Don't touch the man's hat

Randi 2021-11-14 08:01:25

Clothing is a clever politics, and politics is a clever dress. The role of clothing is not only to modify the appearance, but also to classify the status and distinguish the superior from the inferior to the inferior. The first compulsory course for the concierge in the hotel lobby and the clerk at Prada is to learn how to serve people.

Among the many costumes, hats are the "top" and other important things. Shade, wind or keep warm, no matter what reason you put it on your head, what you wear is not only a hat, but also your status, your vanity, and your dignity. A seven-foot man with a halo on his head and gold under his knees. Men should put dignity on their heads.

Gu Cheng likes to wear a hat wherever he goes. He said: "My hat is like a brick on the Great Wall." In the

movie "Miller's Crossroads", the image of the hat is everywhere. It opened with a dream: a black woolen cloth was politely dropped on the ground covered with fallen leaves, a gust of wind blew by, and the hat fluttered into the distance. The story takes place during the Great Depression in 1929. During the Prohibition Period in the United States, rampant smugglers were so powerful that they not only possessed gangs, but also mastered the lifeblood of a city. In that era, men retained the habit of wearing hats.

The protagonist Tom is a good friend and assistant of the local gang boss Leo. He is not affiliated with Leo’s Irish gang. He does not listen to Leo’s orders. He prefers to be a wise military adviser by himself and stay close to Leo. relation. Therefore, on the one hand, he won the respect of Leo, on the other hand, he had to deal with the threat of loan shark thugs in casinos. Like all decent men of that era, Tom wears a top hat at all times. Even if he is knocked over and rolled down the stairs, he will first pick up his hat and put it on.

Tom and Leo's lover Wei Na maintain an underground relationship. When Tom went to Vina for the first time in the movie, the first sentence was: "Is my hat here with you?" Vina listened, and closed the door without saying anything, implying that Vina had a hat/Tom style. Dissatisfied with his dignity; then Tom knocked on the door again and asked, "Can I go in for a drink?" Vina opened the door, meaning that the relationship between the two is based on entertainment and love.

Wei Na hates Tom's hat and expects the two to fly away. When Tom told Vina about the dream that the hat was blown away, Vina naively imagined that the hat had become something beautiful, and Tom made a straight face and said: A hat is a hat. This scene shows the difference between the two people's pursuits. Wei Na pursues beauty and love, which does not hinder the exchange of reputation for beauty; in Tom's eyes, dignity is dignity, which cannot be changed, which is his bottom line.

The background of "Miller's Crossroads" is set in a city controlled by gangs during Prohibition. Gangster movies depicting the Prohibition Period are quite mature genres in Hollywood, and "Once Upon a Time in America", "Atlantic Empire", and "Iron-faced Selflessness" all attracted a moment of coquettish coquettishness. The Coen brothers are good at playing genre films, using the bottles of genre films to pack existential wine. This film is the first time they have skillfully and skillfully played genre films and established their own "film noir" style.

Compared with the orthodox genre film, the biggest difference is the protagonist Tom. All his actions seem to have no special motives. His decisions, benevolence, and changes are all based on judgments based on the circumstances at the time, rather than overall. consider. At the end of the film, the Italian gang boss was killed. After the underground order of the city returned to the Irish helper where Leo was, Leo said to Tom: "This is really a perfect plan." In fact, the audience under the screen. Both and Tom knew everything in their hearts, and Tom hadn't made an overall plan from beginning to end. Even angering Leo, then being beaten and expelled from the gang to enter the Italian gang is not Tom's intention.

Unpredictable fate and unpredictable life are existential motifs that the Coen brothers have always recited. Throughout the movie, Tom gave up his love and changed his position. The only thing that didn't change was the hat on his head. At the end of the film, he learned that Wei Na had refused Leo's apology and invitation in order to retaliate against him for marrying Leo. He put on the top hat silently and stared at Leo who was going away. His next step? No one knows.

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  • Rosemarie 2021-11-14 08:01:25

    Write a new content of the badly written gangster divorce set. Which ones are strategizing and which ones are set by fate and then pretend that they are playing a destiny by themselves? Not only can people not be able to guess what others are, they can't even read their own true meanings. The ending is a bit "Third Person", I think he has genuine affection for the boss after all. Lots of laughter, the boss gunfight is the funniest, and I was laughing wildly at Buscemi that minute.

  • Adela 2022-03-25 09:01:07

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Miller's Crossing quotes

  • Johnny Caspar: I'm talkin' about friendship. I'm talkin' about character. I'm talkin' about - hell. Leo, I ain't embarrassed to use the word - I'm talkin' about ethics.

  • Terry: The old man's still an artist with a Thompson.