Chinese name: Stuart: Rewind life

Stuart: A Life Backwards

Directed by DavidAttwood

主  演：Benedict Cumberbatch/ Tom Hardy/ George Anton/ Dominic Kemp/ Nicola Duffett/ Claire-Louise Cordwell/ Edna Doré/ Candis Nergaard/ Joanna Maude/ Trevor Sellers/ Barbara Barnes/ Hugh Armstrong

 

 

Content introduction

It tells the story of the life of Stuart, a man who is a thief, a hostage holder, a psychopath and a vagabile。In addition to depicting his ex-convict and Bohemian life, it also brings out the shocking face of the British lower class about violence, drugs, prison and crime, and portrays stuart's failed life with extremely realistic and almost brutal realism。But what is surprising is that neither the author nor Stuart tells the sad life fragments in a tone of sadness or self-pity, but can tell them in a tone full of fun, so that the whole book in a rich sadness, but filled with lively rhythm, is the most strange and most attractive place of the work

 

 

Film criticism

If it is not stated in advance that the original novel is a biography，The hero Stuart's setting will probably be criticized as "deliberately sensical.，Not realistic enough "- The father left his wife and children，People with severe muscle weakness are forced to attend special schools for disabled children，Being bullied by boys of the same age，Even worse, he was sexually assaulted by his biological brother (and his classmates)，After fleeing to the children's welfare home, he became trapped in the Wolf's den...This is the cup trade show？

Some people get such a full tea machine and want to fill the cup with bloody Mary system cocktails such as screaming, crying, complaining about heaven and earth to get the audience drunk, and then everyone's spirit is high from parents and relatives all the way to the country and society。This idea of getting a bag of dog blood and then not being able to squeeze some onion juice into it and then spray you with a water cannon, it's very exciting and it's very eye-watering, and it's very popular in Hollywood。But long lived in Bao City does not smell its stink, the tragic story and heavy heavy color, too heavy mouth taste will be numb。

The country that is known for its dull coquiteness chooses to put the audience into the orchid room full of small humor and small warmth and fragrance, and then covers the package of dog blood to ferment, and when the time comes, the lid is slightly uncovered, so that the smell of dog blood is everywhere but silent。

Cumberbatch is actually a representative of the audience - Stuart classifies Alexander as "middle class", but the film does not reveal much about Alex's origin and life, only mentioning that he is from a well-educated brother, so as to avoid "materializing" him.。Any young person who grew up in an ordinary home and knows nothing about the world outside his own circle can use Alex as a projection。

However, Stuart's entry into Alex's life and becoming his friend did not happen overnight. There was a detail in the transition point of the relationship between the two people, which not only did not destroy the peaceful narrative style and relaxed structure of the story, but also made the gradual progress of the relationship predictable and natural。

In the initial mobilization meeting of the film, although the host introduced him as a "friend of the street friends", but like most people, Alex actually knows nothing about the street friends and is indifferent, and the appearance of taking notes seriously is actually evil。The participants obviously knew nothing about the life in prison, just like Alex, and they took it for granted. All their suggestions were killed by Stuart. Alex drew the "box" that Stuart was rambling about, which meant the beginning of the intersection of two unrelated life routes。

When Stuart knocked on Alex's door for the first time, Alex did not immediately welcome him in as a guest. He was still imagining a small theater when he was making tea -- the audience also thought that Stuart might indeed steal some valuable things and run away。Sitting firmly in the living room, Stuart and Alex engage in a seemingly insignificant conversation about the book。Stuart asks Alex if he has read all the books on the shelf？Have you read half of them？Alex denied it。Stuart: Is this book all about tiny animals like bees？And what does this one say？Alex replied that he was talking about purple。Stuart muttered, "What's there to talk about?"。

Stuart, or the lives of other people in the street, are the books on Alex's shelf - placed there as if they know a lot, but when they are really questioned, they know very little。And the biography Alexander decided to write for Stuart is a book about bees and lavender - small and ordinary things have more to say and see than great things。

Next, Alex uses Stuart's idea to protest by "sleeping on the street" in a car found by Stuart (Alex is bitten by Stuart's lice), and the relationship between the two begins to be dominated by Stuart。He suggested that Alex use the "rewind" way to write a biography, ask Alex to eat dark food, and even borrow Alex car money。

Just when the audience thinks Stuart is a weird-acting, good-natured, warm-hearted guy, Stuart interrupts the novel's anti-hero image with a trashed home。It takes the story from a tender sketch to a darker place - his brother's suicide, his anger, his tendency to self-harm and hurt。

As Alex learns more about his cruel, dark side (when Stuart tells him he almost hacked his neighbor to death, Alex thinks it's a joke), he hears more stories about his childhood, and shares a can of beer。

Thinking he has the "whole picture" of Stuart, Alex takes him to meet his friends and treats them to dark dishes, mistakenly treating him as "one of his own"，Stuart draws the line between the two with the story of his first time in prison，At this point Alex has tested the limits of both good and bad aspects of Stuart's personality。

It was like one of those pep rallies the two of them attend together: Alex spoke first, then Stuart went on stage and stunned the audience with his words。Stuart's dominance not only enhances the sense of reality, but also avoids the "probing" meaning of the audience entering the perspective。He is not a "victim" who is hunted for novelty, but shares his life story with the audience, good and bad。

Alex begins to explore what made Stuart who he is today - finding the crux and being able to open the buckle。We used to be the same white paper babies, why do some people become the protagonist of the street friend biography and others become the author of the biography？The average person will think of the answer is no more than: blame the social system is not good, blame the parents and family is not good, blame the person bad luck。The outcome of Stuart's trial and the free pacemaker installed by the government deny that "this is all caused by the system."，Stuart's mother's persistence and his sister's understanding and tolerance deny that "family members should take full responsibility".，Stuart himself denies the cause of luck - there are people who have been through the same thing as me，And still have a normal life。

Stuart, his hands and legs tied awkwardly, takes the story back to the first time he used force to defend himself. He says that anger and violence have taken hold in him ever since, and he has tried several times to banish the demon. "But why did he leave？He doesn't want to be homeless."。

This is the answer taken by Alexander, Stuart's chosen author of the novel - the devil roams the corners of the world and moves in once we open the door to him。This film, which does not show any clever actions, is very thorough in this sense. Several times in the film, the scenes of little Stuart regress are when he is bullied to run away and before he is ordered by his stepfather to take the initiative. These two choices in the face of violence may lead to completely different results。

The opening scene of the film jumps from Alex greeting Stuart in the tape as an old friend to a time when they have not met, and the end is Alex listening to the tape, and then jumping to the book's publication, Alex saying "I think Stuart will like it".。The narrative structure is circular, and the friendship part is always moving forward。

Tang's explosive power and Cumberbatch's calm introversion not only fit the actor's image (?) and the character of the identity of the character, also created an excellent balance, soup old wet no puma play puma to the point of six friends, the place will pay attention to the interaction with the opponent。Cumberbatch didn't make any effort to crush or steal the scene, retreating to the role of "clue character" until the final scene, when Stuart needed to be more detached and Alex more emotional, both of them were in control。Stuart's character is more luminous, but the two lead actors always maintain the same level of saturation, and appropriately switch the light and shade, so that the two very different people in the tone harmony and symmetry, very match the atmosphere of the film。

Weightlifting and light comedy, this is not a technique, but an attitude。