5 details added in the 4K repair version of the Shanghai Film Festival

Felicia 2022-03-22 09:01:13

It was 1 a.m. after watching the movie last night. When I walked out of the theater, under heavy rain, with colorful umbrellas, colorful lights, raindrops, and the sound of vehicles interlaced, I suddenly felt that this scene was really in line with this movie. This is the first time I have seen it, and I can't remember it. It has always been my best companion on the train-it has been long enough to watch for more than three hours, and the journey is almost halfway through. The repaired version lasts for 255 minutes and adds 5 details, which has a certain auxiliary effect in helping to understand the connection between the plots and portray the characters' personalities.
The additional details are as follows:
1. When Noodles came back to visit Max’s cemetery in 1968, the cemetery administrator had a simple conversation with Noodles in the cemetery, and told the Noodles cemetery funded builders that they hoped that the cemetery would give people a youthful feeling. Because they were very young when they died, and they only asked to engrave "Your youngest and strongest will fall by the sword." on the top of the tomb, and this sentence was exactly the one carved on the top of the cell when Noodles was in prison. When Noodles wanted to learn more, the administrator stated that he had never seen the client. When they walked out of the tomb together, a car parked outside attracted Noodles' attention. When he tried to figure it out, the car drove away and he wrote down the license plate number.
2. When the diamonds were delivered, Noodles was very angry. Then, he drove into the river and the four brothers fell into the water. Noodles disappeared in the river. Max and others were looking for them in a daze, but Noodles never appeared. There is a rubbish boat in the center of the picture, which continuously scoops out rubbish from the bottom of the river and throws it back into the river. There are two details corresponding to this. One is that they made their first business that year. Max and Noodles fell into the river together. Max disappeared. Noodles desperately searched for it. Then Max climbed onto the boat and looked at the panicked Noodles. Teased him and kissed him. But in this supplementary scene, everyone has never found Noodles, and he has never appeared. The other corresponding detail should be the garbage truck that Max finally jumped into. This time a garbage collection boat appeared in the scene.
3. When Noodles was watching a garbage truck on the road, the car that had appeared in the cemetery drove in front of him and exploded in front of him (this car should also be the one that exploded in the news report) .
4. Before Noodles dated Deborah, while waiting for Deborah, Noodles had a conversation with the driver about the driver’s income. Noodles believed that the driver’s income was too low, but the driver believed that the money he earned from his hard work could satisfy his life. Say that everyone knows who Noodles is. Both of them are Jewish. It can be seen that the driver is a man of integrity and integrity. This also paved the way for the detail that when Noodles raped Deborah, the driver stopped and refused the tip given by Noodles.
5. After Noodles went to Hollywood in Deborah, he got drunk in a bar. Eve showed up and saw Noodles, so he approached him. Noodles took out the banknote from his pocket and threw 50 dollars on the table. Eve picked it up and stuffed it immediately. Enter bra. Then they went to the hotel, Noodles tried to imagine Eve as Deborah, and asked her: "Deborah, do you love me?"-So, Noodles and Eve know each other. Fortunately, Eve didn't stand by his one-night stand, but stayed by his side, and finally died because of him. (In fact, I think Eve is very beautiful and temperamental in the movie, but because of the role, I don’t

pay much attention to this character.) Although I have watched it many times, I saw a lot of feelings when I watched the big screen this time. , I always have a little emotion in my heart. But this time, seeing several places, tears fell unnaturally, and I felt so desolate and sad. When Noodles said to Moe: "I've been going to bed early.", De Niro's exquisite performance condensed 35 years of life into such a simple sentence, and I had to lament the thickness of the actor's performance.
I really don’t know if it’s because I finally understand the essence of the film, or I’m a year older. I have a new understanding of the control of various details of the film, the performance of the actors, and what the film wants to express. It is definitely a film worth watching repeatedly. There are no extra shots, every frame of the picture is extremely elegant, and the soundtrack is so excellent, not to mention the narrative methods and various metaphors that are talked about by movie fans, even if it is only from anatomy of human nature. The angle is definitely a palace-level work. I am lucky to see the restored version. I will share with you the additional details. As for the rest of the analysis, I believe that those who love it have seen thousands of them, and have read them thousands of times.

PS: The director has trained several young actors so well. The performances of the young actors are not inferior to the big stars at all, and they are impeccable.

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Seeing the comment, I missed two points. The first point is that when Noodles came back to find Deborah, they watched her perform Cleopatra's scene and intercepted the scene where Cleopatra died. The whole atmosphere is very tense. I think Noodles must have gone through this life in my mind at this moment. The second point is that Jimmy had a showdown with Max at the last banquet held by Max and told Max that there was only a dead end.

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Once Upon a Time in America quotes

  • Noodles: I always thought you might have helped yourself to that million bucks. But now I know. Yeah, you're on your ass worse than ever.

    Fat Moe: But I thought it was you who...

    Noodles: No, you thought wrong. The suitcase was empty.

    Fat Moe: Then who took it?

    Noodles: That's what I've been asking myself for 35 years.

  • Officer 'Fartface' Whitey: Okay, boys, we're even...

    Young Noodles: The hell we are!

    Young Max: You'll be collecting your pension before we're even!