elegant and handsome

Gennaro 2022-03-20 09:01:39

Coldplay frontman Chris Martin leaked in an interview that he still has a brood on his wife's ex-boyfriend is Brad Pitt. I watched The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford at home two days ago, and I think I can understand that feeling. In this film, he plays the image of Jesse James, who has been interpreted countless times, showing his ruthless, melancholy, suspicious, neurotic, mood swings, and parent-child love in family life. Romanticized, but at the end he gets killed, with a calm demeanor that's cool enough to rival Alain Delon in le samurai. If I were the lead singer of that band, I would feel insecure too. In fact, in addition to the main actors, the other actors have very good performances. Thanks also to the director's succinct direction. There are many occasions in the film that the surface is silent, but the tension is on the verge of being stabbed at the bottom, and everything is silent. Few strokes of sister-in-law's flirting with Dick in the toilet, gracefully outline the image of a coquettish little woman.
This is a very elegant and beautiful film. My colleagues liked the picture of the film. When I saw it, I was really fascinated by the photography. The use of light and shadow, the composition and framing of the scene took a lot of thought, such as the beginning of the big train robbery. , the steam of the train and the strong spotlights on the front of the locomotive, the shadows of the forest cast on the masked thief, how many interesting and memorable images can be produced by the combination of these elements. I vaguely feel that the shot of the steam locomotive is a little tribute to the train's approaching station. (maybe)
Western movies originally seemed to be a bit outdated genre. Recently, there seems to be a revival momentum. There have been many excellent productions, and they have made a great appearance at the Oscars. The main line, which leads to other types and themes of works, in this sense, this genre has always been endless. Personally, I feel that modern westerns have abandoned or weakened the heroism of the past, and more recently focused on the depth of character, loneliness, vulnerability, and even existentialism. The story of Jesse James is like 'che', which has penetrated into the West. the level of pop culture. This film tells this well-known story, the story changes, the focus is on the other side, and it is inserted into the current celebrity culture, the 15 minutes of fame of an unknown person, and the feeling of sadness.
Finally, to mention the score, Nick Cave and Warren Wallis are a perfect match for this film, and at the end I make a guest appearance as a hotel tramp singer, singing Ballad of Jesse James.

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The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford quotes

  • Robert Ford: They gave me ten days.

    Charley Ford: For what?

    Robert Ford: Arresting him.

    Charley Ford: You and me, huh?

    Robert Ford: It's going to happen one way or another. It's going to happen, Charley, and it might as well be us who get rich on it.

    Charley Ford: Bob, he's our friend.

    Robert Ford: He murdered Ed Miller. He's going to murder Liddil and Cummins if the chance ever comes. Seems to me Jesse's riding from man to man, saying goodbye to the gang. Your friendship could put you under the pansies.

    Charley Ford: I'll grind it fine in my mind, Bob. I can't go any further than that, right now.

    Robert Ford: You'll come around.

    Charley Ford: You think it's all made up, don't you? You think it's all yarns and newspaper stories.

    Robert Ford: He's just a human being.

  • Governor Crittenden: Jesse James sent me a telegram last month, saying he was going to kill me if he had to wreck a train to do it. He said that once I was in his hands he was going to cut my heart out and eat it in strips like it was bacon.

    [pause]

    Governor Crittenden: I'm going to wreck his train first.

    Robert Ford: [Bob scoffs, Crittenden glares at him] I'm sorry, Your Excellency. I was thinking of something else.

    Governor Crittenden: Jesse James is nothing more than a public outlaw who's made his reputation by stealing whatever he could and by killing whoever got in his way. You'll hear some fools say he's getting back at Republicans and Union men for wrongs his family suffered during the war, but his victims have scarcely ever been selected with reference to their political views. I'm saying his sins will soon find him out. I'm saying his cup of iniquity is full. I'm saying Jesse James is a desperate case and may require a desperate remedy.