The Youth Subculture "In the Heat of the Sun"
Movie name: In the Heat of the Sun. References to external resources are not needed and not allowed.
Please discuss Ma Xiaojun's (nickname Monkey, the protagonist of In the Heat of the Sun) activities in his father's room, in other people's rooms, at school, in public spaces in Beijing (streets, restaurant, swimming pool, and others)? How do you
agree with the following argument in the critical article by Weijie Song, “Transgression, Submission, and the Fantasy of Youth Subculture: The Nostalgic Symptoms of In the Heat of the Sun”:
“In the film and in reality, perhaps the most charming fantasy of the youth subculture is the action of ‘walking in the city,' not only physical movement but also a process of alternative education or enlightenment. It indicates youth, action, encounter, discovery, friendship, dreams, longing, passion, and love, especially when the walking is constituted as an ‘imagined memory' connected with lived experiences from twenty years before.”
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