------------------- 1. Walking with the movie and rubbing shoulders with perfection ------
Scene 1: The break-in of the prison breaker The Puritan family led a lifeless life. Butch asked Philip to pick up the gun on the ground and aim it at himself. "Perfect!" Butch said to Philip, an unexpected affirmation and praise from the mob. This is their first meeting, and the first time "perfect" appears in the entire film.
Scene 2: Outside the city hall, a small official loudly showed off the well-equipped governor's campaign car in front of Reid, and finally he said: "Perfect!", exaggerated, complacent, trivial, and petty.
Shot 3: On the campaign car, because of Reid's wildness, it's now transformed into a hilarious pursuit car. People are discussing how to set up roadblocks, and here is a rather intriguing dialogue: "In a perfect world, we can only surround them (Butch and his companions) hand in hand." "In a perfect world, this situation is fundamentally It can't happen." Between the confrontation of words, there is a silent blank, which is enough to trigger our thinking.
Scene 4: In the store named "FRIENDLY", the clerk had a far-fetched and stiff smile on her face. Facing Butch, who was trying on sunglasses, she praised with a sweet and greasy voice: "Perfect", ironic, "Perfect" is here reduced to worldliness and cheapness, and can be dissipated everywhere like a leaflet, reeking of copper rot.
Shot 5: The Governor's Office. Under the spotlight, the governor held Philip's mother's hand tightly and promised the safety of the child, because he had made what seemed to be the biggest "sacrifice", and let the "Perfect" equipped campaign car participate in the pursuit, although after the reporter turned around, He then issued an order to take back the campaign car. The obvious traces are too obvious, but they add a sense of irony and comedy. Smile because of numbness, numbness because of smile.
Shot 6: Butch wants Philip to introduce the "Wild World" on the postcard, which is a "Perfect" world. The tone is leisurely, with a little bit of intoxication mixed in the blur, and perhaps there is a longing that is extremely disproportionate to the criminals on the run. Having seen his ruthlessness towards his companions, and listening to the tragic childhood experiences of the female detective, Butch was obsessed with the "wilderness world", and the silence of his soul at that moment was like a lifetime.
Shot Seven: Farewell. Butch stretched out his blood-stained hand, which was his own blood, and snuggled peculiarly with Philip's little hand. "Goodbye, this is the perfect trip," said Butch. This is their last gazing at each other at the same height. This is the handshake of the father and the son, the face-to-face of a man.
Shot Eight: Philip returns to Butch's side, whimpering and hugging. "I think my negotiation is a perfect deal." This is the last time "perfect" appears in the whole film. There is no artificial deepening or sublimation. Laugh in laughter, cry in laughter. An unexpected negotiation that won Philip a marshmallow, a roller coaster, Halloween's "Treat or Trick" and, for a kid, a truly perfect world.
Interspersing these various shots in one place is like forming an ingenious emotional montage. Using his unique and instinctive lens language, the director expresses his views on "perfection" in the strong contrast and conflict, and in the seemingly absurd and uninhibited chat and laughter.
------------------------- Two imperfect endings, perfect movie ---------------
If If you are a mother, he is a loving son;
if you are a child, he is a strong father;
if you are a wife, he is a trustworthy husband;
if you are a woman , he is the perfect lover in his heart;
if you are a man, he is a brother who is as heavy as a mountain;
If you try to hurt a kid, he's that angry fist in your face;
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seems like a perfect guy, but he's first and foremost a jailbreak robber who kidnaps kids and ends up being shot by the police.
Like a tired person, lying quietly in the green grass, staring at the blue sky, the perfect world in his heart, as the helicopter's propeller gradually fades away and fades away...
Revisiting the old movie, "Perfect World", Perfect movie, imperfect ending, totally moving.
The first time, many years ago, I happened to watch it in a dark and cluttered video room. Since then, I have never forgotten it.
This is a story between a child and a robber, and a story between a son and a father. It is a touching growth education. The film is impeccable in terms of plot, detail settings, lines and performances, and has many shining points. Kevin Costner's Haynes the Robber has also become one of my favorite characters of my viewing career.
It's not so much a hijacking, but a fate destined to happen, letting Haynes act as the child's "father" by accident, riding what he calls a "time machine" and letting the child experience his life. The happiest journey in his life, he gained the most important growth of a little boy that his family could not bring him.
This is also the happiest time in Haines's life. He gave all the love he wanted and never wanted when he was a child to the child who was kidnapped by him. He seemed to see the perfect world in his heart, just between him and the child. The time, so close, yet so far, was ruthlessly deprived in the end.
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