The Chinese translation of this film is a complete disaster, which seems to give you a kind of "this film is going to criticize the American bourgeoisie for sucking blood" or "the life of the poor people excluded by society". No, you won't see these. , That's not what this film is going to talk about. In fact, this is a literary film about life and death, love and peace. And the format used is very American, and many details are also very American. If you don’t understand and find it boring, that’s right. This film was made for Americans. It’s a literary and artistic film covered in a commercial film. It shouldn't look good to foreigners, except maybe Canadians.
The beginning of the film is Red Desert Rose Campground in Woyming. This camping site is on the side of I-80, the most important east-west highway in the northern United States. The Flax Company has set up a sorting center here, and recruits Amazon CamperForce from Thanksgiving to New Year's Day. During the working period, the hourly salary is 15, and the linen will pay the camping site fee 395 a month (so cheap, maybe the price in winter). In addition, this camp has washing machines and dryers. The American people are nomads and still use machines to wash and dry clothes. Environmentalists can blast the Americans into scum.
After the New Year's Day, the hostess went to RTR (Rubber Tramp Rendezvous), which is a big gathering of herdsmen in the desert on the BLM land in January every year. The meeting place was on the BLM land near Quartzsite a few years ago, but in 2020, because BLM did not allow large-scale gatherings, it was switched to Fairground in a nearby county. Many participants opposed this because Fairground could not camp.
In fact, the reason why RTR is held near Quartzsite is that the Quartzsite Tent Show will be held at Quartzsite at the same time. This is a national RV show, and pastoralists in the upper reaches of the meeting can also submit their resumes to find a job. This is the stage where the heroine casts a resume.
Maybe she got a job on the Tent Show, and the hostess went to Badlands National Park in Nanda and worked as a camp host for a while. After that, she met the grandpa who makes hamburgers. The grandfather was later taken home by his son. If you are curious about what nomads can do, this RTR2021 Virtual meeting https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kWEc8QGe1U8 will tell you a lot of information.
I feel that the heroine is a bit like Zhao Ting in "The Good Man in Three Gorges" by Chief Jia, with a lot of pearls strung together like a thread. Collecting stones and drove to Alaska's aunt who had cancer. She had a wonderful life and chose to die on the road. And the nomadic grandfather who turned the hamburger for a long time, chose to go home and hug his grandson to enjoy the family happiness. What kind of more life will Wisconsin youths who drink beer on the roadside experience? Our heroine chose to continue on the road.
All in all, this is a warm literary film. But literature and art must have an atmosphere. Like when I saw the heroine almost lost her way in Badlands National Park, the first thing I thought of was, wow, this place is fun and I want to go! But there are also many people who are indifferent and feel that there is nothing good about getting lost. Or they will question what is so good on the road. There is nothing wrong being a city girl. Stay warm in your cozy apartment and toss a glass of Napa wine, this film is just not for you. If you throw a stone in it and think it makes sense, then this film is made for you.
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