Watch the American movie A River Crossing It.

I watched an American movie "A River Flows Through" at 22: 00 tonight.

I was deeply attracted by the beautiful natural scenery and vivid and sad movie plot in the film.

The film is 1992, a literary drama directed by American director robert redford.

A River Running Through It is adapted from Norman McCawlin's autobiographical novel, and the main line tells the story of Norman and Paul. It shows Norman, who followed his father's example, and Paul, a pair of brothers who have grown up for decades and have different fates.

A river runs through it

Slow pace, elegant and poetic photography, coupled with affectionate main lines and narration, can be called a classic of literary films.

There are no ups and downs and dramatic conflicts in the whole play, which is particularly fresh and refined in Hollywood movies. Under the director's prose narration and the photographer's leisurely poetic shooting style, it is no longer a simple film work, but an impressionist oil painting. In addition to the photographer is its soul, film music is also its other life bearing. With the close cooperation of the director, photographer and soundtrack, the audience fully felt the spiritual pleasure and spiritual peace.

The film is decorated with "light" and musical elements, with beautiful natural scenery, wonderful characters and pure spirit. The legend of the great river and the interpretation of the complex of "one river runs through it" have become the aesthetic transcendence of oil painting and lyric prose. The film explains the connotation and true meaning of affection, love and friendship in life. A big river, bearing the affection and brotherhood of father and son, runs endlessly, just like life.

The lighting modeling of the film is very distinctive, which plays a icing on the cake for the perfection and sublimation of different time and space scenery, character expressions, movements, modeling, artistic conception, image shaping and film theme.

Before World War I, in a small town on the Terry River in Montana, USA, there lived a Presbyterian priest, Lavrente McCaw (tom skerritt). After preaching to the people in the town, McConnell usually likes reading and prefers to fish with fake flies in the beautiful Terry River. There are two boys in mccullough's family. Norman, the eldest son, is steady and restrained, while Paul, the youngest son, is strong, stubborn and wild. They learned the skills of fishing from their father and the truth of being human.

19 17 When World War I broke out, Norman (craig sheffer) joined the US Forest Service, while Paul (Brad Pitt) became a swimming pool lifeguard. The only constant is their interest in fishing. Norman found that his younger brother gradually stopped fishing according to the rhythm taught by his father. He invented his own rhythm, and he is undoubtedly a fishing genius.

19 19 In autumn, Norman went to Damon College, which is thousands of miles away from home, for six years. In college, he found that he was actually good at teaching English literature, and he had the idea of becoming a professor. Paul finished college in his hometown and worked in a local newspaper after graduation.

Norman returned to his hometown on 1926. When he went fishing with his younger brother again, he found that he could never catch up with his younger brother. At a dance, Norman met the beautiful Jessie, and they soon fell in love.

Paul, on the other hand, is addicted to gambling, owes a lot of money, and often fights with people because of debt, and becomes a frequent visitor to the police station.

Norman received a letter of appointment from the University of Chicago and asked him to be a professor of English literature. He summoned up the courage to propose to Jesse.

Norman, who is about to leave his hometown, went fishing in the Terry River with his father and Paul. Norman told Paul to leave this trouble spot and go to Chicago with him.

Paul refused to go to Chicago with Norman. He is a fishing artist, and he doesn't want to leave Montana. The day before Norman left for Chicago, Paul was killed by his enemy.

Norman returned to Montana in his later years and threw a fishing line with trembling hands by the Terry River, where life was flowing.

1) Father Lavrente McCormick

Presbyterian priest in town, father of Norman and Paul. Kindness and integrity, firm belief and seriousness. I like fishing after preaching. He loved his two sons, educated and asked them according to his own ideas, taught them fishing hobbies and techniques, and guided them to verify the laws of natural life created by God: only by mastering the rhythm can they regain their strength and beauty. But his love is so harsh that his young son is afraid.

2) Mother, Mrs. McConnell

Pastor's wife, mother of two brothers. Kindness, understanding, caring for family. However, Paul died prematurely, leaving her with endless sadness and regret.

3) Brother Paul

Pastor McConnell's youngest son, adventurous, stubborn and rebellious, is an unruly child who rebelled against his father and even disobeyed the rules his father taught him on fishing methods, but he inherited his father's artistic temperament and took fishing as his lifelong hobby. As a journalist, because of her close contact with Indian women, she often clashed with conservative villagers, gambling and drinking, which eventually led to her death.

4) Norman mccullough brothers

Paul's brother Norman is steady and restrained, obedient to his father, full of responsibility, and wholeheartedly loves those relatives he may not understand. He knows that life is not art, and that moment won't last long, so he can't stand his brother's gambling addiction full of "artist" temperament and wants to take Paul to Chicago, thinking that he is helping his brother.

5) Norman lover Jesse Burns

The beautiful girl that Norman pursued. Born in a rich family, I have a celebrity brother. She loves her brother Neil, but just as Norman can't understand Paul, she can't understand Neil. She thinks Neil needs help and feels sorry for his refusal to accept it.

6) Jesse's brother? Neil burns

Jesse's brother lives in Hollywood all the year round. He is a typical guy who likes to talk big. Norman and Paul were disgusted because he defiled the sacred rivers and fishing rules.

Speaking of the river, fishing became the most unforgettable moment between father and son in a quiet afternoon. The river is endless, as if telling the meaning of life. Life is like a big river, sometimes calm, sometimes rough. So is our life. Rivers will eventually merge into the sea, and our lives will eventually return to dust. Every step of life is unpredictable, and our life is like a hook thrown out, with gains and gains. We accepted all this silently, and then continued to throw the rope. The stones in the river record the footprints and years of the river, and we remember the past events in these lives with our memories. Each of us is a river, and only we know our own direction. When you are old, looking back on the past is as tortuous and wonderful as a river.

Many words in the film imply the profound meaning of the river of life.

There is a moat with locust trees planted on both sides.

In spring, all the locust trees bloom at the same time, and the whole city is filled with faint fragrance.

Every time I stand in the shadow of the canyon ......

Everything around me will fade away and become a memory in my soul. ......

And the sound under the river.

The river flows slowly, and the sound image of the river is playing four beats of music. ...

I waited by the river for the fish to bite.

In the end, it all came together. ......

A river crossing time and life.

Due to heavy rain and high tide, the river overflowed in all directions. ......

Flowing in the cornerstone of time.

Some rocks have eternal raindrops.

There are many unknown stories under the rock.

Everything in this big river still haunts me. ......

In the end, everything will merge into one and die with the swift river.

Father is a priest. In European and American cultures, priests have a high cultural and social status. He has two sons: Norman and Paul. My father gave traditional education to his two children since childhood, and his interest in fishing was deeply branded in the hearts of his two sons. My brother Norman inherited his father's traditional ideas. He is honest and diligent. And his younger brother Paul is closer to nature. He is free.

Father's education and influence on their thoughts is a kind of fatherly love. I always thought that my father was a mountain in my son's heart. When his son grows up, all he has to do is let him climb this mountain and become another one. In fact, isn't father a river? Crossing my father's river is like crossing the river of life. And we have become the river in the eyes of future generations! People are handed down from generation to generation, and my father stands in front of us so tall, guarding us day and night for mountains or rivers.

The first half of the film is the details of our father's love as a child, which requires us to take life seriously and study culture seriously. In the second half of the film, the love between father and son reappears. When Norman returned to his hometown, his father asked him about his future and tried to ask him if he would take over his class. When Norman finally became a professor, his father was not disappointed, but happy. This may be the reason why people in European and American cultures are independent. Father and son will respect their choice. And the father also wants his son to go his own way. When two sons went fishing with their father, the affection between father and son was exaggerated to the extreme. The father insisted on taking the old road he had taken for many years to go fishing, but the two sons chose another road. This detail shows that the inheritance between father and son is so natural. When the father is old, the son inherits his father's thoughts and starts his life again. After Paul died, his elderly father tried to persuade everyone in the church to care about their loved ones. At that moment, I felt it was a spiritual comfort that my father didn't leave his youngest son.

A brother is someone older or younger than you who bullies you or is bullied by you. Because of blood relationship, this brotherhood is particularly cherished. There are many only children now, but many people don't realize it. There is a person who shares your fatherly love and maternal love, a person who will do the right thing with you everywhere, and a person who will always remember it without revealing it. This man is my brother.

Brotherhood without blood is friendship, and their union has the same interests, while brotherhood ignores this. Although some brothers now turn against each other for economic reasons, this is a minority after all. The brotherhood we hope or expect is second only to fatherly love and maternal love.

Norman and Paul once had a quarrel. Although their personalities are completely different, they really respect, understand and help each other. This kind of effort is unconditional and does not need to be returned. Two people live in harmony and compete with each other.

The poster of the movie is my favorite. Paul stands on a rock, and when the fishing line draws a beautiful arc, it blends with the surrounding rivers, forests and rocks. This is a philosophical oil painting. Paul in the painting is an artist. When fishing can also be regarded as art, it shows the importance of art to life. Although life is not art, it is not that long. However, at this moment when art is coming, it is enough to make life feel full and happy!

In this film, both the Norman family and the Jesse family show their love for their younger brother or brother, echoing this sentence.

My younger brother Paul is playing wild outside, smoking and drinking, but in the eyes of his parents and brother Norman, he will always be the most amiable and lovely family member. Jesse's brother Neo is also an absurd and beautiful prodigal son, but his parents and Jesse only have endless love and care for his brother. That's what family relationships are like. Whether you are successful or not, you will always be a child in the eyes of your parents. They always have low expectations for their children. The only expectation is that their children will be healthy and safe.

Norman, the two leading brothers in the play, and Paul, his younger brother, have completely different personalities.

My brother Norman has been steady and obedient since he was a child, and he never changes his rules. His life track is almost as expected by his father, from studying to serving, to getting married and having children. It is according to the most basic cycle of human beings until death, and life is regular and plain.

My brother Paul never wanted to be the kind of person his father taught him. He is stubborn but lively and cheerful, adventurous and mischievous, never afraid of the world, only seeking fairness and freedom. If you don't want to eat, don't take a bite overnight; When fishing, you will create a unique fishing method; Sneak to a brothel with my brother, and I will dance to tease them; If you go out to climb the wall at night, you will jump directly from the second floor; The two brothers were afraid of violent drift, but Paul rushed ahead; Whether the ship is broken or the casino is in debt, it is his responsibility alone; Regardless of casino rules and secular vision, take an Indian girlfriend to the goal to have fun; Ignore other people's warning letters, continue to announce those unknown bad guys and things, and finally die at the enemy's gun. ...

Two completely different personalities have created two completely different fates.

Paul's death may have been killed by the creditors of the casino; It may also be the person who wrote him threatening letters when he was a reporter. Because when his father knew that Paul was shot, his hand bone was broken and he was dumped on the street, he asked Norman a crucial sentence, "Which hand was broken?" ? Paul, the "right hand", was shot, but the mastermind had to break the bone of his right hand. It can be seen that Paul wrote too many things with this right hand that could not be published in the world, and was hated for a long time, which led to such a tragic death. At the same time, the real murderer who killed Paul warned the world by breaking the bone in Paul's right hand, "Don't write these things that can't be made public, or this will be your end."

Paul died unexpectedly, but what he published at the cost of his life is bound to contribute to society. In that social environment at that time, how many people can be like Paul, not afraid of evil forces, stick to their hearts, do their jobs well, and not give up the truth because of intimidation and threats? Because of this, Paul is particularly valuable. His advantages far outweigh his disadvantages.

A friend joked that "love chooses Paul and marriage chooses Norman."

Although Paul's ending was sad, his role was welcomed by many people. He knows romance, affection and how to make people happy. His advantages outweigh his disadvantages. For example, when he went to a reception, he was treated differently from his brother. His brother was treated by everyone, but he was cheered by everyone. When his Indian girlfriend was snooped and insulted by others, he slept with others without saying anything, in order to protect his girlfriend; He is always full of laughter when he is with his parents. As soon as he left the table, the whole family became silent. ...

On the other hand, Norman is calm and calm, but too rigid, such as the current "straight male cancer." When he was captured by Jesse's beauty and took the initiative to strike up a conversation, it happened that the topic he talked about conflicted with Jesse's maternal love. He was embarrassed, but he went on talking. There is cowardice in Norman's character, and violent wandering is the best embodiment. When everyone except Paul was afraid of the fierce running water in front of him, Norman chose to accompany his brother out of protection and responsibility, but when he arrived in the filthy land, Paul still had leisure and elegance to joke with his brothers. Tired, he sat on the shore, holding back his shock and reluctantly smiled at his brother. After returning home, because Paul always laughed at the cowardice of the two brothers, Norman felt the weakness that had been hidden for a long time. It seems that my brother found out. He was jealous of his bravery and could not bear his cynicism. He thought that the person ridiculed by his brother was actually his photo, so he had a fight with his brother only once in his life.

Not only that, Jesse also found the indelible cowardice in Norman's bones. There is a clip in the film in which Jesse drives to the track and smiles at Norman who is scared beyond recognition. There must be a mockery of Norman cowardice in this smile. They are different. Jesse has a similar personality to Paul. Contrary to Norman, she should have been attracted by Paul, looked down on Norman's cowardice and formality, and parted ways with Norman. But in the end, she succumbed to the position brought by Norman's letter of appointment as a professor at the University of Chicago, and to the desire brought by a vase body without cultural connotation, which just wanted to leave the town and rush to the world of flowers and flowers.

The film is quiet, the father's language is poetic, the clear river, the silvery white fishing line, the open land and the quiet forest all make the film a perfect film.