The veteran blues country singer Bad played by Jeff Bridges in "Crazy Heart" and the second son Tristan played by Brad Pitt in "The Burning Love" and the killer William played by Clint Eastwood in "Unforgivable" have very similar life backgrounds and experiences: they I have done things that I regret, made mistakes, left deep traumas, and created the image of an old man who has experienced vicissitudes of life. But Bad, Tristan and William are not the same: Tristan used self-exile to extricate himself from the guilt of the death of his third brother and the lost feelings for Susan, and after that he still insisted on my wild and uninhibited style of behavior; and William left behind two children after his beloved wife died of illness. The prodigal son turned his head back and knew how to return. He gradually settled and condensed and became a bloody hero with cold outside and hot inside. However, Bad was neither stubborn nor unresolved, but a hero. In the twilight, struggling, wandering, entangled, and confessed in the yin and yang of alcohol, smoking, indulgence and depression, love for Jean, affection for children, affection for apprentices, and the pursuit of music, until renewed and recovered. Self, calm down...In this sense, "Crazy Heart" is compared with "Burning Love" and "Unforgivable", smoothing the heroic edges and corners of drama, exaggeration and facial makeup, and it appears in the shaping of the characters. More natural, simple, realistic and mellow.
"Crazy Heart"'s anti-climax plot advancement and convergent and delicate scene design are also different from the past western films and music biographies: the aged country singer has been abandoned by the market because of his out-of-shape, hoarse voice and outdated style. The apprentice starved to death of the master, alcoholism and other bad habits made his tour almost out of control. After four failed marriages, financial constraints were on the verge of bankruptcy... These tense tensions at the beginning of the film were not greatly intensified in the second half. It is a slow release: in fact, the apprentice still respects the master, the love of dead trees and flowers can also be close to the soul, the grievances that are difficult to resolve by the biological son have found sustenance in another child, and the lost child can be recovered without surprise. The pain of wine and regret has not been exaggerated, and the agent is not an unrighteous bastard. The re-created works are still affirmed and welcomed... Every clue is carefully crafted without showing sharpness, in the sense of art and reality. Controlling a delicate balance between.
The music style of "Crazy Heart" fits this relaxed plot arrangement just right. Its music producer T-Bone Burnett also surpassed James Horner of "The Burning Years" and Lennie Niehaus of "Unforgivable". Compared with the latter's romance and depression, "Crazy Heart" features a melodious country and vicissitudes of blues. , The scene of "Ancient Road West Wind and Thin Horse" is fully displayed, but it does not exaggerate the sorrow of "Heartbroken Man at the End of the World", but uses a slightly hoarse male voice to sing and chant, expressing the background of the characters' suffering from life. The gurgling, deep, hopeful, and persistent in the middle. From the classic old-school blues country "Hold On You" with repeated interpretations at the beginning, "Fallin' & Flyin'" which was eye-catching during the tour, to "Brand New Angel" which restarted after drinking and wrote to the apprentice at the end of the article In "The Weary Kind", Bad sang his handshake peace of life and self from the music.
If the ideal of Tristan in "Burning Love" is "freedom" and the principle of William in "Unforgivable" is "justice", then the Bad in "Crazy Heart" represents "acceptance", yes The knowledge and commitment of self-guilt and karma is the renewal and liberation after remembering and repenting. In this sense, the first two movies are "outward", while "Crazy Heart" is "inward". He is really looking for self-support by correcting himself and knowing himself, whether he is ashamed. , Or have no guilt, are really honest "asking heart." And this kind of self-examination and self-examination spirit is precisely the courage, wisdom and mentality that young people who are atonement need most.
The setting sun, the twilight and yellow sand, no one slashed at once, only the silhouette of the guitar, the evening breeze stirs the heartstrings, scattered Huafa, and the remaining warmth is sent to the end of the world.
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