The Crowd" gives two characteristics of the group: the disappearance of each individual's personality and the individual's thoughts and feelings are all concerned with the same thing. The party in the film undoubtedly gives a perfect match: a group of students with low mutual familiarity (the ratio of the number of people each person knows to the total number of people is small), and everyone wants to be high. The film clearly pointed out that many people attending the party may not even know the birthday star of the party, that is, the male protagonist. Here, there are no individuals, only carnival groups.
Groups have many other characteristics: impulsiveness, changeability, impatience, instinctive impulse, not admitting obstacles, no long-term plan, being influenced by hints, thinking in images.
In other words, when forming a group, all the thinking ability, intelligence level, and moral sense possessed by individuals are all gone, and replaced by the above-mentioned group characteristics.
Instinctive meaning can probably be said to be what everyone does without any constraints. Freud believes that the two most important instincts are sex and violence (later modified into life instinct and death instinct). The naked body, affectionate men and women in the film, the scene of jumping off the building, throwing the dwarf into the oven... undoubtedly proves this.
There is no long-term plan: all the people in the play have no clear goals, and I don't know where this carnival will take everyone. The typical is a supporting actor who has been encouraging the actor. He hopes that the party will continue. As for how far it is, let's talk about it. I kept saying "I can fix this", but when I was dumbfounded, it became "I don't know how to fix this".
Neighbors’ complaints, parents’ concerns, and police visits are all obstacles, but the group will not recognize the obstacles. They have a purpose (not long-term) and will do everything to achieve it. All the noisy crowd hid in the backyard in silence, and things that seemed mentally improbable also happened.
Decreased thinking ability and loss of moral sense are undoubtedly the two most important points. People who have seen it are all impressed by the sign that says "naked gilrs only". Any girl who sees this under normal circumstances will frown, curse "indecent, perverted" or the like, and just leave. If you step back 10,000 steps, you will not immediately take off your clothes and jump into the water. Having sex in front of strangers, peeing on someone who is asleep, driving the car into a pool with people, urinating and defecate in public... Even a rebellious person would not behave like this under normal circumstances.
A movie full of alcohol, marijuana, sex and violence is perhaps the best commentary on Le Pen's "The Mob."
PS: At the end of the film, there seems to be a sequel. If so, I hope that the director will not use the form of a pseudo-documentary, because there is no new idea of fucking, and it is easy to fucking.
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