Heaven and hell

Benedict 2021-12-21 08:01:19

The poor and tricky Bill finally died at gunpoint. Before he died, he killed the farmer who discovered that he and his girlfriend were tricked into marriage. The death of two men caused his girlfriend Abby to instantly lose two men who loved him. Let the young sister lose her relatives. The passing of life is far more unacceptable than losing the paradise farm and natural beauty. My sister finally attended boarding school, and Abby embarked on the far train. If you simply summarize the story of the film, it can be said to be quite simple. Malik has never had a sense of complex narratives. The most important thing in his films is state. He is not like John Kasowitz with a lot of facial close-ups and great tension. Explosive performances show the state, but pay more attention to the interaction between people and the environment, and the interaction between people and nature, as well as the mutual state. The locust plague in the film is a turning point, but it also forms a connection with Bill and Abby's plan. This fraudulent marriage plan is just as unscrupulous and shameless as the locust plague swallowing the fruits and property of others. This greedy scam was doomed from the beginning to the final tragedy. Malik allowed the truth to be slowly revealed in front of the farmer, from trust to doubt to the final truth. In the sibling relationship, he was the lover. The often ambiguous and intimate interaction between Bill and Abby showed the beauty and romance of love. Both People are innocent and hot when they are together, but they are also doing immoral activities. In this picturesque country, the complexity and greed of human nature are like beauty and locust plagues, heaven and hell, angels and demons. Will show up eventually. The feelings between Abby and the farmer in the film, especially Abby’s feelings for the farmer, Malik did not focus on the description and portrayal, but more embodied in a few words, so the two most important points in the film come from whether Bill’s plan Success, and the change and interaction between Bill and Abby. To a certain extent, this film has some similarities with Malick’s debut novel "Earth", especially Bill and Addy can see many shadows of desperate mandarin ducks in "Earth".

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Days of Heaven quotes

  • Linda: Are we gonna stay?

    Bill: If she wants to.

    Linda: You'd rather go?

    Bill: I'd rather be the King of Siam.

  • Linda: He was tired of livin' like the rest of them - nosin' around like a pig in a gutter. He wasn't in the mood no more. He figured there must be somethin' wrong with 'em - the way they always got no luck - and they oughta get it straightened out. He figured some people need more than they got, other people got more than they need. Just a matter of gettin' us all together.