I have always felt that Laonnet is a person full of paradoxes. Many of my friends know that he is due to "Once Upon a Time in America", which has been very popular in recent years. What is strange is that Laonnet is a Western film director, but "Once Upon a Time in America" is not a Western film. In my opinion, "Once Upon a Time in America" is my favorite among Laonnet's films, but when it comes to representing the highest level of Laonnet, it should be this "good, bad, ugly".
"Good, Bad, Ugly," at first glance, does not seem to be a good enough work-in the first half of the film, the audience seems to think that this is a very standardized genre, the only difference is that it creates "ugliness." This unique character is nothing more than. But with the continuous development of the plot, we can indeed see Laonnet’s good intentions in creating the role of “ugly”: when “ugly” tries to break free from the rope again and again, and again and again in order to survive, he is ridiculous and selfish. In the humble effort, it was accompanied by Morricone's powerful and deep soundtrack. This scene made me realize that the protagonist of the film is not the handsome "good" character Eastwood, but this greedy, selfish, and ant-like "ugly", a person just like us.
In fact, in "Once Upon a Time in the West", Laonnet had a similar view: ordinary people make history, and ordinary people determine society. This society has extremely evil forces, so heroes are needed. But between the two, or in other words, the most common and humble group in this human society-ordinary people. At the end of the film, "Ugly" runs in the graveyard in a solemn and sentimental soundtrack, repeatedly searching for the scenes, highlighting the courage and fearlessness of a lowly and a life-failed little man who has lived with a ruthless destiny in order to survive. Resistance-This kind of resistance is a hundred times more cruel than the contest between "good" and "bad", and it is also a hundred times more heroic: "Ugly" has no heroic spirit or cruelty of the wicked. He cannot become a hero or hero of the dominance. Relying on his own survival instinct to live stubbornly in this unrestrained western barren land far away from moral and legal constraints. Indeed, he is also as selfish and indifferent as the people in this area, but he is also the same as any of us, never bowing to life, and bravely fighting-even if not respected, at least he needs to be recognized. Laonne poured all his feelings for ordinary people into "ugliness", and used language with strong sympathy and lament to portray this vulgar harlequin as abominable, cute, and sensible. With such depth of thought, mind and director's skill, the highly personalized characters created by "Good, Bad, Ugly" are not just as simple as innovating the characterization of Western films-its appearance makes Western films and epics. The combination of blockbuster films becomes possible.
Listening to Clapton's "Tears In Heaven" I finished this text. A very beautiful and heartbreaking song. This song is the same as "Good, Bad, Ugly," with sadness and regrets about the impermanence of fate. I would like to think that Laonnet is a director who likes to indulge in time, just like "ugliness", relying on this may not be good, but we should still live in the world.
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