as Harry Johnson Ford’s only Oscar nomination for best actor, John Book, looked quite young, despite the fact that at that time, in 1985, Harrison was 43 years old. Compared with the old, bloated, and clumsy in "Firewall" in 2006, John is thin, masculine, casual, and even handsome.
The story is very ordinary.
Sheriff John accepted a murder case in which the deceased was an anti-drug policeman; and Samuel, the Amish boy, was an eyewitness. (In the beginning, Samuel wisely avoided the murderer in the bathroom. This is a more common stage. The most recent is Jackie Chan's interpretation in "The Baby Project.") Shocked, John discovered that the murderer behind the case was himself Boss.
John sustained a serious gunshot wound and insisted on sending Rachel and Samuel to their relatives in the country. Rachel asked John to come in for a cup of coffee, but he refused. She got out of the car, but his car staggered into the Bird's Nest without taking a few steps. Only then did she notice that he was injured. In semi-coma, he refused to go to the hospital because he was afraid that Samuel's safety would be implicated.
As a result, he became a "patient" under her care. In a coma, he held her hand tightly; when he woke up, he buried half of his face and peeked at her sleeping in the corner. Under the protection of Elder Amish's special medicine and the care of Amish women, he came alive, and dressed, worked, and coaxed children like Amish men.
Harrison once worked as a carpenter for a few days, but the director let him play a little special skill. He repaired the bird's nest and made toys for Samuel, and built a barn with the men. One evening, while the car was being repaired, the radio happened to be showing Sam Cooke's Wonderful World. He took her to sing and dance without any clear indication, but everything was said.
The peaceful and peaceful life did not last long, and the murderer followed. Fighting wit and courage, John defeated "evil". However, he still wants to leave. Say goodbye to Samuel by the river, kiss him on the forehead, and say goodbye. Breaking up with Rachel in front of the porch, speaking speechlessly, smiling and helpless. He turned and walked away, she seemed to want to cry a little. The old man ran out and shouted, "Beware of those British!" John turned around, laughed, waved his hand, and got into the car. The lonely blue disappears at the end of the wilderness...
The special thing about "The Witness" is that it compares the Amish people with the modern urbanites. It is said that the Amish, descended from German-Swiss immigrants, are a group of Protestant Anabaptist Mennonites in Pennsylvania, USA. They have inherited the tradition, have close religious organizations, and refuse to call, Almost all modern facilities such as refrigerators and cars lead a simple life. The heroine Rachel is one of them.
In the video, there are no agricultural machinery, only enthusiastic sweat; no constant temperature air-conditioning, only refreshing lemonade; no city noise, only simple breath of life. Working at sunrise, resting in the sun, plowing the fields and eating, digging wells and drinking, John, fell in love with the life of the Amish, and fell in love with the Amish woman. However, he is very clear-they, after all, live in different worlds. So, facing Rachel’s natural, beautiful, and loving body, he chose to leave silently; therefore, the next day, he said: "If we made love last night, then I have to stay ...Or you are leaving." The
old-fashioned American thriller, thanks to Australian director Peter Weir, has risen to a realm of conflict and communication between two cultures and values. Sigh lightly!
I just read a sentence-"Nostalgia is an analgesic, soothing the suffering brought by the new and tired of the old nature.'Old', for urbanites in the new era, is'new' in another sense."
Hey-hey. There seems to be some truth. For example, I suddenly realized that the first thing I heard when humming the song in the bath was not Tong Ange's interpretation, but Yang Qinghuang's voice. Also, the 43-year-old Harrison Ford...
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