Short film "old boy" nobodies have big dreams

Complex city of little stories

The story of the old boy "is very simple: two middle school's literary enthusiasts, has experienced the frustration of life do not shun, years later, a host when a wedding, a become a Barber's boss.

Meet students who many years ago, is a pick of the producer, the activities of the two hearts remnants of dreams, so as the 70 's they form a "chopsticks brother" and a group of 90 after join selected Sau ...

Short films of the last two brothers were on stage to sing his original song, "old boy", the screen flashed a city one eager faces, migrant workers, the booth, eat lamb kebab of instant noodles white-collar, pinch feet of attendants, middle-aged man down alcohol ...

Complex City dream of little stories, aroused many netizens.

Netizens "Liple" said that the youth's dream is beautiful.

Several years later, in order to live, we have lost the original sharp, but become complacent. A dream of life is happiness, in fact, any time we are not easily give up their mind sticking things, look for the lost dreams. "Everyone has a dream, but many people do not have to be realized. When we see in two little people to dream, regardless of the secular, Bloom's own monent naturally interwoven itself many years of grievances, the dream and the reality of the impact resonate, thereby. "Songs of the word author and film actor of Wang Xiaoshuai Wang too Lee said.

Unknown city "dreamer"

"Old boy" tablets Ed lyrics "life is like a cold knife, changed our look, droop not blooming? I had a dream.

"" Youth as Brooks and rivers, and never go back to the late goodbye, only numb I don't have a year of blood "cause a lot of friends. In fact, writing this song and video teams, is a group of anonymous urban "dreamer".

41-year-old King of this year too, 1993 from the old home with 500 dollars came to Beijing, live 6 bucks a night of University dormitory, rent a 100 bucks for a house in January, slept door panel.

Family was actually fairly good he held in Beijing, only to realize their dream of music.

Film director, "80" Xiao Yang also has a similar dream, a dream experience.

In 1996, Xiao yang from Hebei Chengde to Beijing for the story of the Central Academy of fine arts, decided in Beijing repetition of one year, and three students sharing a few square meters of a House, a person had to sleep in the Cabinet. The second year, he entered. The old boys on almost all the actors are non-professional actors, some behind-the-scenes makers also walked to the front. Fat is late in the film, "enchanting" producer "is the Deputy Director, Barber's customers are props masters, students play a clip. Play the wife of Mr. aphrophora Wang Xiaoshuai, real life is open dumplings shop and clothing store's proprietress. "Performance pay money only ten pounds dumplings. ”

A dream weight

"Old boy" and "Asahi masculine" popularity is not entertainment phenomenon, 70, 80 after collective nostalgia and sentimental nor a pose that moved people from the bottom of society, is a man in his dream.

"Old boy" actor entering middle age, with its own remaining dream combination consisting of a "chopsticks" and a group of 90 after join selected show. The "masculine" combination for Sun music dream "North drift", in society and touched up roll call itself is true peasant inner feelings, touch the fickleness of the community.

"Maybe one day, my old depends, please leave me, at that time; if one day, I quietly away, and I buried in the spring …" mobile shooting video, rough voice, bare to the waist, drunken air, this is the "peasant" edition of the "Spring".

Original lyrics, original songs, to chase a dream, reality, grassroots art that touches people's hearts softer.

A dream that you have the power.

Even in the absence of a gorgeous stage, no gorgeous lyrics, two "naked" of migrant workers was so impressed with their own aspirations and countless of their shared experiences. In a poll, nearly 90% of the net force is calling this combination represents the grass-roots climbed 2011 CCTV Spring Festival evening stage.

Nostalgia: most likely the collective memories

Some people say, nostalgia is the era of collective disease.

The old boy "story is not open to all almost all the actors also is amateur. But the movie is full of nostalgia and funny elements, singing 小芳, skip MJ, bubble class spend these campus Duan; the flower fairy "," 16-year-old season "," sailor "," Star light "," billie jean "as these old songs; brick old recorder, BP machine, handheld game consoles these rustic ... No one does not evoke 70, 80 after a generation of collective memory. The film, watch the first love, magnitude, one with a strong youth mark pieces, listen to it for a long time no longer sounded too of the 16-year-old season on the theme of nostalgia as everyone cannot avoid feeling.

While the movie style, "chopsticks brothers" draws more Internet elements, exaggeration, does not make sense even slightly absurd narrative short film full of comics, and the burden, black humor for whatever it is that people who grew up in the times, or young people nowadays are.