There are two kinds of rebels in this world. One is a cynical type, who rebels with hope because it does not match his own assumptions, such as Al. What he did was still acceptable "bad things" in the adult world, he was driving baseballs into other people's yards, stealing pigeons, dating girls, and having sex. Their behavior, sometimes just to show a gesture, what is the meaning of this event in the end, maybe he is not clearer than you on the sidelines. So sometimes, their behavior is not as sincere as you think. And finally, after experiencing the rebellion people can endure, they will inevitably return to the normal order of life.
There is also a person who is loyal to his heart. In fact, this person himself is the most frank. He revealed his heart, but no one understood and no one listened, so he was closed. Since then, he has been reluctant to dialogue with the secular world and has never compromised. Like Birdy.
Everyone has their own hobbies and it's totally understandable, and films often amplify life's emotions or exaggerate life's events. The protagonist always has to be obsessed with one thing, always to a certain extent, in order to express the effect that the director needs. In layman's terms, it is not perverted to a certain extent, which is not enough to attract people's attention. This is why many films and novels have this kind of weird behavior and hobby. Seeing through it is an amplification of actual behavior and emotions. So looking at it this way, Birdy is just obsessed with his hobbies. As for why he likes birds, then why do you like basketball, why does he like smoking? Yes, I like it because I like it. The characteristics of the individual do not need to be answered.
When the real world doesn't understand what you love, you have only two options, compromise or indulge more. Because people cannot tolerate defamiliarization, and defamiliarization will be seen as a challenge to the normal world, so I hope you compromise. And increasingly addicted can finally reach the level of confrontation with the real world, which is the maintenance of one's inner world. So Birdy chose the latter. After the dance, he was in the car with the girl, the girl took off her shirt, and he probed the girl's breasts with his hand, as if touching a water pipe, and the expression seemed to be, oh, it's hot, oh, it's ok. There is absolutely no intention to treat the girl opposite as a stunner. He closed himself off and focused on his heart to such a degree that all his hobbies and attention were diverted in one direction, and he naturally ignored other worlds. This kind of single-minded enthusiasm, if it came to Beethoven, Edison, love Einstein, Newton, is a great scientific enthusiasm, but in Birdy, it has become a weirdness that the world cannot understand. This kind of weirdness, in the face of war, has even more chemical effects.
The disappearance of Allen and Canary took away his only motivation to communicate with the real world, and also took away his only sustenance in his inner world. His out-of-control screaming in the war was the inevitable catharsis he had been waiting for so long. He finally understands his own worthlessness. Fortunately, there is another rebel, Al. The series of memories and dialogues in the middle are all his temptations. He didn't know if Al could really be on the side of tolerance for him. His doubts are not the doubts of people who have suffered after the war. Destroyed by war, in the end, it is necessary to try to rebuild in life. Compared with other high-sounding wars, the Vietnam War did more damage to people than the body, and it also devastated beliefs. It's normal for Al for the time being, and even more so for Birdy.
But in the end Birby won and he pulled Al back to himself. And the director's dedication to Birdy is also appreciated, instead of breaking him to pieces, he looked back and smiled. The bright smile reminded me of the blue water at the end of The Shawshank Redemption. Always give us hope.
Director Alan Parker has made a lot of advertising works, and his design of the picture is unique and imaginative. There are many shocking pictures in the movie. This "shock" not only acts on the visual, but also acts on the inner level. Most of the inner world of a lonely birdman is expressed through pictures. The blue tone echoes the closed heart of Birdman, and the cold and quiet atmosphere strengthens the confrontation between dream and reality.
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