How many roads do people have to walk in their life to truly understand what they want?
In the words of Bob Dylan, the answer is blowing in the wind.
This is what I thought after watching The Mule. Political incorrectness aside, The Mule also reminds me of The Old Man and the Sea. If "The Old Man and the Sea" shaped Hemingway's tough guy, I think "The Mule" shaped Wood's tough guy.
He is uninhibited and loves freedom, humorous, cunning, and high emotional intelligence. He changed tires for black people, and he also gave advice when meeting lesbian motorcyclists. He gave advice to Mexican boys, and there was no racial discrimination in his heart. His romantic freedom makes his family love and hate and his wife suffers loneliness: "You are the love of my life and the pain of my life. I want you to know, it means a lot to me." The love of my life is also the pain of my life. I want you to know that you can be by my side, that's the only thing I want)
He was disgusted with the Internet and was at a loss several times in the changing times, but the high profits of drug trafficking allowed him to regain the respect and freedom of society at the age of 90. The first time he brought goods was for his granddaughter's wedding, the second time was to redeem his house and flower fields, and the third time was to prepare funds for the veterans club... You always think this is the last time, but the progress bar But tell you the answer is not so simple. After that, you also saw the fourth, fifth, sixth time... You saw him from the initial confusion to the later familiarity, and you saw him from "Xiao Bai" to "Ace". He is stubborn and stubborn and enjoys life. "The Road to Drug Trafficking" just went out of the "free style" until the gang changed hands until he was arrested. In the process of watching the film, your heart will be "imprisoned" by the film. Dad is free and unhurried on the road of drug dealing time and time again, enjoying it calmly, humming a happy ditty, but you are worried, afraid, and nervous. You see him so free, the expression on his face subtly changes between laughing and laughing, and you can't help but follow the film and think about his plight of old age. An old man who has never issued a ticket in his life, but issued the biggest "ticket" in his life at the end of his life. He said bluntly in court - I am guilty!
At that moment, we remember his triumphant spring breeze in the "Hemerocallis Union", the faltering return to his family after bankruptcy, the desolation of his family with only half-used trucks, the scenery of the "highway" on his drug-trafficking road, and what he said. :"I love you,Mary.""More today than yestoday?""But not as much as tomorrow."
Dad loves beauty and flowers all his life. "I love'em. I mean, they are unique. They just bloom one day and that's the end of it. They deserveall the time and the effort." A single Hemerocallis flower, often blooms in the early morning, closes at night, and wilts at midnight , it's only beautiful for one day. This aesthetically significant character setting blends with his "tough guy" image to create a unique beauty. He lingers in the world of flowers and gains praise or praise from people. Later, he lingered on the road of drug trafficking to anesthetize himself: "Remember the time you spend with your family, other things are not important." When he was young, he thought that only being bright outside was good for his family. When he was old, he thought that as long as he was rich, he would It can solve all problems, nothing else matters. It wasn't until Mary was dying that he really understood her answer: "So did your family."
"I see you are still into your flowers. I never understood how you could spend so much time and money on it." I spent so much time and money) the father who always does things seriously and to the extreme, the father who can't find understanding and a way out in the family, and is seriously understanding life.
Hemerocallis, in fact, is also called "forgetting worry grass" and "healing worry". It is robust and adaptable and can grow in almost any soil. It is tolerant of both humidity and drought, and is sun-loving and half-shade-tolerant. Hemerocallis has been endowed with various meanings for a long time. In the film "The Mule", it is both the opening and the highlight of Dad's life. It is also a clue. Because of his obsession with flowers and plants, Dad forgot his sorrow, but he also lost his family, so he has a series of stories in the film. It is also the curtain call. Inside the high walls of the prison, the old man who met Hemerocallis again seemed to be a confidante, with an intoxicated smile on his face. Hemerocallis has also become a film symbol with a specific meaning. The chaotic leaves and micro-flowers are tenacious, and the people are like flowers.
It's just, "I could buy anything, but I couldn't buy time." (I can buy everything with money, but I can't buy time) There is a reopening day, and no one is young anymore. The ups and downs of this life are all scattered in the air, who can answer!
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