Look at "Stealing the Wire" again

Providenci 2022-03-19 09:01:02

The charm of art is that every time you look at it, you will have a different feeling. Different people have different feelings. The richer this feeling, the stronger the vitality of the artwork.

Last time I saw the meeting of the two masters, I was excited. I watched it again last night, and I have a new experience:

1. The rhythm
director unhurriedly unfolded according to his rhythm, making the film look very relaxing for a while, and for a very enthusiastic one, and so alternately. The soothing part is silent, which is a test of your patience, while the tense part is more and less chaotic, and the characters are clean and tidy. However, I still like the soothing of "Once Upon a Time in America", like unfolding a picture scroll, full of colors, sighing and sighing, I can't extricate myself from it. Or nervous and unrestrained as in "The Bourne".

2 Contrast
with the intense and fierce gunfight with bullets flying all over the sky, as well as family ethics, warmth and sweetness, not the model of handsome men and beautiful women paired with ordinary tough guy films, and strive for realistic family life: the encounter between the bandit and the girlfriend is in love; the wife and children of a few guys are supreme The police's family is always broken and helpless, the classic "You can't watch my little TV", the stepdaughter who committed suicide. The family is undoubtedly not just a secondary line, but an important part parallel to the main line of the big plot. Social problems are always cold and profound.

The bandits are all affectionate and righteous, and their wives and families are all manifestations of mainstream social values. The police had three failed marriages with no happiness at all. Whose life is successful? What kind of life is good? Want to go.

The image of the small person is full, in contrast, the protagonist's big name has no glamour.

3 At the end, it's really boring.

4 De Niro is very thin and he is suspected of being a drug addict here. He fascinates me when he is fat. This role did not play any role, just topped a fancy name.

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Heat quotes

  • Vincent Hanna: [over the radio with Drucker, referring to Neil and his crew] What are you going to take them on? Breaking and entering? They didn't steal anything, don't you get it? It gets knocked back to some chicken shit misdemeanor they do six months and their out, no fucking way

  • Neil McCauley: [talking privately in the back of the diner] I'm looking for a driver that can handle scanners and a radio right now today, you remember the drill?

    Donald Breedan: Yeah man sure

    Neil McCauley: You cool?

    Donald Breedan: You know I'm cool

    Neil McCauley: One answer right now, yes or no?

    Donald Breedan: Yeah fuck it, you're on

    Neil McCauley: Out back in five