Don't knock on the door-my house is stable and peaceful

Josefina 2022-01-22 08:03:04

I watched this movie last night while I was half drunk and half awake, so I can’t remember a lot today, but I still can barely remember the protagonist’s name-"Howard", because at the end of the film, I sat in the car and stepped on it. The song sung by the children looking for a father's journey.
Although I can't even remember the names of the other characters in the film, I still want to say something, like a rooster thrown in a corner after being slaughtered, and it will inevitably have to flap its wings a few more times.

My first impression is
that this is a sketch by Wenders. The simple and gentle plot is a bit like his highway movies, drawing a gentle wavy line on white paper, but the difference is that the highway movie uses those blanks to present tension, but this time it is the line itself.

Sharpard’s role is really reminiscent of Bill Murray in the Broken Flower. In addition to the similarity of the roles, the two of them are essentially hollow shells that have been worn down by time. It is hard to say how much "self" there is in it. . "Don't knock on the door" is out of the protection of the life you have been accustomed to for a long time, and you want to change, but the change is always accompanied by risks, so between stability and desire, the heart begins to fight fiercely. The only thing people are really afraid of is themselves, that is, the demons.

Fleeing to escape
Howard to escape from the studio began a tour of the past, no roots, no matter how beautiful life, but also eventually heroes twilight of the day. "Heroes of the West" not only has the galloping horse and whip, but also has a single figure at sunset. This is also Wenders's feelings for a passing era. Howard has been on the run all his life, from his family, from one woman after another, even having children, without knowing...

Don't knock on my door, I just hide behind the crack of the door and take a look.
Don't knock on my door, mom, who's here?
Don't knock on my door, I will give you all the money.
Don't knock on my door, I am your father.

Can you crave it? Curious? What happened to the world outside the door? Is it still there? Or was it already destroyed by a fire from the sky the night before?

Pushing the door open is actually just beckoning, how simple it is.
Grandpa's car carries the children on a journey to find their father
Howard left again, but he took on his own responsibility, the hero lost his unruly, but won the home that he could go back to.

"I will be back, you are waiting for me"

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Don't Come Knocking quotes

  • Earl: [singing] Where is Howard? Who is Howard? We wanna know, we wanna know. Where is Howard? Who is Howard? Where did he go, where did he go? He's down in the ditches. He's down in the ground. Disappeared himself. He's no-where to be found! Where is Howard? Who is Howard? He's long gone, he's long gone.

  • Howard Spence: Mind if I turn the radio on?

    Sutter: Yes, I do, as a matter of fact. I don't like outside influence.

    Howard Spence: Outside?

    Sutter: That's right. The world at large. It's a nasty place. Why allow it in? Livestalk reports, Navajo chanting, beheadings, bestiality. Nothing's changed. Black Death, the Inquisition, the Crusades, conquest of Mexico. What's changed?

    Howard Spence: I was thinking...

    Sutter: What?

    Howard Spence: I don't know.

    Sutter: Nothing's changed.

    Howard Spence: Guess not.