The new film "The Mule" written, directed and acted by Clint Eastwood, you can see it, everyone watch it and cherish it, I don't know what day you will not watch it.
This is an old man's work, concise, sophisticated and comfortable. Clint Eastwood made a story about the prodigal son. A man wandered abroad for decades without questioning his family; when he finally came back, his wife, daughter, and granddaughters forgave him. It is said that the female boxers are angry when they see such a story. —Who says women just wait pitifully for the prodigal son to come home? That's right, the prodigal son turns back, which itself is androcentric.
But, other than that, the movie is pretty good. Because Clint Eastwood is very good at telling stories, and the stories are very well done. Suspense, sense of balance, parallel editing, etc., it is very stable.
This is actually a story of a prodigal son gradually losing his freedom. The prodigal son wants freedom, and the prodigal son wants to return to the family. Affection inevitably kills freedom. Love and freedom cannot have both. With more and more family, freedom should be less and less. Losing and gaining, one trades off the other, this is the balance of the story.
Therefore, when the male protagonist was outside the waves, he had no family affection, but had freedom. Later, he gradually gained family affection, and gradually lost his freedom. Until his ex-wife died, he was arrested and completely lost his freedom.
The film also has a great sense of balance when dealing with three narrative lines. The two lines of the police and the drug boss were weak at the beginning, and the male lead was very strong. At this time, the male protagonist is very wave, cool and free. As the male protagonist's family relationship became heavier, he fell deeper and deeper on the road of the mule, and the two lines between the police and the drug boss became heavier and heavier, until the last three lines merged into one and overwhelmed him.
Clint Eastwood's ability to balance makes my teeth itch with envy. Therefore, although Eastwood is not a master, he is definitely a good craftsman. Although a good craftsman is conservative, the things in his hands are not bad. Know where to be fat and where to be thin; where to be fast and where to be slow; where to be heavy and where to be light. People who are in their 90s, the movies are one after the other, and almost every movie can still maintain a high level, which is quite impressive. It's worth learning from.
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