be free

Chase 2022-04-07 09:01:06

The gay circle in the movie can't help but make people feel sad. Societal pressures and inequalities have blinded and confused their sex and love. For sex, sell love; for love, have to chase more sex.

The uniqueness of the film is that it proves that a good story can be made without complicated framing and settings. The starting point and the destination point are always people. How to explain personality and human nature clearly and thoroughly can get resonance. Frank and Henry's simple dialogue and asexual relationship reveal the loneliness and boredom of human beings to the audience. Moreover, the display of details is even more fascinating, the setting of the parking lot is very sensual, and the story to be played can be seen through the position of the car.

Returning to the story itself, I think it still wants to express its concern for the gay community. In the movie, they are not allowed to "see the light", their freedom is only as big as a beach, and they have to betray their own morality, lie and go blind (mainly referring to the lovely Frank) for the true love that is hard to meet. So after reading it, I feel very bad. The equality and freedom that human beings have always longed for and pursued, why did they disappear on the issue of homosexuality (of course, other social problems also have inequality and freedom), why are everyone as free people , and other groups must bear some senseless humiliation and discrimination?

wish to be free.

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Extended Reading
  • Chesley 2022-04-01 09:01:19

    Blowjobs, cumshots, nasty and raw sex scenes with real guns, seemingly gay erotic movies, but closed spaces isolated from the world, realistic minimalism with few characters, natural light and no soundtrack, quiet and restrained fixed long shots, anxious emotions, A powerful silent ending... This is actually a fable that explores the roots of desire, and it's a big surprise. #One ConcernBest Director+Queer Palms#

  • Alda 2022-04-24 07:01:26

    The degree of completion is really super high. If Ou Rong remakes Antonioni's "Breakthrough", it will retain the empty mirrors of the woods and be more straightforward than An's, or it will mean people's loneliness and lack of security. What makes me uncomfortable is the warning that I will burn myself after indulgence. Isn't it obvious that the base is the base?

Stranger by the Lake quotes

  • Henri: Are you married?

    Franck: No.

    Henri: But you live with a woman?

    Franck: No, I'm gay.

    Henri: You only sleep with men?

    Franck: [smiles] Can we speak frankly?

    Henri: It's unusual.

    Franck: What is?

    Henri: Guys who sleep together, sure, but they've got a wife or girlfriend. Guys who are gay - I mean, really gay - are pretty rare.

  • Franck: [smitten by Michel] I really like him.

    Henri: [warily] He does have a nice body.

    Franck: It's typical. The guys I like are always taken.