Chapter 1312

Quietly holding the coffee cup, the bitter aroma slowly dense, the warmth in the eyes quietly disappeared in the lazy fog, and finally turned into a satisfied smile on the corner of the mouth.

According to the common sense, the article is over, with a beginning and an end. The core idea of the theme runs through the whole, and there is no need to increase or decrease it. But after a pause and a moment of serious thinking, Michael put the coffee cup down, put his hands on the keyboard again, and decided to add a paragraph.

Even if it may damage the integrity of the article.

"In this work, the Cohen brothers chose Langley hall to play Levine David. There is no doubt that this is the perfect choice.

There is such a scene in the movie.

Levine quietly watched the performance on the stage. With the melodious melody, the corners of his mouth gently outlined a shallow arc, and the focus in his pupils was slowly lax. It seemed that after taking off his guard, he showed a trace of love and expression, which flashed away but was as hot as fire; Then, the look slowly dissipated, revealing a touch of bitterness and sadness, in a moment, the heart was too painful to breathe.

In the blink of an eye, between the drooping eyelids, all the emotions are covered up.

It is such a short shot that tells Levine's Secret clearly and delicately: three people performing on the stage, one is his friend, one is his friend's wife, and the other is the folk singer he just met last night. He admired his friend's wife, envied the folk singer and despised his friend.

Those complex and profound emotions are all hidden in the startling glance of a lens.

The delicate and rich, intricate and introverted way of performance, hall gives Levine a fresh and real soul, the body light shining in the eyes of the flow of the whole screen, all the weight of the whole film falls on Hall's shoulder, but he once again successfully handed over a perfect answer.

What's more, hall has contributed the most wonderful and moving live performance pictures in the films since the 21st century, the integration of ballads and characters, the combination of songs and stories, the interweaving of emotion and core, all of which are so moving and affectionate, just like a beautiful dream that people refuse to wake up.

Although some incredible, but this is undoubtedly the best performance of Hall's personal career!

It's incredible, but it's undoubtedly the best work of the Cohen brothers' career!

At the beginning and end of the movie, a light, a chair, a guitar, that's all of the stage. Levine hummed, "hang me, oh, hang me, I'll die soon. I don't care about hanging, but unfortunately, I don't want to be trapped in a grave forever. I've traveled all over the world. "

Maybe, that's what the movie looks like. "

At the end of the painting, Michael was so stunned that he always felt that there was something left in his mind, but after thinking about it, he chose to give up. His mind was still deeply immersed in the film picture of "drunken folk songs", and his stamina was too strong.

After shaking my mind for a moment, I added my own score

Four stars.

The scoring system of the three major European film festivals is consistent. The full score is four-star system. In other words, Michael's evaluation is full score.

Michael knew he wasn't rational enough.

He should be relatively objective and give more neutral comments; But the fact is that the work of film critics and the feeling of watching movies are originally a subjective act. Like and dislike, appreciation and criticism come from the inner preferences of every film critic.

What's more, such a long lost passion and impulse is the essence of film, isn't it?

After determining the final score, Michael picked up his coffee cup and began to enjoy it. He reread the manuscript and proofread it by himself. However, the melodious ballads and bitter coffee in his ears are really out of place. He should change a bottle of beer.

Meanwhile, Sean levy, the critic of Empire magazine, has just finished his manuscript and is proofreading it. He chose a bar to write the manuscript with a bottle of beer at hand, but the noise in his ears was a bit annoying. Fortunately, today's manuscript was finished in one go.

"It's a long and grand farewell."

Next to the title is Sean's rating, four stars.

This means that this is also a full score manuscript; Moreover, this is also a contribution from professional media.

"It's always interesting to watch the works of the Cohen brothers. The black humor hidden behind the camera lens is often a mockery and banter of society, life and phenomena. Their camera track, light and shadow application and editing can give the film a unique texture. This time, they succeeded again, contributing a touching and sad work.

But this time, I think it's a film belonging to Langley hall.

The film tells a story of Greenwich Village in 1961, about a frustrated folk singer. But he's not Bob Dylan, he's Dave van rock.

Who's Dave van runck?

correct. When this question arises in the mind, there is no need to doubt it, then it means that the understanding is correct, and the meaning conveyed by the Cohen brothers has reached the audience's mind accurately. Because Dave van runck is a nobody, just like Levine Davis, the hero of the story.

This is a story full of countless possibilities. It records Levine's life in less than a week, running back and forth in Greenwich Village, wasting all his physical strength and energy in one broken trivia after another, and finally returning to the origin.

About ballads, about life, about dreams, about art, about the times, about success, about persistence, about choice... I believe that every audience can find their own answers in the story; But for me, it's a farewell story, a long farewell.

Farewell to the family. Farewell to love. Farewell to friendship.

Farewell to dreams. And farewell to folk songs.

The film tells about Levine's attempt to realize his dream of a folk singer in a short week. In the process of left and right, he made numerous attempts, but failed in the end. The details of the story are left to the audience to experience in the cinema; But hidden behind the story, it is Levine's farewell and reconciliation with himself.

He is trying to become an artist, an artist who tells stories with songs, impresses the audience with performances and refines life with art. With his talent, he has a firm foothold in the wave of folk songs and won his own place.

For this unrealistic dream, he bid farewell to his family. He gave up his love and struggled in the ice and snow. This is not an easy thing. His only companion is his former partner; However, in the endless darkness, the partner was not able to stick to it after all. He cut off all the connections by saying goodbye to the world and left him wandering alone.

He's persevering, he's working hard, he's fighting.

But the winter in Greenwich never ends. It's like a wild animal trapped in a cage. It rushes left and right, smashes its head and breaks its blood, but it still can't find the exit after all. It's like standing in the same place and alone; Even, he tried to give up and return to the ordinary daily life, but the real life still set a threshold, let him fall all over the body, at a loss.

Under the lens of the Cohen brothers, Langley Hall's performance is like a melodious folk song or a moving poem. The gentle, tough, delicate and profound eyes, through the shackles of the large screen, project on each audience's side, as if you can truly see a folk singer living in Greenwich Village in the 1960s, wearing thin autumn clothes, Walking through the streets in the cold winter.

A song "wave goodbye" appears at the beginning, middle and end of the film.

At the beginning, it is the joint interpretation of Levine and his partner; In the middle, it is the opening of Levine's inner wound; In the end, it was Levine's solo singing.

Perhaps, he will choose to leave Greenwich Village, go to sea, become a qualified crew, and never come back; Perhaps, he will continue to stay in the gas lamp caf é. For a while, no one will be on the stage. After a long time, it will become a legend here.

Perhaps, at the end of the day, he will let himself go and choose to say goodbye, to say goodbye to his family, to say goodbye to his love, to say goodbye to his dream and freedom, to say goodbye to his folk songs.

Then, make peace with yourself.

This is a long and grand farewell, it seems that we will never see the end. But that's life. All of them, all of them are hidden in Hall's traceless performance. It's wonderful and intoxicating.

As long as I close my eyes again, I'll go back to the gas light cafe and watch the singer in despair under the light. He's singing loudly. "If I can spread my wings like Noah's dove, I'll cross the river and pursue my true love. Wave goodbye, my love. Take care of it. "

At the end of the day, it's a story about life choices.

Once again, Langley hall successfully made a breakthrough, gave the most wonderful performance of his career, made a perfect match between the script and the story outside the camera, even surpassed the strong control of the Cohen brothers, and became the biggest highlight of the whole film.

After watching the film, sitting quietly in the dark, the stamina and lingering charm begin to surge. All the thinking about the film, the role and the life has just begun. There is no doubt that this is the most wonderful work since the beginning of 2013, and also the most wonderful performance so far.

At the end of the movie, Levine sits down in a dark alley, his clear eyes slowly telling his story. He said, "goodbye."