"Soul Stranger"
In the West where people's lives were taken for granted, William Blake fled like a frightened bird, like a spark that slid into a vast ice field. In this wild world, there are beasts who point guns at prostitutes on the street and give him oral sex. , there are lovers who open the door of an old lover's room in repentance and then shoot, there are devils who eat their arms, there are hypocrites who are ill-mannered, and if it weren't for that kind Indian, William Blake would not have lived even a minute. Going down, he was injured, extremely weak, and at a loss. He learned to kill on the way to escape, but his life was about to end. In the western forest, where the soul and the heaven and the earth merged, William Blake curled up beside a dead young deer, That shot, along with Neil Young's music, has a mind-blowing power. When I thought it was the first time I watched "Stranger from Souls", there was always a lingering, blurred and lonely thing in my heart. This feeling of deja vu reminded me of the days when I lived in the south fifteen years ago. The midnight show of the movie channel passed the time. I had already watched "Stranger Things" at that time, but I forgot the name and most of the plot, and didn't know anything about Jarmusu, but the feeling of emptiness and loneliness in the movie It can't be dissipated in my heart for a long time. After watching "The Stranger" after many years, those slumbering feelings were instantly awakened. At the end of the film, William Blake, who was dying, was lying on a lonely boat. Indians were hit by bounty hunters, and there were thousands of sorrows, and they drank in powerless sparseness.
"Paradise Stranger"
In the freezing weather of New York and Cleveland, Florida is paradise, but the separation still cannot be eliminated in paradise. Cousin Ava has always been an outsider. In Cousin Willie's view, she should always stay in the house. It's safe to say that one day, veteran gangsters Willie and Eddie, when their idle boredom and emptiness are unbearable, travel to Cleveland to visit Ava and convince her to embark on a road trip to Florida together. I first regarded "A Stranger in Paradise" as a road movie, and Jim Jarmusch was regarded as a road movie director mostly because of this. However, it is different from regular road movies and does not express the kind of "on the road". The complex, he was referring to Garland's feeling in "The Road", "in general, the road is boring, it connects a lonely town at one end, and weariness at the other." Willie and Eddie are not eager to hit the road, they are just tired of New York, tired of Cleveland, and even their final destination, Florida, has become dull, they are just planning to escape anytime, anywhere, but don't know where to flee. , On a certain day three years after Jim Jarmusch finished filming "Stranger Things in Paradise", the bow ruler received the thirteen sisters, a distant relative who came to defect, in New York. Similar opening, completely different story, thirty years The former Chinese are in the era of pilgrimage to find their dreams. Everyone has expectations in their hearts. Boredom is a luxurious thing, and most people can't enjoy it. Finally, another senior scoundrel owns a room. At the restaurant facing the Atlantic Ocean, Thirteenth Sister also found her own stable life. This story named after a fairy tale is saturated with the real smell of fireworks. Almost at the same time, our eastern neighbor, Japan, is at the peak of rapid development. , Japan has become more modern than any other place in the world, their young people start to travel overseas, Mizi and Chun just out of love for Elvis and Carl Perkins, they traveled to Tennessee. Small town, Memphis.
"Mystery Train"
This young Japanese couple, the man always has a cold face that refuses people thousands of miles away, and the woman is full of curiosity about everything in a foreign country. They went to visit the recording studio where Elvis worked, and sat in Elvis at dusk. Talking about their favorite singers in front of the statues, all overseas travelers do at their destination, a little timid and a little silly, with a natural friendliness, they end up in cheap hotels in black quarters, all over the world The director has made countless multi-line parallel narrative films, and Jarmusch is no exception. On this night in this small hotel, three stories happened at the same time. Jarmusch used a segment of Tom Weitz on Midnight Radio. The DJ program and a gunshot the next morning framed the three stories together. Today, this narrative language is unbearable, but in the 1980s or earlier, this technique could be used so skillfully, Except for Stanley Kubrick, maybe only Jarmusch. Two women who met by chance and three unlucky men who were chased by the police were also staying in the small hotel with the Japanese couple. They all had a portrait of Elvis in their room, and Memphis seemed to put this on every corner. The imprint of a rock singer, however, just as New York was not born for the Statue of Liberty, and Paris is not for the Louvre, in this small city that continues the secular life, some people lost their jobs, some people lost their enthusiasm, some people fled in a hurry, some people I have no relatives. In the eyes of these people, the legend of this small town is always worthless. They have a hundred times more important problems to solve. Half a year ago, I was planning a trip with a map of the United States. Chicago drove along Route 66 to Los Angeles. This journey originated from John Steinbeck's "The Grapes of Wrath". I watched John Ford's film of the same name repeatedly, and planned many details of the itinerary. Month, I began to feel uneasy and kept thinking about the meaning of this trip, I wondered, is this abandoned road across the United States the same road that the Yoders trekked, I want to relive their suffering Or for the scenery along the way, the scenery on Route 66 is never the best, and the suffering in John Steinbeck's novels is only suitable for reading on the sofa after a full meal, the outsiders in Jarmusch films, they are often too late When I got out, I was involved in all kinds of troubles in the local area. When the troubles were there, they became participants full of grievances. I finally gave up on that trip. Luckily for Mizi and Chun, they stole a piece of the inn. The towel came back satisfied, and they didn't know all the ugly facts about Memphis.
"Outlaws"
A pimp, an out-of-date DJ, and a jerk from Italy, who was sent to the same prison in New Orleans, the pimp Jack and DJ Zach were framed, and the Italian Bob originally came to New Orleans for sightseeing Yes, they were thrown into prison for accidentally wounding people, they were locked in the same cell, and their future was uncertain. It is said that Bob is still an American literature lover, and he has read the poems of Frost and Whitman, maybe "Grass" The rough style of "Ye Ji" infected him, and he showed some respect and enthusiasm to the two inmates who were full of foul-mouthed and rude behavior, learned English from them, discussed American poetry, and clapped their hands together and sang the ice cream invented by Bob. Folklore, just like that, one day, they found a secret way to escape from this prison, and they escaped. As a freedom lover, I've seen about 50 jailbreak movies, and twice as many road movies, jailbreak movies about how to get out of a cage, road movies about how to break free from shackles, and yet so easily obtained Liberty made Andy Dufrean, who was serving a sentence in Shawshank Prison eight years later, feel bad about it. Jarmusch did not take advantage of these three people. The next escape was full of hardships. They had to cross the large jungle and swamp around the New Orleans Prison and endure the cold. , Hunger and getting lost, they don't know where they are, they keep going in circles in the jungle, in this inopportune occasion, Bob thinks of American literature again, and he asks Zach if he likes Robert Frost, which is similar to that of Robert Frost. It's like asking a pregnant woman if she's ever eaten Swiss fondue, and in short, their ridiculous escape suddenly takes shape, as they discover a road that leads to a civilized world. On the other hand, Bob accidentally got a love that was more beautiful than Hans Christian Andersen's fairy tale, and Jack and Zach were also temporarily repaired to continue their escape. In front of them were the two bifurcated roads in Robert Frost's poem, one To the east, one to the west, but they can't choose the less traveled one, they need to set off separately and go to two different places.
"Outlaws" brings us a Jarmusch-style cold humor, a sense of restraint and unrestrained absurdity, not as mean as Quentin, like a parable or fairy tale with a teasing element. The inconsistent lyrics of Wizz's "Bourbon-Drinked Rider" already set the tone for the film, and the story behind it carries this elusive grotesque vibe that in Jarmusch's film , the untimely created a lot of separation, embarrassment, and jokes. In layman's terms, the protagonist in his stories never urinates in a pot, but always gets tired of being together and never leaves, Roberto Bey Ninety's crazy acting style is very suitable for the temperament of this film. In contrast, his performance in "Life is Beautiful" feels too much. Roberto Bernini's Bob is sent to the number. That kind of look and expression, perhaps only Dustin Hoffman in "Midnight Cowboy" can act.
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