混蛋科林，新年快乐 Happy New Year, Colin Burstead.(2018)
简介：
- 本·维特利打造的全新影片[科林你个菊花]有新消息，影片卡司曝光，包括尼尔·马斯克尔、乔·科尔、查尔斯·丹斯、海莉·斯奎尔斯、萨姆·赖利。导演表示该片并没有像其他人说的有特别大的转变，而影片或多或少有着处女作[罪恶之家]以及他许多电视节目的影子。
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A new year's party was organised by the biggest son Colin Burstead in the name of family, calling back together the elder parents on the edge of bankruption, the couple of Sister Gini who invites secrety behind the big brother the little brother, excluded from the family because of his past misbehavior, and other extended family members.
What interest us as a posthuman bombarded by diversified value and alienated from the spirit of nucleus family, is the intention of the above mentioned family to attend the new year celebration. The elder parents, who now suffer from the economic problem, want to secure a loan from their son. That is to say, the father and the mother, who used to be the pillar and authority of the family, now is the empty position that unites the family and seeks the refillment. This is in stark contrast with the long past center-oriented family where the parents radiates the influence outwards toward the family member. When the expectation of the elder parent meets with the refusal of the big son, it breaks the nerves of the father, and he was irritated and confused by the son's execuse of helping by not helping. It seems to rebulid the authority of the father is a impossible task, impossible to fill this empty position.
The organizer, the big brother, hosts the party, but busies himself with the party chores without greeting the long-parted family member. He is very indifferent towards his mother's stmbling over the thresthold, and sees this as an ominous sign of the dysfunction of the celebration and even the family. He is nervous, extremely, reflected by three eruption of psychological troubles. At the beginning before the setoff, he is nervous because of the expectation to see the family, which remains cut off but always on his mind. That is, when the empty place, empty but essential, is going to be occupied by some guests. It cause his breakdown. The second breakdwon happens during the party after he confronted his little brother at the urge of the dad, shouted out the disastifation towards the little brother in front of all the family members and told him to leave. He needs some adjustment to return back to normal, to the normal without the appearnce of someone in the empty seat. The third moment is after the early leaving, and he need some gesture to exclude the family completely from the seat by shout out 'fuck them' at the sea.
The sister wants a sense of family and also feels fair for her mother and the littler brother to meet again after five years apart. She knew what would happen but just acted without any precaution or intervention. She just want to see what will happen.
The elder parents, the big brother, and the sister represents three ways to restore the family concentration and the lost oneness: This sister is a romantic escaper who wants to restore the family togetherness without anyone missing, while she does not know what went wrong and what she can do with it. What she has done is to take one in and push the other one out, blaming the big brothers after he confronted the mishaviored by saying that you are right does not mean your way of doing it is right.
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科林作为长子，在新年前夜预定了郊区的别墅，邀请爷爷、父辈和同辈亲友团聚度新年。他用心筹备的计划随着亲友们相继到齐，困扰也纷至沓来。
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这时新年的倒计时数完，这些一天中哭过争吵过、求之而不得内心平静又困扰无助的一家人举起酒杯，把过去难解的情仇碰撞出放肆的笑声。爷爷说新的一年不要像过去一样，舞池的音乐掩盖了这一天来来往往的闲言碎语，光影在每个人脸上斑斓，而这时唯独没有科林在场。科林精心安排的年夜成了作茧自缚，他步履匆匆安置的别墅里被无法原谅的人践踏，竟让科林自己无处容身。他办置的追光闪烁，享用着狂欢的人们实现着科林的初衷，难怪科林在逃离别墅的路上停车，要到一处高地透气，他说再也不要见到这些人了。一切缘起是他，影片介绍中说科林是一个“控制狂”，我不认为他安排好一切最终离开仅仅归因于喜欢掌控。一个家族人情的复杂不亚于一个职场，甚至是一个社会集体意识的浓缩。亲人的纠葛是无法摆脱的，共同的血缘让他们之间有了宿命的循环，一代人的相欠让上一代无能为力，也让下一代渐生隔阂。
小的时候看待大人，觉得他们有一个大人应有的成熟世界。直到长大，看着多年未变的家长里短不断重复，以至于把陈年的不满累积，最终在这个似曾相识的新年夜爆发。才意识到“不要以为每件事都是经过深思熟虑做出的决定，只有多年后才发现，年少轻狂是他们常干的事。”这是写了我的感受，也像科林一家和许多家庭，只要你是一个稍微敏感的孩子，一定能感受到在那些充满仪式感的节日里隐而不发的，蠢蠢欲动的家事。古来家族宗亲相聚就要议事，现在各扫家门不需旁人干涉，但传统还是留下了。到了团聚时，我从小就坐在一边，听遍众生相。
科林呼吸困难、血脉偾张和出走就像我的家人。那个付出最多的人，越是想要被认可，想要证明自己在族群中的地位。他自认为把一切安排得明明白白，包括每个人。可人总不会按照别人的期望规规矩矩的，那个攒局的是主人，受邀的客人们不会想到杯盘狼藉和彻夜狂欢之后是谁收拾碗筷，他们堂而皇之走到你摆放整齐的家，扫荡、享用，主人千万不要期待与会者是来帮你维护氛围的，他们有权留下意见，评头论足。科林对自己进行了一场完美的绑架，他把大家困在一起，规则即是释放。他无法原谅弟弟，可一首深情道歉弹奏完毕，这个可恨的人稍露温情，就抵过了他所有的付出。
这并没有让我们更明白如何摆放在一个家庭中的位置，而家是一个讲情不讲理的俗世，别做那个主持公道的审判官。若想融入，就扮演好自己角色该有的喜怒哀乐，谁都不是主角。除了家庭恩怨面面观，这部影片事件层层剥离的结构还是清晰的，摄影也不错的。