First of all, it is attached to the topic of folk ballads and is closely related to the relationship between characters. In the movie, more than 100 minutes are stuffed into Davis's life for more than 3 days, and there are not only many trivial events in it. , and many beautiful ballads, mostly from Davis's singing, in his words "I'm a guy who eats by his mouth" and these ballads are distributed in various corners of the film, relying on Davis' life situation , can't find a place to sing, is poor, a partner jumped off a building, a tense relationship with his father, and the final farewell song, in fact, the audience corresponding to the song is from "seeing the audience", "seeing family", "seeing yourself" and looping Gradually, the songs took their cues, but Davis's life was stuck in a circle, day after day.
In the first half of the description of the entry dilemma, the Coen brothers always frame Davis in a very narrow composition around the staircase, the windows, and the door, which not only shows the narrowness of the place they live in, but also indicates that Davies is going nowhere, he's not strong enough to break down walls, he's not talented enough to impress all audiences, yes, Davies is a very good singer, but it's not enough , speak with the effect, as the boss said "I don't hear any money in your songs", so it is foreseeable that Davis' life will continue, or be called a seaman, or continue to hang out in bars , in the final analysis, it is all about stealing, and the words clamoring for dreams will always be ridiculed as unrealistic, and Davis is so cowardly. Therefore, the movie shows his three-day life, and in fact, he has already told the audience everything about Davis. There is no need to repeat it again. Repeating it once is moving, repeating it twice is numbness, repeating it three times is boring.
This can also be called a movie that speaks with voice. I believe that the lyrics are all selected. It is cruel, but it has a touch of tenderness. The natural sound effects have also become commas that cut the picture. The heavy sound effects of the environment are used to replace the commas in the text. Specifically, in the noise of the subway and the closing of the door and the door, it indicates the intervention and departure of Davis. The implication is that you do not belong here. It is in line with Davis The mentality of conflict, at the same time, the special case is on the deceleration roadblock to and from Chicago, which not only indicates that there is no return, but also expresses the current situation of Davis’s harvest. The evening sunset and the heavy snow in the middle of the night also describe Davis. mood, hope and despair.
In fact, in the use of the scene of this picture, the two identical bar performances at the beginning and the end of the movie already indicate the cycle of the story, but they have subtle differences. In the editing at the beginning, basically follow the "close-up" and "medium shot" The order of "close-up" is to combine; and the ending is indeed "medium shot", "close-up" and "medium shot". The same is that the ending is the subjective sight of a viewer. Of course, the audience is hidden in the In the dark, such nuances make the beginning and the end feel so similar but nuanced, and can't tell, it's no longer the motivation: you go to a story and then come back Watching such an event, there will be different feelings. In fact, they are indeed different, the narrative is circular, but the details are not, which means that maybe Davis' life is an endless loop, but for Davis, he can always be in such an iterative process What have I learned and understood in middle school, I won't let Ulysses run away again, maybe I won't be superficial again, I won't be violent to people, maybe I will let the audience read "Davis' Heart" , those subtle changes can make people see hope, otherwise, how can it be called the most tender movie of the Coen brothers. After all, in the two songs at the end of the movie, Davis sings not to the audience, but to "self".
Some people say that Ulysses is Davis, and he can't escape when he is trapped in a predicament, but the cat has already found his way home. Is THE GASLIGHT COFFEE Davis' real home again? I don't think so. Davis' big heart can't fit in a small coffee shop. He always has to understand that raising a family is not ashamed. Going ambitiously and returning with a gray face is his real status. Ulysses, who wanted to go home later, was not Davis. Ulysses and Davis did not become an intertextual relationship, but a contrasting relationship.
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