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Neva 2022-03-25 09:01:15
"Kes", produced by Ken Lodge in 1969, is an important work in the history of British film, and is called the boundary marker of old and new British films. At first, I was misled by the Chinese translation of "Children and Eagles", and felt that many large and large plots were very abrupt. Slowly as the narrative progressed, I understood what the director wanted to express. This is a silhouette of the era of a glorious country, the camera is very simple, the actors are very authentic, just like life itself, the little stories that happened to the little boy well expressed the social status of all aspects at that time. The eagle cannot be tamed, it wants to fly freely, but it still died in the hands of the elder brother who symbolized confusion and decadence. There are only a few seconds at the end of the film, the boy buries the dead eagle, and at the same time, he may also bury his pursuit and desire...
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America 2022-03-19 09:01:07
A heavy documentary style, the 2006 Golden Horse Film Festival made me drowsy, who was troubled by part-time work and the way out. Looking at this movie again, I no longer feel that Billy's monologue describing his eagle-raising experience in class is so long, but I am surprised that David Bradley reads so smoothly. After that class, he, who was originally short and inconspicuous, became the focus of the whole class, but...full text: http://hou26.org/zeta/children03.htm#d
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Amiya 2022-03-24 09:03:02
Rewatching it, I don't know if it's because of the sound in the auditorium, but I think the music is a little too harsh. Uncle Ken is really good at digging out male protagonists, and I like each one to the extreme. The football paragraph is highlighted, the uncle really loves (black) football from the bottom of his heart. There is nothing wrong with it.
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Billy: [training his falcon] C'mon Kes!
[whistling]
Billy: C'mon Kes!
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Mr. Gryce: Mere fodder for the mass media.