Deromantic Revolutionary Past

Jerad 2022-03-21 09:03:15

Last night, I finally made up the "Revolutionary Past" in the past trilogy directed by Leone and arranged by Morricone. The director, screenwriter, cinematographer, composer, and actors are all impeccable. If "Once Upon a Time in America" ​​and "The Bicycle Stealer" have gone down in history, "Once Upon a Time in Revolution" is a masterpiece that has been underestimated in its glory.

Irish exiles who questioned the revolution, and gangsters who did not believe in it, were forced to become involved in the revolution and became heroes in dramatic fashion. And the organizers of the revolution became shameful traitors who betrayed their comrades. The result of the passionate revolution was the sadness after the massacre, which in turn inspired a new round of revolution. The Irish gave their lives, the betrayers died of shame, what should the thief Jiangyang, who lost all his relatives and close friends, do? The ending of the film is quite intriguing.

"Revolution is not a dinner party, an essay, or a painting or embroidery. It cannot be so elegant, so calm, gentle, so gentle and submissive. Revolution is a riot, a violent action by one class to overthrow another." Leone cites a famous quote from Mao Zedong at the opening of the film. Obviously, he didn't mean to sing.

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  • Juan Miranda: [looking through John's binoculars the wrong way] He says there's no danger; all you have to do is just watch the bridge from a long way. No matter how I look with them, I'm still too close to the bridge.

    [looks through them the right way]

    Juan Miranda: Why am I mixed up in this fucking revolution in the first place? Go ahead, you tell me God; what am I doing here? Why didn't you strike me dead instead of letting me say "I stay too"?

    [notices John walking away from the birdge]

    Juan Miranda: Oh-ho, look at him. Look at him! All because of him! He acts like a tourist that's going somewhere, only he's staying, eh, heh-heh! Look at him. What the hell does he care, ho-ho, he's having fun. Oh-ho-ho-ho-ho-ho! I'm glad he's having fun, God, because I am not having fun. Oh-ho. No! Hey, what's this?

    [notices John napping]

    Juan Miranda: Ho-ho, now he goes to sleep, eh? Go ahead, you sleep. Sleep. I tell you something God: when he's asleep, I go. Shhh. May the good Lord watch over you.

    [prepares to leave, but notices Günther Ruiz and his soldiers arriving at the bridge]

  • Priest: [about peasants] I hate saying it, but you should hear them in the confessional. You would never imagine. Did you know that they...

    Adelita, woman in stagecoach: I can imagine, Father. I can imagine. Living in such promiscuity. All of them in one room, male and female together, lying in a heap, like rats in a sewer. At night, when the lights are out, all their inhibitions disappear. You never know who's next: mother, sister, daughter... goat...