Netease Cloud got 340,000 comments on this song, and I cried.

You may not have seen the film, but you must have heard it.This song.

There is quite a sad feeling.

Many people have probably had such a moment when they need to choose.

Just like Ah Kan, a friend recently graduated, and almost formed a daily question:Am I staying in Beijing? Or go back to your hometown?

There is no way to answer this question. Because it’s too heavy!

After all, no matter which one you choose, there is no guarantee that you will not regret it.

But Ah Kan undoubtedly admires those dream catchers who are willing to go to other places for their dreams.

Reminiscent of "500 miles" in the movie[drunken folk songs]The scene that sounded-

In the darkness of the audience, there is a musician who is down and out in all kinds of ways.

He has been floating in Greenwich Village, new york all his life, and has never made a big splash.

But everyone who has wandered between ideal and life can also feel a little "divine" light in him.

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In the 1960s, the eve of Bob Dylan’s era.

Loser, a folk singer, carried a cat named Ulysses from new york to Chicago, and then back to new york, running around and doing nothing.

His name is …Levine Davis(oscar isaac).

The opening picture of this film is an antique microphone with a faint light.

In today’s "Gaslight Cafe", which is famous for its music history and approachable at that time, Levine played and sang with a vicissitudes of life.Twist me, oh twist me：

"God, I’m so hungry that a straw can cover me up."

Strong feelings, almost tears.

This is also the first flaw in the film’s ten complete folk performances. Divided by music and story, the Cohen brothers don’t have to play surreal tricks, so they divide the film intoTwo parallel worlds.

The music world is refined and pure, and the art is rich, just like tom hooper’s [Les Miserables], which adopts the recording in shooting (except for the quartet);

The story world is full of absurdity, bad luck, swearing and incompetence, and Kafka style is close to [serious man] and [barton fink] in Cohen’s works (Palme d ‘Or Award in 1991).

At the end of the song, Levine was called to the back street, and was held by a gloomy man in a hat with an old fist.

This mysterious episode is repeated at the end of the film, symbolizing a reincarnation.

Many people say that [Drunk Hometown Folk Song] is a "Song of Lu Se".

After all, the folk poet in the film never wakes up in other people’s beds in the morning, and then moves from one sofa to another.

In winter, there is no decent coat. Long-distance travel relies on shrinking in the street to stop the car, taking the subway for a short distance, dragging the guitar box wherever you go;

When you run out of ammunition and food, you should think about your parents’ property, or go to sea as a sailor for a while.

Folk singer Zhao Lei sang in his "People": "I am just a poor boy, and my life is as simple as a stone."

This has almost become a common state of existence for folk musicians.

But rather than saying "loser", I prefer to say that Levine is an obviously inappropriate person.

Although Levine’s affectionate performance was cheered by the audience, the songs that can sell well in this complicated world are always vulgar songs that he disdains.

He disdains these catchy songs, and even more disdains being able to resonate with the audience. He never compromises in art.

When the couple who provided his sofa invited him to sing a song at the dinner table, Levine was sensitive that his career was looked down upon.

"I am an artist, not for your entertainment!" In a word, almost "ruined" the friendship between the three people.

I went to the club in Chicago for an interview. After a song, the manager replied bluntly, "It won’t sell much.".

This "closing statement" that broke the hearts of the audience, Levine did not struggle too much and even refused the invitation to join the choir.

No wonder the girl he got pregnant called him "Midas’ stupid brother"! Midas has a touch of gold, which turns everything into gold, but his stupid brother turns everything into garbage. )

His disdain and intransigence, like black humor, filled the film, making the audience feel ridiculous and deeply sad.

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[Drunk Hometown Folk Songs] was released that year, which broke many people’s expectations.

Because before the screening, I only heard the folk musicians who paid tribute to the 1960s, but after watching it, I realized that it neither faithfully restored the history of folk music, nor was it a masterpiece that made a biography for real people.

It reminds people of [a generation of masters]: under the banner of restoring the Wulin of the Republic of China, I talked about the emotional life of several people.

But the Cohen brothers are not as crazy as Wong Kar-wai, and Wong Kar-wai is not as black and humorous as the Cohen brothers.

There are not many masters here, only one star is not full.Dave van rank(Dave Van Ronk) is the prototype.

In the end, Levine, born out of the womb, is a complete loser and "bastard" completely different from the prototype.

The film was undoubtedly inspired by Van Locke’s biography The Mayor of McDougall Street.

The title of the film is "Inside Llewyn Davis", which is taken from a record named "Inside Dave Van Ronk" by Van Locke.

Levine’s unsold vinyl album jacket is almost the same as Inside Dave Van Ronk.

There is a cat in the lower right corner of the album jacket, and the cat is the story point that runs through the whole movie.

At the beginning of the film, Levine sang "Twist Me, Oh Twist Me", which is also from the album Van Locke.

But beyond that, it’s hard to find the "Van Locke" part of Levine.

Van Lok himself is big, enthusiastic and loves reading and cooking. Because of his unique position in Greenwich Village, Jianghu people call him "Village Chief Fan".

It is rumored that he is the teacher of Bob Dylan, the "king of folk songs", who once called him.The supreme ruler of Greenwich Village.

Bob Dylan and Van Locke

In the movie, Levine and Bob Dylan also had a "side".

When Levine was beaten up, the singer on the stage of the pub was singing a song "Farewell", using Dylan’s signature original.

However, like every music trend, winners are often not pioneers.

Van Locke, the forerunner, "got up early and caught a late episode", never made a big splash in the end.

However, the film almost borrows half a history of folk songs, from 500 Miles and Farewell to Dink’s Song, and then to the soundtrack of The Last Thing in My Heart.

The first classic, the first palace level.

In this way, the Cohen brothers, who are good at paying attention to the losers, completed their bow to Van Lok.

Plus the excellent photography of this film-this is the first time that French photographer Delbon Nell has cooperated with the Cohen brothers.

Large-scale use of soft light, but it brings more and more bleak in winter in new york.

And some creative lighting, such as the lighting in the back alley of the opening bar, such as film noir, and the green in the rest station bathroom like an illusion, are impressive.

"Farewell, my dear," sang Farewell at the end of the film.

It’s like telling the end of an era. After tonight, the trend of history turns.

The bruised Levine only half-jokingly said "au revoir" ("goodbye" in French).

But he is not an outcast of the times.

Inside the decadent skin, there is some divine glory, and his pursuit is above the times.

He will be remembered.

03

[Drunk Hometown Folk Songs] There is a scene of burning the midnight oil, which is very Cohen-style black.

Driving in a snowy night, Levine almost ran into a cat. The daily situation took a poetic texture and an out-of-body experience.

Can’t help but remind Ah Kan of movies.[Killed a sheep]Chinese Tibetan manKimbaru hit the lamb and killed in his dream.The mysterious fantasy.

Strangely enough, similar to the head-to-tail occlusion of [drunken folk songs], [killing a sheep] also has a closed-loop structure.

I have to talk about this director.

Like Levine, director Pema Tseden is a very simple and pure person.

He was born in Jiuna Village, Guide County, Qinghai Province, which is located in Amdo Tibetan Area, one of the three major Tibetan areas (Tibetan areas are generally divided into Amdo, Kangba and Weizang).

Since then, Pema Tseden’s creation has always been rooted in this fascinating hometown.

Singing in the song: "Lord I’m five forgotten miles away from home. "

And Pema Tseden once left home for thousands of kilometers, and ran to the distant Beijing to pursue his movie dream.

To this end, what he did was even a sensation in his hometown-he resolutely quit his enviable local public office job.

Although I don’t know whether I can be admitted to the university, I just want to go and cross the rubicon for my career and dreams.

From Qinghai to Lanzhou and then to Beijing, he is getting farther and farther away from his hometown in physical distance.

But psychologically, he has never been far from his hometown.

Over the years, I have written novels and made movies, from [Quiet Rock] and [Tallow] to [Killed a Sheep], and then to the latest work [Balloon] to be released soon.

[Balloon] was shortlisted for the horizon unit of the 76th Venice Film Festival, which will be shown nationwide next Friday, November 20th.

These stories are all about Tibetan areas without exception.

On the street of Zhongguancun, Beijing, I saw a balloon floating in the air, wobbling and not knowing where to go.

The director’s thoughts can drift to his hometown thousands of miles away.

In the [balloon], the balloon became a condom representing fertility. The conflict between Tibetan women’s choice of reproductive rights, beliefs and reality is thus presented to us.

Pema Tseden has the same "inappropriate" part as Levine.

Just like when [Killed a Sheep] was released in 2019, it was just catching up with the tight schedule of [Avengers 4]. Everyone is sweating for "a sheep".

Pema Tseden is calm, don’t withdraw!

Because he believes that art films still have their own audience.

The film has been filmed for more than ten years, and the director has never given up creating films for his own people. He has a deep love for the Tibetan area where magic and reality are intertwined.

In a flashy place, 108,000 miles have passed, and he still has his original heart and is pure.

What kind of story will happen if such a Pema Tseden is allowed to watch [Drunk Hometown Folk Songs] with us?

Look at this week.Now movie APPofMovie FUN screeningThe seventh issue of columnDream of 500 miles away from home, will realize the gentle collision.

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