The old cowboy in my mind just started from the amorous photographer in "The Last Dream of the Covered Bridge". The next thing that left a deep impression on me was the magnificent "Million Dollar Baby", the heavy-toned "Mystic River" and this year's "Changing Suspicion" and "Classic Cars" are gone. I can only say that at my age, my gender, and my aesthetics, Eastwood in my heart is a tough guy with great depth and affection. Tough bones.
And when I suddenly found such a film directed and starred by an old man in the jewels of the Oscar watch list, I couldn't believe it, it was not shortlisted?
The old man's films are very decent, that is, the most orthodox American-style narrative and shooting methods, and the most orthodox ones focus on the core values of the United States - such as lifelong struggle, such as pure human nature, such as old age. He can shoot calmly, but it is definitely not the calmness of Ang Lee and Hou Hsiao-hsien. After all, he has no Chinese character. He just told a very ordinary story in such a simple way, without ups and downs, without any two-line or three-line, without shaking the camera, without the passage of time, but he pays great attention to details and atmosphere, which can still affect people's hearts.
He is himself in the classic car: a veteran of World War II, who has seen life and death, is deeply separated from his children, dislikes what young people do, dislikes religious ceremonies, red tape, and is willing to live this life in anger by such a person. But when he saw the three-generation Miao family next door, he began to waver. It turned out that the distance between people can be so close.
I just like to see this guy in his seventies who is still tall and straight, always looking at others with anger and displeasure, loves beer, loves to repair cars, loves to wield knives and guns, and loves to fight injustice. The old man in China has always been taught to "respect for the old", the old man must be peaceful, kind, decent, aware of the overall situation, and willing to give - but this is really old. Only young people are angry, aren't they? I think of the same often angry, selfish grandpa in the Simpsons family, but they were so vivid and so lovely.
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