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at The Big Lebowski (1998)
This is IMDB250 where I feel very special Of a movie. Because I saw it five or six years ago, but didn't understand it at all, it left the impression of a "bad movie" in my mind. Now that I watched it again, I realized that it was not the problem of the movie, but my own. At that time, I was still young, with relatively little experience and knowledge, I couldn't realize the laughter in the movie, let alone understand the plot. After many years of rewatching, I discovered the best of this film. This proves once again that a movie will have different feelings in different moods, ages, and times.
The movie tells of a bizarre kidnapping case. The actor is a person who calls himself "Dude". He is an unemployed vagrant. The greatest joy in life is bowling with two friends who have the same attitude towards life. One day, Dude, who came home from the supermarket, was threatened by a thug who was hiding in the house. It turned out that the thug mistakenly regarded Dude as a millionaire with the same name and surname. Before the two thugs left, they peeed on Dude's carpet, and Dude was very angry. At the tip of a friend, Dude found the millionaire and demanded compensation for the carpet. The rich man disagreed, and Dude stole a carpet from the rich man's house. Before leaving, Dude saw a rich wife with green toes and a man called a "nihilist". A few days later, the rich man took Dude and told Dude that his wife had been kidnapped. The rich man asked Dude to help send the ransom. When Dude and his friend sent the ransom together, the friend changed the suitcase with the money, kept the money, and put it in Dude's car. After Dude finished bowling with his friends, he discovered that the car had been stolen. Afterwards, Dude came to the house of the woman who robbed the carpet, thinking she knew where the money was. The woman is the daughter of a rich man. She told Dude: The rich man’s wife and the "nihilist" are both adult actors, and the ransom paid by the rich man to Dude is drawn from the foundation jointly managed by their father and daughter. The woman objected to her father's actions. She asked Dude to give her the money and asked him to see a doctor. Dude, who had just returned home, was questioned by the rich man, why was the money not delivered? And handed a severed green toe to Dude. Dude was confused. When thinking about Green Toes at home, the "nihilist" and his helper suddenly appeared and demanded the ransom from Dude. Afterwards, Dude met with the woman again, and Dude went to see the doctor at her request. When returning home, Dude found a high school student's transcript from the car that was found by the police. Dude believed that the high school student was a car thief. He came to the high school student's house with his friends to ask for the lost money, but found nothing. After returning home, Dude was brought to an adult film dealer by the first two thugs. Dute learned that the rich man's wife owed the film dealer a lot of money. Therefore, the adult filmmaker also asked Dude to hand over the money to him. After that, Dude got drunk in an adult film business, had a strange dream, was kicked out and sent to the police station. After several twists and turns, Dude finally returned home, and he had a relationship with the woman who had thrown herself in her arms. Afterwards, Dude learned that the woman just wanted his sperm to have a baby. During the conversation with the woman, Dude finally understood the truth of the matter. Dude and his friends immediately came to the rich man's house, but the rich man did not admit Dude's inference. After humiliating the rich man, Dude's friend left. Dude and his friends, who thought it was all over, met the "nihilists" and helpers outside the bowling alley. Dude learned from them that Green Toes actually belonged to a "nihilist" girlfriend. Dude told what happened, the "nihilists" were very angry, they couldn't get the ransom and they had to rob the three of Dude. Dude's friend couldn't bear it, he knocked all three men down. However, another friend of Dude's was frightened to death due to a heart attack. After Dude's friend was cremated, Dude and his friend argued with the crematorium about the price of the ashes, and then went to the beach to sprinkle the ashes. Due to the wind direction, Dude's friend spilled all his ashes on Dude. After everything was over, Dude and his friends continued to play bowling.
This is a movie full of black humor. After reading the plot, I discovered that the film was actually shot in an orthodox way with no real meaning, and it was shot purely for the sake of being funny. Of course, what I mean by "no practical significance" is relative to movies with obvious themes and clear intentions, such as inspirational films such as "Shawshank's Redemption", gangster films such as "The Godfather", etc. I just emphasize The theme of this film is just vague. However, if you look at it from another angle, you will find that the theme of the film is very clear, that is, it uses the mode of a gangster film to tell a false kidnapping case, and depicts the lives of several boring vagrants, showing their attitude towards life. . What the film emphasizes is the attitude to life, meaningless, boring, and time-consuming vagrant life. Therefore, the film only uses black humor to portray such a group of people in American society.
Let me talk about the plot of the movie first. I don't know how others understand the plot, but after watching it with R3 subtitles, I found that the true plot of the movie is not what Dude imagined! Therefore, many plot introductions on the Internet are wrong. The core of the movie story is the kidnapping case, so you must first understand that the rich man's wife was not kidnapped at all, she just went out to play without notifying her family. In such a situation, the rich would not think of kidnapping. But after the rich man received the kidnapping letter, the rich man really thought it was kidnapping. The kidnapping letter was concocted by the man and his associates known as the "nihilist" for a simple purpose, that is, they want money. As for whether the rich man’s wife was involved in this matter, it is impossible to know from the plot, but it does not matter. This question is not the key to the plot of the movie. After receiving the kidnapping letter, the rich man took out the money from the foundation he co-managed with his daughter and prepared to pay the ransom. At this time, the question is, is there any money in the suitcase? Is the rich man really looking for his wife, or does he just want money regardless of his wife's life and death? Or is it the whole thing that the rich man and the "nihilist" conspired in one go? These plots are not explained. This is because, after Dude met with the rich man, the rich man did not comment on Dude's hypothesis and neither admitted nor denied it. Moreover, in other scenes, Dude's friend interrupted several key dialogues. So, let's briefly analyze the real plot below.
Before the analysis, we must first clarify a few issues: first: the rich daughter wants money because she opposes the father’s approach; second, the adult film business wants money because the rich wife owes him money; the third private detective tracks Dude because the rich wife 'S parents find their daughter back; fourth, the "nihilist" wants money and cut off his girlfriend's green toes.
Let's first assume that there is no money in the suitcase, so the money must be with the rich man. This conflicts with the following plot: since the rich man left the money, there is no need to find Dude again, let him send the money to the kidnapper, and show his severed green toe. Moreover, the rich man was nervous when showing his green toes. It can be seen that he cares about his wife's life. Therefore, there is money in the suitcase. However, since the rich man put the money in the box and handed it back to Dude, it can be seen that he really wants to save his wife. This is inconsistent with what the daughter said. Since the rich man is very poor and needs money, there is no need to fill Dude with a suitcase full of money. Therefore, two conclusions can be drawn, one is that the rich man really wants to save his wife, and the other is the whole matter of the collusion between the rich and the "nihilist". However, the second conclusion contradicts the previous one. If a rich man wants money, why bother to cut his green toes and hire someone? It is troublesome to do so, but also to share the money with the accomplices. It is better to leave the money directly and plant it to Dude, saying that Dude stole his money. Therefore, the analysis came to the real conclusion: a rich man truly loves his wife and has no interest in money. Just like what he said to Dude, "You have your story, I have my story. I said I entrusted the money to you, and you stole it", this is the real fact.
Then new questions have arisen, where is the money? The rich man gave the money to Dude, Dude did not get the money, the rich man's daughter did not get the money, the adult filmmaker did not get the money, the "nihilists" did not get the money, and the children who were mistaken for car thieves did not get the money. Then there is only one conclusion, the money was stolen by the real car thieves.
Based on the above, you can find how complicated the story of this film is. If you don't think about it carefully, you won't understand the plot at all. At the same time, we also know that everything Dude speculates is wrong, and we are easily misled by Dude. The fact is: the rich man’s wife went out to play without notifying his family, but the rich man mistakenly believed that his wife was really kidnapped after receiving a false kidnapping letter from a “nihilist”. The rich man who really loves his wife asks Dude to give money to the kidnappers, but Dude leaves the money for himself but is stolen. After that, everyone thought that Dude was where the money was and asked him for it. Based on the information of the rich man's daughter, Dude analyzed the course of the matter by himself, and taunted the rich man with his self-righteousness. The rich man who didn't care about the money did not ask Dude for the money after seeing his wife back, but thought that Dude had stolen the money. In the end, Dude's friend beat the "nihilist" who was asking for money, but the fierce fight scared the friend to death. This is the true story content of the movie.
Only after you understand the plot, can you understand the excellence of the film, that is, its excellent black humor. First of all, it is the narrative style of the film, which is the most obvious manifestation of the film's voice-over. In the voiceover, a man said in a low voice, "There is a guy in the west...this Li Posky calls himself "Brother Cool"... But there are many legends of Cool Brother, although it doesn't make much sense to me..." , And then rolled around with a rolling object to get the picture. Looking at such a title, one would think that this is a very heavy crime film or a gangster film. But, we are all deceived, Ben The film is just a relaxed and humorous comedy. This feeling is only after watching the entire film. Only then did I realize that the director made a big joke to the audience. Similarly, the middle and end of the film The appearance of the old cowboy is also a manifestation of this kind of mystery. To put it bluntly, the setting of the director wants to portray Dude into a legend, but in fact he is just a idler, no job, and relying on money. The second is the movie. For the creation of Dude’s friends. Dude’s friend is a very funny character. He is a Vietnam War veteran. Because of the trauma of the Vietnam War, he will have anything to do with the Vietnam War. These make him live in the past. In addition, he is self-conscious. It is believed that Jews are also a reflection of living in the past. For the plot, the purpose of the character created in the film is to make him mess up everything and make things worse. From all this, we can see that Dude’s friend is not only a gangster, And it's still a very bad gangster. This is the brilliance of the movie. There are pros and cons of gangsters! Third, the movie portrays Dude's life circle. Dude has two friends, except for the one mentioned above. There is also a coward who always asks untimely questions. He is so timid to be scared to death. This is a joke of this film. In addition to friends, bowling opponents are also abnormal, such as the one with braids. Homosexuality. Also, the topics Dude and friends talked about were boring and meaningless vents. It can be seen that these depictions In addition to making people laugh, it also strengthens Dude's hustling life. Fourth, it is also the funny point of the film, that is, the state of Dude's life: he has a bowling membership card in his pocket, writes checks for things less than a dollar, and is very obsessed with the carpet that matches his own house. A cigarette butt that can only be clamped, wearing a sweater on the top, pants on the bottom, and sandals on the feet, driving a broken car with a distorted appearance, like listening to the tape player with headphones, intoxicated, drinking only "White Russia" ,and many more. These are hilarious jokes! The film accurately captures the life characteristics of the vagrant, making the film full of black humor. Just thinking of these scenes now makes me laugh and admire the choreographer. In the end, this movie is a big joke about a series of things triggered by a kidnapping case made out of nothing. Can the movie not make people laugh? In short, I laughed, and laughed to death.
Finally, the filming aspect of the film. The Coen brothers are very talented. After filming the bloody and violent "Ice and Blood Storm", they filmed this almost nonsensical "Murder of Green Toe". Therefore, the technical aspects of the film are excellent, whether it is the picture, music, setting, props, costumes, scenes, etc., all conform to the theme and style of the film. For example, in terms of setting, there are both the classic mansion of the rich man, the avant-garde style of the rich man's daughter, and the civilian residence like Dude. For the lens, the film uses many close-ups to express the emotions of the characters, such as Dude's confusion, the rich man's anxiety, the excitement of Dude's friends, and so on. What impressed me the most in this film were those few Dude dreams. One was a dream of flying in the air chasing a magic carpet, and the other was a dream of becoming an adult movie star crossing a woman's thigh on a bowling alley. That dream-like dance is really too much! Except for a bit of color, this scene is dazzling, just like a musical in the golden age of Hollywood. The Coen brothers had an addiction to filming musicals. In addition, the music of the film is also very good, and many songs are in the kind of lazy tune, which is in line with Dude's life attitude. Even the subtitles of this film are quite distinctive, they are all non-standard fonts, which is very laborious to look at. In short, the film is not only funny in plot and characters, but also full of black humor in other aspects.
There are many familiar faces in the actors in this film, and most of them are now successful. The actor Jeff Bridges is now an Oscar actor, and he played Dude, an idle gangster, and it was perfect. John Goodman is also a familiar face, and he has been seen in many movies and American dramas. The Dude friend he played is really tough, and that kind of nonsensical character amuse me to death. It can be seen that John Goodman is also an excellent actor. Julianne Moore is now well-known and has also received multiple Oscar nominations. She doesn't have many scenes, but the role she portrays is very vivid, like a wealthy and profligate woman. Philip Seymour Hoffman plays the butler, he is now the Oscar winner. Philip Seymour Hoffman perfectly shaped the image of a solemn man in the short time he played, and at this time his acting skills have been revealed. As the saying goes, "Rome was not built in a day". Tara Reid, the most beautiful woman in the film, doesn't make many appearances, but she is so innocent and pleasant. I used to like her very much. She is not only beautiful and sexy, but she also dares to take off and show off. Such actresses are rare. It's just that Tara Reid is no longer in old age, much older, and not popular anymore. John Turturro played a role in this film, very eye-catching. It's just that his licking of the bowling ball is disgusting. The other actors performed very well, so I won't talk about it.
In general, this is a black humor movie with irony from the bones. Of course, the premise is to really understand the movie. There are a lot of laughs in the film, which makes people hilarious. This kind of film is worth watching again.
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[murder green toe].The.Big.Lebowski.1998.BluRay.720P.DTS.x264-CHD
2011-11-30
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