Bayonet and history

Leta 2022-03-23 09:01:11

Every film of Lao Ma carries a piece of history. All human territories are born in blood and pain, but the past is not easy to be remembered, and the New York gang has become a thing of the past. The brand-new New York that appeared one after another at the end of the film has forgotten what it used to be, and a great sense of emptiness fills me. Indeed, it seems that I have never been here a few years later. I feel that Lao Ma did not perform to his true level, and the whole film lacks climax, but Lao Ma may just want to convey this feeling, that is, when he replays this period of history, we now seem to be calm. Up.

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    The history of the United States, the young people who have been conscripted, the coffins, the candlelights of the windows, slavery, the conscription system, discrimination, resistance, fighting for their rights, democracy, have never stopped, fighting! Regardless of righteousness, for survival, for hatred... Tiny, but continuous, lost in the tide of history, but endless light and shadow flow, the city slowly changes and forms, and the traces of the past are lost in time and drift away. ...

Gangs of New York quotes

  • [speaking of Bill the Butcher]

    Jenny: When I was twelve years old, my mother was dead, and I was livin' in a doorway. He took me in. Took care of me, in his way. After they cut out the baby... well, he doesn't fancy girls that's scarred up. But you might as well know in your own mind that he never laid a hand on me until I asked him to.

  • [as a man is about to be hung]

    Bill: That's a fine locket. I'll give you a dollar for it.

    Arthur: It was me mother's...

    Bill: Dollar and a half?

    Arthur: Done.