Intense Wood-Cutting Action!
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j/k, a good movie but man, those are some intense wood-cutting scenes.
It's good that you noticed the intensity, since that was the whole point of those scenes. ;)
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The scene was symbolic I would think. The scene starts out with him moving the bigger logs with the wheelbarrow, then the next series of scenes show him cutting it with the motorized saw, and the last set of scenes show him chopping them with an axe into smaller pieces on the stump.
I guess it would mean that he's getting closer to his revenge?
Well, I wouldn't call that symbolic. It was showing the process of breaking the wood down to firewood, and we know that Alex is planning his revenge once the work is done.
In fact, the log cutting actually ends up being symbolic of the opposite, in a sense. It is filmed in such a way to increase the tension, but in the end is simply an honest labor that helps get Alex's head back on straight, reconnected with the land, his humanity, etc.
Not to mention serves the storyline! His dad/granddad tells him that it's the same today "women are attracted to men who work hard". If it wasn't for his log-cutting, and the cop's wife seeing him log cutting all the time, she may not have been as attracted to him as to let him into a place only her husband should be (and I'm not talking about her house ;-) ) and therefore not as good of a story for us movie-goers.
shareIf it wasn't for his log-cutting, and the cop's wife seeing him log cutting all the time, she may not have been as attracted to himIt may have helped confirm virility but I think she would have been attracted nonetheless.
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The scene starts out with him moving the bigger logs with the wheelbarrow, then the next series of scenes show him cutting it with the motorized saw, and the last set of scenes show him chopping them with an axe into smaller pieces on the stump.Yes.
I guess it would mean that he's getting closer to his revenge
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If they cut the wood scenes the film would've been so short...
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You can only intensely wood-cut with an intense wood-cutting hatchet like that one.
Speaking of which, I really want a hatchet like that.
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Yeah! Pull those scenes and you'd gain a half hour more for your life! ;)
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Guy just happily chopping wood on the farm all day, woman with impotent husband wants to have sex with him. It reminded me of those classic Russ Meyer films.
shareHe was not impotent just infertile.
sharewas he infertile? She conceived, but the baby died in the third month. Excuse my ignorance, but that doesn't seem to be his fault.
sharewas he infertile? She conceived, but the baby died in the third month. Excuse my ignorance, but that doesn't seem to be his fault.He had a low sperm count. She tells her mother when serving dessert that the problem lay with her husband and it was chance they conceived at all.
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That was some wood cutting Man. It was a never ending boredom. Eventually gave up and stopped watching this painfully boring movie. I guess he was looking for revenge. That's stupid. The girl was killed by the Lawman,while she was abetting a crime. He was just doing his duty. Well this is what I presume,as I could not bear to go through the tedium of him cutting wood.
shareIn fact, the log cutting actually ends up being symbolic of the opposite, in a sense. It is filmed in such a way to increase the tension, but in the end is simply an honest labor that helps get Alex's head back on straight, reconnected with the land, his humanity, etc.
That's a good explanation right there.
And when you think about it, the farm and clean outdoor air was so strikingly different from the hedonistic (yet still emotionless) bordello life in the cramped city. As the grandpa said (paraphrased) "Cities can turn people into scoundrels."
Now all this is immediately contradicted since we know the wife was open to committing adultery, so not every country person is exactly an angel here, but the farm life did seem to have a positive restorative effect on Alex's mind. The wood cutting (intense it was!) was like a slow purging and punishment process that he very much needed. share