However, I just watched it with the mentality of completing the task, because I didn't particularly want to watch it, so naturally I didn't have any expectations, but the details of this movie are so good that I am surprised!
This "Inside Llewyn Davis" drunken folk ballad by the Coen brothers is sure that everyone must have seen it, and I just finished it (and I forced myself to watch it because of my work and forced myself to write this film review, because, I am running a public music company. No. I don't know what to write at all, so I can only use this to make up the number. After all, writing a movie review is something you can do as you please, and this movie is about music, killing two birds with one stone. The official account was released smoothly, yeah! Although I wrote the original, don't forget that I wrote it, it's me! I waved my hand hard)
HangMe,OhHangMeDaveVanRonk-Folksinger
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The story begins with the hero Davis singing the song "Hang me oh hang me...I'll be dead and gone..." on the stage of a small theater.
The original character of this film is a grandfather-level rock folk singer named Dave Van Ronk in the United States. Even Bob Dylan regards him as an idol. He has also mentioned this master many times in interviews or in the film ( I only found out by checking the information. At my level, I am not so knowledgeable. Hee hee)
The protagonist who was unlucky from the beginning of the plot to the last second can be said to be very mourning. From the cat's escape to the wandering all the way back...
Cats/Ulysses
The cat that appears many times in the film, including the poster that appears at the end, has always been insinuating that his fate is just like the cat in the film. Leaving people under the fence, wandering everywhere . It 's like the house cat that escaped all the way , and the stray cat that he bumped into and abandoned on the road.
First of all, at the beginning of the film, when he called Professor Mickey to tell the cat not to worry about his hands, the school assistant took his name as the cat's name when he answered the phone. A strong character and ego are like the wayward cat, which means that he begins to suffer the hardships along the way.
In the car, the old man was laughing at his cat and him for a while saying he was a flamenco dancer, saying he was gay, laughing at him that cat was on stage with him and he popped a c The tune cat throws up a hairball and mocks his Welsh hometown and food, including his name.
Davis has been restraining all the time, singing in the middle, but still sings and sighs and stops, until he hears the fat old man laughing at his friend Mike's death. He started to fight back, and later because he was still He got into the car and heard the old man say that it would not work without civility here, so he put up with it again. Another reason is that the old man is also very pitiful, probably because of the same illness. People in the same situation may understand better. Like Al, he is a third-rate record and can't sell it. He goes everywhere to perform in small venues to survive, and he has to find someone to travel. The wandering singer who collects the fare. Including Johnny five is also a person who is just like him, Al, the fat old man, who was beaten by life and lost his ambition to make a living, including the old man behind foaming at the mouth, Johnny's arrest, and Chicago Budger Rothman's meeting and conversation, the cat that he bumped into on the road at the end, and the two dogs and cats on the last poster, as if he and the old fat man had five, a trio of dark and dark lives, and similar fates in life.
It is also the decline and hunger and cold along the way that make him understand that life is not easy, just like his life, relying on wandering, music, no food, no place to sleep. Be a stable crew.
Three people are driving on the highway, all kinds of things are happening, just like what this poster says
a fantastic true-life drama
nothing could stop them---only instinct to guide them across 200 perilous miles of Canadian wilderness
It's a wonderful real life drama
Nothing can stop them - only instinct guides them through 200 miles of treacherous Canadian wilderness.
Davis has come this far, relying on his instinct, and human instinct is like this.
Everyone has their own 500 miles.
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The name of the domestic cat was Ulysses, and it was later known that it was a character in Greek mythology, Ulysses, or Odysseus. Ulysses is a Latin name, yes! Ulysses or Odysseus both went through the same hardships and returned home. On the one hand, it refers to the cat with the same name. On the other hand, it is also Davis who returned to the same place after going around for a few days. Maybe this is the case. Only the name of the cat in the movie will have such a meaning!
I really want to do your job, a song is on fire and everything will be fine.
In the film, the protagonist goes to Professor Mickey's house for dinner twice. The first time is to return the cat, and the second time is desperate and has to go back.
When Huanmao went to Professor Mickey's house, he was strongly invited by the enthusiastic Professor Mickey to have dinner with his professor friends Matty & Joe & Jane. The shots of the three professor friends are all taken from the back, showing their nobility and elegance, and they are talking about the piano, cello, organ, and other instruments that are on the table, and he is just a small broken theater earning 80 yuan. As a wandering singer who sleeps on the sofa every day, he is not a music major. So the conversation of several people here shows that Davis's camera is an overhead shot, including Joe lighting him a tall man without bending forward, but Davis is very humble, bending over and back to light his cigarette with a cigarette. lighter.
There is also a clear distinction between status and status. Davis said "sorry, I should have brought something" while igniting the fire. He only said things because he wanted to preserve his self-esteem. He started from entering the door. I'm embarrassed, because I know that I'm not the same type of person as them. I said that I took piano lessons with Mrs. Sigelsteen when I was a child, and I also wanted to show that I had been edified by professional music like them, and my self-esteem made up. The description of the thick calf in the back and the story of Harry James on the radio, after finding the cold scene, he quickly used the pictures of the Jane couple's children to change the topic.
This dinner was already very embarrassing, from being forced to invite to dinner at the beginning to being forced to invite to play and sing, especially hearing Mrs. Mickey sing the chord of Mike's part. My self-esteem was hurt a lot, and I felt that my dignity was ruined, so I got angry and caused the final unpleasantness of that dinner.
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The second time I went to Professor Mickey's house, he was also the professor's "successful" friend. A couple of successful people sat on the sofa, but this time the director's shot was not so obvious, because by this time he and the previous situation included mentality Something is different too. But in the end, it was unavoidable to be ridiculed. First, it was mentioned that the song "Please Kennedy" was very good, and said that it would become popular. (It was only later that I learned that this song has political meaning and is in line with the current public opinion)
And by the way:
"I really want to do your job. Once a song is popular, everything will be fine."
This sentence is too miserable (several sarcasm) for the sound drug.
i hate fucking folk music
In the middle part of the road, there is a picture of Davis seeing a line of writing on the wall in the bathroom, a bit like the various public toilets that he has experienced before, there are always people writing some sad words that seem very thought-provoking and non-mainstream, similar to what" I'm tired and I don't love you anymore" or something, but on this de-saturated green toilet wall it says "what are you doing?"
This is really in line with Davis's current mood!
Maybe what the director wanted to say was "yes, what the hell am I doing here?"
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Some of the Coen Brothers' vivid description of the details of the protagonist's decline
The same street sign, ACRON, appears twice on the road late at night in the film.
It turned out that this was the hometown of his ex-girlfriend, and it was also the place where a woman gave birth to her own child behind his back.
"welcome uncle Llewyn" has to live at his nephew's (sister) house after returning from Chicago
The four sweater men on stage also sang the song of poverty and the ballad of poverty
On the street in the middle of the night, there were only two cars going back and forth and no one was there.
"I'm Wandering Around the World" sings about himself and this kind of life.
This damn folk music made him impoverished and lost his dignity, living on sofas everywhere, making him have no money to buy cigarettes, letting him sleep with other people's girlfriends, pregnant and no money for an abortion, and most importantly, singing in a kerosene lamp bar The job opportunities are all the money that the big-bellied girlfriend (Jane) gave her to live on the sofa in exchange for her body. I watched it a second time and found out that Jane slept with the club owner in order to make Davis perform at the Kerosene Lamp Club. (This is true love!)
And when Davis knew the facts behind this, he was very angry, so he mocked and satirized the old grandma who was singing ballads on stage. He felt that she also had a chance to come on stage by sleeping with others. This incident was also the last breaking point, which made him start completely Hate hate ballads.
"We're leaving this shithole, you stay here"
Although after learning about Jane in the tavern, he angrily scolded the grandmother who performed on stage, beat the boss, and scolded the rubbish of folk music. Folk music made him seem to have died once, but in the end he was rescued by the purest in his heart. of folk music.
So when the husband of the scolded grandmother came to him to settle accounts, he finally admitted:
"I do this (music) for a living"
( You can ignore the translation above)
This is probably the so-called "you are what you believe in", the thing you believe in, it can lead you into destruction, but in the end it will surely be redeemed by it.
FareWell
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After scolding in the tavern and having nowhere to go, he went around and went back to the Mickeys (Professor) and his wife again. Unexpectedly, they were as warm and kind as always. At the same time, the cat came back by himself, and the Mickeys also received him again. And apologized to him, which made him feel ashamed and warm.
The plot has come to this point, and it also means that the protagonist has fallen to the bottom because of the folk music he loves, but things have begun to rebound from the bottom here. Maybe this is the law of conservation of energy or the opposite of extremes. People have reached the deepest point. After the bottom can no longer be bad, what happens next will only get better.
So some people began to appreciate and listen to his songs quietly, and some people applauded and applauded enthusiastically.
Life goes on, in this dirty but somewhat warm shithole, but Bob Dylan shows up, and the protagonist finally says goodbye with a knowing smile, is this a sign that life still has hope and Looking forward to it, even if this place is a cesspool in the end, just like every one of us who is stuck in the quagmire of life, there is always hope if we don’t give up 8!
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There are also some that I haven't seen. It also mentions that the song that the soldier sings reflects the war. It also mentions that the mainstream public opinion in the society at that time is anti-war sentiment, so the soldier is liked by everyone and appreciated by the producer in Chicago. , while the protagonist's music is not appreciated by him. A bigger innuendo is that this film expresses the beat generation in the United States after World War II, not only the fans of the ballad wave, but also the poet five and the fat old man, who spurned the mainstream culture to promote individuality and longed for spontaneous art. Creation, but they always say that it is a non-mainstream group, which goes against the times and leads to the loss of loser.
Aside from what happened to the loser, I actually didn't get the information related to the times above. Because I am indeed historically blind, I have no idea about the beat generation of the ballad wave during World War II, as well as public opinion and anti-war sentiment.
(In short, this movie is really good, too many details are taken into account, I strongly recommend that you watch it a second time)
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In fact, many people say that in the end, the male protagonist says goodbye to say goodbye to his career as a wandering singer, but I don't think that, I think he is thinking about it, and he can't do anything by himself. He also lost his rudder and sailor certificate. , so he can only face the future life with another kind of love&peace mentality, and a good era that will be beneficial to their survival will soon follow.
Let everyone understand that watching a movie is a very personal thing, and there is no certain ending.
(So watching a movie is such a personal thing, be sure to watch it with someone you like! This is very important!)
And I can only say what I have seen and understood from my limited experience. In fact, when I read this passage, I feel as if I am talking about myself. A good movie is one where everyone can see themselves. Shadow it.
Hey Jane is talking about me! There is no way out! There is also no plan. People living in their own world think that the male protagonist is very similar to himself, maybe he is very similar to many people, uuu, everyone is confused.
Life is not just ups and downs Drop drop drop drop drop drop drop drop drop drop drop drop drop drop drop drop drop drop drop
So this movie may be shooting each of us, because most of us have been away from home 500 miles away, so this song or movie will have so many people like and resonate. Then, to everyone who is far away from home to pursue their dreams, no matter what the final choice is, just pass the level in their hearts!
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