Introduction: Seventeen years old is the best year in a person's life, and it is also the age of longing for life dreams in the youth years. According to the trajectory of ordinary people's lives, everything runs step by step between the two points and one line between school and home. At this age, when I was in high school, under the combined effect of heavy schoolwork and ignorance of love, the pursuit of beautiful things became tortuous in the face of cruel reality. Or rebellion, or restlessness, or purity, these are the symbols of adolescence. In the context of different eras, the youth process is also completely different. In this era, luxury cars and villas have become the capital of the young generation to show off and compete, and in that era when they were not rich, a bicycle was enough to make young people's blood boil, which is youth. Premiered at the Berlin Film Festival on February 17, 2001, the mainland youth film "Seventeen-year-old Bicycle" tells a series of youth stories about two teenagers who have a bicycle. Two young people with different life trajectories, because of the humble bicycle, the fate has intersected, revealing the human feelings of different youth trajectories, reflecting the differences between urban and rural areas and the current situation of life of different classes of society, impulsiveness and cowardice, persistence and tenacity, the audience can find the shadow of their own youth part in this movie.
In adolescence, many people have the experience of drilling the horns in order to get something, and the bicycle, as a more fashionable means of transportation at that time, carries their dream of letting go of themselves. The film directed by Wang Xiaoshuai uses real life experience to penetrate the teenager's psychology of not giving up until the goal is reached. In a little bit of youthful memories, the streets and alleys, riding and chasing, become scenes with the imprint of the times.
Young and crazy and confused, these pains in life are the price of growth, so that a person's mind becomes more mature. Unlike many youth idol films with similar plots or even flooding, the film focuses on reflecting the social reality of the collision of different classes in youth stories. In fact, at such an age, when you first enter society, your ideas about life, ideals, and love are different. Social rules need to be adapted, and the choice of ways to resolve conflicts of interest determines a person's initial impression of the society.
A bicycle, carrying too many meanings in it, is both a tool for making a living and a capital to show off, reflecting a class difference in different lifestyles. In the seemingly simple plot, there are all kinds of true portrayals of social reality, which is the style of Wang Xiaoshuai's film works. Whether it is the plot setting, the language of the film or the acting skills of the actors, it has reached a good level, and this is a very realistic movie. The excavation of the harsh reality can always give the audience some feelings outside the movie.
Two seventeen-year-old teenagers, wandering in the metropolis at the most brilliant time of their lives, are working hard for their dreams. An ordinary bicycle, for one of them is a necessity for survival, an indispensable means of transportation for work, and also makes him full of hope for the future; for another person, the bicycle of a poor and destitute life becomes a cool means for him to find his long-lost self-esteem.
Riding on the city roads allows you to enjoy this feeling of freedom, which is made more real by the oncoming wind. The two male protagonists' persistent pursuit of the same dream produces an infinite motivation. Or ignorance, or wandering, even if the body is scaled, feeling the pain of growth under the cold and warmth of human feelings, in this way, ignorant youth becomes part of people's growth experience.
In those restless and restless times, cycling seemed to become a popular way of life. A bicycle, given different symbolic meanings by the times, can be an indispensable means of transportation for work, can also be an important object of dating and chat in romantic love, it represents the travel choices with the characteristics of the times. Through a bicycle, people recall the years that accompanied themselves, which became a kind of youth memory.
Overall, this is a story about youth and growth, and the teenagers and girls in the movie have learned to grow in this adolescence. Ignorance of love, the taste of being beaten under rebellion, and riding with partners to talk about ideals are all bits and pieces of youth. The young years and good memories of the past quietly fade away with age, whether it is attachment or regret, please cherish the happiness and joy of the present.
Xiao Jian, played by Li Bin, comes from a restructured family at the bottom of the city, and this kind of problem family itself has an impact on his growth. Because his family was not well off, he couldn't even afford to buy a bicycle, so he could only steal his father's money to buy a second-hand bicycle. It was this bike that made him closely linked to the fate of another teenager. Youth is young, inevitable impulsiveness and quarrel, which is due to personality, but also the characteristics of young people in adolescence.
Originally, this bicycle added joy and youth to his life, but after the bicycle was stolen, he rubbed shoulders with love. Without the capital to sit on an equal footing with others, inferiority turned into anger and led to the end of being beaten all over the body. Just like a beloved thing being plundered, under the face of fear and anger is the once beautiful inseparable.
The fate of Xiao Gui, played by Cui Lin, seems to be more tragic, he came to the big city alone to work hard, there is nothing to rely on, only by his own hands to find a job as a courier, and the bicycle has become an indispensable means of transportation for his profession. Therefore, the important position of the bicycle in his heart can be imagined. With it, you can better integrate into urban life while doing a good job.
A bicycle worth hundreds of dollars is what he bought with hard work and sweat, and when it really belongs to him, life has hope. Unfortunately, the bicycle was stolen and the only source of livelihood was lost. Without a job, the city dream is shattered, under the disappointment and despair, reason becomes impulsive, carrying a smashed bicycle on the road Lonely figure makes people look very heart-wrenching.
In this movie, people see the pure kindness of Gao Yuanyuan, and Xiao Xiao, who she plays, is between two male protagonists, becoming a model of boy-girl interaction in adolescence. Although there are not many scenes, her short hair and beautiful face make a deep impression. A bicycle, becoming a chip around the end of love, can please girls, the existence of bicycles is necessary.
Xiao Jian and Xiao Gui belong to the bottom of society from the perspective of family conditions, the difference between the two identities of high school students and couriers determines that their life trajectory should not intersect, and cycling makes them become paranoid and crazy when chasing their dreams, which also supports their inner world. In the face of love and reality, the pursuit of beautiful things is, in the final analysis, an experience of growth.
Cycling can always be associated with love, and in youth idol films, the picture of the hero and heroine riding together is often the usual way to evoke good memories, and this film is no exception. Xiao Jian and Xiao Xiao are classmates in high school, under the bud of love is the vision of happy and sweet time together, and the bicycle acts as the carrier of love, temperament and driving skills, affecting the degree of obsession of girls with you, which is also an eternal model in countless youth stories. Xiao Jian is happy, and when he tastes the taste of love, he has slowly grown up.
Youth often moves forward in the wandering, Xiao Gui in order to get a bicycle, paid his own hard work and sweat, this bicycle shows his yearning for the life of the big city, but also ignited a glimmer of hope for the future life. But in order to realize this ideal, Xiao Gui worked harder. But in the end, he carries the smashed bicycle through the traffic alone, silently, showing the forbearance of youth and the cruelty of reality. After the injury, get strong and go on the next step.
Because of a bicycle, the impulse of youth and the simple and rough way of doing things, even if it is scaled all over the body and the head is broken and bleeding, it still cannot stop a young man from chasing his dreams. Although for the ideal, they are somewhat confused and lonely. Through this bike, witness the transition from naivety to maturity in two modes of youth. Whether it is a youth farce or not, in the midst of disorder and chaos, it can reflect an attitude towards life and is also a kind of progress. Even if the family origin and social background are different, treating the same life pursuit and going all out to strive for it is a powerful witness to youth.
Throughout puberty, many people's feelings, lives and even ideals are integrated. With the gradual aging, the things labeled with youth are leaving us, the so-called youth will eventually disperse, after understanding the rules of society, in the abrupt end of youth we have entered the society, learn to understand all aspects of this society. Say that it is beautiful because it carries the good memories of the most precious time in life; it is cruel, all the youthful impulses and pains, can not start again, so that the regret caused by it will be cherished for a lifetime.
From innocent childhood to adolescence, it means that you need to throw away the toys in your hands, set yourself up in the transition period from naivety to rebellion, and experience the process of growing up in the pursuit of dreams and the struggle against reality, despite academic, social and life pressures. Youth is gradually drifting away, and there is no longer that pure and memorable youth in a complex society, which is the pricelessness of youth. For the sake of lofty ideals, facing the sunrise, the journey of life has just begun, bravely moving forward, youth without regrets.
The movie "Seventeen-year-old Bicycle" reflects director Wang Xiaoshuai's careful observation of the difference between life and survival, showing a different life trajectory in the horizontal and vertical contrasts. The story itself does not deliberately reveal social problems, but creates a fresh youthful atmosphere by setting up contradictions, and uses an infectious context to show the positive and meaningful side of the youth exploration process in the face of the pain of growth, impulsiveness and loneliness, in the face of the pain of growth and the reality of social class differentiation.