The history teacher asked me to write a review after reading or watching a movie about the American Civil War. Urgent request! ! The word count is about 500 words, don’t use too much language

Sérgio Leone deserves to be a master. In the three-hour film, there is no stagnation at all. The suspense and tension are endless, like fireworks in the night sky, one explosion after another. "The Bad, the Bad, and the Bad" can be called a milestone in Sergio Leone's films. His narrative has since become soothing and profound. In addition to simply expressing the story of the Western Ranger, the profound sense of history infects the audience unconsciously. Italians are often tough on the outside but soft on the inside. Sergio Leone shows the tragedy of the American Civil War again and again in this film, not just to enhance the atmosphere of the film. The world is in a state of war, but the three protagonists shuttle between the two opposing camps for a piece of gold, as if they are experts in the world. This kind of escape is exactly a kind of great sadness and irony. When the camera slowly caresses over the piles of bones on the ruins, the rhythm of the film suddenly becomes soothing and solemn. This emotion was brewing bit by bit until it reached a climax at the end of the film when Eastwood put a raincoat on a wounded soldier who was about to die and gave him the last puff of a cigar...

Although all The length of the film is up to three hours, and Western films cannot develop exciting fighting scenes like Eastern martial arts. The gun battles are all resolved in an instant. Therefore, the mastery of the overall atmosphere, plot and description of human nature have become the must-haves for a successful Western film. elements of preparation. In the three hours of this film, the human nature reflected through the good guys, bad guys and ugly ghosts, as well as several important classic scenes, are not those action movies that later "have a big fight and the protagonist is never injured", or only focus on fighting. A movie with no content to compare with. This is the reason why, nearly 40 years later, this film is still ranked among the top 30 films in film history. It is worthy of recommendation and collection.

"The Good, the Evil and the Ugly" - Rangers dueling happily under the sun

A long time ago, in the far west, there were three fast shooters waiting for a train. One of the unknown guests, known as "Shan", always has half a cigar in his mouth, and can shoot off the rope used to hang prisoners from a hundred yards away (of course, occasionally he has to fire two shots); there is also a nickname The "angel-eyed" villain, his mustache is cool, but his shooting skills are even cooler. As long as you give him money, "it's so easy to kill someone"; the last one's name is very long, called Tuco or something, which means "hairy" "The Wild Rabbit" is not only ugly, but also full of evil. His net worth was once sold to 3,000 US dollars. This man has stood on the gallows several times, but he can survive to this day, which shows that his reputation is not in vain.

These are the three people waiting for the bus.

It no longer mattered where they were going, because a man nicknamed "the man" brought them down.

Serzio Leone wanted to end the "Dollars Trilogy", so he also planned to let the three protagonists of good, evil and ugly return together in the first act of the fourth play. , but unfortunately, this hypothetical opening of "Once Upon a Time in the West" became an "impossible mission" because the guy who played "goodness" refused such a romantic death.

Why bother? Why bother? He's no longer unknown, his name is Clint Eastwood.

Actually, what I want to say is "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly" (or "The Lone Ranger Duel at the Gates of Hell"). Before I watched "Once Upon a Time in the West", I didn't dare to call it the best western movie. . Fortunately, the two brothers came from the same school, so I can safely declare: Sergio Leone is the greatest (Italian) western film director. The so-called Spaghetti Westerns are American-style Westerns shot by an Italian director, two or three American movie stars, and more than a dozen foreign actors in vast European lands (such as Spain) in order to cater to local needs. . What makes it unusual is that the characters in the film will never be as clear-cut between good and evil as in John Wayne's traditional westerns - the hats on the heads of the good guys are always white, and the hats on the heads of the bad guys are always black. The little white rabbit would also make this kind of value judgment: the female rabbit is good, the big bad wolf is bad - but it is tainted with the temperament of "film noir", anti-hero, non-mainstream, dystopian, and subversive of tradition. Everyone is a little bit bad.

According to Leon: I admire this great optimist, John Ford, who is innocent and romantic enough to film "Cinderella"... Because of his European ancestry and a pure Irishman, he always Looking at the problem from a Christian perspective, the protagonists always look forward to a bright and fertile future, but in my eyes, Western history is a real conquest of violence by violence.

Of course, a competent Spaghetti Western must also include Leone's signature techniques: close-ups, deep focus, sense of time, and an extremely ear-catching theme music.

Serzio León is the man who gave shape to the spaghetti western. From 1964 to 1966, he shot the famous "Dollar Trilogy", namely: "A Fistful of Dollars" and "For a Few Dollars More" And this one, Good, the Bad and the Ugly. It is not difficult to see from this that Leon in the early days was a man who struggled with money. The central story of the trilogy revolves around "Raiders of the Lost Ark". After this, Leon was different, becoming increasingly mature, calm, sophisticated and nostalgic. For example, "Once Upon a Time in the West", "Once Upon a Time in the Revolution", and "Once Upon a Time in America".

Speaking of money, the budget for "For a Few Bucks" was US$200,000, which was exactly the number of gold coins hidden by the federal government in "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly". At that time, Eastwood only took The salary for the film was US$15,000; by the time of "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly", the budget had suddenly increased to US$1.2 million. At this time, Eastwood had also risen, and received a salary of US$250,000 and an unknown percentage. divided into. You know, in the 1960s, it was so heroic to throw a million dollars to an Italian to make a western movie. Of course, Leon is by no means a light-hearted person. In the film, he captured a scene in which the two armies were fighting during the American Civil War in a majestic way. It has the grandeur and momentum of the main themes of Chinese revolutionary movies such as "Armageddon". For another example, Leon hired an engineering team of more than 500 people and spent six weeks erecting a bridge and a 300-foot-high dam to build an artificial river. All this was just for the two characters in the film. The cowboy blew it up, and in order to deal with this scene of the bridge being reduced to ashes while talking and laughing, Leon had to set up eight cameras to capture that moment. There is a gossip about the immense trust that producers have in this legendary director. According to his son and Western film expert Professor Frayling (author of "From Calme to Sergio Leone-Italian Westerns" ) said that the last work of Leon's project was Leningrad in World War II. At that time, he only had a rough outline of the story and a six-minute frame-by-frame script in his mind, but - blame sin - the old guy just relied on it. With such a small amount of money, he actually raised ten, one hundred, one thousand, ten thousand... one hundred million US dollars! ! ! And half of them came from the Soviet government! ! ! Although this gossip may not be credible, it also shows the confidence of outsiders who are willing to spend money on Leon.

Nowadays, the title "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly" has been overused like "The Unbearable Lightness of Being". As for why this film was made and why it was called this name, Leon is so Said: "The Good, the Evil and the Ugly is similar to the previous two films. This time it is a treasure hunt for three characters. But what interests me is that one is the demystification of the adjectives good/evil/ugly, and the other is the presentation The absurdity of war. What does good, evil, and ugliness mean? There is a little evil, a little ugliness, and a little kindness in each of us. Some people look ugly, but when we understand them better, we will find out. These people are more valuable... As for the American Civil War that the characters in the film encountered, in my opinion, it is useless and extremely stupid: there is absolutely no 'progressive motive'... When I photographed the prisoner-of-war camps of the Northern Army, I was partly thinking of the Nazi concentration camps. And those Jewish bands (used to cover up the screams of prisoners when being tortured - translator)... The Yankees always portray the West as too romantic - the horse will gallop when the master whistles. They are never serious Treating the West, we Italians have never taken ancient Rome seriously... Perhaps the most serious treatment of this comes from Kubrick's Spartacus: it is this kind of mythology that other films are based on. The superficial superficiality struck me and attracted me..."

"Humorous and light-hearted, perhaps it was this superficial superficiality that struck me and attracted me. Leon only occasionally showed a little irony and a little warmth.

Politics is unimportant. The blue army's clothes become dusty and become the white army. A bridge between the two armies was blown up in the dying dream of the commander; and that Tuco just had a fight with his brother who was a priest. , just wiped away his tears and got on the carriage, he began to tell Blondie with great pride how his brother wanted him to stay there. Blondie, who knew everything, said nothing and just handed him half a cigar in his mouth. Tuco took a sip and slowly smiled happily. Then Ennio Morricone's theme music sounded, and I knew that they were starting again with hope.

This kind of happy mind that is more open-minded than the Great West has always been with me, even in those dangerous moments. For example, the first ten minutes, the last ten minutes, and the 140 minutes in between.

Some good people have pointed out the shortcomings of the film, especially the flaws in historical facts. For example, how could there be a large desert in the southern United States when the story takes place? For example, the dynamite used to blow up bridges was invented by Nobel in 1867, two years after the American Civil War ended; for example, revolver cartridges were not available there; and for example, Tuco used a Colt Automatic pistols, a super pistol assembled from a Remington, a Smith and a Wesson, are also impossible!

Yes, these small mistakes constitute the only flaws in the entire film.

In his 25-year director career, Leon has only directed 10 films, eight of which have a rating of more than 7.0 on IMDB, and five of them are on the Top 250 list. "The Good, the Evil and the Ugly" ” is the highest-ranking film among them (30th), with more than 10,000 votes and a total score of 8.6.

Now I want to talk about these three actors, who made this film immortal

Goodness:

Eastwood’s success in his life was almost all based on In the role of "Unforgiven", his famous "Dirty Harry" is simply a replica of the unknown person. The 1992 masterpiece "Unforgiven" was dedicated to Leon by name. But fate is so dramatic that Leon's ideal candidate was not him at first, but Henry Fonda.

At that time, Eastwood was just a young man who had worked in the CBS TV series "Rawhide" for four years and had not yet made his debut. "He said nothing, but he was very good at getting on the horse and walking." There's a bit of a tired submissiveness about him...but he's also very sophisticated, a bit cunning. I wanted him to look more macho, like a tough guy, and a bit older - through the beard, the short cape, the cigar. When we went to him, he had never smoked a cigarette in his life, which was a real problem, to have a non-smoker with a cigar hanging out at all times... Before we started shooting the second movie, he said to me, 'Listen Seth, you can do anything you want me to do, except smoke! '—Of course, that's impossible, because of the role requirements!" "Clint in real life is slow, calm, and like a cat when filming. After finishing the work, he immediately sat in the corner and fell asleep until the next scene."

When he was filming "The Ugly", Eastwood took a salary of 250,000 US dollars from CBS. With his 119,000 US dollars in severance pay, he established his own production company, Malpaso, and embarked on the road of no return as a Western prodigal.

Evil:

Lee Van Cleef, who plays the villain "Angel Eyes", has acted in one hundred and one movies. He has spent most of his life fighting, and has starred most in kung fu movies such as "Ninja Master" and "Bruce Lee and the Kung Fu Maniac". However, his first appearance was in "High Noon". His right hand was born with a deformity, and the last joint of his middle finger was missing. Perhaps this was the reason why he died in the duel in "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly".

He died in 1989 like Leon, and also died of heart disease like Leon, but he was 8 months later.

Ugly:

Among the three protagonists, I would like to give the most respect to Eli Wallach who played tuco, the treacherous mafia member in the third episode of "The Godfather". Broadway star who lived through World War II. He almost died while filming a scene where a train breaks through handcuffs. He was only six inches away from the train, and only a little subconscious movement saved him.

And his running in the cemetery at the end of the film is the most touching scene I have ever seen. The unparalleled dizziness of happiness and the ecstasy of complete freedom even made me tremble more than the montage of being thrown into the air in "2001: A Space Odyssey". Only then did I have the opportunity to describe Ennio Morricone's music, but I'd better shut up, because there is a power that transcends the humbleness of words.

I think that in that sun-scorched circular cemetery, in that Garden of the Gods where the legendary treasure is buried, there are three pirates or rangers dueling happily. Each of them has their own agenda, their eyes wander, beads of sweat drip, and the guns and the men are one, as if no one knows that one of the three guns is actually empty

Director Sergio Lesub Nei said: "In my heart, the American Civil War was stupid and futile, without a reason. The key to this film is the line 'I have never seen so many idiots die, and it was without a purpose.'"