The price of soul peace

Barrett 2021-10-22 14:31:37

I always think that arguing about facts is a not-so-smart state. Just like this movie, although the Chinese name is "Drug Network", the English name is clearly written as Traffic. From "Sex Lies and Videotapes" to "Kafka", Soderbergh’s costs are getting higher and higher. The handwriting is getting bigger and bigger, and the subject matter is getting wider and wider. The span from pure realism to magical realism is also rare among directors in the world. So when "Drug Network" returned to realism and talked about sensitive topics about drug trafficking, it brought the U.S. government, the military and the police to assist in the filming. The critics all agreed that he was finally in a niche art. The year has moved closer to the mainstream. I just believe that some things about people are not easy to change, such as interests. Soderbergh's interest is that he likes to see human confession. From beginning to end, the sex lies are women chatting about themselves in front of the camera lens of the dead otaku protagonist. Kafka echoed from the beginning to the end, both of which Kafka read to his father alone. Confession is a way to calm the soul. It's like a woman is willing to say to her husband who is in jail for drug trafficking: I can't bear to lose my current life, I want to help you. It's like a judge willing to say to reporters that I cannot declare war on my family because my family is taking drugs, and I can't do it. Human beings who sincerely face their desires, no matter whether the desire itself is noble or not, I think it is respectable. I believe that Soderbergh has the same view of the world as mine, because he always likes to arrange Happy ending for such sincere human beings. The otaku noodle in the sexual lie won the heroine’s heart, Kafka in Kafka finally escaped, the Mexican police in the drug network, after cheating again and again, and even betraying his partner His peace is: sitting on the edge of the baseball field at night, watching a group of children play baseball carefree. "If there are lights in the park at night, then children can continue to play baseball instead of buying drugs." This is the heaviest peace, perhaps because all the sincere price is heavy.

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  • Weston 2022-04-21 09:01:31

    I couldn't watch it at first, then got caught up in it. The intertwined networks are astounding.

  • Jamil 2021-10-22 14:40:51

    The greatest feature of Soderbergh's films is realism. The shot in "Che Guevara" is like holding a camera next to a real person. . Expose the proliferation of drugs in the United States and rampant drug production and sales in Latin America. Too realistic. On one side, the top officer of DEA gave righteous speeches everywhere, while his daughter hid in a small hotel to take drugs. Once again, it was the justice police in Mexico, but the generals of his superiors sheltered the drug dealers.

Traffic quotes

  • Robert Wakefield: [1:29:46] What are your policies towards treatment of addiction?

    General Salazar: Treatment of addiction? Addicts treat themselves. They overdose and then there's one less to worry about.

  • [Carlos has just had Arnie killed]

    Helena Ayala: [2:16:41] Who was that?

    Carlos Ayala: Oh that was Arnie. He can't make it to the barbecue.