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Different from the gangster films I have seen in the past, such as "The Godfather", "The True Color of Heroes", etc., "Once Upon a Time in America" is a lyrical and nostalgic gangster river and lake. feature film. The film is four hours long, and the unedited version of "Cinema Paradise" is also nearly four hours long. I also recalled various film structures when I returned to my hometown in old age, so I sighed several times when I watched it. Isn't this a gangster version of "Cinema Paradise"?
It's like a dream bubble, like a dew and a TV
. "Once Upon a Time in America" carries a philosophy of life, and its philosophy of life is actually full of Buddha's meaning. After watching the movie, I only feel empty and illusory.
The movie seems to ask us a question: what is the most important thing in life?
Are you talking about feelings?
In terms of love between men and women: Deborah, despite flirting with Noodles, never put Noodles in the consideration list of possible mates in her life path, and later lived with Bailey, the wealthy Max, and had a child? Plump Deborah is radiant in the pictures of the Bailey Foundation launch. Brotherhood: I felt guilty for my brother noodles for thirty-five years, wandered for thirty-five years, and ruined my whole life. As a result, brother Max played him a lot.
You say success, right?
Max sacrificed his brother, changed his face, worked hard for thirty-five years, and achieved success, but he still fell into disrepair and ended up begging for death. The glory and wealth turned his head empty, but Nanke was just a dream.
All conditioned dharmas are like dream bubbles, dew and electricity, and should be viewed in this way.
Brothers are like siblings, women are clothes.
As early as when Liu, Guan, and Zhang played with the gang, they put forward the basic gang rules of "brothers are like siblings, women are like clothes", although Liu Bei's own "clothes" often require "siblings" to sacrifice their lives for rescue . Later books and movies describing the underworld used this to show the heroic qualities of the bigwigs. Like Lu Bu, who is worried about wives and concubines and listens to women, he is obviously skilled and unmatched, and he will also be included in the unpromising generation.
"Once Upon a Time in America" is very clear on this rule. The heroine of the film, Deborah, is actually a big supporting role in the life of Noodle and Max. Noodles admired Deborah so much that as soon as Max called, he left Deborah and returned to Max. This kind of situation was filmed twice in the movie, once Noodles and Deborah kissed after reading the Bible when they were children; The second time, Deborah said, "Go, your mother called you." The smell of dissatisfaction and ridicule was very strong.
And what about Max? In the end, he couldn't get on, and he invited Noodles to kill himself. Noodles refused, so he jumped into the garbage truck in front of Noodles and committed suicide. (This method of suicide is too different. When you are a piece of garbage, just throw it away). Deborah and he have been a de facto couple for decades, right? He didn't tell her about his funeral at all, and he didn't plan to endure humiliation and anonymity for her or their son.
Wangdi Chunxin trusts Rhododendron
Max, is the noodles brotherhood or love?
Check out some of the sex scenes in the video. Interestingly, is it a coincidence or a deliberate arrangement by the director? The four women appearing in the movie, except EVA (she is the least important supporting role), every woman with a little weight has been engaged by Max and Noodles at the same time, and every time Max pursues the principle of humility, let The noodle comrade comes first. The first time for two people, at the same time, at the same place, with the same object, ─ ─ Peggy, the noodles are served first. During the robbery, he met "Detroit's bitch" Carlo, and Max let Noodles do her while he worked, beating the shopkeeper and finding diamonds. Noodles are released from prison, only Max picks up, and arranges a prostitute. It can be seen that Max is very serious about the sex life of noodles and doesn't care.
Max's attitude towards noodles and Deborah are very different. When he was a child, Noodles and Deborah had their first kiss. Max sneaked in and saw them. Then he ran out of the room and yelled at Noodles and went out. First, he used cents to divide Noodles' hearts. , Max was very angry: "What kind of brother did I meet?!"
The most obvious outburst is when Noodles and Deborah return to their lair after going on a date (supposed to be a breakup), and Max nags Noodles like a jealous wife sour how hard he is when he goes out to have sex. run household chores. Maybe the blond Carlo couldn't stand his jealousy and said a few words. Max roared and drove her out, repeatedly saying to Noodles, "Women are nothing!" It seemed to show Noodles how to treat them. woman.
Why is Max so freaked out every time Noodle and Deborah get close? Does he care about noodles or Deborah? Although he and Deborah later had a story, I always felt that at that time Max showed all the feelings he wanted to monopolize Noodles, knowing that Noodles' feelings for Deborah are different from other women, other women only have sex, and for Deborah With love, Noodles and Deborah together make Max hysterical.
In the car, when Carlo suggested Noodles to report Max, he said, "I hate each other with you, and we stand together temporarily for Max." Max is the bridge between Carlo and Noodles. Max may not dislike Deborah, but the reason why he has been with Deborah for decades, is there also a factor of noodles as a bridge? Noodle's name is David, Noodle goes to Deborah, Deborah and Max's son is also named David. If Max loves Deborah deeply, knowing that she has a man named David in her heart, and her son's name is David, and calling his rival in love several times a day, his life will always be branded into a rival in love. If Deborah wanted to do this, it wouldn't be surprising if she didn't strangle her.
Li Shangyin's poem "Wang Di's Chunxin to Cuckoo" seems to be talking about the relationship between Max and noodles. Although there are many versions of the entanglement between Emperor Wang and Turtle Spirit, the blood and tears of sorrow in the poem face are infinitely affectionate! In addition, it is rumored that Li Shangyin is gay.
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Noodles and Max are completely different outlook on life, world outlook. Noodles cut a knife for a friend, and Max cut a friend for himself. Noodle's character is a bit like Lu Zhishen in "Water Margin", living is to be happy and comfortable, making friends and gangsters is also to be at ease; and Max is like Song Jiang, very scheming, too utilitarian. Noodles do not want to obey anyone, and they are not too keen on making money. Max is ambitious, he can take orders from other mafia leaders for profit, and he also wants to do business with politicians.
With completely different attitudes towards life, conflicts are inevitable when working together. The conflict broke out, and the storm tended to calm down with Max bowing his head for a while. Max admires noodles, envy noodles, and is a little afraid of noodles, and pleases noodles. I don't know that Max, like Deborah, has to give way in the face of personal future? Discovery and Noodles have a very different attitude towards life. Do you want to leave him alone, or do you want to be alone? If you can't get you, just shoot and break up, create a false image that I killed you, and let you remember me forever, are you ashamed of me? When they were teenagers, they made their first pot of gold and salvaged from the river. Max deliberately hid in the water, looking at the noodles anxiously looking for him, and then happily said, "If you don't have me, let's see what you will do." He can finally hide away. , Seeing Noodle mourning for his death for thirty-five years and a life of despair, I wonder if my heart has been greatly satisfied? very enjoyable?
Max treats Noodles with one slap and two, and Noodles treats Deborah with one slap and two, raping Deborah because of that. Noodles and Max are still similar in some ways, which is why the two come together. In the end, Max asked Noodles to kill him, and the scene of seeing Max for the first time appeared in front of Noodles: Max was sitting on a carriage full of debris, with a huge chandelier behind him, walking slowly into him, walking into his life. They have a pair of eyes, smell the same, and sympathize with each other. Even, I think it can be said that love at first sight, a little taste of Baodai's first meeting, a past life grievance. If you don't agree that there is love in it, it's brotherhood at first sight.
Noodles refused to kill Max, the one who played tricks on him and killed him for the rest of his life, the one who robbed his woman. It always felt like Max had a feeling for noodles that went beyond brotherhood. At the end, I was a little confused. In fact, who has deeper feelings for whom?
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sad Hee), when I became an adult, I actually chose an actress with a face that looked like a pig. This greatly reduces the persuasiveness of the story. For such an ugly woman, the two men have tried to get in the way, and the other has been in pain for decades. Oh, I was wrong, maybe the director meant that Max was in pain too, so I had to skip to In the garbage truck.
As I mentioned before about the music
, I feel that "Once Upon a Time in America" is quite similar to "Cinema Paradise", especially the music. Several passages are about to turn into the theme music of "Cinema Paradise". After a good look, it turned out to be the same soundtrack Ennio Morricone.
That said, the movie deserved an Oscar for Best Score, but because the producer somehow didn't put his name on it, he couldn't win an Oscar. In 2007, Morricone was given a lifetime achievement award, don't cry.
It is said that although this film did not win the Oscar, it was recognized as the best work by Morricone, and one of the very good Deborah's Theme was written by Morricone to other films and was returned. Director Leone reluctantly adopted it, feeling too much like Morricone's "Once Upon a Time in the West" score. Leone watched the later "Paradise Cinema", it should be more depressed.
Speaking of..., how can there be so much to say, no.
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