However, if you compare horizontally, in April this year, there was a Japanese anime TV series "Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress" . If you have seen this, the plot of "Train to Busan" has nothing new, even the zombie attack on the train. The settings are all the same; and the relationships between the characters are all in the routine. Because the father is busy with work, emotionally indifferent, and neglects to take care of the children, he inadvertently boarded the road with the children on the road with no return. On the way, they experienced life and death together, and learned from it. But it's too late, and in the face of disaster, how can people help each other, or kill each other for self-protection and so on.
In the past ten years, Korean movies have seen such disaster films appearing in the international film market. In 2006, "The Monster of the Han River" , I think it is actually more interesting than this one, because it is based on a family from the bottom of the society to fight against monsters and the government. (Korean films really spare no effort in criticizing those in power, and many films focus on social themes). And director Feng Junhao recreated the peak in 2013 (actually, my favorite is "Memories of Murder" ), and filmed "Snowpiercer"(The French love it because it is adapted from a French comic), and what is interesting is that in the above-mentioned "Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress", the people at the bottom of the car are oppressed, and the "power in power" from the rear of the car to the front of the car. The plot of the "Snowpiercer" attack is so similar to this "Snowpiercer", oh, in short~ In the past two years, everyone has been loving to use this kind of enclosed space, especially the long and narrow trains with first-class and ordinary "hierarchical concepts". Speaking of things, I believe that "Train to Busan" must also be a combination of "train", "zombie", "biochemical infection", "human nature", "family affection", "road film" and other commercial film elements that have been very successful in recent years. The product conceived is worth thinking about and learning from Chinese commercial films! In fact, I have always believed that Chinese films do not need to take such big steps and directly learn from Hollywood in the United States. If the steps are too large, be careful to pull the egg. In the fourth quarter of 2016, there are not a few decent domestic films. This is really a good reflection. , In fact, just by vain (wu) heart (chi) borrowing (fu) learning (zhi) the mentality of Korean films in the past ten years, you can gradually find the feeling of opening the international film market by yourself! Here is a small advertisement for my beloved teacher Du's book "On the Creation of Korean Film Directors" . I still remember that more than ten years ago, when Korean films were far from being well known to Chinese fans, the teacher had already listed Kim Ki-duk and Lee Chang-dong as Korean directors. The "Master Research" class guided us to study and analyze. At that time, she recommended that Chinese filmmakers should learn more from Korean directors!
If you compare this "Train to Busan" with similar virus-infected disaster films in Europe and the United States, it must be said that "Train to Busan" has done a very good job in portraying the characters. Several characters have their own characteristics and commonalities, and some are understandable. It is very rare to be able to describe everyone in the "team" with just the right strength in such a commercial film! I especially like the baseball boy. After seeing his teammates turn into zombies, he always "can't do it" cowardly, and he didn't scare away immediately after his girlfriend was infected at the end, but was willing to be infected, which depicts how everyone is dealing with sudden changes. There are different rhythms on the issue of self-preservation or sacrifice.
Going back to the film language, this film has achieved honors and even specials in the following aspects:
1. What I personally admire very much is the effort in the "visual effects" of this film! Perfect for losing nuanced special effects and makeup! And even the loss has a role in it~ In the end, the uncle in the suit who suffered a thousand knives gave a close-up before he became a loss, and when he was performing "I want to go home, my family has an old mother, and my family lives in XXX", he was like a zombie. It's really a big-case service that Korean movies have begun to develop to the "artisan" level! And this kind of film and television industrialization, especially when it is necessary to show the film special effects, makeup, scenery, props, soundtrack, and post-production of the craftsmanship, Chinese film is a capital shi! This is also one of the biggest obstacles hindering the internationalization of Chinese films. So why is it that when I saw Deng Chao and Sun Li's "Villain Angel" some time ago , I felt that someone finally made a serious effort in this regard, so don't take the "poetic" of the Chinese new wave by holding it for half an hour . Now, be a little bit more careful, okay?
2. The director opened his mind to the scene scheduling and narrative space! The "train" itself is already a small space that is extremely difficult to express, and the opening and closing doors of a car are used to fight against "the enemy", "playing wits and courage", "danger and safety", "sacrifice and persistence" , The elaboration space of "acceptance and hostility" is a very test of skill, but also very clever. Good people use the carriage to block the loss, and the "evil selfishness" in human nature also uses the carriage door to reject the "return of the good"; and in the narrow carriage, there are even "battles that attract the enemy with sound", "climbing on the luggage rack". "Breakthrough", "the toilet on the carriage has become a temporary safety island" such "battlefields", in which you can move the mirror freely, it is really a skill!
3. The camera has a good sense of rhythm! Except that the plot at the back is a bit protracted, but each shot is very sharp and not procrastinated. Even the relationship between the characters and the inner distance are simply used a few consecutive shots, which are quickly and well explained. For example, for several main characters When everyone first got in the car, the camera directly aimed at the picture of grandma peeling eggs for her sister, which gave the audience a beautiful understanding of their relatives and inner feelings; while the baseball girl sat beside the baseball boy. On the surface, and he pretended to be indifferent on the surface, he also portrayed the girl's direct and straightforward character, while the boy's outwardly shy and not good at expressing the character - this is the charm of the camera language! No need for subtitles or language interpretation, just move the mirror, stretch, montage, and the narrative is completed! How amazing~
4. The thinking and characterization of human nature are good in commercial disaster films: such as "Blind Flu" and "The Fog" , which also talk about the sudden outbreak of virus infection, human beings are lost in instinctive self-preservation, Doubt, but do not give up looking for truth, goodness and beauty, because it is a commercial film, the ending may be more about advocating a good ending, rather than a commercial film, especially a movie with no production restrictions in the West, it may choose an open ending to be thought-provoking, but " As a commercial film, "Train to Busan" constantly reveals the ugly and selfish side of human nature in the narrative process. The revenge of the grandma and sisters who "see through the world" is actually challenging the limits of human nature - enough to dig deep enough, and the "salvation" at the end may be more considering the public's acceptance of commercial movies.
In short, "Train to Busan" tells a story that people from all over the world can understand (when I was watching the movie in Paris, the audience was full, and some people applauded at the end, although it was laughing, but it was all well-intentioned), technically It strives to be in line with international standards, excavates human nature moderately, and gives the public a gratifying ending, which is worthy of both applause and sales!
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