"Benny & Joon" tells the love story between Joon, a psychopath, and Sam (played by Johnny Depp), a psychopath. Compared with another movie starring Depp released in the same year-"What's Eating Gilbert Grape", the plot of the former is obviously much more clichéd. But at that time, he had already become popular all over the world with "Edward Scissorhands", and his acting skills were highly affirmed, and he also won many girls' hearts with Sam's unruly swinger image. I'm gonna be (500 miles) also took a hitchhike and hit it hard. In fact, American directors are very partial to this song. As a popular ballad, 25 years after its publication, it can still appear in popular comedies such as "How I Met Your Mother" and "Intern Gray".
Perhaps it is of the same origin in Scotland, "A Piece of Angel" is the most seamless film that matches this song. Four young gangsters who were given 300 hours of community service by the judge for stealing or fighting, led by their client Harry, visited a whiskey distillery. The beauty tour guide told them that the whiskey in oak barrels evaporates 2% into the air every year, and it disappears as "an angel's part". The protagonist Robbie tells Harry that he likes this story.
Robbie has scars on his face, no job, no education, or even a real residence. He can only stay overnight on the sofa of a friend’s house, but he has a girlfriend who loves him. After a serious fight, he was taken to court. This is certainly not the first time. The difference is that his girlfriend is about to give birth soon, and he does not want to be put in prison. With the help of a lawyer, he was exonerated from prison. On the morning when his girlfriend gave birth to his son Luke, Harry took out the whiskey from the wine cabinet to celebrate with him. Robbie drank whiskey for the first time and frowned and said, "It's damn bad!" He asked Harry if he could add some Coke, but Harry only agreed to add some water to him.
Because of the "angel's copy" allusion, Robbie began to fall in love with whiskey and read a lot of books on whiskey evaluation in the library. The whiskey sample stolen from the distillery by "Laoyou" became his practice of smell and taste. Good helper. In a community service, Harry invited Robbie to go to Edinburgh to participate in a wine tasting, where he heard that the malt winery and its precious whiskey are about to be auctioned, the price may be as high as 1 million pounds. Robbie and the other three "workers" began to figure out how to get this barrel of whiskey. Finally, they decided to put on the Scottish group and pretend to be a harmless Scot like a Caucasian-to steal the wine.
I'm gonna be (500 miles) sounded for the first time on the ride to the malt winery. The proclaimers' delightful Scottish guts paired with the bizarre costumes of the four people and the whims of stealing wine were perfect. The process of stealing alcohol was basically smooth-one bottle per person. Unfortunately, a "worker" smashed two of the bottles when he was overwhelmed. He said, "If there are only four bottles of this kind of wine in the world, it is very precious, but if there are only two bottles left, wouldn't it be more precious? "" theory was "forgiven" by his peers.
The ending of the story is very simple. They sold one of the remaining bottles to collectors, and the money earned was evenly divided. And when Harry returned home as usual, he found another bottle on the table where Robbie and Robbie drank the whiskey for the first time, with a card attached to it that said "This is for the angels." .
Robbie got a job at the winery, and before leaving, he did not forget to advise his friends to do something meaningful and not spend all day on the slot machine. He drove the public in exchange for liquor money, and took his girlfriend and son to another place to start a new life. The car was racing on the asphalt in the countryside of England, and his girlfriend said: "Robbie Emerson, you little gangster, you have been like this since the first day I have known you." Robbie cast a wink, and the film ended here, again. I sang I'm gonna be (500 miles).
I am particularly impressed by one of the lyrics. "But I would walk 500 miles and I would walk 500 more. Just to be the man who walked 1000 miles to fall down at your door." No matter who fell down at your door, this person must be very important. For Robbie, it may be Harry, but it is more likely that he loves him deeply and also loves him deeply, regardless of his family's girlfriend, and of course, their son.
Logically speaking, it is unlikely that the film will be established, especially the protagonist Robbie's change is a bit sudden, and the other three partners have nothing to change except for loyalty. The film once again reminds people of how important it is to give others a chance. It is a pity that although the film has no intention of portraying Robbie as a completely good person, it still wants to present a process of self-salvation, which inevitably falls into the stereotypes of moral judgment. This is a common method used by many European literary films, but it is also good to give people warmth and hope.
The film won the Jury Prize at the 65th Cannes Film Festival, but the soundtrack was so light that even an OST could not be released. I'm gonna be (500 miles) is the only final melody in it, especially the repeated singing of the chorus, which is unforgettable.
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