Killing without a cause

Carolyne 2022-03-16 09:01:01

Yesterday, I got bored in the elective class, so I went to the European and American film classroom to listen in. I thought I would play the "Mulholland Road" that I saw last year for a while, but I didn't expect it to be "Ice and Blood Storm" by the Coen brothers. It's okay, I've long wanted to watch it anyway, and the black humor is obviously easier to understand and more hearty than David Lynch's Nightmare movie.

After reading it, stayed. I originally thought that the killing was violent, fiercely full of bloody anger, but I never thought that it could be completely peaceful and peaceful, and it had nothing to do with hatred, race, and nothing in the world to be a reason for killing. Killers have no distracting thoughts when they murder. Perhaps life is no longer a carrier of love, hatred, hatred, sorrow, and joy for them, but just some flesh and blood composites to satisfy their most primitive killing pleasure. This method of killing itself is a mockery of the value of life. While sighing, we have to look back at ourselves and see if we are also drifting away from human nature.

The holy white snow of the small American town is stained with the blood of innocent and guilty people, and under the soft language of the lens lies the forthcoming killing. Suddenly realized that the black humor of the Cohen brothers turned out to be as terrifying as David Lynch's nightmare.


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Extended Reading
  • Jodie 2021-10-20 18:58:31

    No amount of death can stop me from wanting to laugh. Life is always one step faster than movies: that's why it's black humor.

  • Stevie 2021-10-20 18:59:03

    In the works of the Coen brothers, accidents are the main theme of life. The husband asks for money and plots to kidnap his wife; the father-in-law loves money and thinks he is tough, but he was killed by the robbers; the short man wanted to embezzle the money and was hacked to death by his accomplices; the tall man was speechless all the way, so he shot his gun when he saw someone, and finally fell into the woman. In the hands of the police; the policewoman thought that the Japanese were pursuing him, she was insane. The crime plot is mixed with life jokes, and everyone's seriousness becomes more stupid.

Fargo quotes

  • [repeated line]

    Jerry Lundegaard: The heck do ya mean?

  • Jerry Lundegaard: [answering the phone] Jerry Lundegaard.

    Carl Showalter: [voice over the phone] Alright, Jerry, you got the phone to yourself? Are you alone?

    Jerry Lundegaard: [into the phone] Well, yeah.

    Carl Showalter: [voice] You know who this is?

    Jerry Lundegaard: Well, yeah, I got an idea. How's that Ciera working out for ya?

    Carl Showalter: [voice] Circumstances have changed, Jerry.

    Jerry Lundegaard: Well, what do ya mean?

    Carl Showalter: [voice] Things have changed, circumstances, Jerry... force majeure, acts of God.

    Jerry Lundegaard: How's Jean?

    Carl Showalter: [puzzled] Who's Jean?

    Jerry Lundegaard: My wife! What the-?

    Carl Showalter: [voice] Oh... right. She's alright, but there's a few people in Brainerd who aren't so okay, I'll tell you that.

    Jerry Lundegaard: What the heck are ya talking about? Let's just finish this deal up here.

    Carl Showalter: [voice] Blood has been shed, Jerry.

    Jerry Lundegaard: What the heck do ya mean?

    Carl Showalter: [voice] Three people, in Brainerd... are dead.

    Jerry Lundegaard: Oh, jeez!

    Carl Showalter: [voice] That's right, we need more money.

    Jerry Lundegaard: What the heck are ya talking about? What do you fellas have yourself mixed up in?

    Carl Showalter: [voice] Never mind that. We need more money...

    Jerry Lundegaard: [interrupting] This was supposed to be a no rough stuff type deal!

    Carl Showalter: [angry] DON'T EVER INTERRUPT ME, JERRY! JUST SHUT THE FUCK UP!

    Jerry Lundegaard: Well, I'm sorry, but I just... I don't...

    Carl Showalter: [voice] I'm not gonna debate with you on this, Jerry! I'm not gonna debate! Three people in Brainerd were killed last night. We now want the entire 80,000!

    Jerry Lundegaard: Oh, for chris'sake here!