original English name is the assassination of jesse james by the coward robert ford.
It's long, but not cumbersome. like the movie itself. But it is clearly stated that this is a story of two people, and both of them are the protagonists.
The Chinese translation is "Death of the Sharpshooter". It is vulgar, but it sums up the content of the film deeper than the English title. The sharpshooter is not just jesse, but also bob. The latter shot a total of two times in the film, killing two people and shooting headshots. Isn't this a sharpshooter? Again, bob ends up the same as jesse, killed, dead.
Regarding the plot,
some people say that this is a story about the weak pursuing power and achieving goals in the way of a villain. Others say that the boy is in pursuit of "fame and wealth" because he wants to be known to everyone as well as Jesse.
But in fact, this is a story about love.
bob's love for jesse has been there since bob was a child, when it was in storybooks and all the little things. Bob has created a perfect jesse in his heart, he hopes he can become this jesse, and he also thinks that he can become this jesse. He finds himself and Jesse have many things in common, including eye color, family rank, and even the length of his brother's name.
Bob wants more than Jesse's fame all over the world, he loves Jesse himself more.
There are two scenes in the film that are very memorable
. The first is when charlie and wood discover a box of secrets under Bob's bed, Bob's reaction is extremely irritable and gaffe. He threatened his brother charlie and his friend Wood with guns and death in a distorted voice, and he even cried a little.
The second is that in the shootout between wood and dick, bob shot wood in the head.
Dick is definitely not a good thing, thinks he's charming and fucks with his buddy's father's wife.
No matter what gang it is, there must be a kind of trust and respect among the members. In the Italian gang, there is a principle that everyone must abide by, that is, "women who don't make friends", and those who violate this rule cannot continue to survive (see "casino", "scarface"). And dick in this movie actually got involved with a woman from Wood's mother's generation, no wonder Wood wanted to kill him.
When bob kills wood, he may not know the contradiction between dick and wood, but he definitely knows the relationship between wood and jesse.
Shortly in the film, when Bob is complacent about his relationship with Jesse, Wood tells him that Jesse is his cousin and that Jesse loves Wood as much as the Bible.
He was jealous.
The essence of adoration is inequality, and when a person places himself in the status of an admirer, he has reduced his image. It was an indescribable feeling, a feeling so fragile and full of contradictions. Sometimes you wish you could be with the object of your love all the time, watch him all the time, write down his words and deeds, and enjoy every second; Too much social interaction, because too much action will make him expose his shortcomings, and the true image of the idol will not match the idol in the admirer's heart, which is absolutely not what an admirer wants to see. It's like when you secretly follow the reserved and elegant goddess in the library for a month, and suddenly one day, she is discussing vulgar topics with her friends, using hard-to-earn words. Such a disparity in the heart is extremely cruel.
As bob and jesse get to know each other, the inadequacies of jesse are revealed, such as ruthlessly abusing a child in order to find someone. It's not what bob wants, it's even a betrayal to bob---I love you so much, and you're actually just such a person? The admiration starts to sour and bob starts to resent jesse. Finally one day, he decided: since you are just such a person, let me come to you. This is driven by fame and fortune, but it is also a way of expressing desperation for love. bob got it, he got it. He managed to associate his name with jesse james and from now on, whenever people think of jesse, people will also think of bob. Isn't this the ultimate goal that an admirer can pursue? Look how close we are now, inseparable! This is also the reason why he is willing to repeat his betrayal of Jesse over and over again after the fact, killing the process in a very cowardly way. He was reminiscing about his last intimate moments with Jesse.
This is a very emotional, very delicate film. 160 minutes long, beautiful photography, great soundtrack, and stories to tell. There is no very obvious climax in the film, coupled with the dialogue and flashbacks, the director himself does not want to leave any suspense to whet your appetite. For this film, the best thing you can do is to take an afternoon to ensure that you have the best viewing conditions you can afford, turn off all communication tools, and enjoy the story slowly .
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