The Crying Game (1992) is a British Blu-ray edition of the film
Neil Jordan is a true Irish director. After the commercial success of we're No Angels (1989), a comedy he teamed up with Robert De Niro, Sean Penn and Demi Moore to create, We're Not Angels (1989), Neil Jordan returned to independent production for The Miracle (1991).
"Miracle" revolves around the conflict between a young boy Jimmy and his drunken father, metaphorically exploring the earth-shaking changes in Irish society, and more or less alluding to the father-son relationship between Irish movies and Hollywood movies.
Poster for the Irish version of the movie Miracle The Miracle (1991).
Neil Jordan, like the boy who hated his father, broke free from the shackles of Hollywood's industrialized film order. On days when there were no miracles, he expected and created miracles.
Sure enough, in the next film, "The Crying Game" (1992), the Easter egg was "smashed" and a miracle was created.
It is shocking and controversial all over the world, and in a state of shock shows the touching multi-faceted nature of lovers.
The film still doesn't have any "big names" to join, and Neil Jordan is "quiet" to tell us a wonderful story of unusual friendship and forbidden love.
Neil Jordan and producer Stephen Woolley on the set of Sheparton Studios' Crying Game (1992).
This led to "The Crying Game" winning six Oscar nominations at the 65th Academy Awards in 1993, including Best Picture and Best Director, and eventually winning the Best Original Screenplay Award.
The film's global box office reached $220 million, which is also very good.
But it didn't come at the expense of Neil Jordan's personal style, but rather a stylized triumph.
The film is the culmination of Neil Jordan's work. The story of the film is simple but extremely lethal: from the kidnapping of the Irish Republican Army to the transgender and transfigured misplaced love.
Stills from the movie Crying Game (1992), Stephen Rea (right) and Jay Davidson Jaye Davidson
Politics and love seem to be divided into two, but in fact they are each other's appearance.
Kidnapping can evolve into a flirtation scene between two men full of male gay friendship, but love can also lead to a game of disgusting and even horror.
The Crying Game marks the maturity of Neil Jordan's play and control of the film.
He may not have been a master director at the pinnacle, but at that time he was already the best spokesperson for independent films outside the United States, with considerable international influence.
Stills from the movie The Crying Game (1992), Stephen Rea (right) and Forest Whitaker
The Story of The Crying Game begins in a noisy and messy playground where British soldier Jody (Forrest Whitaker) is kidnapped by a man who rushes out while making out with a woman named Gad (Miranda Richardson) while making out with a woman named Gadd (Miranda Richardson).
Jody is taken to a forested flower bed, a secret hideout of the IRA, with Peter (Adrian Dunbar) as their leader.
The curly-haired man who suddenly appears is named Fergus (Stephen Stephen Rea), who takes care of Jody.
Stills from the movie The Crying Game (1992), Forrest Whitaker (right) and Jaye Davidson
Peter tried to exchange the kidnapped Jody for their companions who had been arrested by the British government forces, and Jody knew from the beginning that the British government could not release people, and what his final fate was.
In just three days, Jody and Fergus slowly went from initial hostility to intimate care.
They talk about war, they talk about cricket, they talk about long-distance running, they talk about girls.
In Jody's wallet, there is always a picture of a beautiful dark-skinned girl named Dale (Jay Davidson) who asks Fergus to visit her instead of himself.
By the end of the deadline, the arrested rebels surrendered to the British government, and Fergus was responsible for executing Jody.
In a life-or-death situation, Fergus gave up the chase, and when the simple Jody was about to get a new life, a dramatic scene occurred: British government tanks rushed out, knocking Jody and crushing him.
In the confusion, Fergus fled the gunfire and came to London with the help of his relatives.
In the beauty salon, Fergus met Dale for the first time, a girl with long black curly hair and an amorous face.
Stills from the movie Crying Game (1992), Jay Davidson
In the night bar, he heard her singing CRYING GAME for the first time, and life was like a sudden stage play, teasing the mourning people like a game.
Late at night, Fergus sees a picture of Jody at Del's house. Dale said that Jody was completely special, that he was simply like a child and had never hurt her.
Fergus and Dale fall in love, but at the last moment Fergus discovers a surprising fact: Dale is a man, her body is a man, and her soul is a woman without compromise.
Image from the movie The Crying Game (1992).
Fergus is shocked, frightened, disgusted, disgusted, and after the twists and turns, although Fergus cannot fully accept Dale's love, he cannot hide his feelings for her, until Gad and Peter find Fergus again, and threaten Dale with him to shoot a judge.
Fergus, who had cut off her long hair, tied up Fergus in the early morning, and the assassination failed because Fergus did not appear.
Peter is shot and killed, and an enraged Gadd arrives, and in the confusion, a jealous and angry Dale kills Gard.
Before the police arrived, Fergus calmly sent Dale away, silently waiting for the end to come.
On the silver screen, gay films in the 1990s suddenly exploded and became a new genre. Gus Van San's My Own Private Idaho (1991), Peter Jackson's Angels of Sin/Paradise Paradise Paradise Creatures (1994), Patricia Rozema's When Night Is Falling (1995), Films such as Frank Oz's "The Groom Runs Backwards/Suddenly Rorossy In & Out" (1997) and Tony Whitar Tony Vitale's "Miss line Kiss Me Guido" (1997) have attracted widespread attention around the world (note: these films have been introduced in micro-headlines or articles).
Stills from the movie The Crying Game (1992), Miranda Richardson
But the ending of Neil Jordan's "The Crying Game" was so "seductive" that it left viewers at the time unclear whether Jay Davidson was nominated for an Oscar as a man or a woman — and many had no way of deciding.
A transvestite man with a male appearance as a woman.
His superb and seductive performance completely blinded the unsuspecting audience.
Apparently, Jay Davidson was nominated for Best Supporting Actor at the 65th Academy Awards.
Jay Davidson is on the left in the movie Crying Game (1992) and Jerry Leto in the film Dallas Buyers Club (2013).
Unfortunately, Jay Davidson wasn't as lucky as Jared Leto, who won Best Supporting Actor at the 86th Academy Awards for Transvestite Gays in Dallas Buyers Club (2013). It was remarkable that Jay Davidson was nominated in those days.
In October 1991, when Neil Jordan was preparing for "The Crying Game", he had already tried many auditions to play Delle, but when he heard that he was going to wear a skirt, many people retreated. By November, the actors for the other roles had basically been fixed, and Dale's actor had never appeared.
In desperation, Neil Jordan ran to a gay bar in London's Soho district. While waiting for a drink, a charming, low-key young man came over to talk to him, wearing a denim T-shirt.
Neil Jordan suddenly asked him if he could play a role in a movie, but only if he had one condition: he had to wear a dress.
The young man was Jay Davidson, who promised Neil Jordan.
The presence of real gay actors may have made Crying Game infamous, but in this romantic terrorist movie, it's just one of many controversial elements.
Stills from the movie The Crying Game (1992): From left to right: Miranda Richardson, Stephen Stephen Rea and Adrian Dumba Adrian Dunbar
As Jay Davidson put it after world war I fame: "I think everybody hates these themes – IRA, racism, gay..."
In addition, Neil Jordan is clearly recognizable in the setting of the two "female" protagonists in "The Crying Game", the masculine Irish female agent Gard and the transgender transgender Dale.
The ambiguous attitude between the Irish Republican soldiers and the British soldiers, through which the former describes the beautiful woman found as a transgender person, also mocks and satirizes the unrealistic imagination behind the political estrangement between Britain and Ireland.
Stills from the movie Crying Game (1992): Miranda Richardson and Stephen Stephen Rea (left)
The director reveals the absurdity of the revolution, and the assassinations become farcical embellishments, indicating that Ireland's changing political years have become history. The new Ireland is lost in the turmoil of cosmopolitanism.
Next, more capital is optimistic about Neil Jordan's future.
Fueled by funding, with the addition of Hollywood A-list stars such as Tom Cruise, Brad Pitt Brad Pitt and Antonio Banderas, Neil Jordan filmed Night Interview with the Vampire Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles (1994).
On the set of the movie Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles (1994), Neil Jordan and Tom Cruise (right)
The great success of "Interview with the Vampire" brought Neil Jordan's film career to the first peak, and also made Neil Jordan's talent and strength recognized again, and the film became a new milestone in vampire films.
Looking back at the theme of love and war reflected in "The Crying Game", it has transcended the epochality and regionality of the background: Britain is responsible for the aggression against Northern Ireland, the Republican Army is also responsible for too many assassinations, as long as there are war disputes in the world, there are people facing death, and there is love facing destruction.
Only true love, which transcends everything, can save this ruined world.
Stills from the movie Crying Game (1992), Jay Davidson (right) and Stephen Stephen Rea
At the end of The Crying Game, Dale visits Fergus, who is serving his scapegoat. Fergus finally atones for his sins, and he finally falls in love with Dale completely.
Although the two face the barrier of the prison, they have unloaded their burdens after all. All they left was love and hope. It can be said that this is almost the most touching scene of all gay films.
The phrase It's my Nature, which Dale has repeated many times, seems simple, but it has an incomparable meaning for hopeful comrades and transsexuals.
The Crying Game (1992) is an American Blu-ray edition of the film
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