American film critic Roger Albert commented that " Robert Altman has made all kinds of great movies , and Hanamura is the only perfect movie among them." He called Hanamura one of the saddest movies he has ever seen, full of With the yearning for love and home, Hanamura is an elegy for death.
1. Character analysis
McCabe is a gambler who walks around the casino, and he came to a remote mining area to open a casino and brothel. But he is not a tough guy with a tough personality, but a cowardly person who likes to bluff and think badly. Mrs. Miller said that he "has a small vision and dare not plan for a big cause". In the film, McCabe muttered to himself "money, pain, pain, pain" several times, without showing the passion for business. McCabe liked Mrs. Miller but did not express it directly. Rumor has it that McCabe Casino has killed people, making him a ruthless character in the eyes of everyone in the mining area, but he is embarrassed when he encounters a professional assassin. The first time I met a young cowboy who was ignorant of being cool, who mistakenly thought he was a killer, McCabe also showed a calm and calm attitude when he was preparing for the battle. But when McCabe fought against the three killers, he had no organization plan and hurried to meet him. Although he annihilated the enemy, he was shot and killed in the snow and became a "little snowman." Cohen's song is full of metaphors and hints of the story, and is an elegy to death.
Mrs. Miller is an experienced bustard who can run a brothel and can make a prosperous business in the brothel, but he only wants to make money to buy an apartment in California and return to a civilized society. We don't know what she has experienced before. We only know that she was married and was deeply addicted to opiates. Mrs. Miller is also called Constance. She knows the power and style of mining trusts. She has persuaded McCabe to compromise and reach a deal several times. After the situation is severe, she persuaded him to escape, showing her love. But both times feeling dangerous, she ran away by herself, and finally anesthetized herself in the opium hall.
2. The relationship between McCabe & Mrs. Miller
McCabe likes Mrs. Miller. When the two met for the first time, McCabe invited others to drink in a bar to get a good impression, but Mrs. Miller saw through the pretending to be a dude. He hated other men touching Mrs. Miller, but he didn't do anything. After the negotiation broke down, before going to the town to redeem the deal, I confided to myself, saying "God, I hate when them bastards put them hands on you. I tall you ,sometimes ..sometimes when I'm taikin' a look on you, I just keep lookin' and a-lookin'. I want to feel your little body up against me so bad, I think I'm gonna bust. And I keep tryin' to tell you in a lot of different ways. If, just on time, you could be sweet without no money around. I got powtry in me. Can't never say nothin' to you. Freezin' my soul. ". This is the most frank thing. Another touching dialogue is the apology and confession on the eve of the decisive battle-"Constance, You are the best-lookin' women I ever saw, and I ain't tried to do nothin' but put a smile on your face. I guess I ain't never been this close to nobody before.". McCabe has been pursuing intimacy and love, but in the end he obtained q but died.
When Mrs. Miller became afflicted with McCabe, she worried that something bad would happen to him and persuaded him to escape, but she finally slipped away by herself.
3. Other highlights
The death of a young cowboy has been criticized as the most tragic death in the West. The old bustard persuading the new widow to sell meat is also a point of humor.
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