Traditional road movies allow the protagonists to find all the way and get all the way, but "Scarecrow" let them find all the way and lose all the way.
A seaman who set foot on the mainland and a prisoner who had been released from prison had completely different personalities, but had the same feelings about the changes in the world. This made two strangers who had been absent from the mainstream society for a long time to cherish each other on the way back. Unlike the name "Lion", Lion is as meek as a tabby cat. He believes in a set of scarecrow philosophy, and he has no scruples in acting in time, because the world is friendly, good and rewarding, I don’t offend everyone, I don’t offend me, humor can resolve contradictions better than violence, just as the scarecrow uses funny actions to let the crows leave instead of Scare them away. Max is just the opposite. He believes in toughness and is more cynical. He believes that "Plan ahead" can survive in a sinister world, and will not use violence to protect himself when necessary; this is what he brought out of a cruel prison and will surely bring him out. Take it back to the prison, but this time with a scarecrow.
The Scarecrow philosophy appeared weak in prison for the first time. Lion underestimates the cruelty of human beings-in a society where the weak and the strong eat the strong, they will simply be seen as a sign of weakness and bullying, giving the enemy more opportunities to hurt; besides crows and vultures on land, seeing those who have no attack power The scarecrow will not fly away with a smile, but will rush down and tear it to pieces.
So when Max used a striptease to resolve a duel, Lion's smile turned to numbness: he himself began to doubt it. The film did not render the character upside down too much, leaving only a shot for Lion: he looked at himself in the past like a clown, not knowing whether he "grew up from a child" as Max said.
A subsequent call completely shattered the Scarecrow philosophy. Lion, who has always acted straightforwardly, started "Plan ahead" instead of stepping directly into the door. His prison career made him start suspicion in the face of interpersonal. The Scarecrow showed a fierce expression for the first time when he saw the flying crow; Lion did not want to rush forward without a head, so he had to test in advance.
And he underestimated the cruelty of humans again!
If Lion were to go crazy after he was released from prison, the tragedy would not be too strong, after all, he was driven crazy by the "bad guys". The last straw that crushed the Scarecrow came from the wife and children he missed. The wife is not a sinful crime, just to vent the loneliness of keeping the vacant house for five years, but she does not know that an unintentional angry statement is far more horrible than direct violence.
Lu Xun's phrase "tragedy is to destroy beautiful things for others to see" is very suitable for the film. The tragedy of "Scarecrow" is to let a person who loves life be worn down by life, and let a person who believes in peace call out "I'm gonna Fight them!". The old scarecrow became the living dead on the hospital bed, and he couldn't help but think of the ending of McMurphy in "Flying Over the Madhouse". Fortunately, Max did not learn from Chief to choke the former, but chose to stay to find the last touch for the crying audience. comfort.
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