I read the comments and said it was confusing and thought it was a brain-burning movie, but it turned out to be a religious art movie. Brainwashing is not derogatory here, however. . . . That's true, to put aside the religious elements in the movie (the lengthy Genesis scene, thinking that I accidentally touched the remote control and broke into the National Geographic channel). The story is very simple. Ma, who was educated by a lady since childhood, married a father who joined the navy in World War II. After the war, his father returned to his hometown to open a factory. He caught up with the post-war baby boom and gave birth to three sons in one breath (some families in the Heavenly Dynasty are going to faint with joy. ). Like many people who came back from the European battlefield, the military career created father's desire for control, violent tendencies, self-righteousness, and heroism. In short, such people can be seen everywhere in Hollywood movies in the 1950s. And Ma, who was educated by a lady, can only tolerate this. The three sons are the so-called beat generation, individualism, independence, self-promotion, and the authority of parents, especially fathers, are unprecedentedly challenged. There are at least three performances in the movie. The conflict between the father and the eldest son on how to call his father (refer to "12 Angry Men" in 1957, a jury member has a dialogue about the son's change in the name of his father, which shows that this problem is common in Citigroup). The controlling father and the son who has entered the youthful rebellious period are in a state of conflict. The film is not linear in its narrative, the children's youth is a void. According to the memories of the eldest son and the position of the camera, it should be his second brother who died young. He was a boy who could play guitar and draw, and was very artistically gifted, just like his father. The mother received a "death letter" from the post office. According to the style of the vehicle parked outside the villa, it can be inferred that it has entered the 1960s and all three sons are adults. From the father's not very sad attitude, personal analysis, most of the death of the second son was due to participating in the Vietnam War. And the father's personality and values (typically Republican), it is very likely that he forced his son to join the army. Treating his son's death, he expressed repentance and self-blame in disguise with the topic of avoiding the important. However, this was the last straw that broke the eldest son and his emotions, because the most iconic event of the Beat Generation was its opposition to the Vietnam War, and it was also the focus of the conflict of values between many parents and children at that time. There are countless scenes of trees in the movie, and the eldest son also planted a tree with his father when he was a child. When I was young, I have become a towering tree, ten years of trees and a hundred years of people, World War II, Vietnam War... The trauma, especially the psychological trauma, caused to Citi-Nation has caused countless family tensions, the humanity of the Beat Generation, the humanity of the next generation of the Beat Generation, etc. I am afraid that it will continue to this day, otherwise I would not have made such a film to try to resolve the two generations. Human conflict. (In front of God, the contradiction between parents and children is not a problem.) The film echoes before and after, the Genesis scene not long at the beginning, and the end of the film seems to be walking into Nazareth and toward the Sea of Galilee. The picture is extremely beautiful, with life belonging to God like this The high level dissolves the mundane world and the low level of personal grievances. Reconciliation between the eldest son and the father is reached on a religious level. As a non-Christian, I feel abrupt about this kind of treatment, and even feel that it is too preachy, so I can only try to use my limited religious knowledge to understand the director's intentions. With BGM music. . . . Bay 9, Giants, Brahms, and various organ mass, in short, to create a sacred atmosphere that transcends worldly life, and must be felt by the audience, ah. . . . We are not in a movie theater, we are being baptized by God.
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