Overnight...

Lacey 2021-12-22 08:01:19


In 1991, Jim Jarmvsch, a representative of the new American movie, filmed "Earth Night" with taxi work in several different cities on the earth. It is not difficult to see from the desolation of the window of the taxi in the film that Jim intended to This film is dedicated to the predecessor Martin Sicoseth. Every scene about taxis in "Earth Night" can be said to be similar to "Taxi Driver", and the original intention of the two films is to pay tribute to the workers who get up early in the city. , I believe that every audience who has seen starring De Niro will make a reworked review of the bottom society. The last scene of killing the pimp illustrates the director’s moral compassion for the protagonist. Of approval.

Jim Jarmvsch, this genius director I once admired, in "Earth Night", Jim Jarmvsch did not give the whole movie to an outstanding actor. In this film, the director uses different life clips of taxi drivers in five cities. The film is divided into five parts. In order to make the whole film coherent and orderly, the director uses the equipment available in airports or hotels-the timetable of major international cities to connect the five parts in series, that is, the beginning appears. The timetable already shows the same narrative technique used by the director and the two films "Song of Opportunity" and "Lola Run". When the first part of the film pauses on the timetable in Mexico City, smart people can easily guess it. The movie is about to narrate the similarity of the story, but this similarity is relative in similar movies and "Earth Night", that is to say, every taxi driver has the same job, but he has a lot of life and personal experience. It's not necessary, so in this kind of multi-segment film, whether it is for plot unification or technical reasons, all the people who create this type of film understand that they must seek common ground while reserving differences in the film.

The old and old jazz, the rotating light reflected in the tired eyes all night, "Earth Night" handed the first fragment to the female driver wandering in Mexico City. She is a slightly masculine woman. But looking at it, the charm of her body is as secretive as this soft night. The female driver met the film company's scout at the airport. She is also a female. Unlike the taxi driver, she is a great and noble movie. The female driver did not pay much attention to this arrogant woman. The car drove a long way. A dramatic night happened. The scout invited the female driver to be an actor.

What a secret night, the female driver looked at her with a dangling cigarette, her luggage piled up on the ground. She turned down the noble invitation.


As one of the most exhausting jobs in the city, a more prosperous life is just a dream at some times, and you may even dream of breaking the hanging beams. Despite the dazzling neon lights of the city, the female driver knows that it is impossible. What's more, this is the same as De Niro who scorned the night at the beginning of "Taxi Driver", living for a vague concept, it is better to drive to sleep.


The first story of "Earth Night" explains the dreams of taxi drivers. What is placed in front of them is the cruel reality. After getting up in the morning and greedy for the dark, there is no room to talk about dreams. The film company's may still be a lie.


Mexico will be New York in the future. The story here is a bit related to the collective deceived experience of contemporary Eastern Europeans. The East Germans who came to the United States drove unskilled rentals in the bustling Manhattan. Later, a black young man got in the car and taught him how. While driving, the East Germans curiously watched the young people's skillful movements, while talking about their life experience and the feelings of coming to the United States. Compared with the dull atmosphere in the first paragraph, here is the generation gap between East Germans and American youths. Produced a lot of clips that made the audience laugh.


East Germans are not proficient in driving. As a driver, he actually relied on the passengers-a young black man drove the car to Brooklyn. This is really a living joke, but from the absurdity, it can also be seen that Jamusch disintegrated. Foresee the sequelae of the backward system in the future.


The three clips after "Earth Night" more and more show the director's ridicule, especially in Rome. The taxi driver is played by Roberto Bernini, who has directed "Life Is Beautiful". In the "Beautiful Life" written and directed and acted by himself, he has already been seen as a film master with great comedy talent. Expressive wisdom and alertness hidden behind, but in ``Earth Night'', this wise aura that was originally used in ``A Beautiful Life'' has become the murderer indirectly killing the old priest, Roberto Bernini I boarded an ancient priest outside the church. After he got in the car, his mouth never stopped. No matter what the priest thinks, he can tell everything from secret love to daily life. These old priests It seems that the overwhelming remarks were interpreted by the driver like frivolous street gossip. This undoubtedly hurt the priest's weak and passionate heart. Perhaps the driver would never dream that his charm of storytelling would eventually "kill" the priest. . Seeing this, Chinese audiences can't help but feel that Roberto Bernini is simply a copy of Tang Seng in Italy. What touched me the most was the last story of the film, when the taxi driver MiG talked to three drunk men. When I experienced my own experience, I couldn’t help thinking: When you think that you have suffered to the extreme, in the eyes of others, the pain is so insignificant...


Taxi drivers have been shown five vividly in "Earth Night". The story is portrayed as the coolest job in the city. Those people who have hid in their small rooms like mice before night are always unable to understand the essence and filth of the city. The profession of taxi drivers is an exaggeration. With the nature of a Democrat, what they see in the misty night is mostly sad and homeless people. The only fresh and longing place outside the taxi may have disappeared.


So the wheels continued to spin and the neon red swayed in the air, the steering wheel of time was also spinning, lighting a cigarette, that narrow street, suddenly young immigrants threw rubbish and paint at you, after exhausting all night, you and the car are both Has been in a bad mood...



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  • Horace 2022-04-23 07:02:36

    5 good nights, playful but sincere. That's life ~ driver and passenger.

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