In the 1970s, the United States was in emptiness and chaos after the frenzy of the 1960s. On the one hand, it came from the lack of gunpowder with the Soviet Union in armaments, aviation competitions and the loss of labor and loss on the Vietnam battlefield, after huge economic investment and sacrifices. After failing to get the expected return, the people began to turn from disappointment and incomprehension to distrust of the government, which will soon reach a peak after the Watergate incident; on the other hand, the hippies who clamored for love and peace in the 1960s bid farewell to their gold In the 1980s, I started to land from the free life of marijuana and sexual freedom, and I was forced to face the cold reality and accept the bitter fruits of early chaotic life.
The film portrays such a time when the market is spreading with all kinds of weird new things, gossip and conspiracy theories spread among the crowd like diseases, old rules have been broken, and avant-garde thoughts have proved to be just a flash in the pan. The huge changes in society are very scary. The film reveals the absurdity and emptiness of an era through the perspective of the protagonist's private detective doc as he explores the disappearance of his ex-girlfriend. All kinds of people are fighting. No one knows who the enemy is and where the enemy is, but they all resist stubbornly trying to preserve themselves, but they are also burdened by themselves. The seemingly mighty bigfoot detective was unscrupulously humiliated by his wife at home, and his partner (lover) was hidden in the pain of unexplained death. The only person he could trust was a hippie who had been arrested many times by himself and looked down upon. The real estate tycoon, lewd and obscene, has spent his entire life searching people’s money. His conscience discovered that he wanted to benefit the public but was betrayed by his wife and was under government control and house arrest; while the protagonist doc was trapped by love and was spared by his ex-girlfriend of Green Tea for many years. As the investigation of the case gradually Unable to distinguish between truth and lies, lost in the conspiracy, can only wander back and forth between the cruel and cold reality and alcohol and drugs.
Paul Thomas Anderson has brought his personal style to the extreme in the film, impeccable and flawless in the creation of its strong atmosphere, long shots, extremely long soundtracks and ritualized sets similar to religious metaphors and other pta personal logos are used maturely, film The modified filter is very distinctive and greatly increases the sense of age. In terms of plot, the script of the movie is adapted from the novel of the same name. I have not read it, so I don’t know what the adaptation of the script is. But from the perspective of the movie, the amount of information is huge, the characters are numerous and the relationship is complicated. If you pay attention, every line is in All hidden mysteries.
The characters portrayed in pta's works have huge flaws or traumas, and they all have a fragile and sensitive nature. Although they have their own characteristics, they are actually the same kind of people. Sometimes I have an inexplicable illusion that those characters are like movies. Like in the lines, "kid's blue" are also vulnerable children. The film is true and false about the terrifying conspiracy of government corruption, but perhaps it is just another dream around California.
The strong stylization on the one hand shapes pta's outstanding artistic achievements, on the other hand, it also constitutes his limitations, labeling his works as decadent, talented, tragic, and too self-conscious. For this director who is burning like the sun, he and all regrettable geniuses will be subject to injustice in the world. His films can appear in the entries of the greatest movies since 2000, and he is destined to never appear in the Oscars. On the podium.
Aside from the complex plot, the film is actually more about expressing old but eternal topics. People are living in a self-centered world, looking for a certain meaning. Some people seek money like doc's girlfriends, some seek love, and some seek their own beliefs, or simply enjoy or blend into the majority. But the problem is that no one can get perfect happiness in the end, and the film title inherit vice expresses this view. Everyone is driven by their inner vanity to find a self-centered self-worth. , But it can never be realized by anyone. Of course, this view is that the benevolent sees benevolence, the wise sees wisdom, everything is vain, what is the meaning of life, and how pta, as a Catholic, can save the protagonist and himself in his story after abandoning religion and love, I am still watching There is no answer.
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