bye bye, blackbird —— a deadly handsome man has to pay for his life

Scarlett 2021-10-20 17:27:10

Since watching this movie, the permanent host of the movie version of this site, Xiaoban, has been in an intermittent hc switch short-circuit state, so this program specially invited another host of this site, Jackie, to co-host.

(The subtitles on the stage: "The theme of this issue: Did the bandits of the year pay their lives because tmd was so handsome?")

Jackie (look at rundown): The theme of this issue is not to discuss the famous gangs of the public enemy in the 1930s Is the image of the character on the big screen of this century?

Madara: That's why the producer changed the title. Don't you think that the bandits in the pre-FBI era were very handsome? (Breaking fingers) For example, Brad Pitt (Jackie explained to the audience: Jesse James is a character in the nineteenth century), Al Pacino (Jackie: The prototype of "Scarface" is Al Capone, in fact, he is not handsome), and There is our (Jackie: not "our") "Public Enemy Number One" Johnny Depp...

Jackie: I think it's the clothing. The robbers of that year were generally less afraid of heat. No matter which district they live in, there are three all year round. A suit, a top hat, and a gun belt on the outside of the vest. I always think that one is pretty sexy...

Xiaoma (eyes are radiating):...JD with a "gun"~~~ (Jackie: This Does the sentence have a color?), so today’s theme is to tell you how men at the age of 46 can act as a robber in their early 30s and are so handsome that the female audience in front of the screen can’t wait to cross it. Rewriting American History

Jackie: No, today’s theme is...

Small spot (showing a short-circuit state): ...so the point is to have Uncle JD's hair that is thicker than the dark night, a forehead that can withstand the test of a big back, and eyes that are darker than the abyss (Jackie: You obviously like blondes and blue eyes) The type is good or not), thin and bony cheeks, thin and well-defined lips, long and thick eyelashes, and remember to draw a black lower eyeliner-men’s oil secretion is relatively strong, so it is best to use liquid Eyeliner, as well as taking preservatives and applying preservatives regularly, I have already written an email to ask which brand of preservatives JD is using.

(All JD fans: Didn’t the gossip say that he actually came from a vampire? He should have been drinking blood)

Xiaoma: Another tip is that when you go out, it’s best to have another age next to you, although the appearance is not much worse, but Usually handsome guys who only make JKQ three playing card expressions act as green leaves (Jackie: green leaves?), so that they can naturally raise the handsome one level. This time, Uncle JD is so handsome that the sun and the moon are so handsome that I can’t wait to go back and cover Hoover with my underwear (Jackie: saliva! Do not drool down!), I still have to thank Christian Bale, come, everyone applaud (all applauses) ). The CB classmate has completed the task of Pomegranate very well (Jackie: why do you add the word "aga"!) I now find that the main use of CB in Hollywood is originally here, because his appearance is actually good and his acting skills are also recognized , So if a director wants to make a double protagonist drama but wants to highlight one of the actor A, then looking for CB to find actor B will definitely achieve the effect of getting twice the result with half the effort. His own conditions can increase the quality of the film. , And because his temperament is not aggressive, he is quite versatile. In addition, his strange presence is as thin as the oxygen on the plateau, which can magically increase the vitality and rosy degree of the other protagonist in contrast. CB fans began to throw objects on the stage that were post-produced and beaten by Masek).
Hey, it’s useless if you lose me. Later, remember to email CB’s agent to say that if CB doesn’t want to take the "green leaf forever among the two protagonists" route, try to avoid taking double protagonists or villains in the future. Plump drama.

Jackie: You also talked about the character image, so it seems that the stiff performance of CB from the beginning to the end this time should be related to the character.

Madara: If you want to use this excuse to dodge it, shouldn't it be Mr. Hoover who is the most stiff? But isn't Mr. Blue Man acting very memorable? In fact, there are not many scenes arranged for Melvin Purvis in the script, and there is even a special appearance for him. If Johnny Dillinger’s personality is consistent and he didn’t introduce his background too much because of the audience’s familiarity with this legendary character, then this FBI agent has gone through this contest with Dillinger. A fairly clear mental journey. From the very beginning, he tried to catch JD with pride and treated him as a complete villain. In the confrontation, he began to understand JD’s life philosophy and his personal character. At the last moment, he wanted to Save JD-he wants to catch him, but desperately wants him to live, this is already emotional.
At the end of the film, a lot of shots from the Manhattan Melodrama movie were cut, and the looks and expressions of MP and JD were constantly inserted between these shots. So JD contrasted with Blackie, and MP contrasted with Jim’s intentions. This is also the last JD’s. The origin of the last words... CB only had three expressions of JQK in the first half of the journey, including in the scene where Frechette was saved, the road was never connected, it was broken, and the sudden expression of excitement in the end was not very abrupt?

Jackie: But Blackie and Jim have always been friends. Blackie killed people for Jim, and Jim gave up his political career for Blackie. The intersection of MP and JD is not so dense, don’t say it as if...

Xiaoban: That's right, it's the BL story. But now the era of Brokeback Mountain is more ambiguous, the love-hate relationship has love, at least the positions of the two pairs are the same. Blackie is the representative of the gang star in the era of public enemy-handsome and loyal to talk about love, just ignoring the law and order and acting only according to his own preferences. But in his closing speech, Jim also said that Prohibition has been cancelled, which means that the era when these gangs were regarded as idols has also passed, and the society that has recovered from the economic crisis will call for the law again. And Jim is the representative of the later political star, he is also handsome and loyal to talk about love, but at the same time abide by the law, regard the law as the highest principle, and always consider the interests of others first. Just like the cat and mouse in the Five Heroes of the Seven Heroes of China, in fact, any era requires knights to resist the government, and iron faces to restrict the arena. Which is more popular depends on whether the society at that time needs to be destroyed or needs to be stabilized.

Jackie: So the system in the public enemy era is broken. Because of government corruption, coupled with the economic crisis, there is almost no difference in behavior between law enforcement and crime in public consciousness, although MPs claim to be hunting down. The criminal-that is JD, but in fact JD has never killed people in any robbery he led, even the target of the robbery is only the bank's vault and will never ask customers to hand over their wallets. Down, the FBI—of course not called the FBI at the time—in order to hunt down JD’s unauthorized monitoring of the public’s private phone calls, attacked passersby in Little Bohemia and killed innocent people. Even the final round-up operation completely ignored the safety of the masses and placed a large number of pedestrians. In the open air, the police seized and tortured Frechette privately in order to know the whereabouts of JD. So it’s no wonder that people like JD were regarded as "modern Robin Hoods" in that era. It is secondary to help the poor. The point is that they used their own strength and wisdom to challenge the national machinery, similar to knights, and let the ordinary people. Seeing the hope of individuals fighting the state apparatus to fight for their own interests-in other words, the actual meaning of "the public enemy of the whole people" is actually "the idol of the whole people."
However, MP and JD have the same standards for certain restraints. JD is "rules" among criminals, and even speaks a little gentlemanly. Then MP is honest among law enforcement officers and cares about his own subordinates and does not allow the police. Abuse of lynching, do not want to hurt innocent people. His cognition of JD has a process from looking down to understanding. In the process of hunting down this criminal, he constantly sacrificed his subordinates. He needed to yield to his superiors and even occasionally do behaviors that he did not agree with, but JD lived. Very arbitrary, he never abandons his companions, never abandons his love, this is not that he is "prescribed" to do this, but that he "wants" to do so, he is an unlawful "good man". It can be seen that the laws formulated by the state machinery are neither equivalent to the most basic morality of mankind, nor a subset of morality. There may be a big intersection among them. JD is in that set, but not in that intersection, just like Blackie. As a MP, I am afraid that in the course of this hunt, like Jim, I find it difficult to stay in that intersection. At some point, you have to make a choice.
Blackie has said that Jim is "his white dove", which symbolizes a hope that justice can be improved, the country can be clean, and law enforcers can stand not only in the collection of laws but also in the collection of morals. . And Blackie is a black bird. Since he is not protected by the law and is not bound by it, he has never seen such a thing in his eyes. JD said "bye bye blackbird" refers to the end of the era of public enemy. The brilliant crimes in his short life promoted the establishment of the FBI. The era when individuals can confront the state apparatus is over, and criminals in the post-FBI era will no longer be criminals. It's no longer a "national idol".

Madara: Blackie finally went to sit in the electric chair and said, "If I can't live freely, at least let me decide when to die." This film was released in 34 years and reflected a trend of thought at that time. When JD was watching a movie I have realized that this era has passed and he will be caught one day. Although it was a coincidence that JD went to watch this movie, it became "destiny" in the arrangement of this movie. Depp was in the movie theater. It has been shown that JD knows that he has nowhere to retreat. The cognition of "If you are not free, you should die" is just a few shots. Compared with the shots of the inserted MP, this can also be regarded as "the expressiveness of the actor". It’s a good teaching material (the CB fans once again threw Masek objects on the stage).

Jackie: But at this time, what does it mean to bring these people out as screen themes again? This movie definitely didn’t mean it was made into a biopic. JD’s life experience was only briefly explained when he was in Frechette, and there was no feeling of making it into a gangster movie, although I thought it was when I saw the trailer. Gunfight movie...

Xiaoban: Are you kidding? Now that humans are popular-not Superman-use rockets to directly bomb F15. The guns of the 1930s are not worth seeing unless they are used to explode chrysanthemums each other... …I’m so thankful that you can figure it out. Moreover, the gangs of that era were not in JD's turn. He was famous for being "elegant", and his business was very specialized in robbing banks. In terms of social organization influence, he was far worse than Capone, even though he was surrounded by a lot of brothers. , But still follow the "Lone Ranger" route, but the star effect is relatively strong. This shows that it is going to be a dual-protagonist confrontation drama that focuses on the character's psychology and personality. It's the same as the Yuma town decisive battle. The problem is that one of the protagonists is weak so it can't be shot. That kind of confrontation tension comes (to all CB fans: Hey! Alright! Don’t throw it away! Do you think he can explode the small universe if you give me two more bananas?)

Jackie (change the topic quickly): The director also wants Take part of the responsibility. It would be too dry if only the two lines were laid down like this. The audience's tastes are so heavy now, it is no longer useful to retro-style, but a little trick is needed. I don't know if the color of the whole movie is adjusted to a thicker one. I wonder if it will be better. a little.

Xiao Madara: Or make the process of robbing the bank as an old expansion, and don't add sound effects. (Suddenly remembered) It's a pity that JD's famous counter-jumping was only done once.

Jackie: I'm getting old, after all, I'm 46 years old. I suspect that the one who jumped was still hanging Wia's (kicked by little zebra

) and Xiaozhuang (dusting his shoes): And the sex scene with Frechette hasn't taken off his clothes yet~ ~~Neither of them took off this scene and took a P, just cut them all off, it’s a waste of my time, JD is too interesting, what do you do with a vest at this time? Look at Ewan Uncle Lu How outrageous... (to be crazy)

Jackie: Ahem~~~ In the end, the effect of JD's desperation was not achieved. It should be a matter of rhythm. It may be better to use flashbacks.

Xiao Madara (touching his chin): Do you start flashbacks from the movie theater? That's quite interesting. The beginning and the end are both MM movie clips. People would think that the director is a fan of Gable who is engaged in sex marketing. Speaking of which, this movie might really drive MM's DVD sales.

Jackie: Or It’s not bad to start flashbacks from the agent telling Frechette’s last words. In short, there must be the effect of loosening first and then tightening, and the final atmosphere will be desperate. There is a sad

little spot of hero's end (smirking): So you also think that JD is a hero. ?

Jackie: The director is obviously looking for JD to play JD to achieve this effect. Although Dillinger himself did not rob for the purpose of "robbing the rich and helping the poor" or against the government, his arrogant behavior and his 54-law bold provocative attitude, even if it was not Prometheus who stole fire for the world, at least Mars who dared to break through the darkness too. People who provocate authority have more soul resonance with artists. They always have to be suspicious, dissatisfied, indignant, and regretful. Only with this kind of fierce emotions can they have a strong desire to express. Moreover, it is also an economic crisis. If you want to talk about how the FBI eliminated crimes from the perspective of the government, you should change the two male protagonists—(raise hands) I don’t want to target CB classmates, but if you talk about audience fate, especially female audience fate If it is, it must be that JD is stronger, and he obviously has no intention of playing JD as a bad guy. So at least the director and the audience have a consensus on this point: in the end, I don't want to see the ending of that history has been written.

Xiaoma: And why is he hitting his face? Why slap in the face! (Being taken away)

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Public Enemies quotes

  • John Dillinger: [nodding at money left by a bank teller in front of his booth] You can put it away. Not here for your money. Here for the bank's money.

  • Billie Frechette: What do you want?

    John Dillinger: Everything. Right now.