There is green in the title. Although there are jungles in the film, people come back from the mines in black, and the houses they live in are not very good. It may be a metaphor for an old-style warm and harmonious atmosphere.
The film is composed of loose passages, but the emotions are continuous. In a very small place, the photograph shows the feeling of life's vicissitudes of life. This feeling is gradually accumulated. The way people get along with each other and their feelings in this family that touched me the most, people live in the warm little rules of the family, and then break it. Ford showed the emotional connection between people, which moved me very much. When I saw the way my father communicated with the children, I remembered the way I communicated with my relatives. The unique way of expressing the family represents the inner structure of a culture. This is the Christian family structure model. The images of father and mother are both representative. The father is the authority, but the mother holds another part of the power. The father is the tree and the mother is the land.
Ford also expressed these people's attitude towards work and their identity. A person who lives on his own strength is worthy of pride and pride. It is part of American culture and part of Ford's praise and persistence.
In the film, he believes in people very much, believes in ordinary people, many people sing and dance together, but he also shows the stupidity of the masses over and over again. Except for this family, other masses seem to be called out. Drink it, a little moody. The scene scheduling is great. In a scene, the mood changes several times, and some very moving emotions can always be captured, simple and contagious. Everyone’s reaction is there and it will be visible to the audience, but the handling is very skillful and indifferent, and it is solved inadvertently.
The theme is change. The old order collapsed and life was a little incomprehensible. Faced with all kinds of disappointments, people ended up with the death of the old man, saying goodbye to an era. However, the parents can still give their children something, and the children have never been out of the valley. The father formulated the table rules, encouraging him to be independent and thinking like a man, and reminding him to consider his choices. But another part of the child's thoughts was tainted by the priest, who encouraged him when he was sick and helped him regain his ability to walk. These plots are very simple and simple, but very touching. This is a kind of education with a sense of direction, which is rarely seen in me and the people around me.
The film is very enthusiastic, but also very calm, with ups and downs, but the rhythm is very stable, as if writing with a center forward, the shape is not chaotic. Mom just gave a fierce speech in front of the workers, and immediately fell into the ice water and was rescued by the workers she had just threatened. The love between my sister and the priest also began to accumulate in small details, and ended at the strongest time. The scene left after the wedding, the handling was great, and only two movements were used. Suddenly, the sister wanted to turn back, because there was none. I saw the priest, and the priest waited for her to walk away before coming out. At this time, he was in the distant scene, with only a vague silhouette, and walked away quietly. This matter will not be mentioned in the subsequent plot. Until later she came back again. But during this period I will always look forward to seeing something about them.
Think of "My Childhood". Both he and Hou Xiaoxian showed the alternation between the two generations, the emotional, strong and weak changes between each other, using memories as the introduction to the narration, dealing with the same things: intergenerational relationships within the family, and the same generation. The relationship between brothers, the love relationship between men and women, the relationship between people in the family and society, and even the death of their father is a sign of the end of a certain state. The inner strength of the two people is very strong, there is no trace of sorrow or sadness.
It can be compared with Hou Xiaoxian's childhood.
See how he deals with death, how to deal with hesitation, thinking, awakening, how to deal with family relations, how to deal with friendships, and love
In Grapes of Wrath, the deaths of grandfather and grandma are handled very lightly, and they are taken in one stroke, but in this film, the death of father is handled very symbolically at the end. Father slowly rises up in the mine and stops. In the picture, the priest opens his arms as if he is guarding his soul, and the youngest son is holding his head. This picture is very religious and represents the helpless departure of an era.
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