"The Dawn of Love Owl" and "Old Pao'er" are not the same movie, but it is interesting that Carrito and Liu Ye have many similarities. They have all been in the rivers and lakes, and they all know and abide by the old rules of the rivers and lakes. Now they don't want to continue to play in the arena Things will come to you. Tragedy happened when they tried to deal with these things with the old "old rules".
Tragedy theory states that "tragicness" is the nature of human struggle against death, suffering and external pressure. In this sense, "The Dawn of the Owl" and "Old Pao'er" are both tragic, and Carrito and Liu Ye are both tragic characters. But a slight difference is that the death of Sixth Master realized self-worth and personal dignity, while Carrito's death witnessed the collapse of the old rules and the morality of the rivers and lakes. In fact, Carrito himself knew that the world had changed. He realized that "people are completely different. It's like an old Western movie. The grass and cow shit are gone, only cars and dog shit." Clear the line in the past, make some money, and open a rental car in the Bahamas, paradise on earth.
The fate and tragedy of small people are usually forged in the process of confronting various visible and invisible giant nets in society. Where there are rivers and lakes, there are grievances and grievances. Once you have been involved in the rivers and lakes, you will definitely be contaminated with grievances and grievances. Especially for Carito, who values love and righteousness, the huge net he faces is those grievances and grievances. As the saying goes, the tree wants to be quiet but the wind doesn't stop. While Carrito struggles to get ashore, there will be countless big hands trying to drag him back into the water. Let’s see what happened after he was released from prison. First, he couldn’t save face and accompany his little cousin to trade white powder. Unexpectedly, he encountered black and black, and his little cousin died tragically. In the nightclub, he met Benny, a rising underworld figure. Carrito, who used to be a big boss and didn't want to make friends with gangsters, didn't give the other party any face, and finally forged a relationship; then his former friend Lai Lin pretended to be reminiscing, In fact, as a police informant to cover his details, this behavior of betraying his friends made Carrito extremely disappointed.
But these are nothing, the deadliest blow often comes from the most trusted people. One is lawyer David. Carrito repays the benefactor who helped him commute his sentence. Not only did he turn against Benny for David's sake, but he also went through the muddy waters to indirectly help him get rid of one. The boss of the Italian gang; the other is the gangster Bachchanka. Even if he learned that Bachchanka spoke badly about himself behind his back, Carrito still generously made him his assistant. However, in the end, it was these two people who drove him into a corner. David slandered Carrito in front of the police for himself. In addition, the Italian gang started hunting for revenge. As for Bachchanka, he teamed up with Benny to get rid of Carrito.
The film's final scene in the subway and train station is brilliant, and director Brian de Palma shows off his super skill at creating stacked tensions. From entering the subway to avoid the pursuit of Italian gangsters, Carrito used his old-fashioned experience and quick wit, cleverly used various environments, and took the initiative to take the initiative, and killed all the pursuers one by one.
However, it is easy to hide the gun and the arrow is difficult to guard against. Seeing that success is imminent, who would have expected that Benny would hide in the side, the
gunshots sounded, and a generation of heroes fell... Morally, he chose to help David, chose to continue to trust Bachchanka, and even followed his own "old rules" in the way of revenge against David. You can also say that Carito died of the kindness of women, without killing Benny and without guarding against Bachchanka. But the reason why we sympathize with Carrito is because his wishes, motivations, ideals and rules of doing things are in line with our hearts, and because we also have a moral yearning in our hearts, but in the face of the "dark forest" of society, we sometimes choose Interest rather than morality, yet Carrito is firmly on the moral side, which deepens his character and tragic ending.
At the same time, the film is also romantic. Without Carrito's love and commitment to Gail, perhaps he could be more calm, and there is a high possibility that he would eventually escape. Therefore, he is not only a hero, but also a lover. Gail once said: "I know the ending of this dream is not paradise. The ending is that I carried you to the emergency room at three in the middle of the night and stood there crying like an idiot." prophecy.
"Lie down, lie down. I knew it was going to be there... The last Puerto Rican hero, the reformed Carrito Brigante... sorry baby, I did my best, really! The journey I can't accompany you anymore... I've been busy all night, baby, I'm so tired!"
Sleep on Qingxiao, sleep on Carrito, the dawn you want is too far away.
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