This British drama is about the loneliness of defeat but glory

Dana 2022-09-09 21:53:26

"1984" and "Animal Farm" author George. Orwell, in his famous essay "The Decline of British Murder," wrote: "A crime as serious as murder should be motivated by strong emotions."

All sudden unhappiness or accidental murder is simply unforgivable. British film and television reasoning drama workers seem to have read this article. Therefore, there are many reasoning dramas produced in the UK, for example, this "John River" River.

This 6-episode film was shown on BBC One in 2015. With all due respect, if you don't watch brain-burning dramas often, don't watch it yet. Because, for the rest of your life, you will use this British drama as a coordinate to compare the albums you see.

Stellan Skarsgard, a Swedish stage and film star (he was already very powerful in Lars von Trier's early "Breaking the Waves" when he played an incapacitated uncle who encouraged his wife to satisfy him), Play the role of an inspector who can read poems and jokes at will.

His long-term partner Stevie handed him £10,000, saying that if she had an accident, he would be sure to take good care of her little brother. However, when Stevie was crossing the road, he was hit in the head.

In the process of finding the murderer, we gradually found that the male protagonist has his own difficult past, and he has a habit of talking to himself very early. He seemed to see people we couldn't, like the dead, the possible murderer, and Stevie would talk to him.

Then, we found out that his female supervisor had her own difficulties. Even more sad, we found out that Nicola Walker's (My British TV Goddess) Stevie was simply miserable.

Lonely, unable to open my heart to others, and I don't know how to express my happiness and sadness, all of which are answered in the last episode. Omg, I just can't recall the truth about the last episode.

Everyone is lonely, everyone is cold, and everyone is hot. The train of the times will always crush us, so we must cherish those we love. Otherwise, otherwise, what to do?

River's loneliness, although defeated, is still glorious.

*It can only be said that Stevie's I love to love (the Divine Comedy of the British disco queen Tina Charles in the 1970s) sung with the male lead in the first and last episodes has been used as a single loop by me for a long time. .

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Extended Reading

River quotes

  • Jackie 'Stevie' Stevenson: Sex is an itch to scratch. Love is an itch so far down your back that you can never scratch it with your own hand.

  • John River: Madness can bring its own kind of clarity.