Crazy or genius?

Tyrese 2022-03-25 09:01:16

After watching the movie, the first feeling is that the brain is not enough, there are a lot of things to think about, and there are a lot of things that I don’t understand.

The movie is really not strong in terms of viewing, but it doesn't affect him from being a good movie. In my opinion, a good movie is not only about how wonderful the plot is and how gorgeous the scene is, in addition to the enjoyment of material senses, the inner thinking of the soul is also particularly important.

The narrative method of the whole film is also very special. Through the interlacing and splicing of reality and memory, the audience is like Sherlock Holmes, slowly and deeply analyzing and dissecting the occurrence of events and the impact on the hearts of characters.

I personally think that there are three scenes that are more touching. First, Bodie and Al made a pair of flying wings and began to test them in the garbage dump. A feeling of happiness and freedom, it seems that I can understand the thoughts and behaviors of the male protagonist at a certain moment

The second is that Bodie thought at home that he might never be able to fly in the air in his life. Despair and helplessness made Bodie lie naked in the bird cage, and then began to fantasize that he was a bird that could fly. , he began to feel like he was flying around the house, then he flew outside and saw his usual playmates, puppies, cars, everything in the town, at this moment his dream seemed to have come true, this moment should It was the happiest and freest moment in his life.

In the end, it was Al's conversation with Bodie in prison. When Al was about to lose a part of his life, his best friend, he chose to abandon his current self, be his true self, and remove his disguise. , covered with scars, coexisted with Bodie, and never spoke ~ neuropathy ~ Bodie actually made fun of Al like before.

Yes, from this moment there is one more ~mental illness~ in the world, or there is one less ~mental illness~.…

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Extended Reading
  • Tate 2022-03-25 09:01:16

    The translation of the name of this movie is too good, but I really don't think this movie is good, I just think it is more interesting to see the war from this perspective.

  • Gerald 2022-03-25 09:01:16

    Expressing concern for the young generation whose spiritual world has been devastated is an important motif in Alan Parker's works. From "Midnight Express" and "The Wall" to this work, there are young people who are sluggish for various reasons. Cage, who returned from an injury in the Vietnam War, came to a mental hospital to visit his childhood friend "Birdman" Modine who was mentally ill. From this, they started their teenage memories from acquaintance to the battlefield. Modine is keen on studying birds, dreams of flying freely in the sky, and even eats and lives with birds to the extent of nerd. In addition to aggravating the tragic character of this character with dreams that are not understood by ordinary people, there is also the connotation of using a bird as a metaphor for a person. Teenagers can rescue puppies from slaughterhouses and birds from the mouths of cats, but they cannot save themselves from war. The Cage of the victim actually needs to be healed as well). The photography is very good, whether it is the flying shot shown from the perspective of birds, or the imprisoned image created by the light and shadow of the cage (bird cage and mental hospital ward), they are all well done.

Birdy quotes

  • Sergeant Al Columbato: Maybe life is shitty. It is shitty. I'll tell you something. I'm not trying to pin life anymore. I don't even fucking understand it. I just want to make it through with some dignity, like everybody else. Of course, if there was any real dignity, there wouldn't be any sex.

  • Birdy: In a dream, I'm trying to decide what I am. When I sleep I'm giving myself strength. I'm reaching for the force to fly. Perta waits, cups herself to receive me. I hover then lower myself into her. Perta and I become one. I see through her eyes, fly on her wings. I am no longer alone.