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One of Steven Soderbergh's best films
Jimmie 2022-03-20 09:01:24
Steven Soderbergh's best film, even surpassed his debut Palme d'Or "Sex, Lies, Videotape", the narrative techniques and scene scheduling are quite mature, in that year, "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" won the Oscar. Best Director really lives up to its name. In recent years, several successive works have received mixed reviews, continued to decline, and gradually fell into the quagmire of mediocre commercial production. On the other hand, this old work from 10 years ago is well-made and detailed, and it can be regarded as a model in drug trafficking movies. At that time, the film technique of multi-line narrative was emerging. From "Magnolia" to "Love is a Bitch", excellent works emerged irresistibly. I don't know if Soderbergh is an opportunist, but I can see that he has really put a lot of effort into this subject, and both the angle of entry and the topic of discussion are quite representative. From drug dealers to drug addicts to drug addicts, while drug addicts are also family members of drug victims, etc., the relationships of these characters with different identities but constantly intertwined present a gripping story. Although there are many characters and clues, the director uses different filters in the photography technique to create three picture effects of brownish yellow, dark blue and natural color, which correspond to the mentality and environment of the main characters in the story. The story of the most interesting drug dealer leader and his wife was shot in the most natural photographic light. Does it imply that the most terrifying scourge is already lurking in the most ordinary life? And the most laudable ending: the children's game on the baseball field, with Brian Eno's bright soundtrack, seems to further imply that only loving and nurturing the next generation is the ultimate and effective way to fight drugs .
Extended Reading
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General Ralph Landry: [20:13] You know, when Khruschev was forced out, he sat down and wrote two letters and gave them to his successor. He said - "When you get yourself into a situation you can't get out of, open the first letter, and you'll be safe. When you get yourself into another situation you can't get out of, open the second letter". Well, soon enough, this guy found himself into a tight place, so he opened the first letter. Which said - "Blame everything on me". So he blames the old man, it worked like a charm. He got himself into a second situation he couldn't get out of, he opened the second letter. It said - "Sit down, and write two letters".
Robert Wakefield: [laughs] Yep.
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Robert Wakefield: [1:58:53] I can't believe you brought my daughter to this place.
Seth Abrahams: Woah. Why don't you just back the fuck up, man. "To this place"? What is that shit? Ok, right now, all over this great nation of ours, 'hundred thousand white people from the suburbs are cruisin' around downtown asking every black person they see "You got any drugs? You know where I can score some drugs?" *Think* about the effect that that has on the psyche of a black person, on their possibilities. I... God I guarantee you bring a hundred thousand black people into your neighborhood, into fuckin' Indian Hills, and they're asking every white person they see "You got any drugs? You know where I can score some drugs?", within a *day* everyone would be selling. Your friends. Their kids. Here's why: it's an unbeatable market force man. It's a three-hundred percent markup value. You can go out on the street and make five-hundred dollars in two hours, come back and do whatever you want to do with the rest of your day and, I'm sorry, you're telling me that... you're telling me that white people would still be going to law school?