Roger Ebert sees Altman’s only perfect movie, which is a socialist work

Herminio 2022-05-04 06:01:02

A touching socialist film.

It reflects the ruthless destruction of monopoly capitalists on small people. Although the male protagonist struggles to resist, one's power is limited. In the face of powerful monopoly capitalism, such individuals will eventually be swallowed. The film reveals that in a capitalist society, there is no pure love, and the relationship between the male lead and the female lead will eventually be money in the eyes of the female lead, so the male lead is full of true feelings but cannot be satisfied. At the end, when the male protagonist is struggling to fight against the evil capitalist forces, other villagers are putting out the fire in the church, unaware of the suffering of the male protagonist, revealing the indifference and alienation of the relationship between people in capitalist society. The fire in the church symbolizes religion. Hypocrisy and fragility, so socialism believes in atheism. The fire in the church was extinguished, and what remained was the wreckage, but people still cheered, proving the superficiality of people in capitalist society. The male protagonist in the distance died alone in the snow, but the female protagonist paralyzed herself in the cannabis bar, revealing the emptiness of people in capitalist society, can only paralyze themselves by drugs, and the ignorance of the male protagonist’s struggle reveals the relationship between people and people. Indifferent relationships between people. The male protagonist fought guerrilla warfare like the Eighth Route Army, and used a sneak attack to kill two bounty hunters. Unfortunately, he was outnumbered, and he was still seriously injured. He killed the last bounty hunter by pretending to be dead, but the ignorant villagers are celebrating that they saved the nihilistic religion, ignorant of the male protagonist's injury, showing the ruthlessness of the capitalist society and the disappearance of the people's conscience. Words such as chinaman and chink appear many times in the film, showing the capitalist society's contempt for socialism and the ignorance of capitalism.

The fate of the male protagonist shows that the outcome of small and medium-sized people in capitalist society is destined to be tragic. Capitalist society will eventually perish, and the banner of socialism will fly forever.

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Extended Reading
  • Chet 2022-05-04 06:01:02

    [Exhibition at China Film Archive] 4K restored version. Very unconventional westerns. The misty photography is beautiful, and the restored version of the big screen has full marks. The plot is actually very warm. The male protagonist who invests in the brothel is bragging and gambling, but faces the plight alone; the female prostitute who is a prostitute becomes a bustard, but has a long-term business perspective. The two came together, the relationship makes people smile. At the end, I think of "Once Upon a Time in America." Four and a half stars.

  • Lynn 2022-05-04 06:01:02

    Wet and cold westerns. Anti-hero, anti-romance, anti-American dream. At the end of the film, where the lonely duel and the whole village rescued the burning church, the director, I know what you want to do, and I think this technique is very good... But apart from getting the funeral funeral, there is no bigger disturbance. I still prefer the digging and exploring of their own affection by the low-price people, it is so interesting. Cohen's OST is nice.

McCabe & Mrs. Miller quotes

  • Ida: Well, It just hurts so much. I guess maybe I'm - small?

    Constance Miller: No, you've just got to learn to relax, that's all.

    [fitting Ida with some new underwear]

    Constance Miller: I think that maybe this will do. Stand up, take your top off. You've got to take your mind off it, think of something else. Yeah? Look at a wall. Count the roses in the wallpaper.

  • John McCabe: I know what I'm doing. I know what I'm doing.

    Constance Miller: What's he carrying around that bloody blunderbuss with him for?

    John McCabe: I don't know. Maybe he come up here to hunt possum.