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Probably one of the most important American movies of the seventies
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 events, and it will inevitably be compared with [Bonnie and Clyde]. It feels that it also directly inspired the later [Born Murderer] and even [Dead Flower]. The most talented thing about the director of the film is that it uses a 15-year-old girl's casual voice-over and a sincere, warm and childlike soundtrack to tell a brutal, cruel and hideous story, using extremely modern techniques to bring out the proposition of existential philosophy. . The film’s attitude towards life will inevitably lead to controversy, but it is this persistence and courage that dared to be on the cusp of the tide that fits the theme perfectly, questioning the identity and life of contemporary Americans. Both Martin Sheen and Sissy Spacek performed superbly. The former obviously imitated James Dean's style, which reminds people of the generation that Kerouac wrote. The latter's expressionless and blank eyes are the best expression of existentialism. , Against the nihility, they run wildly, kill people, and run wildly, but they are always no match for loneliness and helplessness. The film's vast lens and exquisite photography can vaguely show the clues of Malik's future style, as well as his infinite and affectionate love for the vast land, nature and creatures. The road movie is difficult to grasp, maybe it will become a collection of road scenes like Han Han. The film’s sense of story is not strong, the form is not scattered, it relies on the excellent performance of the actors, the unique voice-over and soundtrack make the story and thoughts of the scene highly unified, and the few dialogues have revealed the director’s future philosophical poetry taste. ★★★★☆
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Axel 2021-12-31 08:02:00
Too beautiful and too calm, Malik’s debut work is so smart but profound. He uses poetic lens and narrative to perform a perfect and even terrifying moral perspective replacement, allowing the audience to enjoy the entanglement in the judgment of "wicked person" or "bad soil" Thinking.
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Frieda 2021-12-31 08:02:00
Sissi Spicek’s narration makes this cruel story look like a fairy tale for a little girl. With the credit of photography, you always think this is like a romantic movie. Watching Martin Sheen running naked in the forest always reminds me of the nagging look in Apocalypse Now. The harm of just watching it at will is that it turned out to be Malik's film after watching it.
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Kit Carruthers: I always wanted to be a criminal, I guess. Just not this big of a one.
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Kit Carruthers: Hi, I'm Kit. I'm not keeping you from anything important, am I?
Holly Sargis: No.
Kit Carruthers: Well, I was just messing around over there, thought I'd come over and say hello to you.
[smiling]
Kit Carruthers: I'll try anything once.
[pause]
Kit Carruthers: What's your name? I said mine.
Holly Sargis: Holly.
Kit Carruthers: Listen, Holly, you want to take a walk with me?
Holly Sargis: What for?
Kit Carruthers: Well. I got some stuff to say. Guess I'm kind of lucky that way. Most people don't have anything on their minds, do they? Oh incidentally, my last name is Carruthers. Sounds a little too much like "druthers," doesn't it?
Holly Sargis: It's okay.
Kit Carruthers: Well, nobody asked me what I thought. They just hung it on me.