The heroine is also a typical 1970s American movie blonde, although the widow running for life is neither young nor elegant. My favorite is when Alice drives to Monterey, her childhood home, with her son Tommy. These conversations between a mother and son who love to use profanity are so funny and they never use a single dirty word.
Son: Mom life is short.
Mom: So are you!
Son: Mom I'm bored...
Mon: So am I! ...
Such short, hilarious dialogue abounds in the film, thanks to the extremely vivid portrayal of Alice's youngest son.
After the long road trip, the rowdy Tommy was finally too tired to stop chattering. The soft sunlight shone through the car windows, a road movie scene rarely seen in a Martin Scorsese film. The background music playing at this time was "Daniel" by Elton John.
Ma's musical taste is really beyond doubt. Two Jazz sung by Alice in the bar. One is the famous song of the 1930s, "Gone with the Wind" written by Oscar-winning songwriter Allie Wrubel, and the other is "I've Got A Crush On You", which is also a jazz masterpiece. Even the man with the warm beard that Alice meets in the film is a country singer himself.
In addition, audiences who like jazz, in addition to this one, the jazz-themed movie "New York, New York", which Lao Ma collaborated with Robert De Niro three years later, should also not be missed.
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