Badlands

Maureen 2021-12-31 08:02:00

#荒山恶水# (Badlands, 1973) is probably one of the most important American movies in the 1970s. Without looking at the final credits, I can’t guess that this is actually Terrence Malick's work, and it is also known as the greatest directorial debut since [Citizen Kane]. The film is adapted from real...

Arden 2021-12-31 08:02:00

Terrence Malik may not care so much about people, but there has never been a tree he doesn't love. ——Stephanie Zacharek

"I never thought that the things in the small towns and alleys would eventually end in the poor mountains and bad waters of Montana." The voice-over of the heroine Holly set the...

Israel 2022-04-23 07:02:34

A fake James Dean kills his girlfriend's father and takes his girlfriend (crazy Piero-Bonny Clyde style) for his life and kills all the way until he is chased by the police before crossing the border to "impossible" Canada(?) The Great Man Memorial Mark) was subsequently received by the military and police like a TV idol star. The combination of murderers and unruly youths washed the public's three views in the way of an idol of the era. This is probably also the so-called American spirit of the supremacy of the individual. The ethical logic of the intersubjective community is forcibly short-circuited. Just like the soldiers and shrimps casually killed in Hollywood blockbusters, passers-by men and women are in front of personal heroes (it doesn’t matter if they are fighting heroes, superheroes or rebel heroes here) Everyone else has to stand aside. How can the death of these people shake the importance of the hero's "freedom"? There is no rebellion for no reason at all true rebellion is the activation of backwater and never rebellion for no reason

Dylan 2022-03-21 09:02:11

It is hard not to compare this film with "Bonnie and Clyde" during the viewing process, but unlike the latter, Terrence disdains the use of psychoanalytic methods to build characters, and even deliberately blurs the moral perspective. He balances out the shocking nature of the case with lively music, relaxed voice-overs, and the actors' calm performances, creating a surreal atmosphere with a realistic approach.