In 2007, Takashi Miike paid tribute to "Ginger" with "Sukiyaki Western", and Quentin Tarantino kindly participated in the performance. In 2012, the unfinished Tarantino performed the sword himself and produced "The Liberalized Jiang Ge". Jiang Ge turned into a black slave, and gave his life to help by a disinterested and dedicated bounty killer. The climactic passage may be called "a bloody case caused by a handshake."
If you want to make a violent movie, it is no easy task to shoot a dawn into the palace level in the sweaty violent images. Kubrick's "A Clockwork Orange" (1971), unbridled violence and Rossini's "The Magpie", "William Tell" Overture, Beethoven's "Ninth Symphony", Elgar's "Awe-inspiring March" is harmoniously intertwined, exuding Satan-like evil charm; the criticism of the overcorrection of atrocities makes the film's ideological nature reach a philosophical height: the use of anti-violence to stifle people's freedom and spirituality will inevitably lead to the strengthening of national violence , Bringing catastrophic consequences more terrifying than individual brutality.
In 1994, "Pulp Fiction" used a novel narrative technique to link up one after another and very life-like violent events. The beginning of the film is the end, and the end is the beginning, forming a wonderful ring structure, which seems to imply the inseparable connection between violence and human beings. And under the shadow of violence, it is difficult to break through the life dilemma. "Do you think that Masha (the big brother who is red and black and dared to kill in the street) looks like a girl? NO? Why did you lie to him?" The film is full of evil and wonderful, Tarantino has nothing to say Controversially entered the ranks of masters.
The decline and ups and downs after the peak are all normal. However, Tarantino after "Pulp Fiction" was only in his early 30s. It was the year of the filming, and the rate of decline was comparable to riding a roller car. Today, who else remembers "Jackie Brown" (1997) and "Death Proof" (2007)? "Kill Bill" in 2003 occasionally shines with aura, but how can this kind of popcorn plasma film with no sense of reality be compared with "Pulp Fiction" in its artistic quality?
"Pulp Fiction" seems to be infinite, but in fact it is "nonsense" that serves the development of character relationships, character and plot. By the time of "Shameless Bastard" (2009), there is nowhere to find it. The whole film is filled with naive plots and artificial dialogue. Blood and violence without any aftertaste became the only gimmick and main course. At this level, he was nominated for Best Picture Oscar! In fact, it’s no surprise to think about "New York Gangs" (director Martin Scorsese), which was denounced as "a mess" by the famous screenwriter William Goldman, and won 10 Oscar nominations. The masters all have a new outfit for the emperor, and even the rotten passages and lines can be interpreted as a wonderful flower by the media and fans.
Saving beautiful women, destroying cults, betraying friends, and revolution, the original "Jiang Ge" is full of suspense and climax, and the anti-genre and anti-hero narrative will last forever. In contrast, the "Liberated Jiang Ge", which has no sense of surprise, is not a slave to him, and the gap with "Pulp Fiction" is even more than eight thousand miles away. Fortunately, Tarantino has never provoked Fang Zhouzi, otherwise it is possible to be accused of acting on behalf of the filming.
The first half an hour of "Liberated Jiang Ge" was pretty tight, and the next one was sukiyaki (Japanese hot pot) and Haidilao. The shootout scene is not as sophisticated and gorgeous as Wu Yusen, and the momentum and weight are not as good as Sergio Leone’s "The Red Dead Trilogy"; Leonardo plays the big villain, which is so bad that it has no characteristics, and it was sold for 12,000 US dollars. After that, he was inexplicably interested in the right hand of the bounty killer, who was greedy for money, and the old rivers and lakes, who were used to the big scenes, actually rushed into the crown quite cooperatively, and a handshake triggered a killing.
What is the concept of US$12,000 in the United States in the 19th century? Bounty killers have to kill ten or even dozens of murderous wanted criminals to earn this huge sum of money. The money and the goods are in the wrong place, people just shake your hand, they are not forced to demolish, flatten your ancestral grave, and explode your chrysanthemums. Where is the anger? As for the observant and scheming black old housekeeper, letting the tiger go back to the mountain, leaving Jiang Ge a chance for revenge, who would he play with? Samuel Jackson fought so hard to save this crappy work with mediocre dialogue and full of loopholes in the plot.
Critics, hello, me, good vulgarity, everyone has a very negative influence on film production. Tarantino, who is in decline, is a typical example of being spoiled by public opinion. With macaroni and westerns as a shield, logic and everything have become clouds. Say it's OK to kill your whole family, one less housekeeper, less dog or less cat. (Media manuscript)
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