Revolutionary heroes are not oolong

Kailey 2022-01-29 08:06:06

Leone's work, the trilogy consisting of "Once Upon a Time in America" ​​and "Once Upon a Time in the West", is also slightly less famous than the first two, which may be the reason for the slightly mixed style and the slow narrative, for the audience. , Juan and John's looks are not flattering, but it is undeniable that it is indeed a master work. The story is not complicated. It tells about a dynamite expert and bandits who make a revolution. They are tired of the revolution, but they have to deal with the revolution constantly on the way. They think they can escape, but they find that the revolution is actually changing them quietly. It can be seen that regardless of the settings of Juan and John, there is a proposition that cannot be completely solved in the end: in the historical process of going with the flow, perhaps the revolution will just happen, it will not be controlled by the will of the individual , people who try to control these things or run away from him may not end well, in John and Juan America is the ultimate dream, in the end they don't get to America, and Juan can't leave Mexico, their way of escape It lies in Juan's philosophy of life that he puts the family first and spurns the revolution, which broke the balance of the characters after the demise of the family. After the completion of revenge and the pain caused by the war, Juan just wanted to escape the troubled times, and there was such a thing. An American dream statement; and for John, his experience is richer, life itself is rough, he made him believe only in dynamite before meeting Juan, his cynical attitude to things is that he is a pessimist, now too pessimistic The reason is that the past is too beautiful. In the title of "Revolutionary Past", the word "past" is pressed on John, and the burden of the revolution is on John. But as I said before, people are in the rivers and lakes, and they can't help themselves. In terms of moving the mirror, Leone's fast pushes and fast pulls have slowed down the rhythm compared to Once Upon a Time in the West, and I feel that the push and pull shots are more stable in American Past; The characters move to the sides relative to the normal background of the camera, highlighting the atmosphere of the desert scene. At the same time, Leone reduces the use of close-ups of the characters' eyes, and uses the flies in the twilight to fit the image of the characters. , which has almost become Leone's signature. In his memories, Leone was as stingy as ever with his lines, and more of it was an upgraded picture and music to express John's past, which was concise and charming. In the ending, John recalled when the three of them were running happily on the grassland, The last close-up of the face directly corresponds to the close-up of Juan's face after the explosion is interspersed, which is very interesting, as if the two were separated by an explosion, separating the present and the future.

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  • Eula 2022-03-27 09:01:20

    http://yunpan.cn/QIw5bbj2xNzQM is not like an epic, but more like a fable. Instead of developing the western region, we want to make a revolution. 3 people walking is really a wild speculation about communism BD.DTS.MicroHD-mFANs I wonder if Lao Mao has seen this movie?

  • Jamaal 2022-03-19 09:01:09

    With the help of the film archives in Beijing and Paris, I finally finished reading Leone's Once Upon a Time Trilogy and the Red Dead Trilogy. I am afraid that the past series will have to be digested slowly, but the Red Dead series really has the spirit of no future in aesthetics, and it will always be an eternal textbook for genre films and commercial films.

Duck, You Sucker! quotes

  • Dr. Villega: [to the revolutionaries] And now, to our work, friends. I have good news. In two days, Villa and Zapata will attack simultaneously from north and south. We here, like those in other cities, must begin parallel actions of harassment. Pereto's downfall is just a question of weeks...

    [Miguel coughs loudly]

    Dr. Villega: Whereas Miguel's is only a question of hours if he doesn't stop smoking.

    [revolutionaries laugh]

    Miguel: Easy to say.

  • Miguel: [referring to Juan] What about that one? Him?

    Dr. Villega: He's alright... except that when operating, he cuts deeper than I do.

    Juan Miranda: What the doctor means is that one time we did a... little work together.