An exploration of the meaning of friendship, especially for the teenagers who are perpetually insecure and self-doubting. The hero's journey is generic, but it shows the necessary truth about what makes friends friends. Self-acceptance and -worth is the important first step. The ending is tropey though.
梅尔维尔论白区党工作之残酷与迷人》不知为何梅尔维尔从未入围过三大奖难道因为he is "an American in Paris"可他同时代的美国同行(阿瑟·佩恩、佩金帕)真的很不一样啊本片中甚至连两场杀人戏都完全拒绝进行风格化变形相反梅尔维尔影片中的人物(利落、干练至极)、视觉(布列松式的极简构图)都表明这些作品背后有多么强大的一个ego as an author