It's been a long time since I watched this movie, but I haven't seen it.
But after reading it, I always feel gloomy, and there is a faint helplessness lingering.
No doubt when Lefty traded jewelry with Donnie, he said that people all over the world knew him and that his family was very proud of him on the road. Donnie responded offensively and sarcastically, that the diamond was a fake, and that it only took him two minutes to get his hands on a Porsche.
He worked for the Mafia for more than 30 years. After all, he was just a middle-level figure with some real power in his hands, but it was irrelevant. In fact, he also hoped that he would have a place in the layers of the mafia network, but unfortunately he valued feelings too much, which was also doomed to his tragic but legendary life.
The film depicts his friendship in detail-the anger and disdain on his face when he first learned that the man who owed him eight thousand stole his wife's diamond ring to pay off the debt; he watched the animal world at home, and Christmas Eating chicken braised in red wine made by himself, decorating the Christmas tree, he is just a safe retired old man; his doting on his son who is incapacitated, his silent sobbing outside the door when his son lies in the intensive care unit; he is smoking silently in the corner of the cruise ship Smoke; the helplessness when he found out that his most trusted brother might be an undercover, "If you are undercover, then I must be the biggest fool in the history of the Mafia."; When the FBI agents dumped one photo after another In front of him, the evidence is conclusive. The man above still accepts the FBI's commendation with a sad expression. He is still deceiving himself. He must have made a mistake. He can't be undercover, can't be... Isn't
he contradictory? He wanted Donnie to be his closest brother, and he wanted him to be a good man.
In the end, when he knew that he was about to die, everything was so plain and natural. He kissed his guilty girlfriend affectionately, explained the seemingly plain last words, and put the jewelry pendant and cash around him into the storage cabinet while he was not paying attention. , and then sorted out the attire and walked alone but calmly.
His last words were simple, if it was gonna be anyone, I'm glad it was him.
Donnie was actually just a jeweler and an FBI.
He should have a wonderful married and happy family, a beautiful wife and three lovely princesses. But this difficult and dangerous job has made him almost cut off from his family, and his wife is angry that he is just a bastard who sends checks home, but he says, You're under my protection.
He is a very affectionate person. Between women and men, he chose men, between family and career, he abandoned family, and between love and friendship, he cherished friendship more. He could go home on Christmas Eve, his daughter's birthday, and visit Lefty's son, knowing that the gangster who saw him as his own was just a fragile old father at the moment. In getting along with Lefty day and night, he became more and more in love and business. He felt Lefty's pride and kindness, and he admired this old man who treated him like a child. Gradually he began to refuse to give back information to the FBI... Gradually he almost forgot his original identity, and he completely fell into the abyss of Lefty.
Before their last mission to assassinate Hongsang's son, Lefty wanted him to be safe and finally kissed his cheek lightly... So he mentioned to him the ship that Lefty had always dreamed of owning, and then Escape this life with your girlfriend. He returned home and fought with his wife in order to find the $300,000 that he had stolen. The wife said in despair, that you have become more and more like them, and he slapped her backhand without hesitation... As he parted, he kissed his wife's blond hair stubbornly——
'All my life I've . tried to be the good guy, the guy in the white fucking hat And for what for nothing I'm not becoming like them;?.. I am them '
he slipped and caught already irreparable.
Until the end, when he was taken away by the FBI people, Lefty also said to him, we will find you a lawyer tomorrow...
Who knows that this word is goodbye.
In the end, he was commended, a short congratulatory speech of 30 seconds, a medal of little value and five hundred dollars. The price paid was to remain anonymous for the rest of his life and live in anxiety.
In fact, they are a kind of people, who attach great importance to friendship and commitment, but their identities are very different, one is the FBI and the other is a small gang leader. If they switch places, the outcome will not be changed. Character creates a person's life. If fate is doomed, it cannot be reversed or escaped.
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