The earth thunders: the vicissitudes of the years, the enthusiasm is still there
2020-09-05
The film tells a western revenge story: because of the murder of his father, 14-year-old Marty arrives at the scene of the crime to deal with the aftermath on behalf of the family. The murderer had absconded and did not care that he was caught. The little girl decided to hire an old police officer to pursue the murder herself, and a Knight From Texas received a bounty. So the three of them walked together and stepped into the reservation where outlaws were rampant.
This should be regarded as a more tender movie of the Coen brothers, although there is no usual banter and black humor, but with modern language to reinterpret an outdated Western, so that it has a different warmth, pride and enthusiasm, the seemingly stable plot is actually the dark scene of ups and downs, in the long and empty wilderness, in the soundtrack of the intestines, the legend of the past is so telling, the end of the old hero embraces the little girl starry night galloping, and finally people and horses are tired of the ground, kneeling a sentence "I am old" I can't tell how much emotion and sentimentality, sigh the vicissitudes of the years, but the enthusiasm is still there.
Mattie ignored the world's gaze and handled the aftermath for Cowburn and set up a tombstone for him. Gone are the days when criminals could be caught in spite of dangers for the sake of helping the weak and justice, and the days of desperately trying their best for the fate of strangers. Secular people can't even understand why Mattie would erect a tombstone for a stranger. Heaven and earth left Marty's determined back. She was destined to live a lonely life, because the era that belonged to the heroes of the West had passed, and she was immersed in the memories of admiring the heroes of the past.
Through Marty's eyes, the Cohen brothers presented what they understood the West: the West was beautiful and magnificent, the West was full of legends and evil, and the cowboys, they were somewhat barbaric, some evil, but they were full of courage and justice, they would fight for money, they would be timid, but in the face of sin and weakness, they would be jealous and hateful, and they would fight to help. They stood by their principles and commitments until death. But this kind of heroism and chivalry, with the development of the times, will eventually pass away, leaving future generations to sigh and lament!
Title: True Grit's True Courage. What the Coen brothers want to celebrate is the courage to know the danger and to do it for the sake of justice and faith. The translation of "Earth Thunder", although it has nothing to do with the film, is still impressive. The translator may have used Lu Xun's poem "Listening to Thunder in the Silence", and looking at this poem, you may be able to understand the translator's intentions a little.
The opening quote comes from the Old Testament of the Bible: "Although there is no one to chase, the wicked flee in a hurry." The second half of the sentence, which is not quoted, is "The righteous are bold like lions." The tone of the film is thus set: justice lives on, and evil has evil retribution.
Thus, the girl's fearlessness and belief in revenge, the selflessness of the bailiffs and the determination of the mounted police to pursue the murderer for months, accompanied by melodious music and the incomparably desirable scenery of the American West, have achieved such a calm, delicate film, or so to speak, a refreshing hymn.
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Laugh at the past and laugh at the present, laugh at the east, laugh at the west, laugh at the south and laugh at the north,
Laugh and laugh, laugh at your own ignorance.
Look at things and things, look at the sky and look at the earth, look at the sun and the moon,
Looking up and down, looking at others is always high and low.