Compared to us who are cautious and polite, the protagonist Llewyn Davis of "Drunk Country Folk Songs" can be described as a stray cat who loves others and hates others. During the week of the movie's story time, he kept rolling from the sofa of an acquaintance to the sofa of a stranger. He didn't even have a guitar for him to make a living, but only a cat that helped people take care of and slipped away at any time. It’s really awful to have a meal without knowing what to do next, and the fact that it’s a big friend’s wife’s stomach is also really embarrassing. Even the weather in his hometown of New York and Chicago, the land of hope, is against him. After a heavy snowfall, cheap shoes. The feeling of being filled with dirty water is really embarrassing. Finally came a chance to sing, walked into the studio and played a song "Please, Mr. Kennedy", "Who wrote this bad song?" The vocalist beside him embarrassed: "I wrote it..." Then, Is it convenient to go to your place for one night?
Llewyn Davis, is an out-and-out failure. If you have ever had a rocking youth, he is the "good buddy" who rushed to catch the last train after you had a barbecue on Gulou East Street, grabbed a bowl of noodles and drank a bottle of beer; After the tea reception, the "good brother" with a pack of cigarettes and a guitar strap when parting, may even be you who used to be or continue to be cocky.
Don't expect good-hearted Hollywood to give him a big turn of fate. The characters in the works of the Coen brothers rarely give you a fairy tale that is heart-warming. In "Old Nowhere", the old sheriff is nagging about his past and no longer cares about the murderous monsters who are at large; the old cowboy in "Thunder in the Land" hugs the little girl and collapses on the wasteland, groaning in despair, "I'm old"; Llewyn Davis of "Drunk Country Folk Songs" decayed before he was old, followed by the agent who almost died in the gas station toilet and the silent poet driver, went to Chicago as a life-saving straw for nothing, and returned to the vegetative old man with his pockets empty. In front of Dad's ward, after playing a song, Dad reacted, but he just peeed his pants. The original English name of the movie "Inside Llewyn Davis" did not imply any "drunkenness" romance at all, but only the cruel reality of no destiny to reverse the miracle. Some people must not realize the American dream.
Even the most beautiful song in the movie, and the folk song "Hang me oh Hang me" (Hang me oh Hang me) from the prototype of the story, Dave Van Ronk, does not have a little fresh warm breath. The black British narrative ballad of the 19th century killed the American milk sugar Elvis-style ballad of the 1950s, but it did not usher in Van Ronk's own era. The anti-war and rebellious "good times" made Bob his debut at the end of the film. Dylan caught up. As his teacher, Van Ronk, as Llewyn Davis, was presumed by the Coen brothers to be knocked to the ground by others outside the bar.
When I was in New York in March last year, I visited this bar whose name has changed many times. The band on stage sang lively American folk songs with a banjo, and the excited vocalist stood on the drum and shouted: " I really love myself, and I have to say my name every morning to fly." Maybe it’s another Llewyn Davis who has never met his talents.
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