This film can be summarized as follows: a person who follows the law of self and challenges the law of society destroys the dual power of civil and official. The former is the death-seeking resistance of ordinary people, and the latter is the legal punishment that represents justice.
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《 "Old Nowhere" is like a lake with calm surface but undercurrent surging at the bottom. It is cruel between the straightforward reality and the imagination of the film, and has a silent power.
The film revolves around a box of money, two rules of life, and three men. The story tells the story of Moss, a veteran, who strayed into the scene of two gangs of fire fighters while hunting, and took a box of $2 million in windfall. As a result, the cruel pervert killer Qi Gu began to hunt him down, and the old police officer Tom followed him to detect the redemption. The three people stringed up this story. Among them, the most eye-catching is the process of Moss' escape and Qi Gu's pursuit. . This is also the most brilliant and almost suffocating part of the whole film.
The unique image style of the Coen brothers is fully demonstrated in this film. Compared with other works, the West has lost the American chivalrous style in this film—the so-called "cowboy" in the narrow sense. Like Li Ang, the West has become It is no longer familiar. In the beginning, the West under the lens of the Coen brothers is very beautiful, and the vast Gobi in the west seems to observe all this quietly. The fight between humans is in contrast with an aggressive and destructive sense.
The story of "Old Nowhere" takes place in such an environment. After 122 minutes. People who were shocked began to praise this movie that showed the West so "wild". The praises of the King of Violence and the King of Style took the film to an unprecedented height.
However, what makes the film excellent?
Savour carefully, the so-called excellent elements are nothing more than composed of several parts. First of all, the story of this film ostensibly focuses on the legend of a killer. There is no doubt that the killer Chigu played by Javier Baden is the most eye-catching character in this film. This character has a seemingly funny and sluggish appearance, but has an unavoidable coldness. In the film, the characters are made three-dimensional in order to render their character. The Coen brothers performed a series of side effects. Within ten minutes of the opening, twice shot the killer. In the opening chapter, the shadow processing of the faces of the characters in the police car, as well as the sudden change of dynamic when approaching the police officer, are vividly vivid. And before asking the roadside person, he never gave a positive description of him. Therefore, when the three cylinder close-ups provided weapons for the killing and the characters' internal and external conditions have been formed, the first close-up shot of the character appeared in front of the camera. Up. On the screen, a smile is not a smile, and he is chilling with his bull's eyes wide open.
Therefore, this character's appearance is extremely successful. With this extremely strong start to the horror, in the following plot, the toughness of Moss and the helplessness of the old police officer Tom can be shown. However, it is undeniable that although this killer who has been rampant since the 1980s is extremely bloody, it is not the so-called abnormal killer in the traditional view in the full sense. Its attitude towards innocent people has become extremely thoughtful due to its own principles. Sexually, Chigu killed 13 people with names and passers-by in the film. In these processes, there are two so-called principles: once it is revealed when Moss's wife is killed at the end, it is the so-called bet with Moss that must be realized before his death, which means that he does not seem to be blindly murdering. Second, he didn't believe in all the worldly rules while killing. During a conversation with Wells sent by the boss in the hotel, he made it clear: When the rules reach your death, the rules are no longer useful. So, it can be seen that this character only believes in his own rules, even though his rules are actually so wrong that they are contemptuous of all the prevailing ethics in the world. Coupled with the almost unrelenting conversation with the grocery store owner, not only did it give people advice not to talk to strangers, but it also brought out the key props in the movie, the coin. At the end, it was clear that he himself even decided to hunt down Moss's wife after flipping a coin. Therefore, he is just a lunatic who has principles in his own closed concept, but actually destroys all morals in the world. All the justifications for it cannot be escaped from its own contradictory and uncertain reality.
Qi Gu is contradictory, it lies between the law of reality and the self-conception and cannot jump out of it. Calling it ridiculous, his theory makes him seem to be functioning normally, with every link in the loop, almost flourishing. But if it is correct because of this, it is not tolerated by the world. His contradiction comes from this kind of deformed sorrow that a life without a "normal foster care" can grow "against the laws of nature".
Therefore, in front of him, Moss, who is very busy with the cowboys, and Tom, who is strong and strong, had no room for victory. Moss believed in his own tough confrontation. But everything on the way to escape has proved the objective law that no matter how powerful the prey is, it cannot escape the chase of many beasts. After the boss behind the scenes gave the Mexican Gang tracker, Moss' death was a foregone conclusion. Whether it is the Mexican Gang Chigu or Wells, everyone has the capital and possibility to kill him. However, Moss’s cleverness is constantly creating opportunities for life. It relies on its superior hands-on ability to DIY everything. The frequent modification of equipment, the method of hiding the cash box in the ventilation duct, and the means of changing rooms appear to be better than those of trackers. . Therefore, when he died, who refused the "beer", people would be more surprised. This sudden effect will be more effective. As a police officer, Tom can know his professional experience through his previous confession. When he first came to the scene of the two gangs, he quickly reached the bullet shell conclusion and observed the subsequent searches of the Moss house (door Lock and ice milk) various details, showing his rich experience in facing crimes.
But they all failed.
This film can be summarized as follows: a person who follows the law of self and challenges the law of society destroys the dual power of civil and official. The former is the death-seeking resistance of ordinary people, and the latter is the legal punishment that represents justice.
why? As mentioned earlier, Qi Gu is an abnormal person, and his laws determine that he cannot survive, but in fact, he survives to the end and wins to the end.
Therefore, the problem only appears in the general environment: there is a problem with the soil that grows abnormally. This society has begun to slowly disintegrate the moral standards of old friends. Many things are slowly disappearing. Like an old man, silent.
Therefore, in the conversation of the old police officers, it can be seen that young people in Texas are dyeing their hair and nose rings are completely unrecognizable, and the honorifics are gone; in the experience of people, it can be seen that whether it is an old police officer or an old police officer's father, they are mentioned. The abused old man’s helplessness; in the first scene (the other is Qigu to the child) Moss buys clothes from the young man, and the other party talks about money everywhere, without mentioning the injury. This society has begun to become sick.
Therefore, the theme of the film is not a process of praise or flogging for the killer, nor is it a simple western hunting and hunting, nor is it a thrilling police routine. It tells the sickness of this era in the film.
This kind of pathology that you can't imagine and don't want to admit just lurks silently. It is above reality. All kinds of absurdities that overlook reality are happening. Under the exaggeration of the movie, it retains a somewhat excessive but acceptable scale.
Next, the excellence of this film is due to the ubiquitous and unique style of the Coen brothers. One of the highlights of the film is the frequent use of lens language, which is an obvious advantage for realistic-style films. Partial rewriting requires more than just shaking shots and colloquial processing. Of course, the shaking of the alternative camera also appeared in the opening chapter when Moss was chased by a vehicle. The success of realism lies in the proper use of lens language. This kind of processing can bring the most direct effect: less dialogue and lines. In this case, the conversation in the isolated space will only be a short-lived embellishment. And at the end, you can add a monologue and name the subject through Tom's long dialogue, because this kind of lengthy talk makes the viewer feel the difference. It is no exaggeration to say that the Coen brothers have begun to treat the lens language with the weight of the dialogue at the same level, such as the vehicle vision that appeared in the dark when Moss returned to the shooting site for the second time. It was the broken door lock that came with the killer 5 times (the last time the police officer outside the door confirmed that the killer was inside the house). Or some suggestive plots: whether it's the dark clouds that Moss descended densely when he started hunting. When Qigu drove by, facing Asuka's close miss, all heralded the fate of the next character. This kind of processing allows people to think well after watching. In order to understand, you must either fast forward your mind or pause the movie to keep up with the rhythm of the movie.
So, look, only look. The Coen brothers want people to watch. The chase in the dark night in the film has no soundtrack at all. The sound effect is magnified, and the details are real.
Due to the large amount of lens language used in the film. There have been many plots that have been repeatedly discussed. The Coen brothers cleverly approached success at this point. They are as cunning as newcomers facing word problems for the first time, who do not give the correct answer, but require everyone who participates to repeat calculations. This kind of unsentimental suspicion and the film's "fuzzy style" between exaggeration and reality complement each other, and it seems almost coincidental. Therefore, the 13 deaths sent by the killer are distributed as follows. The opening police, roadsiders, two subordinates, boss, Wells, and three Mexicans are the 9 directly described killing targets. Two people in the hotel (the counter clerk and the veteran officer next door) appeared in the conversation between Tom and the old man, the man carrying the chickens and ducks appeared in the scene of a Qigu cleaning up the vehicle (dead), plus the last Moss’s The wife's death is described in profile. It is said that the death of Moss wife Jane was due to the footage of the soles of Chigu going out and looking down. Since he put on the shower curtain when he killed the last Mexican, and raised his foot to avoid these details after killing Wells, it can be seen that he was tired of blood, so Moss's wife was dead. And another huge mystery comes from before and after the Mexicans killed Moss. The Mexican "gentleman" with the suitcase learns about the location of Moss by talking to the mother of Moss wife Jane. The beer girl is not the chaser bait that died when the old police officer arrived (corpse in water, underground bullet shell). All this has nothing to do with Qi Gu for the time being.
So, after the last mystery Moss was killed, the ownership of that money. The coins on the ground and the open vents proved that Chigu had checked, and the old police officer Tom seemed to have found nothing on the surface. As for the Mexicans, the hurried flight and the ignorance of the secret of the vent destined them to be just passing by. In the end, the cross-examination that Chigu appeared in front of Jane proved that he himself did not find the money either. Where is the money? The director played the biggest suspense.
That's it, the Coen brothers succeeded through these points: through Javier Baden to create a perfect assassin image, and use violence without evasiveness: the ground marks at the beginning, the headshot scenes, and the healing process are extremely bloody. Coupled with the use of a lot of lens language, coupled with a well-controlled narrative rhythm, the sudden encounters seem extremely surprising. So the whole film became bored and there were surprises. It's so tough. However, the only flaw is the common drawbacks of this type of film. This narrow audience of themes and the clever and lack of entertaining methods of the film make many viewers who are eroded by the fast food culture or who are not interested in killing themes stay away. The Coen brothers cruelly gave an answer without a big ending, and didn't want to satisfy all viewers.
After all, no one wants to. After admiring the best film halo of Oscars for a long time, what he saw was a perverted uncle with a mushroom head bursting into a trembling smile in the silent night.
Therefore, when faced with the luster of the Oscar statuette, "Old Nowhere" won without suspense. Take a look at its competitors: The story of "Blood Black Gold" tells the struggle for resources. In recent years, the excellent work "Blood Diamond" of the same subject matter has nothing to learn, but the same old horse work "which is almost "pseudo-flattering"" The loss of "Aviator" is the best proof. "Juno" please refer to "Little Sunshine", the best home for this kind of niche is the best original script, such as "Lost in Tokyo". The subject of "Michael Clayton" is obviously much worse than similar to the previous work, "Inside Explosion", which was shortlisted for the best film by Pacino and Russell Crowe. As for "Atonement", the fact that it was not shortlisted as the best director is the biggest flaw. This film is like an excerpt from the beginning to the end. Relying on excellent literary works, it is brilliant on countless technical highlights, but it is created by the shocking long lens. At the same time as this film, it also ruined this film.
Therefore, even though "Old Nowhere" is powerful, its opponent's fragile blow made it to the top almost effortlessly. In an era when there is no commercial giant swept away, masters are making transformations, and dark horses are emerging, "Old Nowhere" will win.
The story of the Cohen brothers has a deep depiction of a corner of the times, revealing the flaws of the system that seems complete but there is nowhere to avoid it. In the era of ritual and music, all the evils are being silently amplified. The evil is ultimately so great that people cannot bear it. It's as if sleepiness is like a heavy lead door that cannot be dodged, and dense bullets can not be dodged from the corner. A huge and heavy crime accompanied by silent silence, scenes of killing surprises were staged in the dark night.
The black image, the silent king.
Under the calm of the vast scenery of the west, crime is everywhere.
"Old Nowhere": The Huge and Silent Black King Author: Murong Tianya (Reproduced)
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