I have never seen a Georgian movie before. Because of this movie, I searched curiously about the protagonist's city, Tbilisi and Batumi, and was shocked by their beauty. In my impression, Tbilisi only has a dark underground printing house, or a mountainous drought like Afghanistan, and Batumi is unheard of. The photos recommended by Google Maps are as beautiful as the magic world, steep cliffs, vast forests, a cathedral with a history of more than a thousand years, and highly saturated buildings. I ca n't wait to travel to Georgia tomorrow.
There are many places in the movie that remind me of "Please call me by your name". The feminine male hero broke through the shackles of the heart through unlovely love, and the ending of the love is not so important. The difference is that one through literature and art, the other through dance art. The male dancer's dance is too beautiful, coupled with the thin and romantic look, people don't want to stop at a glance. The whole movie has a strong artistic temperament, photography, and lighting, which reflects the director's high artistic level. In addition to the rich natural and cultural environment of Georgia, the breathtaking Georgian national dance, I watched and regretted that I didn't have a life. In a country where music and art are part of everyday life.
Although the director is a descendant of Georgia grown in Sweden, the whole movie is not the ethereal and brisk style of Northern Europe, but the gloomy and aesthetic style of the former Soviet Union. It may be filmed in Georgia with the film, and with the heavy history of this ancient Caucasus country and with the Soviet Union. The complicated relationship is related; the mottled dance rehearsal hall floor reminds me of Jia Zhangke's "Twenty-Four Cities". More realistic than "Please call me with your name" is that "Please" is like a utopian castle in the sky. The two male heroes have no risk of livelihood. They just had a love relationship in a beautiful paradise; and this movie The male host Meribu (and the entire Georgia) is living in a forced environment. The dancer ca n't make a living, and has to go to the restaurant to work; the home often has a power outage, and the mobile phone will also owe money. In addition to survival, there is also his dance. The style contradicts the "national spirit" of the tough style left over by the Soviet Union, so it is not a question of appreciation. Meribu's talent for dancing is undoubtedly extremely high ("I will dance when I can walk"), but his brother pointedly pointed out, "There is no future for you", individualism will be bound by ideology; and in In addition, under the general environment of Orthodox Church and ancient traditions, homosexuality is also regarded as immoral, and the critics mentioned repeatedly that a homosexual friend was cruelly excluded from the mainstream society. Livelihood, career, love, there is no way out, what else can he do?
As the name of the movie says, I can still dance. When Meribu danced, he was immersed in his own spiritual world. At the end of the film review, he danced in a crimson Georgian traditional costume audition, which was a disdain for all these things. He has his own dance and his own spirit. I do n't know what the result of the audition will be, but in the previous paragraph, what my brother said when comforting the broken love Meribu is undoubtedly also a hope for the audience: "You have to go out and leave here." Just like the director himself, he left Georgia 's homeland Only when you go out can you look back and face up to what has shaped your core.
