Using unexpected canvasses, JR's intention is to give a global voice to everyday people through a genre-blending combination of public art, photography and large format spectacle
since its a school assignment ill just type in English just for later convenience…nFirstly just really wanna thnx my ways of knowing teacher for always remembering us as artists. There are still some Degrading for what we do even studying in an art school in LAS courses… then about this documentary, about JR. there's actually many concerns but more more moving than anything else while watching this. Even though there's just always a voice in my head screaming that it could never be that beautiful, neither the humanity nor the morality, I still got touched, its just like a human nature that no one could hate seeing all those warm moment between the marginalized group, walls, and prison. The narrative of the documentary us a little too much for me, but still acceptable as I get it. my favourite moments must be when JR put the child's picture between the border line of Mexico and US, and built a moon, there's even a bedroom inside it's! those were the time whenI completely abandoned all my concerns and cynical suspiction about human, just completely enjoy the romance of art, and the wishes of JR, to care, to love and to bring attentions.
As an art student myself, the documentary made me related when Jr said he wanted to get attentions and make connection with people. Totally relatable. It seems that my first desire to learn art was not because i love drawing or something, it's just i want to be loved and admired and be recognized by the world that how amazing and unique i am. I have been ashamed somehow to say it cuz i feel like its just not a pure love, but learning fromJR just somehow gave me the support to say it and not feeling ashamed about it.
however, as a digital media student, I still dont know what can we do for people. it's not like fine art or performance, that you seems to get bigger chance to be known and be famous. as a creator yourself in digital media, it's more likely that you are just gonna be an invisible man, a part of the working machine. That actually no one cares about your idea for changing the world or changing concept. I hope there could be instructions in this world to tell us poor digital media student, this huge group of people who want to do something big but still striking to survive, what we can do and what we should do? will it bother when our own ambition got diminished?
to care about about the world, turn people's attention and care on others, change their view on how they see the world. It sounds so depressing to hear when you are a ambitious figure, want to do something on your own, but have to kill your personality to survive in this society.
JR的作品除了名称，几乎都没有一点文案，他总说，当人们看到，每个人都知道其中的含义，无需解释。但有了这些幕后故事，才能懂得JR真正在做的是什么。才知道了一直喜欢的人不光是总在和马丁斯科西斯等各路名人合影的疯狂艺术家。他关心人能不能看到月亮，他说我想在上面造个月亮，然后就会把这个月亮造出来，也让同样在care的那些人住进去。他的办法简简单单又无比帅气：let’s do it.
于是记起了为什么要关注他。那天刷到了一张屋子睁着一双眼睛、顶上长着一棵树的照片（也是本片海报的原图），觉得很好看，截图做了头像。图说里JR写，在里约的贫民窟，有个女人曾经告诉他，the hills have eyes。
since its a school assignment ill just type in English just for later convenience…nFirstly just really wanna thnx my ways of knowing teacher for always remembering us as artists. There are still some Degrading for what we do even studying in an art school in LAS courses… then about this documentary, about JR. there's actually many concerns but more more moving than anything else while watching this. Even though there's just always a voice in my head screaming that it could never be that beautiful, neither the humanity nor the morality, I still got touched, its just like a human nature that no one could hate seeing all those warm moment between the marginalized group, walls, and prison. The narrative of the documentary us a little too much for me, but still acceptable as I get it. my favourite moments must be when JR put the child's picture between the border line of Mexico and US, and built a moon, there's even a bedroom inside it's! those were the time whenI completely abandoned all my concerns and cynical suspiction about human, just completely enjoy the romance of art, and the wishes of JR, to care, to love and to bring attentions.
As an art student myself, the documentary made me related when Jr said he wanted to get attentions and make connection with people. Totally relatable. It seems that my first desire to learn art was not because i love drawing or something, it's just i want to be loved and admired and be recognized by the world that how amazing and unique i am. I have been ashamed somehow to say it cuz i feel like its just not a pure love, but learning fromJR just somehow gave me the support to say it and not feeling ashamed about it.
however, as a digital media student, I still dont know what can we do for people. it's not like fine art or performance, that you seems to get bigger chance to be known and be famous. as a creator yourself in digital media, it's more likely that you are just gonna be an invisible man, a part of the working machine. That actually no one cares about your idea for changing the world or changing concept. I hope there could be instructions in this world to tell us poor digital media student, this huge group of people who want to do something big but still striking to survive, what we can do and what we should do? will it bother when our own ambition got diminished?
to care about about the world, turn people's attention and care on others, change their view on how they see the world. It sounds so depressing to hear when you are a ambitious figure, want to do something on your own, but have to kill your personality to survive in this society.
角度很新颖有趣，聚焦的人群也是边缘化的群体，很难在生活中遇到他们或是听到他们的声音，这很有意义。
最喜欢的是他们采访到的这段话：
People wanna be this big.
From way up there, you know what I mean?
We can see it.
We want to be that big from way up there. And it doesn't take much.
Just a little hope, a little effort, and we got it. And some paper.
又想起，艺术是有阶级性的，因此来自人民的艺术，也能被人民所欣赏。
最后一幕，镜头拉远，墙面上的山体涂鸦和远处的高山融为一体，看的人热泪盈眶。伴随着导演一句No more walls，影片落下帷幕。
阿拉斯加人总说，没有人知道风和驯鹿的去向。看这部片对于我来说，就是看一千只驯鹿，走过巨大的拼图，去往我暗自期望它们去的方向。一块块空白之处，当它们落脚时便风吹草长。JR戴上墨镜之前的人生，以及这十年间那些只是在手机上刷到的照片，背后的故事终于被补完，连同心里某些虚无的地方，也好像在一瞬间有点什么东西在那了。
看之前以为主要是脸庞村庄之后的项目。并不是！而是从JR在巴黎涂鸦开始，在他变得更红之前做的事情。
记一下看的时候在脑中炸烟花的地方：
那个为JR打开新世界的合作伙伴拉吉，原来就是《悲惨世界》的导演。《悲惨世界》里的蒙费梅伊，也是这两人拍脸、刷墙的起点。那张“持摄影机暴徒”，就是拉吉本人。JR后来所有的项目都有种胆大妄为的反骨劲儿，以及《悲惨世界》作为处女作入围戛纳主竞赛，横空出世，原来起点都在这个暴力街区。连上了都连上了。两个人也陪街区的最后一栋大楼一直到最后，真是太好了！（但JR不戴墨镜时期所有露眼睛的镜头都打了码，烦死????
美墨边境那个巨大的翻墙Kikito的注视下，栅栏两边曾经互相传递着用于拍照和手机、illegal tacos，一支乐队一分为二， 演奏相同的乐曲。You Know from up there, there’s no wall.
里约Favela的项目，那一双双眼睛，有脸了！年轻的女人，年老的女人，孩子们拿着比自己头还大的佳能去拍家人和街坊（但不拍带枪的人），拍得还挺好，毒贩为了开幕庆典做一天良民。这双眼睛在自己的巨幅肖像前红了，说没人告诉她有这么大的阵仗。
JR的作品除了名称，几乎都没有一点文案，他总说，当人们看到，每个人都知道其中的含义，无需解释。但有了这些幕后故事，才能懂得JR真正在做的是什么。才知道了一直喜欢的人不光是总在和马丁斯科西斯等各路名人合影的疯狂艺术家。他关心人能不能看到月亮，他说我想在上面造个月亮，然后就会把这个月亮造出来，也让同样在care的那些人住进去。他的办法简简单单又无比帅气：let’s do it.
于是记起了为什么要关注他。那天刷到了一张屋子睁着一双眼睛、顶上长着一棵树的照片（也是本片海报的原图），觉得很好看，截图做了头像。图说里JR写，在里约的贫民窟，有个女人曾经告诉他，the hills have eyes。
JR老是戴着他的黑墨镜和帽子，以为在耍酷，是一个艺术家树立个人风格、讨巧的方式 。看完发现，他和其他艺术家很不一样，他没有那么大的自尊迷乱双眼（可能因为他有墨镜），迫近他人的脸，让人敢怒不敢言。他特别随性，去项目的时候，一般就带自己，与人近距离接触交谈时，贴画的绒毛自然生发出来，从帮派份子愤怒搞怪的脸，重刑犯纳粹的纹身上长出来。他不拿乔艺术，挖掘他人苦难，成为背后名利双收的“吸血鬼”，他会在视频里呼吁高手帮忙去除凯文脸上明显的涂鸦，这对凯文以后从监狱释放，融入社会，肯定会成为阻碍，他会在下一个项目的间隙给凯文打电话，好像回访，其实就是闲聊，“你最近怎么样？”“挺好的。”
他去监狱，开场白“会记下所有人的名字”，当然这需要时间，像在第一堂课努力记住所有学生姓名的教师，区别在于想不想。他用囚犯站立的单人照组成大合照，像美国男篮“梦之队”一样，这个“梦之队”还帮忙一起把巨幅贴画拼好。结束时有人撕下有眼睛的照片做纪念，借用拼贴巨幅的自己，他在画面里是正中央，是站立的有尊严的男人，他似乎能在悠长深邃的道口，望见失落的自尊和渴望，即使只有那么一瞬摆脱背后的消极，也是一种解脱。“鸟在人关的笼子里是自由的”，人却不是，是在社会评价下压着的。
他擅长把美墨边境有形的墙或者说边境巡逻队口中的“栅栏”具象化，隐形的两个国家、阵营和创伤。很多人的家人都在对面，Marya、边境巡逻员之一，他们分享着一张被墙分隔的桌子，传递着非法的玉米卷、帮忙拍照的手机，和降下自身防御的信任。
他擅长拆毁囚犯的心墙，美墨边境人民的心防，说明他很亲近人，相信人性本善，或者说他总是那么“凑巧”，可以激发人们善的一面。他用对了工具，复杂纠葛的议题搁置争议的法子，除了艺术，没有更好的解酒药。他立足在人身上，影片开头的那句话“如果人们足够打开，你会发现风景。”人们蜷缩着身体，等待一把钥匙，吐露自己的秘密。Rosiete是巴西贫民窟Providencia的守护神，她的“母系族群”传递着寡妇的宿命，她们阻止不了男人的非理性所带来的暴力，并不幸地活着承受一切的丧失，目睹一个个男孩与男人的死亡。她们才是社区真正的支柱，她们的眼睛值得被放在桥上、剧院顶端，应该被人们索要签名，JR戴着墨镜站在暗处，把聚光灯和话筒推给被遗忘的人们，因此人们信任他，降下恐惧之墙的铁幕。他不操纵别人，在自己建的学校，无论是在Kourtrajme还是Providencia，他还是那个想在顶上做个黄色月亮就去做的人。他没有用艺术铺就飞升之路，那个黄色的月亮，仍然是树屋的一部分，是小孩子上课的教室，或者被毒品、枪支与现实拍在面前，可以吸口气的纯氧。
他一点也不理想主义，许多在树屋里熏陶的孩子，活下来得很少，他自己都说“不能拯救所有人”，表达什么，显露什么，感动什么，影响什么，都是作品过后的事，墨镜下的眼神永恒聚焦在创作、创作、创作！
电影主要放在JR墙纸与胶水项目上 还有参与项目的人背后的故事 传递的信息也主要是爱与和平 美墨边境的小孩和眼睛 监狱中众人的合照 卢浮宫的3D效果 小孩视角的摄影作品 无不体现JR的视角之广阔 最困难的项目可能是巴西的贫民窟和法国难民区 贫民窟（真的如《精英部队》描绘的那样混乱）面对的是毒贩与警察不确定的交火 最后的成品也是惊为天人 一张张女性面孔的艺术 难民区则是与他的朋友Ladj一直有计划做 却没能完成的项目 中段也大量利用过去的视频资料（JR如何开启他的艺术之路及他好友的纪录片）与现在的项目进行交叉剪辑 结果看Ladj的眼睛还是很震撼的 结尾的拆除就是真的佩服了 张力太强了 （想起了曾经看他跟阿涅斯瓦尔达一起拍摄的《脸庞村庄》 当时还有朋友非常喜欢那部作品 于是找了背景板和法棍拉上热爱电影的好友 组织了一场致敬拍摄）【BFI - Previews and events】