The best movie of the year

Eusebio 2021-11-30 08:01:27

To test the popularity of a director in Cannes, look at the size of the two scenes, one is the press conference, and the other is the length of the queue during the film screening. The appeal was so powerful that in Cannes, where it was pouring rain, the line was still 300 meters away from the red carpet of the theater. I am afraid there are not many people in this world. The new film "Drunk Country Folk Songs" by the Coen brothers was released in the much-anticipated theater, and the curtain came to a close with laughter and singing.

The story has no complicated theatrical structure or conflict. It depicts a life journey of folk singer Davis in 1961 in the form of a biography. During this period of time, he had no money, no fixed place, nowhere to go, and the dream he had in his heart was on the verge of disappearing. However, he neither renounced himself nor had ambitions. This is how lucky the fans are-this movie has not been Filmed as an inspirational movie where the protagonist struggles to become a heart-throb, but only records the confusion, confusion, helplessness and sorrow of that period. The camera quietly accompanies the protagonist and presents his psychology and state during a period of beautiful singing. .

The ten complete folk songs in the film are breathtaking. The first is that the famous folk songs of the 1960s were re-arranged by T-Bone Burnett, showing a vigorous vigor, so that the audience clapped or sang to follow; second, the singers, including many fans. The excellent performance of the singer Justin Timberlake — presumably not many people know that Carrey Mulligan’s singing is so beautiful — all have an extremely wonderful performance; finally, the light and shadow of the singing passages remind us again that the movie was originally It relies on the existence of light and shade, not color-only enough light levels can portray all the people and objects, emotions and reveries, and even the resonance of music and soul in a concert scene.

The most frequent occurrence of such themes and settings is that the entire movie is made into "MV Da Kushikatsu". According to some specious and metaphysical scenes of music clips, the narrative is stopped. However, the "three-hundred-meter team talent" of the Coen brothers lies in that they will not let this happen. The singing in this film directly presents the characters playing and singing, simple editing, which belongs to the passage of the character's emotional development, and can also be regarded as a kind of perceptual narrative. The important thing is that these singing deeply affect its audience, whether it is the audience in the movie or the audience outside the screen.

In general, if you can learn more about the history of the development of American folk songs, you will definitely be able to appreciate the subtlety of this film. The time point of the film is set before the folk master Bob Dylan and others come to New York, it is the early stage of a new wave of folk songs, but at the end of the film, after the actor comes off the stage, the person who succeeds him is Bob Dylan. , Heralding that this gloomy and sad time will finally pass. In addition, there are many other elements involved in the film: roads, abortion, family relations. The language and action still continue the irony and black humor that the Coen brothers are good at. I believe that every audience who was drenched in soup will be healed after 105 minutes, and I believe that regardless of whether the Palme d'Or has been captured, this movie will become a classic folk album.

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Inside Llewyn Davis quotes

  • Lillian Gorfein: Where's his scrotum?

  • Llewyn Davis: I'm tired. I thought I just needed a night's sleep but it's more than that.