The following is a complete spoiler, self-retained, rough, and drawing notes.
[Beginning part]
opening
three broken billboard
subtitles: three billboards outside the Missouri
mother passing three dilapidated billboards, reversing go back and look thoughtfully.
[Mother's first appearance, iconic props: car; logo scene: passing by the billboard. Mother biting her fingers and touching her chin in contemplation is very well done, and her haggard hardcore and cold modeling is in place. 】
3:20 Mother found the advertising company in charge and asked Red to rent three yuan. 【Red debut, cute and weak image. 】
Mother asked which words could not be printed on the advertisement [The keywords mentioned and the mother’s "rude" state imply the particularity of the matter]
5:20 Red saw the paper and asked if she was Angela’s mother. Mother looked at the police station opposite the window and said yes. [The first time I mentioned my daughter, my mother's expression; the police station and the advertising agency were set up on the same street, and the conflict was very direct. The mother straightened the overturned beetle in front of the window. The details depict the character: the mother is not completely indifferent and cruel]
6:00 The bastard policeman Dixon drove by and saw the first billboard. [The versatility of the lines: implying the relationship between the characters-very sensitive to the appearance of the name "director", indicating that he attaches great importance to the director; insulting advertising workers, the lines shape the image of the characters-vulgar and rude, discriminating against people of color, using Lack of words is a bit silly] The
car drove forward, revealing the content on the second billboard.
7:40 The black advertising workers were very dissatisfied with Dixon. Dixon threatened to arrest him. The blacks asked him to look at the first billboard before talking.
8:25 Dixon was surprised when he saw the first billboard.
Dixon called the director's house. The director was having a family reunion for Easter dinner, and he answered the phone impatiently. dixon reported the content of the first billboard-"Tragic Rape and Kill"
[The opening scene clearly explained all the main characters, the main situation, and restored the contradictions through several lines: Angela was raped and killed, and the police department has never been able to solve the case. Mother spent money to rent a billboard to call the chief diss police station. At the
beginning of
9:00, the mother passed the billboard with her son. [Son’s silence expresses an introverted and weak character. ]
10:40 Mother came to the gift shop at work, and friends supported her. [The friend handed half of the cigarette to his mother, showing the relationship with a small gesture. ]
11:00 The director went to Red to question the billboard. First, he persuaded the police Cedric to threaten Red and asked him if he knew the seriousness. Red briskly went back and said that it was not illegal. [It reflects red's cleverness and a sense of justice in his heart; the chief's feet are on the table, and the police's mannerisms give people the impression that this is an unreasonable and unreasonable police chief. ]
12:17 In the police station, Dixon provoked and tricked the policeman Cedric. ["She was talking about questions, it does not constitute slander." "Are you an idiot?" "You fucking" "I'm also talking about questions" "Dixon’s rogue character is true] The police revealed that dixon had abused prisoners, and the chief said Dixon defended that there was no definitive evidence yet. [The lines are exquisite, revealing the information to complement the protagonist's image; the chief's response shows that he is concerned about
dixon ] 12:25 Dixon directly rushed out of the police station, threatened red on the road and threatened him to withdraw the billboard, the chief stopped him , Say "Did you drink too much". [Disclose information points to further complement dixon's personality: recklessness, alcoholism. So far, the image of dixon is basically plump and credible. ] When
dixon was taken away, he said: No one took that road at all, and no one would know [a reversed wording, set off immediately after the mother advertised it in front of the camera. It also implies that there may be a dangerous section with a high incidence of cases. 】
Development
12:53 Mother is interviewed in front of the billboard. At the same time, Dixon and his mother read the news at home and heard that "the local police only cares about abuse of black suspects and do not investigate the case." The director heard at home that "the director is responsible for this" and turned off the TV angrily. [Clever use of TV programs to connect dixon and the director's family, leading to branch lines; on the program to expand the influence of the billboard, the main line contradiction deepens. The
director came to the stable to watch the horse [the iconic scene of the director’s family]. The wife was concerned, and the director said, "It seems that someone has declared war on us."
At 14:30, the chief came to visit his mother, explaining that the DNA he had obtained did not match all those in the library, and he did not witness any witnesses. The mother said that "the blood of the whole town and even the whole country over 8 years old should be collected", and even everyone's blood should be collected when the boy was born to establish a database. [Mother's unreasonable request portrays her mother's stubbornness. The
director said that the words on the billboard were unfair to him, and his mother choked on him.
16:00 The director frankly said that he had cancer. The mother said she knew, but did not intend to change her mind. "The words on the billboard only affect you when you are alive" [Mother is still hard-hearted at this time, repeatedly highlighting her stubbornness and coldness. ]
16:50 The Secretary stood up in silence and left with a cap.
17:00 Bar red and dwarf play billiards. Dixon came to find the fault and used alcohol to post on Red, saying that he hated red, and said that Cubans would kill homosexuals, but he opposed this.
Dixon warned Red not to worry about the billboard for the rest of the time, and said that he had pancreatic cancer.
19:00 Before his mother came to the pool table, the dwarf praised her mother for what she said on the show. His mother dissdixon said whether he was going back to find his mother.
[Sub-line plot development: new character dwarf, mother’s admirer; dixon dialogue hints at the theme of "homosexuality"; embodying the director’s illness]
19:40 The mother went home and talked about the dwarf who wanted to develop a friendship with herself [seeing that the mother was rather rough and told her everything to her son, which also reflected that she trusted her son], she found the priest was at home and persuaded her to remove the billboard. The mother cited the method of punishing street gangs and pointed out that some priests sexually assaulted young children. This godfather should also be punished, instead of teaching her how to be a human being. The priest was unhappy and embarrassed. [Mother's cold blood is always carried out, even overdone. An extreme character portrayal. ]
23:19 The director sees a doctor. The doctor supports him, but the director throws away the instrument and splashed the blood on the door at
24:00. The director asks Dixon for information on Angela. He heard that he has received two complaints against his mother. [Dixon recorded the complainant as a "woman with ridiculous eyes" and a "fat dentist". The director complained that he was really professional.]
Before the 25:00 billboard, the director warned dixon not to trouble red.
25:30 Mother went to see the dentist, fat The dentist avenged his personal vengeance. If she did not give anesthetics, she would have to extract the teeth from her mother. The mother offered to give anesthetics.
The fat dentist said, "The director has many friends in the town."
26:40 Mother grabbed the drill, drilled the dentist’s nails, and told him to tell the director to do his job. [Small orgasm, a accumulation of movements and emotions. ]
27:00 The chief went to the gift shop and asked if her mother had drilled a hole in the dentist’s finger. The mother denied, but the chief took her back to the police station.
27:40 Mother looked at Red and the female assistant at the police station and joked. Asking Dixon "what about the great cause of abuse of black people?" Dixon said, "Now it is to abuse people of color, not to abuse niggas." [Black humor, see that dixon is stupid] The
chief comes and let Dixon go out. [Dixon said he was standing outside, loyal and obedient to the director. ]
Climax
29:00 Secretary explained that if the police make racist leave, left with three police officers, or discrimination against homosexuality.
The mother once again denied having drilled the dentist’s nails and said sarcastically that she did not agree with the dentist, as in many rape cases, but she would be fine as a female prisoner.
The chief said, I don’t care about the dentist, I was thinking, you spend so long in the police station, you don’t have time to go to the gift shop to make money, you can’t afford the billboards, and you even have to sell your ex-husband’s trailer.
The director asked if his ex-husband was still living with his 19-year-old girlfriend who worked in the zoo. Speaking of his ex-husband’s status as a former police officer, my mother said, "Ex-policeman, ex-violator, there is no difference." The
chief said that her ex-husband did not know about this billboard. The mother said it had nothing to do with him, and the chief continued to question "but he is paying for it." [A wonderful game, grasp the most painful point with each other: my mother satirized the "political correctness" and low efficiency in police work, and the director mentioned the ex-husband, ex-husband’s current girlfriend, and her insufficient financial situation to fight back. ]
31:14 The confrontation between the two escalated, and the director suddenly coughed up blood and sprayed it on his mother's face. [A magical pen! Sudden changes in rhythm, sudden changes in emotions. 】The
two suddenly stopped, and the director said in astonishment, "I didn't mean it." The mother immediately softened. "The little pitiful I know is blood. I'll go call someone." [Mother is suddenly soft, and the director is suddenly weak. The two returned to real and emotional individuals, just now it was more like two forces as symbols antagonizing. ]
Ending
31:35 The director was carried into an ambulance and asked to let his mother go. Dixon raised his hand to bid farewell, with a complicated expression.
[Ministry of Development]
Beginning
32:12 Mother took her son home, and the son objected to the billboard. He was very uncomfortable when he was reminded of Angela's death when he saw the billboard.
The mother wanted to comfort, and the son beat her hand away.
34:00 Mother came to Angela's room and recalled the day of the accident.
Angela borrowed the car. Her mother refused and said that Angela smoked marijuana every day. Angela said that her mother drunk and drove them with them "I heard what my father said" when they were young. Mother and Angela scolded "bitch" , The son mediates. [During the quarrel, Angela’s personality, family status, and character relationships were clearly defined. The lines are very informative and there is no nonsense. 】
Before Angela left, she said in a rage that I wanted me to be raped on the road, and my mother also said that I also wanted you to be raped.
Cut back to the empty bedroom where her mother left Angela lonely.
Develop a
35:20 billboard vision.
35:30 The director was told to stay in the hospital for observation, and his wife comforted him. After his wife left, the chief had a pained expression.
36:04 In the morning, the son continued to ignore his mother after eating cereal. The mother deliberately dumped his son's cereal on his face. Son: "You are really an old bitch" Mother: "I'm not old", the two laughed. 【Mother and child have a unique way of getting along. ]
37:00 The ex-husband visited and questioned the billboard.
The mother ridiculed her little girlfriend and smelled it in the room.
The ex-husband was anxious, lifted the table and choked his neck. The son put a knife on his father's neck. [Small orgasm]
38:15 The little girlfriend broke in stupidly, said she was going to the bathroom, and said, "It seems that it’s not very convenient, I seem to interrupt you..." [A few words reflect the little girlfriend’s stupidity and untimely] The ex-husband ordered her Hurry up and pee.
38:40 After calming down, the little girlfriend stupidly explained that she had been opened by the zoo because she was late, and she is now taking care of the disabled horse.
29:14 The mother's ex-husband and son looked at the little girlfriend together, and the little girlfriend shut up and left. [Humorous, silly and sweet character design for my little girlfriend. ]
39:30 Mother and ex-husband eased up. The ex-husband expressed his understanding, but did not support her to set up the billboard. The mother replied, "It is better than you to do nothing except for your 19-year-old girlfriend."
39:54 The mother suddenly became tough. , To drive the ex-husband away.
The ex-husband said that Angela could not bear her mother's request to live with her ex-husband a week before her death, but the ex-husband refused, and the ex-husband regretted it and left.
40:45 The mother sat down with sadness and asked her son "Is it true?" The son was euphemistic. I don't know. "Mother" no, you know." [The line is praised! Concise, powerful and clear. 】
41:22 Dixon's mother makes a move to let Dixon destroy her mother's friend first. [Dixon's mother's masculine appearance and crooked tricks shape the character. 】
At 42:00, my mother saw that the store was closed, and a friend left a message saying that she had been arrested. [The details are appropriate, only one lens is taken here. 】
Mother went to the police station to confront Dixon, and the two of them were at war.
43:30 By the lake, the director carefully ordered the two daughters to rule out the fishing activities, so that they were not allowed to take out the blankets and not to poke the fishing rods at each other, and then took the wine and blankets to take the wife away.
[The director's family line is officially launched. The beauty of the family is contrasted with the cruelty of suicide later. ]
44:55 Mom went to plant flowers for the billboard, and suddenly saw a beautiful deer appear on the grass under the sign. She told it a lot about the trouble that the case was unsolved, "You didn't come to tell me about rebirth, right? You are beautiful but you are not her." The mother talked to the deer, the deer left, and the mother forcibly endured her grief. .
[The mother’s loneliness is in sharp contrast with the director’s family; the use of animals is the finishing touch, which ingeniously gives the mother an opportunity to show her emotions and mental journey. ]
46:39 Red asked her mother to pay the rent today, or the billboard would not be able to renew the contract. His mother asked who instigated it, but Red was vague.
47:45 At this time, an anonymous sponsorship rent came suddenly, which resolved the crisis. [The contradiction rose but was quickly resolved, but left a foreshadowing]
Climax
49:25 The director coaxed the two daughters to sleep, and the daughter asked if she could not go to school tomorrow. The director said, "Let’s see what your mother said tomorrow morning" [foretelling]
The director touched the foreheads of the two daughters and closed their eyes.
49:50 The director kissed his wife deeply. "It doesn't smell like vomiting." The wife joked to him. The director asked her to clean the stables. The wife disliked him, and the director said he would go by himself. [Deep feelings, familiar with each other. 】The
wife recalled the wild artillery and praised the director. The director recalled which line of the play was it. Was it a Shakespearean play? The wife said it was Wilde.
51:10 The chief petted two horses in the stable, walked out of the stable, and took out the black headgear. Whispered "Oscar Wilde."
52:09 The director put on his headgear and committed suicide with a gun. [The headgear says don't take it off, just call the police. It embodies the last thoughtfulness and thoughtfulness of the Secretary. ]
52:19 (The secretary's suicide note to Annie serves as the background sound) The wife found the letter on the table collapsed and fell to the ground crying, and her daughter went downstairs to see his wife.
(The director explained his choice: he did not want to see the pain on his wife and daughter’s faces in the remaining months, and would rather leave the memory of the best day.)
His wife went to the stable and saw the corpse
53:51 Lake On the side, the teddy bear was half soaking in the lake. [Symbolic shot] The
wife is curled up on the bed with her two daughters.
The headgear was bleeding, and the police came to deal with the dead body.
54:30 The director stuffed the suicide note into the envelope
[This set of clips is concise and clear, and there is no waste. ]
Sub-climax
54:55 Dixon was shaking his head happily with headphones on, and his colleagues came back in frustration. He didn't ask what happened until he saw a colleague hit something.
55:45 Dixon hugged the policeman and cried. He couldn't restrain his anger in front of the mirror.
56:48 Dixon smashed open the door of the opposite advertising company with his baton, took out his gun and went upstairs, directly knocking Red down.
58:00 dixon directly threw red downstairs through the window. [The brutal and reckless character is manifested to the extreme]
58:34 Dixon chased down to the road and beat Red, "I not only abused blacks, but also abused whites" before returning to the police station, asking the blacks onlookers what to see. [New Character Appears ]
Ending
58:57 The mother heard the news report of the director's suicide while eating breakfast at home.
6:00 When the mother sent her son to the school gate, a carton of milk was smashed into the glass of the car. The mother came down and questioned the student. The student lied that he hadn't seen it. The mother kicked a boy and a girl in the nipples. [Girls can also kick 666]
[At this point, the relationship between the main and branch characters has been fully developed, and all the minor contradictions have been revealed (between mother and child, mother and ex-husband, dixon and red, dixon and mother, director and terminal illness), and the director's death is comprehensive Intensify the contradiction, the appearance of the new director brings a new situation. ]
[Ministry of] the climax
beginning
60:40 black people come in, declare themselves to take over the position of Secretary.
61:40 Dixon is disdainful and has to check his files. The blacks let their group of "white ghosts" go to work.
61:50 The black asked Dixon to hand over the gun and police badge. Dixon found that the police badge could not be found. [The police badge is a symbol. This is not only a real reference, but also a hint of dixon's past malfeasance. Echoing with the back, triggering a strong emotional shock. ]
63:00 Dixon left the police station with two pages of paper [Like the details, looks lonely and arrogant].
64:00 The strange man (later suspect in the bar) went to the gift shop and threw a souvenir to threaten his mother, saying "I have seen your daughter's picture" and "I hope I am the one who raped her."
At 66:00, the director’s wife came to deliver the letter to his mother and relieved the threat. The director’s wife left angrily. Outside the store was her car with two daughters sitting in the car.
At 67:00, the mother reads the letter from the director. The secretary’s background voice explained: He cares about this case very much, but there is no clue. Maybe someday someone brags about the case in a bar and solves the case absurdly [Foreshadowing] and then reveals that he paid for the anonymous sponsorship, explaining his own death and the billboard. It has nothing to do, but people here will definitely think it is related to it, and the money left behind is considered a joke. [The director's temperament and life-giving behavior are once again highlighted. 】
69:20 Dixon was drinking at home. His mother said she would come forward to help him with the theory. She kept asking if there were any dismissal fees, etc., and ironically revealed that Dixon Police Academy had been re-graded for one year, and there was no pretty girl available [here implies that Dixon is a deep cabinet] . Dixon was irritable and warned her mother to shut up, and her mother laughed. [The morbid mother-child relationship is more obvious, so that people can begin to understand the source of dixon's surly. 】
Development
7: 00 The mother drove to pick up her son on the way, the son informed Red that he was injured.
71:11 mother found a billboard on fire
71:30 mother carrying a fire extinguisher alone
running down a billboard, climb the Billboard top.
72:40 The fire extinguisher was out of gas, so my mother threw it away.
73:00 The son came to support with a new fire extinguisher and discouraged his mother from going to the third billboard. It was too late, and the mother shouted to take the fire extinguisher and ran to the third billboard.
73:25 Mother knelt before the billboard.
73:40 The fire brigade came, and the new chief greeted her mother. Finally, her mother said, "That’s before you arrest me." [Pray for revenge] The new chief: We are not all your enemies, understand?
[One climax, the unity of vision, movement, and contradiction. The raging fire was visually shocking. The mother went to put out the fire on her own, climbed to the top of the billboard regardless of her life, tried her best to scream and kneel down in despair. The process of stubbornness to despair was distressing. [
Orgasm
74:22 Mother swings the two slippers on her feet, simulating two different voices and saying, "I will torture those bastards" [Slow down the rhythm and prepare for the big orgasm; again use the object of slippers to give mother The opportunity for self-expression also reflects her loneliness. She talks to herself when she confesses herself or makes major decisions. (Similar to the dialogue function with the deer on the side of the billboard), very clever, watching the very cute scene actually contains huge resentment and anger. ]
75:25 Mother passed the billboard and told the host who was broadcasting the news that the billboard was endless. 【bedding】
75:40 Dixon was drinking and reading the newspaper at home. His mother said that the billboard had caught fire. Dixon said that he was no longer a policeman and did not care about this matter.
76:09 Dixon received a call from the police, asking him to pick up the letter left by the chief.
Dixon said that it would be there in 15 minutes, and persuaded the police to glance at the new chief, and tactfully suggested that he come again at night when there is no one, and leave the key. [Publishing] Dixon reluctantly hung up the phone.
77:45 Dixon went into the police station in the dark, flashed a flashlight to read the letter from the chief, wearing headphones. [The behavior of wearing headphones has appeared before, and the logic is strict. ]
At the same time the mother to the opposite advertising company, hit two phone calls to the police, dixon did not answer, his mother began to throw Molotov cocktails at the police station one by one. [The combination of various conditions makes the production of orgasm completely rationalized, and there is no "coincidence". The
police station started to burn, and Dixon didn't notice. The chief's letter revealed his experience (father's death, thought to be gay), and the chief encouraged him to love, think, and be calm in order to become a real detective. [Begin to have spiritual things, point out the main theme. "Love makes you think, thinking makes you calm, love can make you a real detective"] The
secretary's letter at 80:00 is about to be read, "Good luck, I have a foreboding that things will turn for the better..." Mother throws The last Molotov cocktail exploded just in front of the dixon window. 【Sound and picture montage + visual bursts, push the climax to the highest point. ]
80:25 dixon climb out of the bottom of combustion Angela's case, the book stuffed into his chest, to calm himself. [Compared with the way the former director asked him to retrieve Angela's files and he was a man, this is touching]
80:50 The dixon rolled from the burning window onto the road, full of fire. Mother was surprised when she saw it.
81.00 Dixon struggled to get out of Angela's file. The dwarf hurried to put out the fire. Mother came out to see the file and sniffed.
Ending
82:00 The dwarf gave his mother a false testimony. The mother also said that she had an appointment with the dwarf to deal with the new sheriff. The dwarf invited her mother to eat. The mother agreed but said that she would never sleep with him.
83:00 Dixon was carried into Red's ward with his entire face wrapped. Red kindly asked if he needed orange juice. Dixon cried and apologized. Red realized that Dixon was furious and helpless, and told him to stop crying. The salt of the tears is not good for the wound. [Highlight red's kindness]
85:30 From Dixon's bandage-hidden vision, Red poured a glass of orange juice for Dixon and placed it in front of his desk, and turned the straw to Dixon [details like].
85:44 The advertising worker Hei told his mother that the billboard had a backup.
86:28 Mother arranged a billboard, and the dwarf helped to escalate the ladder.
When the friend let it out, looking at the dwarf and mother, the mother said it was hard to say a word.
Hei Ge, an advertising worker, asked if he wanted to post the director's name. His mother said that he had paid to rent the billboard.
At this point, the main contradiction has erupted in a unified climax, and new developments have been made in each contradiction. The main context billboard is restored again, with a sense of reincarnation.
[Part of the knot ] At the
beginning
87:40 in the bar, dixon with burns and scabs on his face was drinking, and his mother's friend and her companion pointed out that "this bastard"
had two new guests at the bar.
88:20 The mother and the dwarf are dating in the western restaurant, and at the same time the ex-husband and the little girlfriend come in
.
Development
he went out to smoke, to see the license plate number of the two.
Dixon used an excuse to play tricks and scratched the guest's face. The guest was angered and beat Dixon. The black guest stepped forward to stop "He's a policeman!"
92:26 Dixon fell to the ground with blood on his face. "I lost my police badge, I don't remember where I lost it" [Special poking! 】The two guests escaped.
93:25 The ex-husband went to apologize, saying that his little girlfriend told him "If the anger is made up for catharsis, deeper anger will be brewed."
94:50 The mother was embarrassed and asked to go home. The dwarf was also uncomfortable. He was looked down upon by such a billboard lady who set the police station on fire. He threw down the money and left the restaurant.
Orgasm
96:00, the mother took Champagne and walked to her former husband's table. The ex-husband's face changed. The mother asked the little girlfriend if she really said that. The little girlfriend naively said that it was not made up by me, but it was written on a bookmark. The mother said to her ex-husband, "Be nice to her, understand?" and left the champagne on their table.
At 99:00, Dixon staggered home and locked the door to prevent his mother from helping.
He put the peeled skin from his nails into the test tube, sat on the toilet with a bloody face, and said to his mother, "Everything will be fine."
Ending
98:39 dixon went to tell his mother that he had the suspect's DNA, dixon Encourage his mother to keep trying. He said that he didn't know how to say that his English was not good. In short, he kept trying hard. Finally, when Dixon left, his mother thanked Dixon.
10: 00 The new director informed Dixon that the DNA he found was not of the suspect, and that the person was not in the country at the time. [Turning, anti-routine] Dixon can't accept it, thinking that he must have committed a crime.
Dixon wanted to know more information, and the new director would not disclose it any more, only telling him that it was not the murderer.
13:00 Dixon handed over the police badge and left. [Repeated use of key props]
103:28 When Dixon came home, his mother sat on the sofa and fell asleep. He took out his rifle and called.
104:44 Mother received a call from dixon under the billboard and immediately sat on the flowerbed, but she was desperate to hear that it was not the murderer.
105:45 Mother wants to hang up, Dixon said that he knows the suspect's address and license plate, thinking that he must be the murderer of a certain case. The mother said she would drive to Idaho. Dixon asked her if she needed a companion, and the mother said she needed it.
[Partial mother and dixon are in parallel, and there are also small climaxes and turning points. Until this time the relationship between the important characters has been clarified, the main contradiction has not been completely resolved, leading to an open end]
[Ending part]
107:20 Dixon put down his rifle, went to the living room and stroked his mother's head.
108:00 The mother sat beside her son's bed for a moment and left.
108:27 Mother and dixon put the gun and belongings in the trunk, drove off, passing by three billboards.
109:27 Mother admitted in the car that it was the police station she burned that day. Dixon said who else could be besides you.
110:00 The two asked each other if they were sure to kill that person, but both said they were not so sure.
110:12 Mother said, "I think we can decide on the road." The
car continued to drive silently.
end.
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