I really don't know who translated this into Killer No Holidays, who classified it as an American crime comedy. It's too ridiculous, I must be looking at the picture and trying to stop it. I think these people have not even seen it. In view of the name and the type, I pressed the start button with a relaxed and entertaining attitude, but who knows, I was taught a serious lesson.
It is difficult to say that such a film should belong to such a cultural background. It is said that the United States and Belgium were jointly filmed. Of course, the necessary factors of Hollywood commercial films and the fairy tale town full of cobblestone alleys are indispensable. However, the three protagonists are different. It was an Irishman who came from afar. In an instant, the first two elements became supporting roles. The earthy and charming English accent came together with all kinds of casual and casual elements. It was a bit unacceptable all of a sudden. .
Before proceeding, let me explain a little about my personal non-political preferences. I would like to call Ireland and Britain the United Kingdom together. Regardless of historical and cultural and geographical factors, these people are undeniably similar. Therefore, although the cultural backgrounds are different , But aside from trivial political and historical pretexts, who can tell the difference between who and who is the British from the perspective of human culture. The ray and ken that appeared in the early stage very interestingly represent some of the characteristics of the British. A nation with such a glorious modern history but now in decline must have the dual factors of glory and decline in its people's character. The little boy was emotionally chaotic after that, and just because he came to Bruges, he showed his disdain for such an unremarkable town. In the film, the rural town, Bruges, Dublin, ray is Such a differentiated level. However, as soon as the seasoned ken arrived, he immediately set off along the river to admire such a medieval town that is said to be the best preserved in Belgium, and climbed the bell tower to see such an ancient fairy tale town. Tolerance is the strength of tolerance, but this is a necessary feature for the British to fully develop and absorb technology and culture with the help of the Industrial Revolution. The youthful, foul-mouthed, beard and stubble indeed represent some British people. In the contemporary British environment where they have experienced great material abundance and enjoy the leisure but temptation, becoming a killer is not inevitable, but it implicitly shows a kind of self-worth The same is true for the young people in Trainspotting, a Clockwork Orange. The leisure life cannot stimulate their interest in Shakespeare, and the great wealth of material cannot give them the motivation to follow technology that has long surpassed their own in the United States for a few years. However, The glorious historical education of the past and the weak position of Britain in the world attached to the United States can not help but depress people, so when they redeem themselves in drugs, violence, and music, everything seems so normal.
But in the end, human nature is hard to be wiped out. The brothers who were born killers encountered the most difficult problem. The eldest brother Ken wanted to get rid of Ray. Although the film gave the audience a kind of misunderstanding of brotherhood to some extent, it is undeniable, but my personal point of view, It would be too superficial to understand that. In the moment of hesitation when he took the gun, the director laid a little foreshadowing, and then came to the park and walked towards the ray with big strides, but there was no so-called brotherly affection. All of a sudden, to everyone's surprise, ray actually wanted to shoot himself before him. The film has come to a turning point, so many complicated plots are gathered together, so many chaotic elements are displayed together, but none of them become the protagonist. , in the end, the issue of human nature has become the focus of this film today.
No matter what kind of description and decoration, no matter what themes, no matter what the content, the ancient dramas have a clear common point in the great writings of all dynasties, and their purpose is to describe human nature. The most difficult thing for a person is to understand oneself. No one can take an oath. As a human being, from a large perspective, human nature should be the most difficult thing for human beings to explore. At the beginning of the film, there is an explanation about ray's killing of the little boy. No matter how hard the actor tried to dance and talk nonsense, his gloomy and chaotic mood failed to bring more infection to the eldest brother Ken and the audience. Until the pistol in the park was pointed at his head, the gun was pointed at both ken and the audience my heart, I think at that time, this stupid move was like a whip to the heart of ken, as a killer professional ethics is Absolutely obey the agreement to buy a murderer and kill someone, and you can't break it for any reason. However, when a killer repented for killing a little boy by mistake and tried to commit suicide for redemption, his heart was already occupied by the purest and purest human nature, and there was no other bullshit principle to speak of, and ken this The "legitimate" and "human belief" of this kind of behavior is strengthened by the stop-hand situation at the time. This kind of redemption of one's own humanity and the redemptive power of others to help others' humanity, not only at that time, but also in the act of helping ray to get on the train after deceiving Harry at the expense of himself, it should be said that this power occupies the main.
After a stylized and fierce fight, two British gentlemen made a compromise at the cost of their lives for a pregnant woman at the same time. Although Ray died in the end after failing to find a way to redeem himself, the careful design of the film lies in Therefore, the ultimate murderer, harry, also accidentally killed a dwarf actor who looked like a little boy. In this way, after a circle, the ending returned to the starting point. At this time, Harry was also judged by human nature. The difference was that he was judged by a fake little boy, but he did not have the courage to seek self-redemption and survive. So, one shot ended his life. The punishment, let him go.
ray, ken, harry, they killed each other because of such a thing, but they can feel that there is not much hatred among the three people. It is a kind of redemption that is self-sufficient or assisted by others. It is a kind of punishment from nature. Maybe, three people Continue to do their deeds after death, but in terms of professional ethics, there will always be such a sacred principle of human nature. It comes from the heart, from nature, from the ancient period when no human was born. Although it is invisible, its power can be change everything. Of course, it's not just the killer, he binds us all
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