I recently read Robert McKee's "Story," which refers to the film when it comes to the terminology of story design, which describes it this way: "...Tender Mercy begins with Robert Duvall. The morning when Mike Sledge, played by him, woke up in poverty. The next two hours recounted his life experience for the following year. However, in the switching of various scenes and scenes, we gradually gradually Learn all about his past, and all the important things that happened to him that year, right up to the last picture that hints at his future. A man's life, almost his whole life, from birth to death, is told in full Captured in the fade-in and fade-out of Holden Ford's Oscar-winning script...."
When you first see Mike emerging from the camera, decadent and boozy, there's nothing to expect from the role, just I think he's just an ordinary person who is addicted to alcohol. When he promised Rosa, the motel owner, to quit drinking and get a job, you might think, oh, he's really a normal guy and there's only so much to expect from the movie. And the reporter appeared, the peaceful life was broken, the loyal fans appeared, and the events surrounding the protagonist began to unfold. Next, the ex-wife appeared, and sang the songs he wrote in gorgeous clothes, and loudly reprimanded the protagonist to stay away from the daughter, when the daughter left home Running away, seeking the so-called freedom of love, and finally dying in a car accident because of a useless alcoholic husband, when Mike shouted "why" "why" in the field? At this time, he also realized that cherishing the person in front of him means having everything.
The innkeeper's husband died in Vietnam, the cause of death is unknown, she did not hide from him when Sonny was a child, although we can also imagine the misfortune of a young widowed woman, but the smile on her face and the love of life Telling her tenderness and the tenderness of life, she also loves Mike and Sonny with an understanding mentality.
In order to write a film review, I carefully recorded several points of the whole film, and found that the soundtrack always appeared at the right time. For example, at the beginning of the film, the melodious melody instantly shortened the distance between the audience and the screen. Another example is Mike's ex-wife. The singing, repeating both sides, although it sounds good, the audience understands that she has no creativity. Rosa choir makes people yearn for this ordinary and beautiful life. Another example is Mike's re-singing on stage, which makes the audience feel good about his former popular era. The demeanor can be seen, and he sings a lullaby that his daughter has forgotten, showing the helplessness of a loving father. At the end of the film, Mike and Sonny are playing football, the opening music plays again, and the whole film ends.
What is the deep meaning of the film? tender mercies? What exactly does it mean? In the film, Rosa just said "and I Thank the lord of his blessings and his tender mercies to me..." In the boundless wilderness of the western United States, it seems that there is no obstacle to overcome, which may also be tender mercy part of it? Rosa's kindness is also nurtured by this land, and guided by faith at all times. Similarly, what moved me more is the part when Mike and Sonny were baptized together. People need faith, and they also need such a moment to wave to the past. , a tribute to a new life.
Gentle compassion, the power of kindness, as well as people's yearning for a better life, sympathy and understanding for breaking free from the shackles of the world, may this kind of compassion be more, and our life may be as magnanimous as that The wilderness is like letting the soul gallop.
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