The Grit (2010)
Although the Coen brothers have claimed direct filiation from the original novel by Charles Portis, the new version of The Grit may not matter a comparison with the first film adaptation of Henry Hathaway, made in 1969 and which earned the great John Wayne's Oscar for Best Actor. From Wayne to spend no less amazing Jeff Bridges and is symptomatic to note that the same body of iconic actors is inherently capable of synthesizing the spirit and to give the right tone in both versions, as they appear in the most meaningful differences. So much in fact The Grit "classical" solar age, set almost always a memorable day and supported by the verbal duels between Cogburn, LaBoeuf and Mattie, both the new movie twilight, night in many parts and sees the young protagonist lead in two actors, even in a scenario where the roles of the three seem more both defined and blurred just enough not to set the pace too much on the opposition within the group.
The aim is therefore quite clear: in 1969 the Paramount was a need to reflect internal changes in a company that saw sharpening generational clashes, deploying an icon of classical still in good shape, as opposed to the new generations actorial (it will be a coincidence, but between two stood out the bad actors as Robert Duvall symbol, and especially Dennis Hopper). It was, in short, to pay tribute to the grit of an old lion as the Ford and Wayne is no coincidence that the general tone was that of a dichotomy, however, destined to dissolve in a certain fund of good nature, just like the character of Cogburn, gruff, but capable of great leaps for mankind and ironically reproved by the young protagonist.
The skill of the two brothers is therefore in their ability to play with a power that does not become visual abstraction, or even worse, sterile aestheticism, but the contrary is the basis for an emotionally feel the taste of bygone days that played his last card by a manhunt in which beliefs about the legality of Mattie are put to the test, but which are helpful to the success of the company. The stakes are high and the film does not hide the pessimism and bitterness that well marked, the other great work coeniana recent years, the beautiful No Country for Old Men . This time, you'd think the country is still not old, but not for young people's character and Mattie (the extraordinary rookie Hailee Steinfeld) highlight this contradiction through a typical feature of those who were forced to grow up quickly and keep up with both the legal loopholes as the harshness of the hunting man and snake bites. The flashback structure, therefore, highlights the glory of a bygone era, while this is not the end of the feeds in the trust that cloaked the ' ending of the original film, but rather evidence of the harshness of a hard world where the experience of life more difficult to leave indelible marks on the bodies.
In this sense, the new Grit is a movie not only child of his time, but much more aligned with its present than it was the precursor, whose optimism is still somewhat false (and not helps a director Hathaway frankly somewhat anonymous). Instead coeniana version of history can not reproduce the sense of wonder in a world that has lost its values \u200b\u200band thus manifests itself along a path made of rotting bodies forgotten in holes in the desert, hangings, rough justice between fellow travelers, corpses hanging in the middle of nowhere and used as a bargaining chip. A world so fascinating in his humanity how terrible.
The
Grit (True Grit)
Director and Screenplay: Joel and Ethan Coen (the novel by Charles Portis)
Origin: USA, 2010
Length: 110 '
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