[Introduction] In
Ireland in the eighteenth century, the class contradiction between landlords and tenant farmers was very acute. Joseph's father died at the hands of the landlord's servants. During the funeral for his father, his house was also burned down by the landlord.
Joseph, who vowed to avenge his father, rode on a donkey and went to find the landlord alone amidst the laughter of the crowd. At a hotel on the way, Joseph met the landlord, but he did not look as vicious as imagined. When Joseph wanted to kill him, he was unsuccessful due to an accident. Joseph followed to the landlord’s house, but was found in the stable by the landlord’s daughter Mai Lin, who stabbed him in the thigh with grass* and ran outside to call for help. Joseph shot the landlord who ran over, but the old gun burst on its own, hurting himself instead. The landlord wounded Joseph and imprisoned him. In the meantime, Mai Lin, who pursued freedom of personality, tried to persuade Joseph, who had always yearned for a piece of his own land, to go with him to the United States to start a new life of freedom, but the lover Joseph did not agree, and Joseph healed. Once, when he was about to duel with the landlord’s business director, Mai Lin insisted on running away from home in a carriage. Joseph, who was eager to get away, reluctantly jumped into the galloping carriage of Melina, and the two drove together to a distant port. .
Along the way, Mai Lin used Joseph as a waiter, but when she first came to the United States, her only property, a set of silver utensils, was snatched by the local gangsters. This made Mai Lin's wonderful fantasy suddenly vanish. The owner of the local club took a fancy to Arthur's boxing skills and placed the two who had nowhere to stay in a crowded dilapidated house. In order to make a living, Arthur fought desperately under the use of the boss, while Miley worked in the slaughterhouse. Despite hard work, the lives of the two people have not fundamentally improved. Their desire to obtain a piece of their own paradise has increasingly become a fantasy. The two often quarrel with each other due to conflicting emotions in their daily lives. Once, Arthur, who had an independent personality, was finally defeated by his opponent due to distraction when he was punching. Therefore, he and Mai Lin were driven out of the house on a cold winter night. The two hungry and cold entered a family to steal food, during which they pretended to be husband and wife and developed delicate feelings.
Soon, the owner arrived and shot Mai Lian who was running away with a gun in anger. Fortunately, Joseph had heard that Mai Lin's parents had come to the United States before. He finally sent the dying Mai Lin back to his parents' American residence, but he left alone.
Joseph, who worked in a quarry, recalled the moment he and Mai Lian impersonated his husband and wife from time to time. By chance, he met Mai Lian who had come with his parents. Unfortunately, before long, both Mailian's parents died in an accident. Before his death, the landlord Ji told Joseph that he was not bad, and apologized to Joseph. As a result, independent Mailian and Joseph cheered up again and embarked on a journey to open up new land together. They came to the western United States, where they could obtain personal land as long as they raced the enclosure. Therefore, Joseph bought a horse and raced with Malin whip the horse. The two finally realized their dreams and had a piece of fertile soil that truly belonged to them...
Movie Appreciation: The
film "Ambition of the Land" tells the story of Joseph, the son of a tenant farmer. The twists and turns finally get the story of a piece of personal land that I have dreamed of. The film has attracted many audiences with its touching plot content and rich ideological connotation.
First of all, the film has profound social connotations and strong ideological nature. The film not only directly showed the audience the sharp class contradiction between Irish landlords and peasants in the 18th century, but also deliberately expressed the "American Dream" common to young people yearning for freedom and independence at that time. The film shows the specific life path and psychological process of the characters in a specific era and a specific background. It also illustrates the social ideological connotation of a specific era with the struggle experience of specific characters. The clues of this process are the two protagonists of the film's story— -Joseph, the son of a tenant farmer, and Mai Lin, the daughter of the landlord. As the son of a tenant farmer, Joseph's class attributes determined his strong hatred and resolute resistance to landlords. He is willing to endure hardship, and owning a small piece of his own land has become his greatest ideal and pursuit in his life. However, under the perseverance of hard work, he will inevitably have a love for land and small peasant thoughts, which makes him do everything. I can't let go of it. Compared with Joseph, Mai Lin, the daughter of the landlord, has a more independent and open personality. She has a well-educated, unrestrained and vigorous life. The pursuit of freedom and independent life is the goal of her life, but on the contrary, she lacks. It is a kind of practical perseverance and endurance. The film creators deliberately pulled the pair of characters with complementary significance from the conservative and backward Ireland to the paradise of free and democratic gold diggers—America's journey. There, penniless, they bumped into walls everywhere. When they were taken advantage of, they were fed and clothed temporarily, and then they could only endure starvation and live on the streets. The early encounters between Joseph and Mai Lin strongly exposed and criticized the falseness and cruelty of the so-called "American Dream" at the time. The democracy and freedom it advertised was nothing but a dead letter. Of course, the ending of the film is still exciting. After painful encounters and unremitting struggles, Joseph and Mai Lin finally owned such a small piece of land. The significance of this small piece of land can be described as great. It is not only the destination of Joseph's life, but also a symbol of Mai Lian's ideals of freedom and independence. In this sense, although the film ends in a comedy, this smiling ending is undoubtedly heartbreaking. The content of this small piece of land that the protagonist has exchanged through hardships is extremely profound.
Consistent with the profoundness of the film's ideological connotation, the film also has unique artistic techniques. The film is magnificent, the scene is spectacular, and always shows a kind of heroic temperament, which really complements the protagonist's unremitting struggle. The famous movie star Tom Cruise plays the character of Joseph in the film, which is different from the past. It is no one else but his wife, Nicole Kidman, who plays the opposite role. In the film, she portrayed the free-spirited and daring Mailian to be very flesh and blood. Husbands singing and women's accompaniment, taking the stage together, can also be regarded as a big story in the world's film industry.
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