"The Bones of Winter": Too Cold

Oma 2021-11-29 08:01:20

(Written by Zhi Ning on January 12, 2011)
"Winter's Bone" is easily classified as a niche, but whether it is niche or not, it is a movie worthy of reflection . The film tells the story of 17-year-old girl Lei Dolly's tenacious and persistent guarding of her family and family in the cold and cold life like winter, and through her hard pursuit of her father's "Missing Mystery", it calmly serves the audience. It presents a corner of a mountain forest town in Missouri, USA, and reproduces a unique family relationship and family relationship. As a comment said, “to examine family relationships through the child’s perspective, in this deep and steady film In the
movie , this kind of perspective and point of view is awe-inspiring." At the beginning of the film, the bleak and cold tones invaded the hearts of the audience, and the situation of the Dolly family echoed with the cold and bleak scenery. The underage Lei has become this one. His father, Jessie, a drug dealer, mortgaged his family house for parole. He disappeared after being released from prison. Perhaps because of the poverty and embarrassment of his life, Lei's mother chose to escape subconsciously. Nothing is easier than a trance. She escaped from the world, regardless of whether her mother was subjective or objective, the burden of supporting the family fell on Lei. She wanted "skillful women to cook for no rice", dealt with civil servants who came to "debt collection", and protected young siblings and brothers and sisters. Normal mothers have to find their fathers within a limited time, regardless of life or death.
When looking for it, Lei was in an embarrassed situation again, standing by or helpless relatives and friends, unkind and covert patriarchs, lie and deceptions... In the process, Lei showed a bold and wise side. She taught her brother and sister to use shotguns and skin squirrels, and told them, "Some things in life, we have to learn to stop being afraid"; Lei also has ideas and plans. In the process of seeking her father, she even wants to Join the army to save her home; Lei still has dignity. She never actively begs for alms from her neighbors, but she can accept it generously, "There are some things that if others are willing to give them and you don’t want them, they will give them too; if they don’t. Give, even if you want, even if you ask, people won’t give it.” Although Jennifer Lawrence, born in the 90s in the US film industry, was young, but with outstanding acting skills, he succeeded in shaping the tough and persistent role of Lei and won the honor of Breakthrough Actor of the Year. , Can be described as well deserved.
Xu was influenced by Lei’s “a tendon”, and her uncle Teardrop (played by John Hacks) finally came out of avoidance and even a bit rough attitude (of course, avoidance is not because of indifference in my heart, and roughness is not because of iron stone. Heart, but knowing too much about reality, too much worry), at the critical moment, the bloodline still played a role. When Lei was beaten up by a family of relatives brought by the patriarch’s wife, his uncle showed up in time. After that, the uncle took Lei around looking for his brother Jesse, and told Lei that if Lei knew who killed Jesse, please don't tell him. That is, once he knows it, it is difficult not to take revenge. At the end of the film, Lei saved her wooden house. Uncle was in front of the wooden house, playing the piano he used as a child, and put the piano in the hands of his brother’s youngest child before leaving. The sentence "I know who killed Jesse" hinted at the fate of the uncle. ...The
film always gives people a cold feeling. Some clips are even cold to the bone. When Lei had to grab the dead father’s arm from the lake and saw it down to send to the police station to testify, the sound of the saw, The gray lake, a small boat, the icy water, Lei's red and stiff fingers, and her voice... all these made this "winter bones" bitterly cold.
As the "New York Times" said, "This is a deep, euphemistic, and quiet film. The heart-wrenching emotions in the film slowly flow into the depths of our hearts in an unremarkable way." This film The deep film is adapted from the novel of the same name by the author Daniel Woodrell. Xu is based on a successful novel. The story structure of the film is solid, the characters are full, the narrative technique is almost straightforward, restrained and restrained without losing the delicateness of the female director. With pity, Debra Granick presents a movie full of true feelings and depictions to the audience this time.
In addition, the music in the film is very good to listen to. In addition to the soundtrack, the film uses a lot of local music. "These music (music from the Ozark region) make the film more natural and smooth, giving the film a more aftertaste besides the screen. Space.” Obviously a lot of extra points to the film.
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Winter's Bone quotes

  • Blond Milton: [to Sonny] Havin' balls is good, boy. Don't let 'em get you hurt.

  • Teardrop: Those pills

    [drugs]

    Teardrop: helping your mama's mood any?

    Ree: She keeps takin' 'em. But they aint workin'.