Although the plot is loose and has almost no ups and downs, due to the rich details and moving music interspersed in it, it will not be tiresome to watch for more than an hour. Another highlight of the film is the beauty of its structure. A series of flashbacks at the end are not only a symbol of the story's end-to-end connection, but also a new beginning of the plot. This kind of structure arrangement similar to the Mobius ring, in turn , and highlights the film's interpretation of life, which can be called ingenious.
The plot of "Drunken Country Ballads" is not very complicated. "This is a story about a wandering singer" can be summed up in one sentence. Generally speaking, for such a story, how to shoot it seems to be the safest and best way to show the director's personality, even if the effect is vain and empty, it doesn't hurt. "The Ballad of Drunken Township" is no exception. This film exudes a certain unique temperament from the inside to the outside. The melancholy cool-toned picture, the calm and flexible editing style, and the carefully selected soundtrack, the actors are also one-of-a-kind Get a good voice. In addition, all the characters in the film, from the makeup to the clothes, have a unique and retro charm that was unique to the 1960s and 1970s. The whole set is really not good for literature and art. What is even more commendable is that "Drunken Country Ballads" successfully achieves a wonderful fusion of romantic feelings and realistic colors. Unlike some third-rate literary films, it gets rid of the stereotype that although it is about life, it is based on the reality of castles in the air.
From the ordinary life experience of the male protagonist, the down-and-out singer Luen, those who have also been or are still at a low point can find their own resonance. The film explains a very simple truth, that is, life is not as dramatic as movies and novels, which are connected by many coincidences and conflicts into legendary fragments, but composed of many ordinary fragments. The director even deliberately erased those vulgar plot twists. Several times, when the audience thought that the protagonist was about to "stand a flag", the plot was pulled back to a stable track and continued to develop in a plain direction: when Lu When En decided to travel alone, he didn't bring the cat like his shadow with him; after the long visit, he was not signed by the production company; on the way back, he thought he was going to visit the son he had never met. And an old lover, but he didn't turn into a fork in the road... The protagonist is a wandering folk singer, he makes a living by folk songs, and folk songs are just like life, there is no rock-piercing cry, no jazz gorgeousness Fancy skills, a simple song is down, those emotions buried deep in my heart are pulling, but it is only a pain, the death of partner Mike's death haunts Luen deeply, but the film never explains why Mike is And to die, just like there are many people who are tired of life, but no one really says that they can let go. The so-called "let's go" trip is just like that sudden visit to Chicago, which is purely a whim , Luen, who returned to Greenwich, is still the unhappy singer who had to run around and depend on others to make ends meet. When I woke up, it was another very similar day, and life became more and more vivid in this repetition. There are many interpretations of this story, but for life, it seems that how to interpret it is not so appropriate.
In "Drunk Town Folk Ballad", music is not only the theme, but also the thread running through it. The songs that flow from the strings between the fingers to the mouth of the throat have no cynical accusations, but only a touch of sadness. It presents the true face of life in a tactful way. Compared with those tyrannical and cruel tearing and cursing, there is less despair and more misty beauty. For ordinary people, this may be closer to real life.
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