Chapter 13: Connie Town
"Connie Town" tells a somewhat complex and absurd story. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 Info In a small town called Connie, there is a piece of land that belongs to the town. One day, news suddenly came out that there was probably a large amount of gold hidden beneath the land.
Within a few days of the news, several major ore companies sent representatives and survey teams to the town to buy the land. As a result, the mayor of the town, who was the least valued in the past, immediately became important, and the mayor who held the ownership of this land was a beautiful and cute 8-year-old girl - Connie Moss. That's right, it's an 8-year-old kid, and in the history of Connie, there was once a Doberman Pinscher named Joey who was elected mayor of the town.
But how can the decision on such an important matter be in the hands of an 8-year-old child! There were a lot of strangers in the town, and for a time the whole town became lively, and people talked about it all day long. Eventually, they decided to re-elect the mayor. Gavin Feige and David Wayne are the most powerful men in town, and they are the strongest contenders for mayor.
Connie Town is a conservative town, and there aren't many people living in the town, but everyone knows each other very well. Although sometimes it is inevitable that there will be a short verbal dispute between parents, there has never been a theft or injury in the 50 years since the town was founded. And during the election process, from the beginning, Gavin and David invariably attacked each other's moral and private life issues. Slowly the argument began to expand, and both sides were no longer satisfied with painless accusations and scolding. Incidents of harassment and smashing began between the two families.
One day, Gavin Feig met a pastor who called himself Martin at a bar and promised to help him run for mayor, but in return he had to pay $50,000 for his labor. Gavin didn't accept it at first, but later in the course of the campaign, David Wayne's offensive became more and more intense, and he finally made up his mind to agree to Martin's terms.
David Wayne has an affair with his secretary Nissa and is investigated by Martin's men. So Martin asked a killer named Cabet to do it. Cabet is a bit of a neurotic killer. He kills David and Nissa in the hotel and designs the scene as a scene of Nissa's martyrdom. Gavin is frightened to hear the news of David's death, and he immediately goes to Martin and claims to call the police, but Martin threatens them with a deal between them. Gavin had no choice but to give the money to Martin. Martin put his money in the car and was stolen while going to the supermarket to buy alcohol. Angry, he sends Cabet to retrieve the money and teach the thief a lesson. The man who stole the money was Paul Moss, a newcomer to the town.
Paul Moss's daughter was 6 years old when the family moved to Connie, so he renamed her Connie Moss. Connie is a beloved little girl who was elected mayor of the town during an election. Paul was a hard-working and kind man, but unfortunately he became addicted to gambling and was recently forced to lose his daughter to a ruffian of Ron. That day, when he saw the money in Martin's car, he took it and prepared to go to Luo to ransom his daughter.
Paul's wife, Wendy Moss, is addicted to drugs due to her family's woes, and when she sees her husband's purse, she steals money to buy drugs. The drug dealer sells the news to Cabet, who is investigating. He finds Paul and the little girl Connie in Ron's casino, and kills Ron who is trying to hurt Connie.
Gavin Feige has always felt guilty about David Wayne's death and has been getting drunk these days. He wanted to withdraw from the mayoral election, but Martin forced him to continue running. It turned out that Martin was hired by an ore company, and they wanted Gavin to approve their purchase of the town's land when he became mayor. On this day, Gavin met Wendy Moss after getting drunk again at the bar, and both of them went to a hotel outside the town to open a room after they were both drunk. Wendy was addicted to drugs and stole Gavin's money while he was drunk, and Gavin found out and was stabbed to death by Wendy with a fruit knife. Over-frightened, Wendy hurried home in a panic smoking marijuana.
Cabet took Paul, his son and his daughter back to their house to get the money, intending to kill Paul and Connie. But after living with Connie for a long time, he suddenly realized that there was more to life than just killing. Influenced by this, he decided to kill only Paul and take Connie with him. He turns on the gas in the house and prepares to kill Wendy Moss as he returns home. As the two of them leave, Connie suddenly wants to go back and get the bunny toy she forgot at home. As it happens, Wendy Moss is home to open the door while she has marijuana on her hand, and both Wendy and Connie are killed......
Returning from the scene, Cabet decided not to continue as a killer and shot Martin to death. In the end, another man was elected mayor of the town, and the mining company bought the land. However, the funny thing is that according to the specific survey, no so-called gold mines have been found in the underground land of the town, so this remote town finally returned to its original quiet appearance. A few years later, a middle-aged man named Cabet came to settle here, and he also adopted a puppy named Connie......
Chris spent two hours reading the whole story, and I have to say it's a very fascinating story. The script continues the Coen brothers' usual style, with a complete story setting, bizarre and absurd black humor, complex clue structure and unpredictable plot development. Chris closed the script in his hand and lay down on the couch a little tired. This story is very beautiful and sad, and after reading it, his heart becomes heavy, with mixed tastes and tastes, and he has an urge to shout to vent. What does this story tell? The magic of money, the weakness of human nature, the beauty of Connie or the redemption of Cabet?
Chris had a hunch that the movie "Connie Town" would definitely be a success. The story is both unreal and real, absurd and realistic. True stories coupled with plausible fiction are often the most appealing. Connietown is a fictional place, but you can't help but admit that the story of the town may be happening all over the world. The Coen brothers just kneaded together what was happening and put it in such a fictional town.
Chris has no doubt that the Coen brothers can get the story they do well. To be able to participate in such a movie, he was both excited and a little apprehensive, and he didn't know if he could play the role of Cabet well. It can be said that there is no protagonist in the movie "Connie Town", everyone is a supporting role, and they are all just a participant in the story. Cabet can be regarded as the biggest role in the scene, and he appears from the beginning throughout the movie. How to play Cabet's transformation well is the most important problem for Chris to solve, and Chris rubs his head and thinks about it......