"Winter's Bones" "Where's Dad?" can be entertainment, can be harsh life

Monique 2022-03-26 09:01:05

The movie has the original novel, so the vividness of the plot should be attributed to the novel.

A good way to suspense, keep it mysterious - the heroine searches the world for her father for the sake of her family and survival. "The whole world" refers to her world, the whole town, the whole village, and all the relatives' homes.

"Where is Baba going?" can be an easy entertainment proposition, but in a poor and sinful mountain village, it is a secret and a tragedy. The relatives in the village were very secretive about the question of "Where is Dad?" The audience and the protagonist realized that something was wrong. They are hiding something. The villagers' refusal expressions (performances) are very restrained, not rolling their eyes, and not repeating them with their mouths full. "I don't know", full of indifference, hostility, unintentional, natural. The squinting eyes, or squinting into the distance, or only meet the heroine for a moment.

The father's whereabouts became the biggest mystery in the whole film. The neighbors kept their mouths shut, and at most warned not to approach the truth. As the plot unfolded, the relationship between the father and the neighbors, as well as the previous criminal record, were also displayed simultaneously. The narrative rhythm of "Winter's Bones" is like the quality of a European movie. For example, Dane takes half an hour to stimulate a plot to advance, a lot of real-life idle writing, but this is what directors or authors with deep artistic attainments are good at. Suspense Steady and steadfast, given in moderation, the rhythm is all half an hour, if you do it well, it will not be boring, if you do it badly, the audience will have to bear with it. Even so, it is still successful, there is only one suspense, and if you hold on to it, the audience will always follow the protagonist and go for the ending.

The court wanted to repossess the house and land, and the heroine guessed that her father might die, but the judge refused to let it go. In the face of difficulties and dangers, the heroine dragged the demented mother into the woods, crying and begging: let her wake up, even for a moment, and give her some help. This is the teardrop that I remember deeply, the finishing touch of the whole film, the girl who has always been strong, begging for mercy in the cold night, crying helplessly. The cold expression of life has been very clear, the flesh is red and swollen, and the winter is biting. Although she was afraid, did not dare to touch the unknown, and had nowhere to go, she could only rely on herself to break through the external dangers and inner fears. She asked again and again, ignoring the warnings, and was attacked and beaten by relatives at night. She moaned and got up from the ground. Picking up the knocked out teeth in the blood paste, the fair face turned into a blood gourd, like white dough covered with Wang Zhi and fermented bean curd juice, this is another point of my memory, when I think of "Winter's Bone", I remember Don't be hard bones, just remember that the pink face is covered with blood. This is the "big cousin" that the Chinese people are disgusted with, and a highlight of her acting skills.

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Winter's Bone quotes

  • Gail: [after asking her husband to let her use his truck] He said no.

    Ree: Did you tell him I'd spring for gas?

    Gail: I told him. He still won't.

    Ree: Why not?

    Gail: He never says why not to me, Ree, he just says no.

    Ree: Man, it's so sad to hear you say he won't let you do somethin' and then you *don't* do it.

    Gail: It's different once you're married.

    Ree: It really must be. 'Cause you ain't never used to eat no shit.

  • Ree: He might be hangin' around with Little Arthur and them. You think?

    Teardrop: You don't wanna go around Little Arthur's askin' them people about anything they ain't offered to talk about. That's a real good way to end up et by hogs... or wishin' you was.