August: Osage County

Clinton 2022-03-27 09:01:09

#August:Osage County# I saw the first paragraph that I thought was a simple family ethics drama, but I patiently looked down and found that the more I went to the back, the more the burden was overwhelmed. A film adapted from a play, there is indeed an occasional illusion of a play in the film. Frankly speaking, Aunt Mei's performance has always made me a little out of touch. Maybe because the character and the real person's temperament are so different, I always feel that it is a bit strange to focus too much.

There are many notable details, the most classic one should be the scene where everyone sits around the table after the funeral. The big gods are maddeningly playing, which is absolutely wonderful. The Xiao Jiu Jiu in everyone's heart is in different embarrassment and embarrassment in Aunt Mei's madness. From the beginning of this scene, there have been endless small climaxes, and all kinds of dirty, ugly, selfish and narrow truths have been revealed one after another.

The theme of the film expresses the subtle influence of the family atmosphere and educational environment on the next generation from a deep level. There are four generations of this family who have continued the misfortune of the negative energy cycle. The mother's mean and bitter attitude led to the daughter's sensitive and irritable personality, and the lack of warmth and friendship between the sisters. Everyone was a selfish and indifferent individual, and therefore suffered setbacks in their marriage and feelings. Personality affects fate, and the influence of the original family is innate karma.

The overall tone of the whole film is dark and intense. Through the method of wanting to promote first, the plot gradually unfolds in various conflicts and collisions, until the truth and details of the father's death are finally revealed. The ugliness of human nature has reached the extreme, and life cannot bear such embarrassment. At the end of the film, Dazui turns around and drives away indifferently after knowing the truth. Aunt Mei is saddened. The scene is fixed behind the car, a peaceful and peaceful road. It seems that the emotions are suddenly withdrawn from the various outbreaks, and only sighs.

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  • Ivy Weston: Mom, Charles and I...

    Barbara Weston: Little Charles.

    Ivy Weston: Barbara.

    Barbara Weston: You got to say Little Charles or she's not gonna know who you're talking about.

    Ivy Weston: Little Charles and I... Little Charles and I...

    Violet Weston: Little Charles and you are brother and sister. I know that.

  • Charlie Aiken: Mattie Fae, we're gonna get in the car and go home. And if you say one more mean thing to that boy I'm gonna kick your fat Irish ass into the highway.

    Mattie Fae Aiken: What the hell did you just say to me?

    Charlie Aiken: Kids, go outside, would you please? I don't understand this meanness. I look at you and your sister and the way you talk to people and I don't understand it. I can't understand why folks can't be respectful to one another. I don't think there's any excuse for it. My family didn't treat each other that way.

    Mattie Fae Aiken: Oh, maybe cause your family didn't have...

    Charlie Aiken: You better not say anything about my family right now, I mean it! We just buried a man I loved very much. And whatever faults he may have had, he was a good, kind, decent man. And to hear you tearing your own son not even a day later dishonors Beverly's memory. We've been married 38 years and I wouldn't trade it for anything. But if you can't find a generous place in your heart for your own son, we're not gonna make it to 39!