Bayonet and history

Leta 2022-03-23 09:01:11

Every film of Lao Ma carries a piece of history. All human territories are born in blood and pain, but the past is not easy to be remembered, and the New York gang has become a thing of the past. The brand-new New York that appeared one after another at the end of the film has forgotten what it used to be, and a great sense of emptiness fills me. Indeed, it seems that I have never been here a few years later. I feel that Lao Ma did not perform to his true level, and the whole film lacks climax, but Lao Ma may just want to convey this feeling, that is, when he replays this period of history, we now seem to be calm. Up.

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  • Janelle 2021-10-20 19:00:26

    The history of the United States, the young people who have been conscripted, the coffins, the candlelights of the windows, slavery, the conscription system, discrimination, resistance, fighting for their rights, democracy, have never stopped, fighting! Regardless of righteousness, for survival, for hatred... Tiny, but continuous, lost in the tide of history, but endless light and shadow flow, the city slowly changes and forms, and the traces of the past are lost in time and drift away. ...

  • Alysha 2022-03-24 09:01:11

    Archive 2013.9.22.7pm The United States started on the streets. Native and foreign ethnic groups, Protestants and Catholics, Irish and black Chinese, in a fusion of fires, in the context of immigration and the Civil War, forged New York (U.S. ). The scene of the riot pays tribute to the battleship Potemkin (stone lion, gun forest, ship cannon). The emotion of killing a father and an enemy is similar to Shakespeare or Zhao's orphan, and Hugo's "The Laughing Man." Martin's "Once Upon a Time in America."

Gangs of New York quotes

  • Bill: At my challenge, by the ancient laws of combat, we have met at this chosen ground, to settle for good and all who holds sway over the Five Points: us natives, born right wise to this fine land, or the foreign hordes defiling it.

    Native Gangs: Yeah.

    Priest Vallon: By the ancient laws of combat, I accept the challenge of the so called "natives." They plague our people at every turn, but from this day out, they shall plague us no more. For let it be known, that the hand that tries to strike us from this land shall be swiftly cut down.

    Irish Gangs: YEAH.

    Bill: Then may the Christian Lord guide my hand, against your Roman popery.

    Priest Vallon: Prepare to receive the true Lord!

    [the enemy gangs rush into battle]

  • Bill: Is this it, Priest? The Pope's new army? A few crusty bitches and a handful of rag-tags?

    Priest Vallon: Now, now, Bill, you swore this was a battle between warriors, not a bunch of Miss Nancys. So warriors is what I brought.

    [more Irish gangs arrive]

    O'Connell Guard Leader: The O'Connell Guard!

    Plug Uglies Leader: The Plug Uglies!

    Shirt Tails Leader: The Shirt Tails!

    Chichesters Leader: The Chichesters!

    Forty Thieves Leader: The Forty Thieves!

    Bill: Bene.