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Sling Blade - 8/10
Jess 2022-03-23 09:01:56
This film is Billy Bob Thornton's self-directed and self-directed debut, and it was a blockbuster at the Oscars that year. The handling of colors and shots in the whole film is quite wonderful, and the script is even more impeccable. It can be seen that the story of this film benefits from the director's years of personal precipitation and accumulation. Billy's Karl is impressive. If everyone has a character in their hearts that they most want to shape and express, then Karl is a part of Billy's inner world, and it belongs to him alone. This weird and taciturn "freak" actually has an angelic heart. Every time he says something that pleases him, the very kind-hearted self in the inner world will use Mm-hmm to express some kind of affirmation, at least this is my understanding. The note he left to the little boy at the end is even more moving. This is an independent film that needs to be watched quietly, a film with a real story and content.
Extended Reading
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Karl: There were these two fellars standin' on a bridge, a-goin' to the bathroom. One fellar said, "The water's cold" and the other fellar said, "The water's deep". I believe one fella come from Arkansas. Get it?
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Bill Cox: Hey, Scooter, did I tell you the one about the two ol' boys pissing off a bridge?
Scooter: I don't believe you did.
Bill Cox: Well, there were these two ol' boys and they hung their peckers off a bridge to piss. One ol' boy from California, the other from Arkansas. The ol' boy from California says, "Boy, this water's cold", and the ol' boy from Arkansas says, "Yeah, and it's deep too". Get it?
Scooter: [laughs] That's a good one. I do believe you told me that one before. I've heard that one a bunch.
Bill Cox: Yep. That's classic.