first time I saw the ghost dog, I didn't feel anything special about him. Now that I think about it, the first impression sometimes does not explain anything. .
The ghost dog is also a black man, a big man, not a lot of words, and a firm gaze. To some extent, there may be a kind of coldness in it. He raises a lot of pigeons to connect with his master. In fact, he sleeps with the pigeons. By the way, he also likes to read books-he firmly believes that he is adhering to the spirit of Bushido. This is silly of course, I mean there are always guys who think they are controlled by a mission. But he is not annoying, he is polite, can play chess, and likes to eat ice cream.
The trouble is that while performing his "master" mission, he killed a guy by mistake. By the way, let me talk about his owner. Compared to the ghost dog, I don’t have a good impression of his owner. He is an old guy. I mean he has all the problems of those old guys. Extraordinary but timid as a mouse, and often misjudges the situation. This time the trouble was big, and the entire gang members began to hunt down the ghost dogs. What's more unfortunate is that his "master", the old guy, is also affiliated with this gang and it doesn't seem to be a good mess. The old guy can't be considered cruel to his subordinate, so he quietly warned the ghost dog.
How can our ghost dog who takes Bushido as his destiny be scared away? He still walks and plays chess as usual, chats with old friends (the strange thing is that they communicate in different languages), and occasionally meets a wonderful little girl ——Pauline, the reason I say she is excellent, because she always carries a pink toy box with her, just like our ghost dog brother with a black suitcase, except that this pink box contains Neither dollars nor pistols, and of course no toys—all books. Pauline and the ghost dog talk about books, you would not expect that a young girl would have those books, of course, some books, as our old Pauline said, "I like its cover."
So, our ghost Like all book lovers who meet a friend, the dog must ask her to borrow her book and exchange her thoughts. Pauline agreed.
Later, the ghost dog started to solve the problem, and he almost got it all done. Let me add that he is agile, and all of his opponents, if they can't be said to be old-fashioned, at least slowly. So the ghost dog is like a real killer, without wasting a bullet, and I can’t help mentioning that even among those old guys who were solved by the ghost dog, there are people who really admire the old ghost dog—"like a Real gangsters solve problems like that.”
How to say, the ghost dog has said before, to the effect that it is the same as “ doing something and not doing something” or “fighting for a failed cause.” I don’t want to cry about it, because Things weren’t like that at first, but it was probably like this: When Ghost Dog and his French friend said each other (the amazing thing is that they really understood each other), old Pauline came, and she came to pay for it. The book, she told him that he liked this book, it was very interesting, Pauline said that she especially liked the first story. I vaguely saw the words "Rashomon" printed on the cover of the book, but I didn't know if it was Akutagawa Ryunosuke's version. I didn't see it too clearly. Then the "master" came. As I said earlier, I don't like that old guy, and now his shoulder is hurt again, making him walk more funny. The problem is, he has to pull out his gun. He pointed the gun at the ghost dog, and when I saw it, he looked cautious and embarrassed. I really hope his expression wasn't that bad at the time. The ghost dog slowly approached him, said something, and also drew out the pistol. At this time, the gunfire rang accompanied by screams and shouts. One of the voices was very real, but I can still repeat it now." Idiot, his pistol is not loaded!" The reason I remember so firmly is because this sentence was spoken in French.
Immediately afterwards, there were a few more shots, and when I opened my eyes, the ghost was already lying on the ground, holding a book-"Rashomon" in my hand. His "master" leaned over to look at him at this moment, and for a moment, I once again confirmed my dislike for that old guy. The old guy wanted to say something. He stood there, seeming to search the vocabulary in his head, but our ghost dog said, "Let’s take this book and read it. After reading it, if there is a chance... . Communicate with me my impressions."——The old ghost dog brother was so breathless.
Later I also left. I was trying to personalize the ghost dog and the whole thing, just like some guys want to do, have done, and are doing. But I don’t have the ability. The problem is that I don’t think I know anything about ghost dogs. I don’t know who his parents are, where they were born, and where they grew up. And now that I think of the old ghost dog’s The pigeons also have old Pauline's pink toy suitcase, so they will be very sad and can't make any substantive sound, really.
Rather than say it is a gangster movie (I never thought it was), it is better to say that this is a movie that restores it from the former concept as much as possible. The gang members here have long lost the sense of confidence in "The Godfather", and they are light-perhaps this is a masculine lie? They are presbyopic, they owe rent, they love to watch old-fashioned cartoons, they kill someone and run up the stairs and they are out of breath, although they still want to show some kind of "golden age" fierceness and chic at the last blow, but they are just sleepy beasts fighting. That's it.
"Dao will always be ended by time, and every age has its own spirit." said the ghost dog.
Now there are no ancient Japanese samurai, no flying pigeons to spread messages, and no paradise for the Sicilian villains. Now there are phones, guns, CD players and hip-hops.
Black people, black music, French-speaking foreign men, Italian gangsters, Japanese Bushido, old cartoons and books that have long been old-fashioned. If it weren't for the movie's dialogue that was still in English, I might not have thought this. It happened in the United States (I mean its mainstream culture).
In this 99-year work, Jim Jamush still has not given up his attitude of observing and figuring out humanity from the perspective of the "other", just like his previous "Mystery Train", "Night of the Earth" and "Dead Man". Wait the same. It is worth mentioning that the outstanding supporting actor in "The Dead" also showed up in this film.
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