I've watched too many action movies and high-IQ dramas lately
Today we change our taste and find a relatively relaxed and soothing type
In front of you are forests and wastelands, and behind you are fields and grasslands
The night is the vastness of the Milky Way in silence
The day is a sunny white cloud on horseback and a blue sky
Yes, today I want to recommend to you a Western film "Western Slow Tone"
The western scenery mentioned above is basically a landscape that appears in every Western
Accustomed to seeing the jungle of reinforced concrete and the city people in suits and leather shoes
Let's look at this pristine open west and the cowboys who are happy to be vengeful
It's a really different taste
Around 1870, jay, an idealistic Scottish teenager, traveled to the wild West of the United States in search of her beloved girl
A horse, a book, some money, and a gun that didn't have much of an idea
Then meet a cowboy lone ranger Cyrus played by Michael Fassbinder, who then collects money and escorts the teenager all the way west
If you swapped a horse for a car, you might think of it as a road movie
They walked along the way, passed through different places, met different people, and happened all kinds of strange things that could happen in the west, but eventually they reached the place they were going to get
Just like the name of the movie, the tone of the first half of the film is leisurely like sightseeing in the west
Coupled with the most intoxicating Western-style music, it was a real treat
However, even the most beautiful scenery cannot hide the fact that this is the wild west
Death and killing are the main themes here, and bounty hunters and gunpowder are the strongest smells in the air
Otherwise, it wouldn't be a Western, would it?
Men in uniform hunted down native Indians, and French sharks killed uniformed killers
The grocery store owner kills the robber, the robber's wife kills the grocery store owner
The teenager killed the robber's wife
In short, it is a kill, which is not a long thing when the movie came
Guns and horses are the best friends, and everyone is a demon with a ghost fetus
That's what the West should have
The teenager and the law shark have a completely different painting style
The shark is tough, discreet, vulgar and realistic
The youth is weak, deceitful, full of poetry and far away
As the leader of the gang of bandits said:
One is an angel who has fallen into the mortal world, and the other is a demon who has ascended into the human world
The law shark acted as a bodyguard to take the teenager all the way to the west, and the purpose was not to pay for the poor little reward
It's for a huge bounty of $2,000
Because he knew the boy would take him to the man on the wanted list, the girl he loved and his poor father
Teenagers see the world differently: you and I walk together because we are lonely
A good literary and artistic youth who is not deeply involved in the world, a good cowboy with a lustful heart
Probably survived in the United States in 1870
It is not poetry and distance, but guns, deceptions, and guts
In this survival game where life is used as a chip and violence is used as a means
Being alive is the only criterion
The law shark deceived the teenager for the bounty, and the killer deceived the girl's father for the bounty
The teenager thought he had met a passionate civilized writer who could talk about poetry and far away
But when he woke up, he found himself looted, leaving only a raw egg
This is the West, and the sound of gunfire and traps is the charm of the Wild West
In particular, the chaotic gunfight in the golden wheat field and the log cabin in the middle is the essence of the whole film
Long-range sniper killers with high-end equipment, rogue gangs with multiple guns and sieges
There are also tough women and Indian guys who fight alongside them
As well as the law shark whose conscience found out and went to remind the father and daughter to escape
The teenager who broke free of the rope and ran to the beloved girl but was shot by mistake by the girl
In short, after a chaotic battle, only two people survived
One is a tough woman, and the other is a shark who was shot and sat smoking a cigar at the beginning
It's really a creation, isn't it?
Although the film feels calm and quiet, but a careful count, or a dozen dead, sure enough, it is still the bloodiness that Westerns must have
Although not as gorgeous and bloody as "Django Rescued"
But "Western Slow Tone" has another light and humorous flavor in it, and even in many details can't help but make people laugh, this tone is simply love
For example, the tree cutter who was killed by a tree
Two men ride horses to pull strings to dry clothes
And the one-piece autumn pants after the night rain
A caterpillar Indian who tries to steal a horse but is overturned by a clothesline
And the most tragic thing in the whole movie is this Scottish literary young man
Cross the ocean, cross the mountains, and travel across the North American continent to find the girl you love
Unexpectedly, he killed a large number of people, including himself
When he was dying, he watched the Indians kiss goodbye to their beloved girl, and at the same time had to suffer the salt on the wound before death (yes, it was really sprinkling salt)
On the road, all I did was a dream with the girl, but I was chaotically invaded by the law shark
In the end, it was really the law shark and the girl living happily together
In this tragic way, it can only be said that literary and artistic youth kill people
If you want to rely on the law shark, you can only rely on the law shark
After all, this is the first work that Fa Shark has opened his own company to shoot, and finally he does not have to be tortured in the movie
It seems that the boss of the law shark is also well-intentioned
Slow West is the first feature film directed by John McAllen, which also won the Grand Jury Prize for Feature Films in the World Cinema Section at the 31st Sundance Film Festival
Time Network commented:
The playful plot, absurd black humor and seemingly careless violent scenes concoct a unique Western movie.
This assessment is indeed accurate. In addition, even if you only go to the Fa Shark Teacher that everyone loves, it will definitely satisfy you!
I personally like one of the lines, put at the end, and enjoy it with jun!
Liar Writer: What's the news on the East Side?
Young Jay: It's all violence and pain
Young Jay: What about the West Side?
Cheater Writer: It's all dreams and hard work
What could describe America in 1870 better than these two sentences?