Praise me, mom - "Fox Hunter"

Sasha 2022-03-29 09:01:02

John has a dead face from start to finish, including when I saw Mark say he likes wrestling at the beginning, and used the word DEEP LOVE, but I couldn't capture the love for this sport from his facial expressions. Love. I thought, well, maybe he's a cool rich guy. But later I verified that my idea was correct.
He didn't see the facial expressions he should have while watching the game. I'm very puzzled, does he really "love" this sport? When Dave watched Mark win the game, he jumped on the stage and hugged him, not only because it was his younger brother, but also because of how much his brother devoted to the sport, but also because of his deep love for the sport.
The only part where John smiles and hugs and blesses Mark appears later in the documentary, which is entirely his performance. Not as evidence that he actually loves the sport.
So then I thought maybe he was just trying to get the attention he didn't get from his mother in wrestling. The role of mother gives me the impression that, to exaggerate, there is a feeling of "a son is not as good as a horse".

As for himself, not only does he not like horses, he is even a person with a rather unstable personality.
1. I bought a tank, obviously there is no gun in the order, because of the temporary rise (maybe I feel that the place is perfect when I see the tank?) I have to get angry with the seller and leave.
2. Boldly guessing from the fact that he asked about the match time, it was also a whim for the sport of wrestling. Personally, I feel that the coach should be the person who formulates the training plan. Even if he does not lead the team, he at least pays great attention to the sport. And he actually asked Mark how much time he had left. I think it was because he didn't know much about wrestling or even just started getting in touch with it.
The reason for choosing the sport of wrestling, I started from the Olympic champion data, Baidu did not find the free wrestling champions, but found that the Soviet Union took away the champions of classical wrestling 84 years ago, so I think for the time being that wrestling was very popular at that time. Niche, John is easier to "invest". The reason for choosing Mark is also very simple, not only because Mark won the Olympic championship in 1984, but also because Mark's family is broken, and John thought he could easily give him what he was missing. Last but not least, I want to get my mother's approval.

In fact, the parental love that Mark lacks, John lacks too. They chatted about how their mother took money to make people their friends, in stark contrast to Mark's brotherly love for Dave afterward, when Johnny realized that I didn't have what I thought I could give. Let’s go back and look back at the things he did when he longed for his mother’s approval: Madam Wang wrote a script for Mark to give a speech, all of which were saying to his mother, “Look at your son’s ability to be so awesome!”, But his mother was unmoved; 60:22 Dave was leading the team for training, and his mother came to see him, so he hurriedly whistled to gather, but he couldn't show Dave's real talent, only a few basic moves. What happened, the team members looked back from time to time and saw that it was for his mother. Can the old lady leave without embarrassment in this atmosphere; John won the first place in a wrestling competition and shared it with his mother, and the mother immediately said that it must be the competition sponsored by him , and then continue to discuss the small things of sesame and mung bean, even the trophy can only be placed in the trophy room and not on the Rosemont bookshelf. All the big and small things are accumulated into a sentence "Mom, you praise me!" However, the mother is so smart and cold, thinking about John who is constantly being seen and told is still quite pitiful.

I don't know if his mother knew him too well, or it was because of his mother's attitude towards him that he became such a personality. John has always wanted others to recognize him from the bottom of his heart, but the method is not to improve himself, but to buy position and respect with money. When he sees that someone does not need money but has been recognized and trusted by others, he is angry. . What's even more angry is that in the final documentary, there is only Mark's speech and no Dave's. Maybe it is finally found that money can't buy people's hearts, and all the illusions have collapsed.

At first, his mother thought that his low interest in wrestling caused his rebellion. He decided to prove it to his mother. The reason why he let go of all the horses after his mother's death may be because his mother loved the horse more than himself. Without the horse, he would be his mother's favorite. This can't help but remind me of the story of Snow White - "Who is the most beautiful person in the world in the magic mirror?" "It's Snow White" "What? There are people more beautiful than me in this world, hunter, you go If Snow White killed me, I would be the most beautiful person in the world." John held this kind of mentality, in order to maintain my best self-satisfaction, like Snow White's stepmother, he killed more than he was happier ( more worthy of love than yourself?).

What I don't understand is why John is so keen on bird watching, and he still sends books to Mark to study? In short, this kind of dull movie is not my style. above.

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Foxcatcher quotes

  • [first lines]

    Mark Schultz: [Mark gives a speech to a school of young students] Hello. Thank you for giving me the opportunity to talk to you today. My name is Mark Schultz. I wanna talk about America, and I wanna tell you why I wrestle.

    [Mark holds up his Olympic gold metal to the kids]

    Mark Schultz: This is an Olympic gold metal. I won this three years ago at the 23rd Olympic games in Los Angeles, California. This is more than just some piece of metal. It's about what the metal represents. The virtues it requires to attain it.

  • [Mark's first meeting with John du Pont]

    John du Pont: You look good. You look strong. Fit.

    Mark Schultz: Thank you, sir.

    John du Pont: Feeling confident?

    [Mark nods yes]

    John du Pont: That's one of the most important elements of entering a match is feeling the confidence, knowing that you're going to win. Feeling it inside. If you get - go to a match knowing you're going to win that match, odds are you're going to win that match. You're training with your brother Dave?

    Mark Schultz: Yes, sir.

    John du Pont: Great Dave Schultz?

    Mark Schultz: Yeah.

    John du Pont: And I'm talking to the great Mark Schultz. Do you have any idea why I asked you to come here?

    Mark Schultz: No.

    John du Pont: No. Well, Mark, do you - do you have any idea who I am?

    Mark Schultz: No. No.

    John du Pont: Some rich guy calls you on the phone. I want the great Mark Schultz to come visit me. Well, I'm a - I'm a wrestling coach. And I have a deep love of the sport of wrestling. And I wanted to speak with you about your future. About what you hope to achieve. What do you hope to achieve, Mark?

    Mark Schultz: Well, I wanna be the best in the world. I wanna go to the Worlds and win gold. I wanna go to the '88 Olympics and win gold.

    John du Pont: Good. I'm proud of you. Are you getting the support that you need?

    Mark Schultz: What do you mean, sir?

    John du Pont: Well, you know how the soviets support their wrestlers.

    Mark Schultz: I do.

    John du Pont: Mark, we as a nation have failed to honor you. And that's a problem. Not just for you, but for our society. When we fail to honor that which should be honored, it's a problem. It's a canary in a coal mine. Do you bird-watch?

    Mark Schultz: Uh, no.

    John du Pont: You can learn a lot from birds. I'm an ornithologist. But more importantly, I am a patriot. And I want to see this country soar again.

    Mark Schultz: I want that too.

    John du Pont: I can see that.