While everyone is running for their lives, some people are struggling on the brink of survival.
Today, we're going to pick up a niche film about marginalized people:
Scrap Cardboard Boxer
The combination of scrap cardboard and boxers, when I first saw the name, I was expecting an inspirational story of a small person counterattacking.
Even if there is no counterattack, at least like the protagonist in "A Hundred Dollars of Love", he once worked hard for his dream.
But after reading it, I found that there was no "boxer" coolness in the imagination, and some were just the decadence and mourning of "waste cardboard".
Yes, a lonely one, arguably throughout the film.
The male protagonist, Willie, is a stupid and lonely tramp who holds a sign with a typo on it and begs for a living on the street.
Sleeping in discarded cardboard boxes and eating food from crawling ants picked up from the trash can did not bother Willie.
Even after the sleeping bag is snatched away by the bad guys, it will only mutter about the difficult cold climate, and then continue to survive silently.
The low and decadent voice, the sloppy and dirty shape, and the smell of the body will be wonderful and abnormal.
There was a street where on both sides of the road were homeless people like him, men and women, each occupying a place not to invade each other.
In the lively streets of the United States, although surrounded by people in the same situation as himself, he still feels very lonely inside.
" If you could have anything in the world, what would you choose?" ”
" I don't want to die alone. ”
It was so lonely that people's tears involuntarily slid down!
A tramp, Willie survives as an awkward identity that everyone fears to avoid.
After a long time, he may not be able to say a word, and he is introverted and shy, afraid of the attention of others, but he also craves the attention of others.
He was so lonely until one day, he found a little girl's diary in the dumpster.
Just like the dilapidated appearance of the diary, it records the little girl's painful and sad feelings.
Willie read the text, trying to understand her heart, and then wrote down what she wanted to say and folded it into a paper plane and flew out.
He used the money he begged to buy The Little Girl Who Sold Matches, only to tear off his avatar and paste it on the cover of his diary.
He firmly believes that by doing so, he can become a pen pal with the little girl, and through this emotional catharsis, he is no longer alone.
Later on that street came a tramp, Pinky, a warrior of honor who lost his legs in the Iraq War.
With limited mobility, he appears unruly and dismissive of well-meaning help from others, but even so, he becomes Willie's second friend.
Let's find food together, share our past achievements, and go together to sell the Purple Heart, a symbol of glory, for a full meal.
Accustomed to hanging bad smiles on the lips, it seems that he does not care about anything, but such a person has a soft heart.
When she helps Willie read the little girl's handwritten diary, she will be sad because of her tragic experience;
And, he always had no regrets about accidentally shooting the enemy's innocent human shield on the battlefield.
Sometimes, the more superficial the clouds are light, the more overwhelmed by the heavy past.
He has always told Willie not to regard him as a friend, but it is precisely because he regards Willie as a friend that he will reveal his weaknesses, in fact, he also needs such an object of conversation.
The film shows the life of a homeless man on the streets of America through Willie's perspective.
They may have a boxing fight with someone in order to have a full meal or sleep in a comfortable hotel, just to earn the 50 knives.
They also automatically keep their distance to avoid affecting others.
They are only the lowest people in society, but they still maintain the most basic self-esteem and still have emotional needs.
The state can award medals to war heroes and even get a photo with the president, but in exchange for a broken body in a wheelchair.
Rich people in the name of friends, but for their own interests to entertain these humble like ants.
Religion pulls you into heaven by believing in God, but you won't even give a hug, not even take the time to help Willie read the contents of her diary.
Ironically, a diary can bring him warmth and hope;
For $5, you can get a loving hug from a female worker.
I think it's a very pure film, a tramp who can die at any time on the next cold night, bitterly lonely, depressed to the point of not seeing the future.
But it is that deep loneliness and search for solace that strikes our souls again and again
As one of the IBDb netizens commented:
It's a great movie, but you probably won't go to see it.
Think about what is most important in life? I guess the answer will definitely not be money.
Perhaps financial freedom is far from being achieved, and in the hot summer, you have to squeeze into a sweltering little room, busy with life.
But on second thought, there are important people around you to dissipate the boring time together.
Life is hard, but compared to the Willies, we may have been much happier.
Finally, dissolve the oppressive atmosphere and put a picture of the golden beauty of Pinky's supermodel little brother
The main author of this article: Big Meow