Martin Scorsese, Al Pacino, Robert De Niro, Joe Pesci, this lineup no longer needs any praise, just be thankful and thankful for a few old men who can still dedicate this film to fans in their old age. A three-and-a-half-hour masterpiece.
The film begins with a small long shot in the nursing home to show the living conditions of the American elderly in the nursing home in modern society. The camera finally freezes on the elderly Frank (Robert De Niro) who is sitting alone in a wheelchair. Frank begins to tell the audience half of his life... …At that time, I was reminded of the sense of isolation between the ages and the powerlessness of old age in "No Country for Old Men".
From Frank's first encounter with Russell (Joe Pesci), the gangster's temperament overflowed the entire screen. The godfather played by Marlon Brando is domineering and majestic. His wise and kind appearance makes people think like Frank that he is just an ordinary uncle, but this uncle, as a gang leader, is not relentless in dealing with any "business". These two contradictory characteristics are so harmonious in him. . Russell couldn't stand the slightest disrespect or disobedience to him, and if he violated it, the outcome would be without exception: assassination. In the whole film, Russell does not have a line to directly tell Frank to do dirty things, but everyone knows that he ordered it. This chilling concealment perfectly interprets the survival law of gangsters. Russell has the darkest side and the brightest side of human nature. From the moment he met Frank, the big boss has a good eye, taking care of Frank and his family, and subsequent promotion and reuse. At that time, he was Frank's life mentor. Between Frank and Russell, in addition to the loyalty, respect, and gratitude between the superiors and subordinates, more should be the brotherly friendship between Boya and Russell, although Russell calls Frank a "young man".
Frank, as the longest-lived uncle in the whole film, has completely changed the rest of his life since he followed Russell in middle age. The passage of stealing beef has paved the way for his later career as an executioner: he is a piece of dirty work. The film does not clearly explain his motives for following the gang, maybe just like us ordinary people, just to live a better life, but he chose to take shortcuts. In the end, Frank gained money, status, and lost his family. Ironically, everything he did was to give his family a better life and protect them. In his twilight years, Frank walked tremblingly with a cane to the bank counter and tried to apologize to his daughter, but the daughter did not even hesitate to "coldly" dodge (because she knew what her father did). Later, Frank went to choose a coffin and a tomb for himself alone, which was the most embarrassing scene. Until the end of the film, Frank sits alone in a wheelchair and tells the priest not to close the door when he leaves the room. Frank stares at the half-open door, as if expecting someone to come in. He doesn't want to die alone, and seems to be reluctant to part with the outside world. , although everything outside the door has nothing to do with him.
Jimmy Hoffa (Al Pacino), a spirited man and a money-making vampire. This irritable boss is like a puffer fish, always in a bulging state, this standard Tough Guy, whoever refuses to accept, whoever is late, whoever does not let him do what he wants to do, scolding himself in the end. Go to prison, go to the grave. Hoffa is also an extraordinary leader. His speeches are as inspiring and provocative as a Nazi leader. Even if he goes to prison, he is still in Caoying and Han. Wealth is not his pursuit. The overall situation and power are his lifelong goals. But when he became a stumbling block for the "people above", Russell gave him two choices, either to retire for retirement, or... Hoffa, who was ambitious, chose hard steel to the end without hesitation, which led to the climax of the whole film. one scene. We cannot judge who is good and who is bad, and there are no good people in front of interests.
The most fascinating thing in the whole film is not the fighting between the traditional gangster movies and gangs, but the calm and restrained way of dealing with them. "Ahhhhh" a few gunshots, getting in the car without rushing, slowly Walked to the water's edge and threw the gun. The next day, I ate breakfast as usual and watched TV broadcast yesterday's murder news. For them, we don't see guilt, and we don't see the panic and worry after the incident. To them, the murder is like ordinary people going to work. It's just work. What is dramatic tension, not frizzy chicken feathers, quiet lines are often more infectious than roaring.
In the last half hour of the film, when the old-fashioned boss was sitting in a wheelchair in his twilight years (and suffered a stroke), when the investigator confronted the white-haired Frank and asked the cause of Hoffa's death, the investigator said a series of Name, tell Frank that these people are dead, Frank knew at that time that the investigator announced to him that an era was coming to an end, and then he stubbornly demanded burials and tombs, he should be trying to leave a trace in this world.
At the end of the film, when the nurse takes Frank's pulse, Frank points to the photo of Jimmy Hoffa, the nurse says she doesn't know the person in the photo, Frank can't believe it, at that moment, he understands that they are really old, the generation that used to call the wind and rain Heroes are ultimately no match for the flow of time. A generation will eventually grow old, but there will always be someone young.
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