So much so that I'm not sure if the film is about the American version of brotherhood or another Brokeback Mountain story.
Although these two statements can coexist in the Hong Kong movies we are familiar with, and in terms of brotherhood, many filmmakers in the industry hold such a view: "Between two men, the friendship between life and death surpasses everything. Is it gay? Yes or no. This thing is only available in China, I am afraid that foreigners can’t understand it, only Chinese people can understand it.”
But the film, set in the circa 1920s of America, makes me scoff at those views.
I still wishful thinking that it was the Coen brothers who took this film to pay tribute to the Hong Kong Jianghu film. Maybe it was because of this film that Ang Lee's later "Brokeback Mountain" became famous.
On January 16, 1920, Prohibition was implemented in the United States based on a Puritan background.
Good intentions lead to bad outcomes: excellent opportunities for organized crime to profit, discrepancies between law and practice lead many to despise officials, racketeering prevails due to corruption of law enforcement officials, gangs Seems to be the ruler of the city.
Just like the wise dialogues of the Coen brothers, the silent verbal confrontation, the exaggerated performances like a drama, the static scenes inserted from time to time, and the plot are just right.
I love
the big panorama
of The flowing shadows of the
branches , the ripples of the leaves, and the black felt hats that go with the wind.
In such a dazzling background, the characters' activities become irrelevant and become a foil for the absurd perception, expressing the sense of fate that the world is impermanent and the destiny cannot be violated.
This is a simple story. The gang member TOM went through all kinds of hardships to break into the hostile gang and instigated infighting to help the boss LEO eliminate the hostile forces, but when the task was successfully completed, TOM refused LEO's invitation and chose to leave.
This hesitancy, hesitation, I still can't understand, but if it is understood as TOM's love for LEO, then everything has an irrefutable and logical explanation. The uncontrollable love for LEO beyond reason allows him to do anything and everything for LEO
, especially the big guy LEO is wearing slippers, carrying a M1927 Thomson submachine gun with a large-capacity drum and a muzzle anti-jump. The scene where 700 rounds per minute pours bullets at the assassins of rival gangs and then picks up a cigar, just like John Woo's signature slow motion and white dove trench coat, the masculine and romantic color makes him look charming.
But TOM can't stand another woman sharing LEO with him. Even if this woman is the one he once loved.
Therefore, he always has an indescribable sense of repression. Even though he has a very strong desire for desire, he has to try his best to show that he doesn't care about anything.
Ironically, he was likable, and people everywhere said to him: TOM I like you. But the one who dislikes him the most is actually a GAY.
The dream of chasing the hat that was blown away by the wind meant that he was obsessed with his own gender.
He leaned against the tree and looked at LEO's retreating back, his face was expressionless, that was clearly the eyes of brokenhearted.
This is a simple story.
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