"The Hateful Eight" tells you - the essence of rules is to protect yourself

Ken 2022-04-22 07:01:02

Murphy's Law - what you're worried about will happen,
Quentin's Law - will happen in the most tragic form

I remember an old cowboy said - I live only because of curiosity, wondering how much life can become Oops.

Quentin is 53 years old this year, and the speed of one movie in three years basically guarantees the quality of his works. The Hateful Eight is his eighth movie. In a recent interview, he said that he doesn't want to make movies all his life, ten movies are enough, anyway, he doesn't need to make money by making movies, so he makes movies because he wants to make movies. s things. I remember hearing something similar from a big director. Luc Besson said that he was going to make only eight films, and he also planned not to make money from movies... As a result, he supervised a lot of commercial films in the style of Luc Besson... It

seems to be a bit off topic. Quentin, who is more than 500 years old, is financially free and can make any movie he wants. He no longer plays the avant-garde narrative tricks. To be a classic, the film will be more like a drama. In the interview after the Golden Globe Awards, Quentin said that "The Hateful Eight" originally wanted to be made into a stage play first, and then made into a movie, because the relationship between investment was made first. The movie, but his next job is to concentrate on writing the script of the stage play "The Hateful Eight". Just like many pioneer oil painters in the Republic of China, they began to return to traditional Chinese painting when they got older, and those who listened to rock and roll can also listen to Peking opera when they are old.

The propaganda of "Old Pao'er" has made the rules become a buzzword, although the rules inside come out of nowhere. Let's talk about "The Hateful Eight" with this word. From a certain point of view, "The Hateful Eight" is about how the rules come from. Going far and wide, it can even be said that it is about how the rules of the United States came to be. In fact, the United States was originally founded by a bunch of unruly people. The refugees on the Mayflower were the lowest-level hooligans and fugitives in European society. Everyone had no rules and would do anything. When the rules come, there is nothing left to do, so we have to fight. Everyone goes to the battlefield to fight for their own interests. Everyone feels that they are just. As a result, the Civil War has always been the most deadly war in the United States. Adding up the battles that the United States has fought in the past few hundred years, there are not as many deaths in the Civil War. Besides, if people don't kill the world for their own sake, people can no longer do whatever they can for their own sake, because death is not what anyone wants. Only after the armistice began to really understand the meaning of the rules, set the rules, and abide by the rules.

The contradictions in "The Hateful Eight" are not irreconcilable, but because both sides are unscrupulous villains, in order to protect themselves, people can only be worse than the other party, which eventually leads to a completely unmanageable situation. Beyond the plot synopsis. "The Hateful Eight" is divided into two opposing groups, one is for prisoners to receive rewards, which is simply for money, and the other is for saving people. If the two sides can sit down and negotiate, the problem is not completely insoluble. Bounty hunters are evil, I will kill anyone who gets in my way. Those who save people are even more evil, and they kill a lot of innocent people in order to save people. There is a dialogue in the middle that directly discusses justice. Everyone feels that their purpose is justice, but they all use extremely evil means to maintain the so-called justice.

Speaking of which, "The Hateful Eight" actually points out the essence of rules. Rules are not for some lofty ideals, and have absolutely nothing to do with noble and despicable, good and evil. The essential meaning of the rules is for self-protection. Why do you receive a distress signal during the voyage? No matter who the other party is, you must go to the rescue, because you are afraid that when you are in danger, you will be ignored. The thief steals the wallet to leave a travel fee, and the rule of leaving the ID card is to avoid being hated by others. Many people don't bother to call the police if they get their documents back. It is said that in the past, the beggar gang had rules. As long as someone gave alms, even if the money was small and the food was bad, they should be grateful, and they were not allowed to show disgust to the donors. This kind of rule is to prevent the hearts of those who give alms from being chilled. Because you disliked the game this time and refused to play and left, the next beggar will come again, and they will definitely not give alms anymore. If you are the next one, then you will starve to death. It can save lives, it's rare.

The rules are for self-protection and must be guaranteed by credit. Two people who point guns at each other and agree to put down their guns together, but if they can't trust each other, the result is still that they shoot each other and die. In fact, after the death of the first bounty hunter in The Hateful Eight, the conflict between the two sides no longer exists. The other bounty hunter didn't covet the woman's bounty originally. At this time, the reason why the opposing sides killed each other was actually fear. Because of fear of death, death led to death. Tighten the noose around your neck, the absurd is born, and the tragedy is formed.

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The Hateful Eight quotes

  • Major Marquis Warren: [as he and Chris Mannix are hanging hanging Daisy]

    [laughs]

    Major Marquis Warren: Hang on, Daisy!

  • Daisy Domergue: [to Maj. Marquis Warren] Howdy nigger!

    John 'The Hangman' Ruth: Don't you know the darkies don't like to be called that no more? They find that offensive

    Daisy Domergue: I've been called worse.

    John 'The Hangman' Ruth: [laughs] That I can believe!