The Blue Hour (2015)

Un bon film qui sort des habitudes

On retrouve ici notre cher Gun, bien loin des rôles qu'il incarnera plus tard tel que Rome dans Puppy Honey ou Third dans Theory of Love.

Le film est malaisant, anxiogène à souhait, même si, à certains moments, nos amoureux se créent leur petite bulle de bien-être et de bonheur, même au milieu d'une décharge qui n'est pas seulement dangereuse à cause de la foison d'ordures diverses qu'on peut y trouver.

La décharge, ici, fait office de toile de fond de la vie de Tam, du genre : La vie c'est de la m**** mais en plus si t'es homosexuel, je te dis pas ! Mais dans cette vie qu'il subit plutôt que d'en profiter, il y rencontre Phum, qui n'a peur de rien ni personne ( si ce n'est des acrobaties façon Parkour dont Tam est capable ) et il va lui montrer comment faire un pied de nez, même dérisoire, au destin.

je pense qu'il faut avoir le cerveau bien accroché ou totalement débranché et ouvert à tout pour voir ce film. Je l'ai vu une première fois et, premier constat ... j'ai rien compris ! Là je me suis dit : "Faut pas baisser les bras, tu VAS comprendre". Je me suis repassé certaines scènes plusieurs fois et je dois dire que j'aboutis à une théorie :

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Cette théorie, c'est celle du film Fight Club, je pense que Phum est une création de Tam, une autre personnalité qui fait les choses à sa place quand il en est incapable, je m'en suis persuadé.e quand Phum, dans le dernier acte, parle avec des mercenaires / tueurs à gages et dit de Tam qu'on lui a "volé sa terre", alors qu'il le dit de lui-même plus tôt dans le film.
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Concernant la fin, elle reste sibylline à dessein je pense. Ce sera à chacun de se faire sa propre opinion sur ce qu'il advient vraiment de nos héros.

J'ai beaucoup aimé ce film, même avec le flou dans lequel il nous enveloppe et j'ai aimé aussi voir Gun dans un rôle différent de celui où je l'avais préalablement découvert.

Maintenant, à vous de vous faire votre avis.

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This is my first movie comment. I felt compelled to write this review because many viewers and reviewers haven’t given this movie credit for how good it is primarily because they have a preconceived notion or expectation of what the movie is before watching it and feel unsatisfied at the end because they don’t fully understand it. If you think this story is a gay coming-out/love story or a horror movie the you’ve been badly misled but give it a chance and you’ll find it to be a pretty worthwhile watch.

I will admit that the first time I watched it I was confused as to what happened. Much like the movie the Sixth Sense this one made you think and required you to watch it a second time. The second time around it makes more sense. This is not your conventional horror movie or a gay coming of age love story. Think of it as the reaction of the mind because of horrors that it has to endure.

The title The Blue Hour is very significant to the meaning of the movie. The Blue Hour, also known as Onthakan, is the time between day and night; dream and reality; good and evil. This is where this movie lies.

My personal thoughts on what the movie means after watching it a second time. Don’t read the next section till you’ve watched the movie at least once,

The story is about Tam, a High School student who’s bullied at school and physically and mentally abused at home by his family for being gay. To escape, his mind creates an alter ego named Phum. The movie goes back and forth between Tam’s reality and dreams — hence the blue hour — with the majority of the movie in Tam’s dreams. Phum is strong, independent, self-aware and confident, traits that Tam doesn’t have. Phum essentially acts as the trigger (imagine that little devil on Tam’s shoulder) that unleashes the horrors that lie within Tam’s mind. Phum frees Tam sexually; makes him feel at peace with himself and who he is (any of their poolside chats and the rooftop scene); allows Tam to metaphorically see what his parents have taken away from him (the empty field with so much potential that became a garbage dump - Tam is accused of everything that is bad with their family, including being gay), rationalize murder to save himself (stuff that happens while he’s in the dump); and to learn how to mentally get away from it all (I think this is what the whole holding breath thing is, to be dead without being dead). The pool represents the dirty section of Tam’s mind. The random images that show up on the pool walls that look like images of people made from crap are manifestations of Tam’s problems specifically his family that keep on showing up no matter how hard he tries to remove them. Tam nearly drowning in the pool is essentially that, Tam drowning in his problems. Not sure what the meaning of Phum saving Tam from drowning means. However, after Phum saves and revives him, Tam admits that he can’t remember anything that happened - thereby admitting that he’s struggling between dreams and reality or maybe even good and evil thoughts. The gangsters, who Tam and Phum meet at the pool, are the manifestations of Tam rationalizing murdering his family and a willingness to give up parts of himself to do it - the whole negotiation and Phum listing all the things he’s willing to give up. The ending scene, Tam and Phum meet at a calm river representing Tam’s mind at peace and calm.

I too struggled with this movie at first. A second viewing with an open and objective mind will really make you appreciate the movie and its subtle complexities.

Gun and Oabnathi did a great job acting in this movie that you wanted to believe that they were “real” couple/friendship as opposed to just that little devil on Tam’s shoulder. Thats the genius of movies like this and the Sixth Sense.

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