The life that can be killed with a little money and the life that cannot be killed

Duane 2022-03-21 09:01:03

The Coen brothers have two films that have won awards, one time they won the Oscar for Best Director for Best Picture, and one time is this ice storm, and both of them have strong accents. Obvious notions of good and evil, rather than portraying a group of pure bad people who are bound to collapse by society like other works such as the blood maze.

Both of these two movies have a smart and steady sheriff, one or a few stupid assistants, and the self-questioning young man in Lao Wusuoyi, who refuses to inspect the scene in the cold and blood storm, only remembers the assistant who buys coffee, these The assistants are not only to set off the sheriff’s wiseness, but also the Coen brothers’ tireless irony of the police. I think in a "free country" like the United States, the middle class hates and fears those policemen who eat their guns and donuts. Well, this is also reflected in the sheriff in Murder Green Toe. But these two good police officers never gave up the crusade against the bad guys from the beginning to the end. This kind of courage can not help but add a touch of light to the Coen Brothers noir movie. Indeed, only courage can deal with this dark world. It is the Coen brothers' best interpretation of how to live, such as the two policemen and the brave cowboy in the old Wushao, or the serious Jew who faced the tornado. The courage he gave himself is always the last breath.

Although the villain in the movie does not have the extreme evils in the old Wushaoyi, but let go of the almost no moral and violence that has been destroyed, not to mention that the cruel big man indiscriminately kills, even if it is her partner, kill a hindrance at will Human parking lot keeper, is he still a so-called comedy character? The policeman who was beaten with blood on his head, didn't the real cruel violence and death appear in front of the camera? Living in the movies of the Coen brothers has always been real, and so is the violence.

In addition to the signature crime theme, there is a consistent gloomy life. The contrast between Marge’s bravery and her husband’s weak Confucianism in the film also adds a trace of the Coen brothers’ unique blackness that almost corrupts people’s life. From that scene The gloomy breakfast can be seen. Just imagine that husband’s life. All interactions are achieved through his wife. No one really cares whether he really goes fishing on the ice. The only consignment is a stamp painting contest that competes with neighbors-I drew a bird, and finally used it on a stamp that no one used. What is the difference between this kind of life and Leonard? Look at all the men in this film. The Japanese man, the father who was killed for his daughter, Marge's husband and the poor protagonist, live playing with their eggs, and they don’t want to live. This is what the Coen brothers said. , There is no solution, there is no light to see when you look up, all you can do is to be a serious person.

The never-ending life and black violence of the middle class are like the unstoppable wind and snow in Minnesota, and the Coen brothers are indeed worthy of their hometown.

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Fargo quotes

  • Shep Proudfoot: [to Carl after he inadvertently put a police chief on Shep's trail who's an ex-con] Fuckin' asshole!

  • Reilly Diefenbach: [voice] Mr. Lundegaard? This is Reilly Diefenbach from GMAC. How are you this morning?

    Jerry Lundegaard: [into the phone] Real good. How are you?

    Reilly Diefenbach: [voice] Pretty good, Mr. Lundegaard. I must say, you are damn hard to get a hold of over the phone.

    Jerry Lundegaard: Well, we're pretty darn busy here, but that's the way we like it.

    Reilly Diefenbach: [voice] Well, that's for sure. The reason why I've been trying to reach you is that these last financing documents that you sent over to us... I can't read the serial numbers of the vehicles...

    Jerry Lundegaard: [getting nervous] Yah, well I already got the money. The loans are in place. I already got the...

    Reilly Diefenbach: [voice] Yah, the 320 thousand... you got the money last month from us.

    Jerry Lundegaard: So, we're all set then.

    Reilly Diefenbach: [voice] Yah, but the vehicles that you're borrowing on, I just can't read the serial numbers on your application. Maybe if you could just read...

    Jerry Lundegaard: Yah, but the deal's already done. I've already got the money.

    Reilly Diefenbach: [voice] Yah, but we have an audit here and I just have to know that these vehicles that your financing with this money that they really exist.

    Jerry Lundegaard: [getting more nervous] Well... they exist all right.

    Reilly Diefenbach: [voice] Well, I'm pretty sure they do, but I can't read the serial numbers here. Maybe if you could read the numbers to me on the first...

    Jerry Lundegaard: Yah... well... see... I don't have them in front of me. Why don't I just fax you over a copy?

    Reilly Diefenbach: [voice] No, no, a fax is no good. That's what I have here and I can't read the darn thing.

    Jerry Lundegaard: Yah, I'll have my girl send you a copy then.

    Reilly Diefenbach: [voice] Okay, that's good. But I need to tell you that if I can't correlate these numbers with those specific vehicles, then I'm gonna have to call back all that money.

    Jerry Lundegaard: How much money did you say that was?

    Reilly Diefenbach: [voice] $320,000. I have to correlate that money with the cars that it's being lent on.

    Jerry Lundegaard: Okay, no problem. I'll just fax...

    Reilly Diefenbach: [voice] No, no...

    Jerry Lundegaard: I mean send it right over. I'll shoot it right over. Good bye.

    [hangs up]