human exile

Miles 2022-09-12 14:15:05

This is a story of balancing a regular life after releasing the animalistic and instinctive desires in the heart by struggling and tearing in the restraint and repression. The diffused air in the small town of Yabbada is mingled with indulgent hormonal fires. After coming to the town, following the guidance of this hormone, John Grant, a person who lives in a normal social system, is like a kangaroo witness, greed, violence, sex, and human relations are exposed to the spotlight and stared at until chaos. The ground burns to the end and then dissipates like ashes. This six-week vacation was more of an exile of his humanity, after which everything returned to normal, oscillating between lust instinct and detached spirituality, and ultimately ended without a hitch. What is astounding is that the director created a scene atmosphere corresponding to the plot in the film and the actors did not feel any sense of incongruity with the details of the entire change process, which was perfect. The restless and hot texture in the film provides an excellent soil for the protagonist's recklessness and avoidance.

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  • Jock Crawford: [after showing him the Two-up school] D'you get the idea now, Jack?

    John Grant: Well, you just bet on whether the pennies come down heads or tails.

    Jock Crawford: Yeah, that's right.

    John Grant: You think this crowd will be at each other's throats when they settle?

    Jock Crawford: Ah, there's hardly a fight. Each man knows what's coming to him, he just goes and gets it.

  • Jock Crawford: [on the current Two-up spinner] Yeah, Charlie always goes for eight hundred or bust. You gotta throw four heads in a row to do it, too.

    John Grant: And what does he do with the winnings?

    Jock Crawford: Well, nothing.