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Laurie 2022-01-29 08:06:06

In short, this is a revolutionary romantic film, a saga of a one-man hero, a great friendship between two men. Of course, the tone of saying this is just like the film itself, which is ridiculing and joking, but it is not so casual.

In some places, only the soundtrack is used to narrate the story, without a single word, and it is all romantic.

Because it was related to the bomb, the director portrayed the smoke three times. One was the appearance of Sean, who saw the smoke in the distant mountains from Juan's eyes; In the middle shot, the billowing smoke is as majestic and poetic as the water of the Yellow River; in the end, it is the death of Sean, which is a close-up shot for several seconds. The smoke rolls around the screen, and in the faint firelight, a transparent three-dimensional appearance appears in the lower left corner. gray-red swirls.

Sean's appearance is an accidental comic: the painting style is American-style tough and colorful, and the narrative style is Japanese-style brisk, subtle and exaggerated; his outfit is like the great savior of Miyazaki's mechanical age. Shame on others.

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Extended Reading
  • Vita 2022-03-25 09:01:21

    Leone's most beautiful movie. Although excessive machismo is as uncomfortable as ever. Diverse issues and value orientations are anchored by the stylized core and provide sufficient narrative driving force. The whole film is immersed in a free and unrestrained state of progress, which is not only far better than the "anti-type" "Once Upon a Time in the West". ", and the richness of scenes and action-intensity provided by the genre make Leone's interesting scene scheduling have enough material and room to play, so as not to force the lens to become like "Once Upon a Time in America" ​​due to the lack of plot intensity. Forms of isolation outside of narrative. There are many differences in the methods and levels of the "Trilogy of the Past". The biggest commonality is the magic use of flashbacks. It is well aware of and makes use of Morricone's soundtrack to stretch time and activate the "nostalgia" of images. The same is true for the works of Tonadore.

  • Elenora 2022-03-19 09:01:09

    8.3/10 Rewatch "Revolutionary Past". At the beginning, I borrowed old Mao's famous words to talk about the revolution, and satirized it in a comedy tone. Since Hu An broke the revolution with a mantra, it has become heavier and heavier. The slow-motion soft light flashes back to show infinite romantic feelings. The ethereal soundtrack echoed in my mind for a long time, Xiao Xiao, Xiao Xiao, Xiao Xiao, Xiao Xiao, Xiao Xiao.

Duck, You Sucker! quotes

  • Landowner on stagecoach: Hey, you. You know who your father was? Hm?

    [Juan, playing dumb, shakes his head]

    Landowner on stagecoach: Heh. Do you know at least how old you are? Hm?

    [Juan shrugs]

    Landowner on stagecoach: He doesn't know. Do you know... how many kids you have, eh? Do you know... how many kids your mother had?

    [chuckles]

    Landowner on stagecoach: He doesn't know anything, you see? And it was to benefit scum like this that the Agrarian Reform was imposed. And that ass Madero wanted to give the government, and *our land*... to idiots like this.

    Priest: We are all pawns in the hands of Almighty God. Fortunately, Divine Providence has disposed of that rash individual Madero.

    Landowner on stagecoach: My dear Monsignor, let us be realistic. What you choose to call Providence... I call General Huerta. He put the peasants in their place.

    Notary on Stagecoach: Which is the best place for animals, because that's what they are... animals.

  • [Juan is confronting a landowner who mocked him about not knowing about his family]

    Juan Miranda: You wanted to know my family?

    [slaps him]

    Juan Miranda: That's my sons. Each one of them from a different mother, eh? And now, you kneel. Kneel. KNEEL!

    [forces him to his knees]

    Juan Miranda: Papa!

    [his father comes out of the stagecoach]

    Juan Miranda: This is my father, I think.

    Papa Miranda: [extends his hand to the landowner] Pleased to meet...

    Juan Miranda: [slaps it away] Go inside before Chulo kills everyone, eh? My mother had the blood of the Aztecs, which was before your people! And now I ask you a question: can you make a baby?

    [no response]

    Juan Miranda: Can you make a baby?

    [landowner shakes his head]

    Juan Miranda: That's sad. But we will fix that.