The City of Angels in Dreams - "Seven Neuropathies"

Alec 2022-04-21 09:01:40

I can't remember the first time I went to LA, when I was still living in Seattle. When I went to play that time, I said to myself before I left, I don't want to come to this dirty city again. However, over time and by chance, I moved to Los Angeles. For this film, some people say that it is about friendship, some people say that it is anti-violence in the form of violence, and some people say that it is an exploration of the film. And all I remember is the Hollywood sign on the hill at the beginning. I don't want to talk about movies today, I just want to express my feelings. friendship. Yes, it is really about friendship. What is friendship? The exchange of people's hearts, those who share all the joys, sorrows with you. A true friend is willing to kill a bunch of people to inspire your shootout; a true friend won't abandon you even if he finds out you're a psycho killer. Even if his death is imminent, he is full of thoughts about reminding his friends to stop drinking. Maybe, maybe this movie is about friendship. Violence. Yes, this movie is full of gore and violence. One kills a man, another kills this man, for bad temper, for revenge, for a dog, whatever it is. In fact, what did you get by killing and killing in the end? There was nothing, but everything was lost. As the old man said, Gandhi said: "An eye for an eye, the world is blind." So the only person who survived was the anti-violence screenwriter who didn't pick up the gun when he was handed it in front of him. screenwriter. In fact, this story is about the process of a screenwriter's creation. Ah, I wanted to write a gunfight movie about a psycho killer, but not too violent. There are actually a lot of bright spots in this movie. With the screenwriter himself as the protagonist, the process of creating the story and the story itself are integrated. From the beginning to the end, there are as many highs and lows. The protagonist starts with the character setting, gets enough elements from the surroundings, and after the story is almost told, he begins to struggle with how to end, so a few people start a discussion about the ending in the car. The screenwriter felt that it was an appropriate ending for a few people to drive into the endless desert, so in the movie, these few people drove into the desert. When I saw this, I seriously thought that the movie was going to come to an abrupt end, to play with the audience, but I found that the progress bar was only halfway through. Later, Billy used his own nonsensical gunfight to give an ending. This kind of black humor can be seen everywhere in this film, and there is also self-mockery. For example, the old man commented that the female characters in your film are too weak. Indeed, the female characters in this film are all kinds of death. By the end of the film, Billy is reluctant to put down his gun and walk away simply because he wants the movie to end his own way. However, the real ending of the movie is finally with the screenwriter beating the play on the screen. The end of the book appears. "Lonely tents, animals, insects. The desert is calm again. Fade out. End." Why? Because the screenwriter is the protagonist of this movie. The movie is about his process of making a movie, so it's fitting to end with the final sentence in the script rather than the image in the desert itself. Although there are many artificial narrative processes in the movie, they are closely linked with the plot, rather than abusing the lines like "The Great Protector". (Yes, I don't like "The Great Protector" very much, because Bu Sifan can't write a script or direct a movie at all. Of course, the story is very exciting and creative. If it is a novel, it may be really good, but the essence of the movie is lost. What if it doesn't reflect the inner activities of the characters, oh, let him say it in the lines. Don't you feel uncomfortable when you watch it? It's not a movie, it's a novel. Forget about him today, let's continue Say.) Oh and that Easter egg. The serial killer agreed with the screenwriter. After the film was made, he would write a message for him to find his wife at the end of the film. At that time, I was thinking, would there really be such a message at the end of the movie, "The perverted murderer wants to say sorry to his wife and come back." The director was very clever, and the appearance of the easter eggs made the ending happy. After all, it is impossible for the movie to put such a paragraph at the end, and for a murderer, if a person feels that life and death are irrelevant, what is the point of killing him? I wanted to give this film a 9, but after thinking about it, I always feel that this is not a 9-point movie. Probably because of the fate of those female characters. I give this film an 8.9. It was agreed that I wanted to be lyrical today, so I chatted about movies for a long time, and digressed. And my own story. and after? Then I lived in Los Angeles for five years and got into the film industry, Hollywood, where the dream started and the dream shattered. I have made many lifelong friends, and the whole city has left my traces everywhere, full of memories. Then for various reasons, five years later I left Los Angeles and returned to my home country. The city of angels, the city that has loathed me from the very beginning. When he left, he was full of tears before he took a step. It turned out that I had a deep love for this city. That's all for today, see you in the next movie. (Welcome to pay attention to my WeChat public account: Little Red Riding Hood chatting about movies. We will continue to chat) 9 points. It was agreed that I wanted to be lyrical today, so I chatted about movies for a long time, and digressed. And my own story. and after? Then I lived in Los Angeles for five years and got into the film industry, Hollywood, where the dream started and the dream shattered. I have made many lifelong friends, and the whole city has left my traces everywhere, full of memories. Then for various reasons, five years later I left Los Angeles and returned to my home country. The city of angels, the city that has loathed me from the very beginning. When he left, he was full of tears before he took a step. It turned out that I had a deep love for this city. That's all for today, see you in the next movie. (Welcome to pay attention to my WeChat public account: Little Red Riding Hood chatting about movies. We will continue to chat)

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Seven Psychopaths quotes

  • Billy: This is kind of like that window of time when you're waiting in the waiting room of the VD clinic, isn't it? For the door to open and the doctor to come out and say, "Billy, you're good to go." Or, "Billy, you've got VD." Or chlamydia or whatever.

  • Billy: Where's your guns?

    Charlie: You said don't bring none, so I didn't bring none.

    Billy: You didn't bring a gun to the final shoot-out?