The first is the background of the film.
one. In the summer of 1969, Florida, the southernmost state of the United States, was hot. Restlessness, the kind of restlessness, laziness, and dampness in the summer afternoon. The alligator, the swamp, and the wet atmosphere of the mud in the film heighten the sense of suspense and mystery.
two. The year 1969 was a special era for the United States-the Vietnam War, which exacerbated the racial and civil rights issues in the United States. In 1967, the economic growth rate dropped to 2%. In 1970, US economic growth came to a complete standstill. In fact, the United States started an economic crisis in December 1969. Therefore, the hearts of Americans in that era were like in the film, extremely depressed. Moreover, certain emotions must be released in a repressive atmosphere, and what follows is the revolutionary movement of sexual liberation.
three. The emergence of sexual liberation has its profound and complex social roots and specific historical background. The "Sexual Liberation" movement in the United States began during the Vietnam War, with the slogan "Make love, don't fight!". This movement is a concrete manifestation of the American feminist movement in terms of sexual rights in the 1960s. It is a great struggle for young American men and women to bravely pursue individual freedom and liberation and oppose secular prejudice. Liberals firmly believe that everyone should enjoy all freedom that does not hinder the freedom of others. The influence of this movement is extremely far-reaching, and conservative sexual concepts have been constantly impacted. Since then, the "open marriage" and the current legalization of same-sex marriage are the continuation of the "sexual liberation" movement.
At the beginning of the sheriff went to check the condition of the car in the dark, there was someone in the car having sex (the first sexually suggestive scene, more direct.), the person in the car found someone peeping, and after driving away, the sheriff was subsequently killed. Here is a close-up shot of a sign on the road, Moat County (place name) extends a welcome hand to Yankees and Niggers! It simply means welcoming whites (Yankees) and blacks (niggers). It looks like "No matter where you are from, Beijing welcomes you!" Such slogans, but Yankees and Niggers have a racially discriminatory tone in it. As for many small details in the film, they reflect the social status and oppositional emotions of whites and blacks.
The feminist speech of the 60s TV show in the film: "...get all that we have recieved in return, is just another smooth exercise in political manipulation. Deceit and deception callousness and indifference to our individual problems and the disgusting playing of divisive politcs, pitting the young against the old, labor against management, north against south." also reflects the times.
Translation: "Get back what we get, but another sleek movement is politically manipulated. The insensitivity of lies and deception, and indifference to our personal problems, indifference, and playing with the political methods that disgust us divide us , The divorced young generation dealt with our elderly group, the workers opposed the management, and the north was opposed to the south. "It makes people think that the TV set is really well maintained.
Here are some spoilers: The
film is actually based on several people headed by Ward newspaper reporters who want to get a sensational effect by reversing a case.
Matthew McConaughey (Ward) appeared with scars on the corner of his mouth. He was JACK's brother. It makes people think about how this scar comes from, and it is also a foreshadowing. It was revealed later in the film that it was probably beaten by a gay person before. The maid called Ward while washing the dishes, and said to her, "You should stay away from those vulgar people, you forgot what happened last time." And Ward also had that relationship with his assistant Yardley. So later, Ward took Nick and JACK to investigate whether the criminal (Cusack) had any alibi. On the way to verify, he passed the bar and was beaten by a few gay SMs at night. His sexual orientation itself is gay. Yardley later told Jack that he was drunk and asked Ward to do it for him. He also hated this and couldn't face it directly. The dark and twisted psychology was painful. There is another detail. In the Big Swamp, he asked Jack if there was a girl he liked. When he said about himself, he was hesitant to talk, his face was full of embarrassment.
JACK's feeling for Nico is a bit similar to Dustin Hoffman in "The Graduate." The kind of Oedipus plot that lacks maternal love is released under the action of juvenile hormones. The ring his mother gave him, in his own words, "This is the only thing I have." (to their father announced that the editor of the Miami Times would make it for their stepmother and snatch the ring from his prospective stepmother.) and Nico The opponent scene is not an opponent at all.
Nico is the highlight of the film. He plays a prostitute who is a bit stubborn and fanciful but kind to Jack. It is not so much that her love for the suspect John Cusack is the sympathy of the prostitute for the murderer of the same social status, as it is an unrealistic fantasy in the communication of letters, like the original pen pal imagining each other. The trust, the pleasure of pure spiritual communication, a kind of nihilistic emotional sustenance, it seems that only in this way can we gain recognition. Unexpectedly, after seeing John who had recovered his freedom at the end, what he got was a violent perverted swamp man. After disillusionment, he wrote to Chunchun Jack and said fucked it up. So that Nico was eventually killed by perverted John, but her love for Jack really gave Jack a kind of warmth. Many details explain this point. On the beach, he said he would give Jack a pistol; Jack was stung by a jellyfish and used urine to detoxify him; he danced with Jack in the rain; after his brother was injured, he used ML to comfort Jack.
John Cusack's evolutionary state is still a little bit worse, he is not neurotic enough, and his face is too delicate. But it seems to have an appetite for Nico. You can't put a vulgar actor to play this role, then Nico's fans will be crazy. Whether he killed the sheriff or not is really unimportant. The maid in front also said that the sheriff killed a lot of blacks, and even whites were afraid of him. Even if John didn't kill him, he would kill others with rage in that repressive living environment. Nico and Ward were killed by him. Because of this, he was sentenced to death.
Yardley, Ward's assistant, has a special character. He is one of the two important blacks in the film. At the beginning, Jack introduced himself from London at Jack's house. When Jack asked where he was from London, he found an excuse to change the topic. And emphasize that I am a reporter, not a writer, and write facts, not fabricated stories. But later, he himself said that he took Nico to find John's alibi, which came from his own explanation, but it was all made up by himself. The confession to Jack, "Do you think any black man from London can sit here and get this job, unless it is the fucking black version of James Bond 007." But it truly reflects the low social status of black people and racial discrimination against the United States. The pressure brought about by the existence of black people.
There was also the maid, who was also questioned at the beginning of the film, who took up the role of narration. She has always been the maid of Jack's family, and she is also the person who watched Ward and Jack grow up, and her feelings for them are sincere and friendly. Ward and Jack have always regarded the maid as a memory of their friends and mother. But their father didn't remember whether the maid had any children. It was a very sad era.
Finally, I want to say that Nico's milf acting skills are not all points to watch. Many details of the film want to express the director's emotional innuendo of that era. It may also be that the novel wants to reflect the repressive and restless psychology of that era. In terms of the degree of horror, it is just average, and the sense of detail of the times and the acting skills of the actors are commendable.
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