The old man chats about teenage madness

From Ma Gongzi's point of view, Atlantic City is like a rising third world city, such as Japan in the 1970s, South Korea in the 1980s, Taiwan in the 1990s, and now the mainland. People are running around to make money in a materialistic society. The instability of life and the happiness that comes from money are both living and living together. The current Chinese people may experience it much better than the Americans who watch this movie again now.

It is said that although Atlantic City is known as the world's top four casinos, it is only dipped in the light of New York, Philadelphia, DC, and it has not developed much so far. If it weren’t for the troublesome people on the east coast make a trip to the Nevada desert, Atlantic City is just a country town with a mighty name, but the scenery is particularly good, and it’s no wonder that casinos are all grabbing the pits on the seaside.

Looking back at the dream of catching up with Vegas, Atlantic City has given many people who had no chance in Vegas to find a hope to return to the battlefield, just like Lancaster and Sarandon in the film. Ma Gongzi still likes to use New Wave techniques to include the relationship between several people in one big shot (this was later used by Wong Kar-wai and Mi Tan). From the beginning of the gangster and his wife, the gangster and the wife, the old man and the wife, the gangster and the old man, the old man and the old woman, the old woman and the wife and sister, this crumbling story starts from the bombing of the old building, trying to imitate a rhythm like a rondo , Everyone seems to be chasing their own interests, and everyone seems to retain a piece of hope in their hearts, at the mercy of fate, and finally they have to end in the demolition of the building under the sledgehammer. Lancaster and Sarandon both played at a decent level, especially the former.

The most interesting thing is Lancaster's state of mind. At first he was a voyeur, then he was a graceful old man, then he was an accomplice, and then the old man talked about teenage madness. Like all the gangster movies of that era, he came with money, walked away, held a woman, run free. It was only at the end of the turn that a woman had her own thoughts, and the old man realized that being drunk is one thing, but it is another thing to be around. He had to have great feelings and see through everything in order to face betrayal so calmly and easily give a young woman a step and let her leave with a share of money. The old lady Mo is holding the old man's hand and walking on the streets of the Atlantic Ocean. It is hard for me to think of the marginalized life I depicted before, dirty bedrooms, noisy bars, tense casinos, murders in garages, drugs, Pistol, at this moment I only see a pair of old men after the storm.

Mahler is really interesting. In just such a shot, the fateful grief of crime he carried over from is not important. What is important is the romance of the old trees blooming in the vibrant new city, just like As the film says:

So, the point is still love.

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