Leone's Violence and Tenderness

Priscilla 2022-01-29 08:06:06

Why is the revolution, the oolong of the revolution, the betrayal, loyalty and irony of the revolution, the film is warm and sad, high-level, simple and deep, reflecting the true epic style.

Interesting footage of urine flushing ants on a tree:

The title is full of meaning

Cleansing up the filth, innovating and turning the old, sometimes in a less respectable, unremarkable way.

Professional revolutionary and demolition expert John traveled from south to north and fooled Juan, the native leopard, into the orbit of revolution.

John is full of courage, fearlessness, strong ability, and charismatic personality. It can be said that he can do anything like a duck in water. Why should he join the revolution?

Selfishness is the nature of human beings, but do you believe that some people are like gods. Only by helping the weak and unfamiliar can they feel comfortable and cool!

Juan didn't understand that John was born and died, not for money or to impress anyone, but only in this way can he be happy, forget the betrayal of his friends, and realize the greatest value of his life.

Continuously blowing up the vaults of the bank, they found that they were full of imprisoned revolutionaries (the metaphor that these people are the real wealth of the country), and they didn't get a penny. Juan was losing his temper with John, and was lifted up as a hero to celebrate .

Leone sympathized with the weak, the elites united with the peasants, and it was always the peasants who suffered in the end. His point of view coincides with an old Chinese saying:

Every time one slaughtered a dog with a sense of righteousness, most of them were scholars with a negative heart!

Juan's words left John speechless:

A sigh

However, for the sake of honor, Juan chose to fight alongside John.

Revolutions are always full of legends, there are traitors, and there are warriors who brave the field.

The film is not a simple criticism of anyone. The traitor doctor gave up the chance to escape, sacrificed heroically, and completed his own redemption.

In the last moments of his life, John still had the idea of ​​betraying his best friend and the girl they both liked.

threesome

Why is this love triangle so unforgettable?

That girl is just an intermediary to pass on their friendship...

John was seriously injured, and he did not want to drag his comrades down, so he blew himself up and died with good memories——

Juan, who forged a deep fighting friendship with him, was shocked and sad...

How did you shoot so well?

On the one hand, he sympathized with and supported the revolution, and on the other hand, he retained the necessary prudence. This is where Leonegao is.

"Revolutionary Past" was screened in France. Leone and a few friends ate at a Parisian restaurant. An Italian at the next table gave him a bottle of champagne:

Mr. Leone, I want to explain to you why I sent you this bottle. I have two sons, they are 22 and 20 years old. Politically, they are totally against my personal views like crazy. We live in a very heated quarrel. They left the house and it brought me and my wife a very big misfortune...for many years. Neither of us met...and because of your "Revolutionary Past" they came back to live with me. They told me that your videos made them realize how wrong they were. They apologized to me. They come back forever. That's why I love your movies, that's why I'm giving you this bottle of champagne.

Leone was very moved and thanked him:

All of what he said sounds better to me than the best movie review in the world!

A film that changed the life trajectories of two radical youths is truly the greatest compliment a director can get.

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Extended Reading
  • Julio 2022-03-26 09:01:13

    The 157-minute version begins with a quote from Mao Zedong's theory that "revolution is not a dinner party", indicating that in addition to the consistent motif of Leone's films (the brotherhood and tacit understanding between men), the profound implications of political revolution must also be discussed. : On the surface, this is a revolutionary epic wrapped in the garb of a heroic legend. The bandit leader Juan only wanted to rob a bank, but by accident he became a revolutionary hero touted by everyone; while the real revolutionary hero Sean was stabbed in the back twice. , the ultimate sacrifice. What is discussed inside is the essence of revolution: the people at the bottom who have done their best in the revolution are greeted by rulers with similar appearances one after another, and the common people are suffering from rise and fall. After the idealized and infinitely magnified revolution (shrouded in soft light) The flashback fragment of the symbol symbolizes the romance of the revolution), where will the people of the future go? For Leone, this work has added more commercial elements, such as large-scale scenes (the bombed stone bridge in the middle and the bombed train at the end) and more humorous parts, but his strong The author's feelings are still preserved, and the tone of the two paragraphs before and after has changed significantly. Did Cobain Leone not find Cliff's spare tire?

  • Derick 2022-03-19 09:01:09

    People who read go to people who don't and say "we have to change", and the poor go to change. And then the people who read were sitting at the big table, talking, talking, talking, eating, eating, eating. But what about the poor people? They died! What happened after that? Fuck it all over again... - Juan

Duck, You Sucker! quotes

  • American on wagon: You'll pay for this, you bastards! I'm a citizen of the United States of America!

    Papa Miranda: To me, you are just a naked son of a bitch. Understand, Yankee?

  • [one of Juan's sons has just fired a pistol into the air]

    Juan Miranda: How many times have I told you, Chulo? No shooting unless papa pulls the trigger!