Tradition and modernity, backwardness and advancedness, locality and foreignness, human beings and nature, all relevant thoughts are reflected in the film, and the director Mikhalkov also rationally maintained the restraint that a Westerner should have, without falling into the trap. Jin was criticized for catering to Western tastes, because he cut into Mongolia, but in fact, everyone with discernment knows that behind him is the vast Russian land north of the grasslands. Mongolia is just another shadow, and the physical and mental constraints brought by modern civilization have left a mark on them. The throes of the tradition's quiet departure and the predicament of being lost and wandering are all applicable to peoples who have risen and fallen again, even if they are not necessarily born in the grasslands.
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