Howard is a famous Western movie hero. In real life, he has been entangled with alcohol, drugs and women. He speaks rudely and often deviates. In his later years, he was still single. One early morning when shooting a new film, Howard quietly left the crew on a horse, like an unqualified cowboy. He exchanged horses, coats, shoes, and spurs for an old cowboy's vest and classic car on the road. Later, he called his mother, who had not been in contact for 30 years, and said, I will stay with you for a while. It's like waking up suddenly on the road of life and finding that you are in a dilemma that you don't know what to do. Howard knocked on his mother's door to try to find the way forward, but before he got the answer, the detective hired by the crew had tracked down his mother's address and wanted to take him back. After accidentally learning from his mother that he had an illegitimate child, Howard grabbed the straw floating in the river and set off again in a classic car.
At that time he didn't know how to face reality.
Screenwriter and starring Sam Shepard portrays an old man who is both beautiful and frustrated. I don't know if he has his shadow cast in it. His performance is the highlight of this film. The expression of various emotions is extremely natural, not like acting. The story he wrote is like his personal experience. Most of the other actors' performances are remarkable. The only thing that makes me dissatisfied is that Howard's son plays a bit gay.
There are two scenes in the film that I like very much. The first is the beginning, like holding a mask in front of your eyes, you can only see a small piece of sky at the two eyes, and the rest are in darkness. This again makes you feel like a person is looking at you. Both sides tried to look inside each other's hearts. When the picture turned, it was actually two small holes in the weathered rock. At this time, Howard rode away. The second is in the back. Howard sat down on the sofa in the middle of the road frustrated. From noon to night, the wind was blowing and the jar was rolling, until the night covered him and lay down lonely.
Compared with Wenders' masterpieces "Texas Paris" and "Under the Sky of Berlin", Don't Come Knocking seems a bit mediocre. As a European, Wenders has a strong interest in the United States and American culture, which is related to his childhood growth. Wenders, who grew up after the war, watched American movies and listened to rock music when he was young, and these are reflected in his later movies. However, Wenders is a European after all, and his description of the United States always makes me feel strange, not in-depth and inaccurate. But the story of Sam Shepard is like a kind reminder to find your own way before life is too late. For the audience, the sooner the better.
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