The intimacy of the classic old movies shown in "Zatou City" is still rushing. It's not at all inferior to the old version in terms of local intimacy. The protagonist of the movie, the blind sword guest Zatou City, was originally a very marketable comrade, and was simply vulgar. However, this seemingly vulgar "market taste" is the basis for Zatoichi to become a folk hero, and it is also the greatest source of intimacy that die-hard movie fans can feel. The Kitano Takeshi version of the film restores the intimacy to the greatest extent. Even the opponents who embody his most brave side are still "small-scale criminal gangs" belonging to the "urban-rural integration zone" and cannot make it to the big stage. Audiences who are accustomed to old beautiful and rotten blockbusters, European exquisite small films, and Hong Kong ambitions black films may find such stories and scenes too old-fashioned; but for fans of old films, Biqing Bijing is the soul duck soup that they strive for.
Needless to say, the obvious nostalgic aspects such as location selection and setting of the scene needless to say. The cordial charm of the countryside is certainly related to the visual form of expression, but what can more evoke the warm memories of the fans of "Shengxin" is the way of acting and other things. The performance of small people. Kitano Takeshi's version of Zatoichi is also funny, in fact, he doesn't need to talk much, as long as he lowers his head slightly and makes an embarrassing smile, the honest energy of Zatoichi comes out. The same is to take the eyes to laugh, the scenes in the film and the trembling baggage at the end of the film can make people laugh so hard, Kitano Takeshi really hasn't lost his ability to talk about cross talk. In addition to the traditional Japanese harlequin performances, there are also supporting actors whose main purpose is to play tricks in the film. All comedy colors are displayed in a more traditional way. You can imagine that the nostalgic Japanese will be full of joy. scene.
However, Kitano Takeshi will never be satisfied with copying classics; it is unbearable to repeat the same details completely. No matter how much Kitano Takeshi strives for perfection, he and Katsu Shintaro are always different. Rather than being nostalgic indefinitely, it is better to highlight the fortitude of the times appropriately to create a dual experience of nostalgia and novelty.
The so-called fortitude of the times, what the audience feels most intuitively, must be the protagonist Zatoichi's appearance. In fact, Kitano Takeshi didn't change anything. It just made some hands and feet on the hair, but it actually looks a bit whitish and light golden, so it can only be called "Merulina". At first glance, this extraordinary hairstyle seems to be inconsistent with the film’s costume style, but who said that the samurai ronin would have long hair in a bun. Therefore, Kitano Takeshi basically inherited the particularity of Zatoshi in Japanese folklore and gave him a sharper image.
If the character’s advancing with the times is just a gimmick that adds to the appeal of the film, the film’s relaxation of scene scheduling and atmosphere creation brings a visual and psychological impact. There are not many action scenes in "Zatoshi", but from the beginning, people have a taste of what is fierce murderousness. After the shock of lightning and flint, coupled with a slow motion of shaking a sword, Zato City's "strongest murderous in history" stimulated people's blood, at least Xiaosheng is like that. The next few fighting scenes fully embodied the characteristics of the Japanese samurai sword technique of "concentrating energy, concentrating on life and death". Under the wonderful scene scheduling and calm and exquisite shots, the sword fighting scenes of the film brought to the audience. The feeling of both aura and fierceness, maybe only when reading Gu Long novels or watching "Rurouni Kenshin" anime. "Zatoshi" reproduces the spirit that belongs to the ancient kendo very well. Among them, the modification of CG technology is indispensable, which really makes people appreciate the power of "Lightning Sword". What's more surprising is that Kitano Takeshi simply used CG to deal with the shots of bloody blood, and discarded the traditional Japanese blood spraying method: less exaggeration, more violent aesthetics, personally think it is more in line with the violent aesthetics of the film Said; anyway, every time I see the Japanese spurting method, whether it is the Japanese instigated or borrowed by Quentin, I can’t help but laugh
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