"Ah, Boy" He dropped out of school to think about life

Reagan 2022-02-04 08:14:42

I have never heard of German director Jan Ole Gerst before, but after seeing his debut film "Ah, Boy", I think this person is very interesting and has ideas. Of course, whether he has a place in the future depends on it. Persistence with 99% effort and 1% luck. In short, apart from a few empty scenes that pretend to be deep, the story is of course beautifully told. The whole drama gives people the feeling of changing and full of fun, constantly changing between the hero and the group portraits on stage, the talk show of one person on the stage, and the appearance of all beings off the stage. Off-screen spectators will feel that they are participating again, at least emotionally able to hand over and have a sense of identity.

Sometimes, a movie is like a person, it has some innate and distinctive temperament, so its attractiveness can be worn, even if it is discovered not long after, giving people the feeling of deep charm is an illusion, and it is unbearable. A blow, but the initial sense of surprise and intrigue must be something other than negative, and it cannot be denied. Just like a black-and-white image, in the work of a relatively rookie director, this processing method can present the texture and tension of "Ah, Boy", which is a plus point. As far as this movie is concerned, I don't want to imagine that the picture is suddenly colored and it looks like a flower. Such a change, it is best to have a small and fresh feeling, or it is the style of Berlin's "Little Things in a Big City" column.

This world is really unfair. It's been almost a century, and Uncle Tom has broken his cocoon into a butterfly several times from the "Confused Generation". We started to feel dazed and lost in confusion, trying to find the source of the silk used for cocooning. Fortunately, cruelty has given more tears to people who have lived in the world, and these tears can all converge into rivers, looking for streams that go to the sea together, so when others are confused, they can always lower their eyebrows and pity their own sorrows, it seems Shows empathy.

The problem is that what we are confused about seems to be something else, maybe just for a small selfish wish, to find a good job, make money to buy a house and have children, and then look down on everyone at the class reunion to avenge the desire. So I think confusion and confusion are still different. Nick Fisher gave up the road of living comfortably and walks in the ranks of the confused vagabond. He should have different pursuit goals from the common people, otherwise he will sacrifice his future. Third, it would be too deep into the play, it would be extremely stupid. In fact, Fisher is lost at the entrance to his dream, what about us? But don't talk about dreams, the reality is not clear yet.

Forget about us, I'm talking about Fisher in the movie. The male protagonist, who is not tall and mighty, not to mention a mess of handsomeness, will let people see the real life as soon as he enters the country. When he stood with his good friend who was an extra, he could see the film's strong appeal to life. There is no atmosphere for the nympho to get sick, life is a carved knife, and the process of being knifed will not be sweet and romantic.

So, I see everything familiar from the movie. A desolate and seemingly weak little man lives in a rented house next door with only one bed. Occasionally, he is seen sitting on the windowsill smoking a cigarette and looking at the streets. He is a wandering soul who has escaped the city. His story is actually quite boring, going in and out of the apartment every day, wandering in the ignored world, it's not interesting. I heard that he dropped out of school in the middle of the school but hid the truth from his family, for living expenses, he has no job, and some friends who are in similar circumstances as him live a life of being a monk for various reasons. In fact, people don't know that such people are inevitably people with lofty ideals. And in the end, the reason for achieving an extraordinary self is to overcome something, which may be fear and inferiority.

The various characters who passed by Fisher, their five or six short stories that are related or not intersecting, interpret the theme of the film. I really liked the extras who came to pick up Fisher in a broken car. He recited the lines from "Taxi" while driving. The plot was not new, but it fit my mind. Especially when he laughed out loud in the small theater, and then was besieged by the playwrights and actors, the design of this paragraph is amazing. For the rest of the story, it's still the details that won me over. When unlucky, life is so funny, beggars are more magnanimous than they seem. Looking down all the way, I saw a group of people trapped in a dry well, saving themselves or waiting to be rescued.

Xiao S said that fat people are not eligible to eat, this is a shortcut for Mei Ke to save effort and money. Immoral kidnapping, Xiao S's ridicule is very friendly and sincere. This is the case with modern aesthetics. Fat people will face all kinds of problems, regardless of national borders. The girl who once admired Fischer is no longer a fat man who was hated and ridiculed by others. She successfully counterattacked into a beautiful woman. She was often approached by people and became an actress. But when Fischer and her fell in love with each other and fell in love with her, the girl suddenly became hysterical, saying that the mental trauma would not be healed by time, and the fact that the crack would bleed when stimulated. The "self-confidence" that has been destroyed and the "inferiority" that has been lost do not seem to be cured. Even if you change from a fat girl to a thin beauty, everything looks wonderful, but the problem always exists.

If the girl used her spiritual world to prove that this is a society where black and white are mutually exclusive. Then, the old man who misses the Nazis extremely, and the old woman who lived in his old age, they are the best form of comparison. The old man is still alive in the past, and the radical Nazi complex is still alive in his heart, and his 60 years of wandering may only leave behind the anger caused by inaction. Therefore, the director gave him a place to belong. When he expressed his passion for not burying history, he passed away, and he did not have a relative by his side. This is also a kind of life, 60 years of nowhere to be placed. The movie is here, and it is nearing the end, but it is also the climax. The memory of the German Third Reich is painful, depicting the attitude of forgetfulness or reflection or meaningless, and constructing a corner of modern German life. The voice of the heart was thrown into the noise of the German nation seeking a new future.

I think from a man who has the ability to think independently, he can understand the troubles that his country is facing. It seems that growing up under the protection of strong national self-confidence, people's self-recognition will be purer and more free, because they do not need to share the ugly and unbearable international image of "everyone is responsible", take responsibility for yourself, and take care of yourself. Enough. Only here can there be some kind of extravagant confusion and confusion. Like Fischer, who doesn't care about the torture of the body, but always thinks about the trouble of spiritual belonging.

There are many mysterious things in the world, and Gerst used a cup of coffee to express the connotation of the whole movie. In the wrong place, at the wrong time, it's impossible to find what you're looking for. If you miss it, you can't turn it around, maybe as soon as you turn around and leave, the pot full of coffee will be brought up. And the so-called time and place are right for people and people, that is your tense. Want coffee, find an amorous morning, go to a coffee shop. Whiskey is waiting for you in the tavern. One more question, would you drop out of school to think about life?


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  • Blaise 2022-04-21 09:03:52

    Fresh and powerful black and white images with a refined and captivating visual language. There are emotions and flavors. A sincere and heartfelt directorial debut. The atmosphere is better than the narrative, the form is greater than the content, and every frame of the picture gives a full sense of story. The inadvertently passing light and shadow cast into the heart, very deep and very light.

  • Summer 2022-03-29 09:01:10

    How hard is it to want a cup of coffee? The unhappiness of the male protagonist in the film, or the uncomfortable feeling of living, can represent how many people. When you start doing something for yourself, maybe that's when you can get comfortable. . .

A Coffee in Berlin quotes

  • Niko Fischer: Do you know what it's like... to have the feeling that all the people around you are honestly kind of weird? But when you think it over, then it becomes clear that the problem is with yourself.

  • Julika Hoffmann: [to a thug] what kinda guy are you? Let me guess. You were born an alcoholic because your mom couldn't stay off the booze during her pregnancy. How could she, when she got beaten up by daddy when he came home from the pub?