Conversation is a very interesting thing, and in just a few words, a person's academic qualifications, qualities, and upbringing can be revealed; further, a person's background, devotion, and thoughts can also be revealed. The more professional it is, the easier it is to expose the details.

It's like this moment.

Both Joel and Ethan can deeply feel that Lan Li is the only one who really touches the core of the entire script, even more so than their producers, which makes the two of them exchange glances, and their eyes show a tacit understanding, reaffirming their choice.

They had to rejoice that they had found Lan Li.

In the field of folk songs, it is not easy to find an actor, and at the same time, it is even more difficult to be able to shoulder the dramatic weight of the whole movie, even if it is Justin Timberlake, the Coen brothers do not dare to entrust more scenes.

In the actor industry, it is also not easy to find a singer who can truly complete a live performance, not to mention, but also to understand and interpret the weight of the entire era. Oscar Isak is good, he's very good, but, he's not Lancet Hall.

During the exchange of glances, the Coen brothers all showed a look of pride and relief.

"Tell me more. Ethan spoke, making an open gesture, waiting for Lan Li's opinion.

All eyes on you.

In an instant, Lan Li once again became the object of everyone's attention, but unlike the "disturbance and distraction" just now, this time in his eyes, all the speculation and doubts were converged, and it was more of a gesture of in-depth research.

"First of all, we need to re-listen to the whole album, and even each song, and match all the characters and occasions in the script......" Lan Li adjusted his posture slightly, did not take out the master tape, but continued to speak, as if the master tape of the entire soundtrack had been deeply imprinted in his mind.

Needless to say, "Drunken Country Folk" is one of Lan Li's personal favorite movie soundtracks.

By the way, the Coen brothers' musical tastes are really eye-catching, and the original movie soundtrack of "The Three Prison Escapes" was amazing, and finally won the Grammy Award for Album of the Year - the same one that "Don Quixote" won last year, rather than simply the best movie soundtrack.

This time, the Coen brothers once again maintained their usual musical taste, picking out the movie soundtrack of "Drunken Country Folk".

After listening to the soundtrack and conducting a preliminary historical investigation, Lan Li realized that the so-called master tape was in fact an anthology of music by a group of folk singers in the 60s, and it was not newly composed, nor rearranged or recorded, but only a collection of music that was conceived and conceived by the Coen brothers.

In other words, the Coen brothers created each character in the movie based on real singers in reality, and then connected them according to their own story line. This also means that the choice of every actor is meaningful - not just Le Hall, but also Justin Timberlake, Carey Mulligan, etc.

Then, before an actor can understand the whole story and script, they must first understand their character and their place in the tide of the times.

For Levine Davis, the corresponding singer is Dave Van Lunck, an ordinary folk singer who is unknown in history.

Naturally, before we get into the story of "Drunken Country Folk", we must first get to know the singer Dave Van Lunk.

In the wave of folk songs of the sixties, everyone knows that Bob Dylan succeeded, he became a leading figure in the culture of an entire generation, and perfectly combined music with politics/politics, life, and literature, so much so that he later won the Nobel Prize for Literature and left his mark on history.

No one can deny Bob's talent and talent, but, Bob is a great singer that doesn't make him a great person.

Few people know that in the nameless season, Bobby always actively dealt with fellow musicians in order to get help from them, like a sponge, quickly absorbing knowledge, and when he finished his studies, he threw off his sleeves and left, never reciprocating, taking these things for granted.

Few people know that Bob did everything he could to succeed, and after achieving success, he threw off the friends he had made during his unknown years, including lovers, including mentors and friends, and chose a path to go alone, and believed that this was a necessary condition for success.

Equally few people know that Dave was one of the people Bob once asked for guitar memories, and when Bob was a fledgling, he asked Dave for guitar memories, and Dave exchanged them without reservation, and then Bob secretly took Dave's songs for himself, and with great success, he always refused to admit it, even if it was never a secret in folk circles.

Bob and Dave, Dave is the true pioneer of folk in history, with his own style and his own identity, but he has been lost to history, while Bob has made his own career, not only leaving his mark in the sixties, but also profoundly influencing two generations.

Bob succeeded, and Dave failed, and became penniless. This is a fact, and at the same time a very interesting history.

This is reality, this is life, this is society, this is the history left after the wave of folk songs has roared by.

As the Coen brothers said at the beginning, Dave is the real-life prototype of Levian-Davis, and "Don Quixote" is the inspiration for the story, and throughout the story, their thoughts and discussions on Dave, Bob, artistic creation, and the tide of the times are projected.

In the last life, in 2013, after the official release of "Drunken Country Folk", it ushered in a wave of praise in Europe, and also received countless praise on the East Coast of the United States, and many industry critics considered it to be the best film of the year.

Cause?

Because "Drunken Country Ballads" presents the tide of an era, and also presents the confusion and dilemma of art having nowhere to place in the tide of the times, which is a question for any artist to think about again and again, just like the topic of "balance between art and commerce", which remains unchanged for eternity.

Whether we should compromise our artistic ideas for the sake of business, whether we should give up our persistence in life for the sake of our artistic persistence, whether works of art that are divorced from the market have meaning, and whether works of art that compromise with commerce can leave traces, and more importantly, whether dreams and life, ideals and reality, art and commerce are words that will never fade.

The same is true of the wave of folk songs of the sixties.

Through the seven-day life of Levine-Davis, the Coen brothers present fragmentary fragments of the era:

In those years when folk songs swept the whole society, everyone flocked to the industry, hoping to become a part of it, and also hoping to achieve their own success, but there was a contradiction between dreams, art, and creation, reality and ideals. Artists must learn to compromise, learn to give in, learn to flatter, learn to socialize, in order to succeed.

Otherwise, they will be like Dave van Lunck, lost in the long river of history, penniless.

The story focuses on Levine, but through Levien's footprints and gaze, it outlines the grandeur of the entire era, every character, every time, and even every ballad, which has deep meaning. As the Coen brothers themselves say, this tells the story of an era, not just the story of Levine.

Not just in the sixties, but in the present. Or, even more so in the 21st century, where entertainment is death and profit is paramount.

"Don Quixote", which is an album that is doomed to failure, has achieved incredible success due to a series of unexpected tragedies and unexpected mutations, and even ironically received the recognition of the Grammy Trophy, becoming a condensed imprint of the entire fast food culture and the Internet age:

The audience saw the three gramophone trophies shining at the award ceremony, but did anyone really understand the deep meaning of Lan Li's three acceptance speeches?

It is not a simple criticism or condemnation, nor is it ridicule and ridicule, but a reflection and exploration from art creators. Because deep down they are also questioning themselves: the times have changed, should they change?

The problem is that they themselves do not have an answer, because in the tide of the times, they are only an insignificant part, and only history and time can give the answer.

All of this, the Coen brothers showed through the soundtrack of "Drunken Country Folk", just like "Don Quixote".

All of the tracks that Levien Davis sings in the film are from Dave Van Lunk's compositions, while the other singers sing all from other folk singers from the '60s.

Each singer in the film can more or less find a corresponding archetype, their style, their talent, their thoughts and their souls, all condensed in their own creations and projected into the characters of the film. Based on the track of the original soundtrack, you can get a glimpse of the whole story.

After really entering the world of Levine, Lan Li admired the Coen brothers, they dared to make such a movie, and they also dared to focus on such a theme. Perhaps, they are not masters of art like Ingmar Bergman, constantly exploring the language of art and spiritual reflection, but in the field of independent film, they have always insisted on themselves, step by step to dig into the social reality of the United States.

"Drunken Country Ballad" is about the 60s, but also about the current American film creation and artistic creation.

This is a work that truly reflects an era.