1. Characteristics of the plot structure
There are three core lines in the whole play that correspond to three key nodes. The first sentence is Who am I? When he kept asking himself who I am, he suddenly realized that he didn't know who he was - that is, no one knew who he was - and that he could be anyone! So he suddenly released his acting talent, and the heroic story that he had rehearsed countless times in his fantasy was finally staged in front of the residents of the small town of Dirt. His heroic thirst and acting talent didn't go in vain, and the townspeople soon believed he was a warrior from the west who took down the James 7 brothers with a single bullet. Then it ushered in its first challenge, and in this opportunity, he killed the town's nightmare - the eagle, which made him well-deserved to become the true hero and belief of everyone in the town.
The second key line is what the mayor said to Rango, people have to believe sth, which is also the reason why the mayor appointed Rango as the town sheriff: who is Rango, is he smart, and can he lead everyone to victory and victory? It doesn't matter, the important thing is that people believe in him, and this belief gives them the courage and hope to live through hardships and hardships.
Finally, let Rango regain his courage and become the real hero No man can walk out on his own story (everyone has his own story), this line from the western cowboy in the dream gave it the inspiration and courage to restore the information , Rekindling faith and courage to return to the small town of Dirt, finally breaking the mayor's conspiracy, not only saving the residents of the whole town, but also harvesting the love between himself and Beans.
2. The expression
of surrealism The film uses surrealism for many times. Although it takes up a short time, it is just right every time, and it has the finishing touch.
The first time was Rango's solo show in the opening credits, which lasted 3 minutes and 10 seconds. The self-directed and self-acted pretending Rango introduced us to the background of the protagonist in the film-a little lizard in an ivory tower and dreaming of a lonely and innocent hero. In the absurd world performed by Rango alone, he is his own imaginary hero. Rango is immersed in his own imaginary virtual world and plays all kinds of heroes with all his might. In order to create his inner agitation and excitement, the Director Award virtualized the real scene, using a silhouetted abstract background, motion shots, rhythm processing, flashing light and shadow and other special effects to create a virtual and changeable illusion. This processing technique not only enriches the audience's visual experience, but also increases the dramatic effect.
The second time was a "dance song" created in slow motion in an accident on the road. A sudden accident knocks Rango out of the glass jar where he has no worries about food and clothing. This short process was extended by the director deliberately using super slow motion, and tried his best to render a variety of intense collision, impact, flying and other shots, creating a lyrical slow rhythm, giving the action a sense of beauty, and giving the turbulent conflict a soothing artistic effect. It creates a profound artistic conception, allowing the audience to breathe, think and relax amidst the tension and excitement. When the limbs of Rango, who was thrown into the air, danced, Johann Strauss Jr.'s "Blue Danube" accompanies the accompaniment, making the audience involuntarily immerse themselves in the blue sky, white clouds and water splashes together with Rango. The original cruel accident The feeling of being treated as a romantic dream by art, an inexplicable surreal pleasure rushes out along with the water, leaving the viewers with endless aftertastes. After Rango landed, the dream was shattered, and the camera returned to normal speed. The reality came quickly and suddenly, and the next narrative paragraph began logically.
The third time is to express the dream. Dreams are the subconscious responses of people and the tortuous reflections of real life and psychological activities. It is often used in film and television art to imply the psychology of characters and create dreamy scenes. The night after escaping an eagle attack in the desert, Rango dreams of big, ferocious birds and huge swaying tails, followed by his childhood playmate and suffocation in the deep sea. Although the dream is less than 40 seconds, it shows the loneliness and nervousness of Lango trudging alone in the desert.
The surreal use of the final scene is the moment at the end of Rango's devastated and disheartened departure. The director arranged a 6-minute spiritual journey for the audience. In the first two and a half minutes, there was not even a single line, but cleverly used the images of the sun and the stars to create an illusion that seemed like another world. Rango's young figure, who fled with his head down and heartbroken, was heartbreakingly cold in contrast to the huge and cold full moon. Crossing the highway symbolizes Rango's courage to come to the other side of self-transcendence. Rango collapsed in the twilight seems to symbolize the departure of the pompous and arrogant pseudo-hero, lifted up by countless watermelon bugs and disappeared in the night, accepting Reborn after a spiritual baptism. When he woke up again, Rango was surprised to find that the legendary "Soul of the West" was in front of him. The image of a western cowboy with a face full of vicissitudes finally changed from Rango's thoughts to the reality in front of him, and accepted him. With the guidance of his own, he is back on his feet, ready to become a true hero to meet the fears that have defeated him.
3. Criticism of Popular Psychology
"The Crowd: A Study of the Psychology of the Masses" is a classic work by Gustave Le Pen (France) on analyzing group psychology, and it is also the most influential work in the field of social psychology. The book clearly points out that once an individual is integrated into the group, his individuality will be obliterated, and the group's thinking will occupy an absolute dominant position. IQ and other characteristics. This in turn has a destructive impact on society. The spiritual quality of someone who thinks deeply about group behavior and wants to make a difference. Many public behaviors in this film coincide with the public psychology described in "The Crowd". It can be said that the director's thoughts on the public are very close to Le Pen. Specifically, incomplete representations have at least the following aspects:
1. Although the days in the town are very difficult, they believe that better days are coming: people have to believe in something (people live by faith), but the truth behind it is always controlled by a few leaders;
2. Dirt small The residents of the town, like all the general public, have a natural sense of mystery and fear about the unknown. That's why it's so easy for them to listen to Rango's boast and consider him a hero. Lango, who had no status and was despised by everyone in the shop that Lango broke into after he was a toddler in Handan, suddenly attacked because he looked at himself in the mirror and suddenly realized that "I can make anyone". The contemptuous questioner, followed by bragging, fooled the whole town into thinking that he was a powerful man from the west;
3. On the key propositions of dealing with matters, the public often loses the ability to think and judge independently, and instead follow opinions leader. For example, Lango's first Wednesday in town after 12:00 noon in the mass speech, obviously used a few simple and stupid words to deceive three glasses of precious water to drink continuously, but he used a "everyone drink water to drink." The simple logic of thirsty when there is no water to drink has convinced the public;
4. He turned a blind eye to the mistake made by Rango, who was wrongly issued a reconnaissance approval and led to the theft of the bank, but was easily persuaded by him. The phrase "We Ride!" followed blindly regardless of the purpose and plan, and even the "pheasant team" who had slipped his tongue actually rode
; From fighting with each other, to receiving false words (from sideways riding to who did the physical examination), and even the final eulogy was directed by Rango into a wedding style!
4. The warning of ecological thought
There are a lot of very ironic plots and details in the play. Water, which is the source of life, is commonplace in our real life, but in the film it has become the money that people rely on to survive and flock to. When Lango became the new sheriff, he told Beans, "The original price of this dress is 60 liters of water, and I bought it for 40 liters of water." In the small town of Dirt, the residents exchange the fruits and land of their hard work every day for a certain amount of water and deposit it in the bank, and the bank sets up a water storage institution instead of saving money; What I took out and treasured in a beautiful glass bottle turned out to be "rainwater from the ancient flood and famine".
The absurd plot has aroused deep reflection from the audience: if we humans blindly seek from nature and do not know how to save and cherish resources, will our real world be like the one in the film one day? Ecological ethics is a series of ecological-related moral norms, and it is the criterion for dealing with the harmonious coexistence between human beings, the surrounding environment and others of the same kind. Although the movie "Rango" does not directly express ecological ethics as the focus and core theme of the plot, it instead enlightens us to think about it, urging us to strengthen ecological awareness and pursue a harmonious and happy mode of living with nature, with extreme Strong sense of ecological humanism.
Material restricts life, and social existence determines social consciousness. Is "Rango" bringing us the irony or the reflection behind the laughter? This is a question worth deciphering. From Marx, Engels, Lenin to Mao Zedong, their theories are closely integrated with practice. In his "Speech at the Yan'an Symposium on Literature and Art", Mao Zedong divided the criticism of literary and artistic works into two standards: political standards and artistic standards. match. The ecological aesthetics in "Rango" is still very much in line with the development contradictions and practical demands of our era, and it will give us a great warning in dealing with the harmonious coexistence of man and nature.
Rango isn't a little lizard, it's a modern man thrown into a Western, a fish out of water, an actor looking for an audience. He has been figuring out the difference between a vain pretend hero and being a brave self and a real hero...
All troubled times are the peak of art, but also the peak of heroes, Rango found himself in the adventure, harvested Brave, how about you?
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