The boundless loess, the endless withered grass, the shriveled bushes, the cracked earth, the whitewashed sky, and the bright moon all tell the audience that this is a story of lack of water.
The most comments on the film are that it is a Western from a female perspective. In fact, in my opinion, this film has nothing to do with Westerns at all. The name of Westerns is probably also to make the film attract some people. The audience, after all, this is a movie produced in the United States, and both the director and the actors can be regarded as the weight that can enter the theater. Another point of view is that it is a minimalist film. I agree with it very much. The film maintains an extremely simple attitude in terms of narrative and composition, as well as the use of lenses and the handling of colors.
A 100-minute movie is actually not boring, and certainly not that delicate. It also means that this movie can win the love of some people (but only love), but it may be criticized by others. .
In addition, I feel that the place where the film should be outstanding is not very good, which is definitely not good for such a film. At least this simple and slow narrative, it is definitely impossible for too many people to give a high evaluation. Michelle's performance can only be regarded as mediocre, but I feel that Meek's actor Bruce Greenwood's performance is more powerful.
I don't understand why there is an open ending, I guess because any ending would spoil the style of the whole movie, so in the end the director simply didn't set an ending. But from another point of view, no ending is not necessarily the best ending, because of the style of the whole movie, there is no ending. In fact, the movie can stop at any place, and it is an ending.
Another question is, what is the whole movie about? Besides their search, what else? Without this level of consideration, or without this level of understanding, it would be difficult for "Mick's Shortcut" to make a big difference. At least as a movie.
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