The cool evening breeze from the streets of Texas town

Aliza 2021-11-24 08:01:24

The 2016 Oscars season was criticized because of zero nominations for blacks or black subjects. Asking blacks to host the awards ceremony also talked about this throughout. As a result, countless black films have appeared this year. Among the nine best film nominations for this year's Oscars, black films accounted for three seats. And "Going Through Fire" is a rare "white film" among the nine nominations. This main storyline is the story of Texas cowboy crime, the old sheriff’s hunt for the murderer, you can classify it as a Western movie, or a crime movie, or a road movie. Although it is a crime theme, the film is not full of gunfights and drag racing. Most of the time, it is either a hot and dry grassy plain or a dilapidated and depressed small town. Everyone in Texas does not open their mouths, and there is a sense of silence everywhere. The breath of wildness.

People are always unhurried, whether it is a restaurant ordering food, a bank robbery, or a sheriff chasing a murderer; but the attitude must be tough and rude, whether it is a small restaurant waiter who only allows one dish, or The gas station is not pleasing to the eye and beats the bullies, or the old sheriff's racial jokes about the Indian mixed-race partner. In contrast, the two robbers robbed the bank and went out to do sports. Speaking of robbing a bank in Texas is definitely a high-risk job. The civilian customers who lie on the floor are calm. Whether it is a cowboy in a plaid shirt or an uncle with a white beard in a fancy hat, he will shoot whenever he has the opportunity to draw his gun. The robber’s heavy pickup is instantly. Become a hornet's nest. These sudden violent scenes are interspersed with the interspersed in the whole film, and the country golden songs interspersed throughout the film. It does not require a big pattern or a magical twist to relax the rhythm of the whole movie. This roughness, as if I in front of the screen can feel the cool evening breeze on the streets of the small town.

Maybe you think of the classic movie "Old Nowhere" by the Coen Brothers. The big pervert in "Old Nowhere" can be regarded as a once-in-a-millennium, and these characters in "Going Through Water and Fire", the robber brothers, and the sheriff's partner, these two pairs of Texas men, from them, I see the real Texas. Although I saw the roughness, I was also moved by their character and sentimental for their tragedy. The pair, the sheriff's partner, mainly portrays the old sheriff played by Jeff Bridges. Such a role is not a new challenge for Jeff, just like he came through in "Thunder of the Earth", this time he was nominated for an Oscar for actor. It's not a challenge to him, but it's still very interesting and enjoyable for me. In addition to veteran and professionalism, he is also full of politically incorrect jokes, and from time to time, he quietly smears the Indian mixed-race partner's face. A partner was annoyed by the Sheriff’s Indian race jokes, and had the following dialogue. Partner: Do you know that I have Mexican ancestry? You know I'm part Mexican, too. Sheriff: I will take care of your Mexican half after I tell the Indian jokes, but it will take a while. (Meaning there are still a lot of Indian jokes in stock) Yeah, well, I'm gonna get to that when I'm through with the Indian insults, but it's gonna be a while. Once they found a clue, the sheriff was proud of "this is called white intuition", and the partner added that "sometimes a blind pig can also find truffles." The relationship between this pair of partners seems to be a tacit cooperation, and at the same time the sheriff can't control the level of idiots. But the film uses two very short scenes, showing that the relationship between the two is much more than that. That was caught off guard. The partner was sniped and headshot by the robber. The sheriff, who had always been calm, lost control of his emotions. But soon he calmed down, planned carefully and went all out to avenge him; the moment he got revenge, he instantly regained his vengeance. When I woke up, I didn't know whether it was crying or laughing. In these two changes, the image of a rude, strong, but also affectionate and righteous person was lightly outlined.

The brother of the robber, played by Ben Foster, has a lot of crimes. From the beginning, he has all kinds of arrogance. He is always very emotional. He is always hot at any time. Bad guys often show extraordinary charm, because they are not afraid, he is not afraid of fighting a large number of special police alone, and he is not afraid of his fate. Aware of the sergeant's cold spear, he was ordered to die like a statue, and the cobra at his feet did not dare to come closer. His charm is not only in the "evil" that goes beyond the limits, but also in the true feelings that he occasionally revealed to his younger brother. He robbed the bank and killed people, not necessarily as the sheriff said "he loves doing this", but the conversation between the brothers in the restaurant: Brother: Maybe we should hit another branch. Maybe we should go to another branch. Branch. Brother: You know, you talk like we ain't gonna get away with this. Brother: I never met nobody get away with anything... ever, you? I never met anyone get away with anything, how about you? Brother: Then why on the hell did you agree to do it? Then why the hell did you agree to do it? Brother: Because you asked, little brother. Because you asked, little brother. The two brothers went their separate ways, knowing that they might never return. The brother who had never passed by took off his sunglasses: "You know I love you, don't you?". Looking back at his various evil deeds, killing and overcoming may make him very happy, but it seems that when the world only cares about something (the younger brother), everything else is insignificant. This can't wash away his indiscriminate killing of innocents, but a tragic person stands up.

Brother: Slow down. Drive slowly. Brother: I ain't speeding. I ain't speeding. The two dialogues between the brothers in the car appeared many times in the film, reflecting their different personalities. The younger brother played by Chris Payne is cautious, gentle and reserved. He has never had a criminal record, and he does not look like a thug like his brother. But this does not mean that he does not have the qualities of a Texas guy. He also has the bloody nature of beating and mixing at gas stations. He also has the grief of quietly pulling down the brim of his hat after learning of the death of his brother. However, the mastermind of the bank robbery turned out to be him. Brother just came to help? To understand his motives, one has to analyze the case. Have you noticed that, except for an impromptu robbery by your brother, both of them robbed a small bank called Texas Midland Bank, each time they only needed small notes and their methods were not very clever. Either caught up with the bank and did not open the door, or suffered a tenacious counterattack. It seems that he has a grudge against this bank? It turned out that the poor mother of the brothers had a reverse mortgage under the marketing of this bank, that is, mortgaged the real estate to the bank. The bank paid the mother regularly for living expenses. Until the death of the mother, the house was returned to the bank. This is a pension business often done by banks in the United States. Usually poor elderly people who need reverse mortgages can't live long, and the bank can take a house for nothing without paying the living expenses for a long time. My mother had just passed away, and my younger brother found oil under the land. Seeing that the real estate is about to be given to this small bank, unless it can be repaid within a short period of time, even with the principal and interest, the money that the bank had given to the mother before. The brothers are also poor, what should I do? Can only rob the bank. Who to grab? That can only be the Bank of Central Texas that pitted his mother. Looking back at the lives of the brothers, the older brother had just been released from prison after ten years of detention. The younger brother’s wife was scattered and still owed his ex-wife a lot of support. From the attitude of his son when he first met him in the film, he may not be a good father either.

As my younger brother said during the duel with the sheriff: "I have been poor all my life. Poverty is passed on from generation to generation like a disease. I can't let it pass on to my son." The discovery of oil by ancestors was the solution, and the Bank of Central Texas, which looted this land, was a stumbling block and an enemy. To rob them to redeem this piece of land is justified and helpless. I think of many characters in the film, including the sheriff, who denounced the bank for plundering everything from the people here, details such as the "In Debt?" billboard on the side of the road, and the cowboy "Huocong (man-made)" ) When the highway burns down, you will stop by the (natural) river.” This metaphor has finally stripped out the political stance of this movie: despite so many politically incorrect racial jokes, it turns out that this movie It is still very politically correct to accuse the insatiable banking industry of fraud and plunder of ordinary people. Robbing the bank has always been the subject of a very classic crime movie, but it has declined in recent years. Through the new contradictions of the new era, "Going Through Water and Fire" allows this classic theme to be revived sadly in the new century. However, the contradiction between the bank (Wall Street) and the common people is a matter of political stance. The theme of such a film is naturally not as profound and moving as the theme of the universal issue of "the world is impermanent and nothing is reliable" in "Old Nowhere". I don’t like movies that involve too many political stances. I prefer to focus on the vivid depiction of Texas scenery in this movie, as well as one sentence vertical middle finger, two sentences draw a gun, three sentences fire, but I don’t know how to express it. Affectionate Texas man. You see being intimate and selfless like robber brothers. When they say goodbye to "I love you," they look away in embarrassment and scold a swear word to avoid blushing. The old police chief’s friendship with his comrades only occurs when his comrades are caught. The gun was released after the headshot, and all the comrades in arms received were all kinds of cynicism. Although the intention is not as universally sorrowful as "Old Nowhere", if I were to recommend one of the most Texas movies, I would still choose "Go Through Water and Fire". WeChat public account: feidudumovie (feidudumovie)

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  • Bethany 2021-11-24 08:01:24

    The opening scenes are full of "Old Nowhere", the desolate and desolate Texas, with its own sense of calm and apocalyptic, the struggle of two desperadoes, the original intention was fetters of responsibility and love. Poverty is a disease that is inherited from generation to generation in the family. It is a tragedy to be content, and it is also to be unwilling. Another line of tracing the two police officers is driven by responsibility fetters and love. There are no bad guys. However, at the intersection of the two lines, good people have to pick up their guns and protect their love.

  • Neoma 2022-03-22 09:01:33

    Very good Texas. Every sentence is a racial insult but still a good partner, and the brain is hot but still a good brother. The same dry heat and silence, interspersed with a few violent scenes, with a degree of relaxation. The pervert in "No Country For Old Men" is considered a once-in-a-millennium pervert. Several of the people here are more like Texas, including the people in the small town who saw injustice with one shot, and those golden songs. This roughness, as if I Can feel the cool breeze of that Texas evening.

Hell or High Water quotes

  • Tanner Howard: Lord of the plains... that's me.

  • Toby Howard: Slow down.

    Tanner Howard: I ain't speeding.