I went to the theater this week to watch "The Old Man and the Gun" and always thought about what to write about. It stars Robert Redford and Sissy Spacek. Also on the cast is an actor better known to the current public: Casey Affleck. But throughout the entire viewing process, I wish he had as few scenes as possible.
Robert Redford and Sissy Spacek, the latter is in his late years, the former has entered his old age, and this film is rumored to be the former's shadow work. I've only watched Redford's "Tiger and Leopard," "Ransom," "The Spy Game," and "Carrie the Witch" by Spicer. In the process of "And Gun", there was always a feeling that I, like the grandparents in the back row, watched them all my life.
The screenplay for the film was adapted from a 2003 New Yorker article about Forrest Tucker, a repeat bank robber in the 1980s who was repeatedly arrested, escaped and continued to commit crimes, allegedly "mostly true" ". To be honest, the plot is bland, but there is a warm current running through it from beginning to end. This warm current comes from the warm eyes of the two veteran actors, from the corners of their mouths that rise all the way, and from the playful and loving dialogue. It's so sweet! Bank robbers seem to be just a legitimate profession in this world, and even become great because of the hero's perseverance and gentleness, and the line "I'm not making a living, I'm living" (anyway , at least he didn't hurt anyone).
I love this movie and find that many feel the same way as I do: it's comfortable to watch. Bathed in the sunset love of the two actors, take a comfortable nap.
For a long time, I have been vaguely rejecting pop culture. Rather, a culture that is either led or engaged by my peers and younger. From my high school fanfare to the present, the films that I am more comfortable with are still starring the same actors. Although they are especially active, they are getting older. And I haven't seen the newcomer's name on my list. The young actors who have frequently appeared on the screen in the past two years, such as Lucas Hedges, Timothy Chalamet, I refuse to even remember their names (these full names are just checked) . The subconscious mind has decided that the old work is better than the new one. While both are good and bad, the probability of inferior quality is much higher in the new work. The same goes for pop music. This reminds me of a passage of Noel Gallagher's imitation and criticism of the mindless dance moves of young idol bands in "Immortal: The Ups and Downs of Brit Rock", "Have you ever noticed these fuckin' knobheads from pop idol? It's like all the boy bands or girl bands…..I don't get that at all.""It's fuckin' rubbish."Somehow..I have the same opinion as him.
It is true that it is quite rudimentary to hold your nose too radically to avoid emerging things. Reflect on your attitude towards pop culture, or simply shut it out out of fear of being abandoned by the younger generation. This kind of mentality is a bit too early for me (haha).
The golden age of the past has gradually drifted away with the curtain call of the old opera bones. Thinking of this, I can't help but feel a little pantothenic acid in my nose. The same hard-hearted Clint Eastwood, whose (rumored) final film, The Mule, is also on the way. Watching its trailer in theaters, the line "This is the last one" was repeated twice. I wonder if it was Eastwood who said it through the mouth of the drug transporter played by him to put an end to his career. .
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