(Text/Yang Shiyang)
When Hayes parked the car on the almost deserted road and stared at the billboard with a thoughtful look, the temperament of the story had been quietly established-the butterfly effect originated from a flash of thought in people's hearts. It's just that people don't know what kind of ending will be reached after all the splits, collapses, and reorganizations.
The Golden Globe Award for Best Feature Film, Best Actress, Venice Film Festival Best Screenplay, "Three Billboards" won these awards is almost uncontroversial, it has a textbook-level script, and also contributed to extraordinary acting skills. It doesn't stop at Francis McDormand, Sam Rockwell, who won the Golden Ball for best supporting actor, to some extent even surpassed the former. This is really a feast of performance. Lucas Hedges, who entered the public's field of vision with "Manchester by the Sea", Woody Harrison who only appeared in the first half, and Zeliko Ivanecke who looked like a predator, choose whatever you like. It’s commendable to come up with one, and more importantly, everyone is not vying for it, and the ensemble has completed their quota and the ensemble has produced a balanced voice.
Overall, this is a heartbreaking story. The daughter was raped and murdered, and the case has not been solved. His mother Hayes passed the deserted path and remembered the daughter who was murdered here. She happened to see the three outdoor billboards that no one cared about. She decided to buy the advertising space and directly wrote down her questions to the sheriff. The mood in this small town began to turn over.
At a glance, it has a smooth look and feel, and a close reading of the text will reveal many interesting metaphors, symbols and references. At the beginning of the film, the hapless advertising agency manager cocked his feet and held a copy of "A Good Man Is Hard to Find", which is a masterpiece of the famous writer O'Connor, some dark dark stories, which mirror and reflect each other with "Three Billboards". Enlightenment, it makes people think that this town is a place where "good people are hard to find"-lazy police, dilapidated people, closed atmosphere, people drinking and wandering all day long, and the tragic death of an innocent girl can't wake anyone up. , Just wait for time and wind to take everything away and blow it away. At least in the first half of the film, everything should be in accordance with this imagination, but soon people discovered that this town is not hard to find good people, the distinction between good and bad is too simple and rude, the character is stripped off, and it reveals more complex The inner core of Hayes and the police have changed from a mere opposition to an ambiguous relationship.
The characters start with a triangular relationship. Hayes, the sheriff, and the police Dixon, initially, these three maintain a wonderful balance. Dixon complained for the sheriff, but the sheriff had to find a way to make peace with Hayes while preventing the chaos of his subordinates, but the sheriff's cancer and final self-determination broke the balance and catalyzed everything. This death happened suddenly, and it became a "material" for the people in the town to interpret infinitely. Some people believed that it was a relief from unbearable diseases, but more people believed that it was unbearable Hayes' humiliation and pressure. Like a decisive counterattack. At the same time, this death has also become a strong internal driving force to promote the narrative.
The stability began to shake, the balance began to tilt, one corner of the triangle collapsed, and the game between the other two ends began. This led to the two fires. While the confrontation in this story is reaching its peak of agitation, it also happens to be the process by which both sides enter each other's hearts. The sheriff left a letter to everyone, to Hayes, and to Dixon. His absence was turned into a more obvious presence. An undead's self-deprecating and humorous confession was far more futile than when he was alive. The explanation is much stronger. At this point, the theme of "A Good Man Is Hard to Find" has actually been diluted. Although it is full of violence, everything finally subsided. The lines on Hayes's face are no longer hard, and Dixon is no longer so reckless. The wrestling began to move towards joint force. Just like those two fires, the seemingly tit-for-tat retaliations were all misunderstandings. After a series of misunderstandings and violence, reconciliation and softness were accidentally catalyzed.
This unexpected change is closer to the truth of life, self-righteous judgments, irresolvable estrangements, accidents and unprovoked disasters, inexplicable dawns, people think they are on the right path, but they may go astray and believe that the mountains are poor. The water regained, but ran into a bright willow.
There is dullness and violence in this small town, but this is not what the movie focuses on. All of this is actually the surface. They are eventually peeled off layer by layer. Although there is a price, through blood and fire, the final result is actually Tempered very softly. It starts from heartbreak, and falls off the curtain from the solution. Everyone has scars, Dixon's on their cheeks, Hayes's in their hearts, but the two finally smiled at each other. At the end, it is destined not to stage a dead end, but to "make a decision on the road" like life itself.
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