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Wendy 2022-03-23 09:02:02
The cast is great, and the actors' performances are not to be mentioned. The use of the director's vocabulary in the shooting techniques and shots is very flavorful, and the background texture is fully expressed. The only flaw is the script and the story itself. As the previous buddies said, dilapidated industrial towns, rough local customs, bullies, black fists, post-war trauma, hardships at the bottom, hunting, family and rivers and lakes... These are all good themes, but a film is hard Packing these heavy things is really like punching cotton with a fist, making people feel uncomfortable. In my humble opinion, I should distance the content, focus on the subject, and distinguish the foreground and background. Where it should be empty, it should be empty, and where it should be real, focus on splashing colors and making textures. This is like Picasso's Cubism. Read...
Extended Reading
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Rodney Baze Jr.: [voice-over] Russ, I'm sorry about the other day. I know you're looking out for me. But you gotta understand that I'm different than I was before I left. And I think that I always will be. I can't explain how exactly. My head is just full of stuff and I can't get it out. But I'm gonna turn things around. I'm gonna do this one last fight and then I'll be done. Then I'm gonna shovel asphalt or dig for coal or I'll work with you and Roach at the mill. I'll do anything. I'm gonna get things back on track. I promise. I love you, man. I'll see you tomorrow when I get back.
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Russell Baze: [about jail] Could be worse.
Rodney Baze Jr.: How could it be worse?
Russell Baze: Well. I could've gone to Iraq with you.
Rodney Baze Jr.: No shit.
Russell Baze: No shit.
Rodney Baze Jr.: I asked Lena to come down here, she said some bullshit about not wanting to see you like this.
Russell Baze: She would. She doesn't like this place very good...
Rodney Baze Jr.: She doesn't like this place? What, is there someone that likes this place?
Russell Baze: Just give her a break. What about you, you still seeing the... the... "woof-woof...? Woof-woof! Down!"
[he makes more dog sounds, and they both laugh]
Rodney Baze Jr.: Oh man... I almost forgot about her. Thanks a lot.