A movie that wants to cry without tears, praise!

Celine 2021-12-23 08:01:45

First excerpt a few snippets of Nick’s interview that I agree with (transferred from Ivan’s BLOG, thank you for your translation):
The heroes in "Key Agreement" are darker, you may sympathize with a certain character, and at the same time think that another character is Sin deserves it, but in the end, you can’t tell which person deserves sympathy and which person deserves it. Sometimes you feel that you are in line with the ideas of a certain character, but then you feel that you are in line with the ideas of another character. These characters are slowly being destroyed by their stupidity.

For me, the only villain in the film is the one who occupies the town and commits violence.

But in terms of the central meaning of this movie, this is the story of a group of people who shouldn't stay on this land. Maybe there should be places on the earth that shouldn't be occupied by humans.

Looking at the cover does not seem to be my favorite style, two men with guns; looking at the introduction does not impress me, the life and death choice between the three brothers. But after watching it, I couldn't put it down, and kept playing back, crying without tears. It's easy to make a scene that makes people cry, and a scene that makes people laugh. It's difficult to make the audience stunned after watching it. It only needs to have material.

The pictures are beautiful, the music is great, and the handling of the violent pictures is just right. It is very suitable for people like me with a very low threshold of violence.

There are no heroes in this play, only villains, contradictory villains. I am more easily moved by villains than a perfect hero. The section where the bad guy ARTHEN talked with his brother was repeated three times, and even for the big bad guy who kills people without blinking, family can make him cute.
Cave's script is very well written, a perfect ending! The younger brother killed his elder brother who he admired but had done a lot of bad things, and ended an endless catastrophe and suffering. If there is something more important than family, it is justice and forgiveness! This is what makes human beings noble.

Music does not have a unified theme and tone, but it fits every picture perfectly. Just like in Paris, you will want to find the original sound after watching it, but when you find it, it seems that the music without the picture is not so amazing.

The SAMULE in it seems to be an out-and-out bad guy, but his SOLO voice is so beautiful that it makes people speechless. In arthen's words, you shamed all night bird don't know why CAVE gave this character such a beautiful voice, I don't understand.

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The Proposition quotes

  • Arthur Burns: Why can't you ever just... stop me?

  • [last lines]

    Arthur Burns: You got me, Charlie. What are you going to do now?