Unlike ordinary American blockbusters, "McFarlane" has simple pictures and ordinary characters. There is no hero and no end of the world. This is a true story in 1987. Mr. White had to resign several times due to several collisions with the leader and violent troubles, resulting in poverty. This small town may be no different from our Bijie in Guizhou. It is poor, ignorant, does not pay attention to education, and has no hope.
Because of love, Mr. White discovered the characteristics of the children around him: strong, resistant to high temperatures, and flying on the dusty ground for a long time. Although he was a monk halfway, he did not give up learning and experimenting, relying on the only media at the time: newspapers and television to learn the sport that belonged to children in the rich area: trail running. The coach prepares the best running shoes and team uniforms for the children, and leads them to participate in various competitions and eventually win the state championship. From 1987 to 2003, he was committed to leading his team to fight hard. He won the respect and love of the residents with his love, and also brought hope to this small town.
Hope: Slim and strong
running brings hope to children. During the run, they find that their spirit is not poor; during the run, they find that their life is not desperate; during the run, they find that God has given them high talents. Yu ordinary people.
People who have never experienced despair may not be able to appreciate the power of hope. Because of running, they become the first person in the family to finish high school and enter university. After experiencing their different lives, they return to their hometown and choose to continue to be their hometown. People pass on hope.
Just like "knowledge changes destiny", perhaps cross-country races have changed the lives of these children. They have the opportunity to go out of the town to participate in statewide races and become the idols of the people in the town. It is no exaggeration. Hope is a virus-like power. While it brings happiness to one person, it also gives a group of people bright and distant places.
Dream: difficult and wonderful
Perhaps every American has an American dream of his own: it can save the world and change mankind. This is also the main theme of most American movies except science fiction. "McFarlane" is such a modest inspirational movie. Mr. White’s dream is simple: have a stable job, give his family a safe living environment, and leave here. Like the precocious child said: If you can choose, no one wants to keep McFarlane. For his dream, he needs to study uninterruptedly. In order not to affect training, he needs to be a picker occasionally to share the work that the children have been involved in since the age of 10. In order to enter the professional level, he has to accept failures in humiliation. . On the road to dreams, the incomprehension of the family, the disdain of the masses, and the contempt of the peers are the most difficult process. A passage in the film is to soothe the children as well as to soothe yourself:
So when you are in pain out there on this mountain, I want you to remember, so is the guy next you and the guy in front of you. This is gonna come down to which runners can handle the pain, so I want you to look them, and I want you to look at each other and ask yourself,'who's tougher?'. When it is very difficult, your opponents will find it unbearable. Every competitor needs to face this torment. At this time, you just need to ask yourself: Whoever is the one who will die is to see who is stronger!)
There are many challenges in life that are defeated. In the most difficult period, after going through it, it became clear.
Destiny: unfair and helpless
The collective suicide of four children in Bijie took less than a week, and I was really helpless when I saw a film like "McFarlane". Many people's summary of the tragedy is: God killed that unscrupulous father! God killed that ruthless mother! How many people have ever thought about why that father is prone to domestic violence? Why does that mother have to leave her flesh and blood and run away from home? Why do children have such intense despair?
Perhaps from the moment of birth, your fate has been decided. There are many local short stories in the movie: a group of white people are at a loss when facing the local menu (the difference between a Mexican chicken burrito and a burger); aren't white people used to tidy up the courtyard on weekends? (It is said that only the black people need to work in the ground); the food in the ground is not edible (it is the slave-like rule of the white people over the black people), and the most helpless thing,
When we run, we own the earth.
When we run, the world belongs to us.
Not immigrants no more, not stupid Mexicans. Not immigrants no more, not stupid Mexicans.
Just like French movies are full of mockery of Americans, you can't even experience the inferior life of a Latin American immigrant in the western United States without being in the local area. This is also what I didn't understand at the beginning of the film: why those children are so cynical but must obey a white coach who has no professional ability-they are born unequal.
However, this is destiny. All we can do is to do our best to change him. This is also the status quo facing China today: I would rather be separated from the flesh and go to the city to work hard. Even if you are inferior, you are not willing to admit the fate of your offspring because of your own fate. Perhaps those who go to work in cities hold the same belief: once a thousand people come out, as long as one person gets ahead, he will change the fate of 10,000 people.
Efforts: Will be recorded in the annals of history
The ultimate goal of my life is to do things that are good for mankind. This process or this idea has been rejected by many people, but I will always believe in the butterfly effect. The so-called no exploiting class, no hierarchical system, and no private interests other than the interests of the people are nihilistic for at least a hundred years. As long as there are differences in IQ, even if the world is reshuffled at the end of the world, the hierarchy will appear. As long as there are differences in levels, there must be unfair resource allocation, and as long as there are uneven resources, unequal will always be born.
Therefore, changing the world is not the power of one person in one life, but as long as your efforts in this life can redeem one person, you will create several worlds. Just like the coach in the film, he changed the fate of these seven children, and these seven children continued to repay others with their own strength. The joy they brought to the whole town was not only the title of champion, but also hope.
I still believe that everyone's efforts are worthy of being recorded in the annals of history.
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