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When I went to the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games, I met Zhang Yimou from "Heroes"...
——It is more a coincidence to say that it was an exploration, because watching "Heroes" again was not a self-initiated choice, but a combination of coincidences. Next, I took a glimpse at CCTV6 through the TV; it is difficult to clearly recall the situation and feelings when I watched "Hero" for the first time, but the gossip that was flying all over the sky in a certain period still rings in my ears, so I hold After a glimpse of the psychology, I watched this famous "blockbuster" again.
When it comes to "Hero", anyone with some movie viewing experience must mention Akira Kurosawa's "Romanson", which is also one of the main reasons for the uproar of "Hero" back then.
Although there are various gaps in time and space between the two, the similarities in form really make people have to compare the two; Plagiarism is obviously unfair.
The similarity between the two is that the stories outlined by Wuming and King Qin respectively—this is also the most important and most outstanding part of the film—has a metaphysical resemblance to "Rashomon", that is, according to their own subjective consciousness as one thing Adding different colors is a metaphysical tribute to Akira Kurosawa's masterpiece. Although there are no words "salutation" and "gift" in the film, this adhering to it is just a tribute, because in the theme There is a world of difference between the two...
"Rashomon" starts the story with a murder case. The four parties concealed the truth of the matter for various purposes. Therefore, through the film, we saw four different versions of the murder case. Through this film, Akira Kurosawa explored human nature. The inferior root of selfishness; and although "Hero" also unfolds the story through telling, and there are also different versions, but here, Zhang Yimou obviously does not intend to explore the hypocrisy of the language used in the description and use it to reveal the hypocrisy behind. The human nature, he just borrowed a vivid way to start the story, so the spiritual core of "Hero" is not here.
In Milan Kundera's The Unbearable Lightness of Life: "Parmenides asked himself this question as early as the sixth century BC. In his view, the universe is divided into Opposing duality: light and dark, thick and thin, hot and cold, presence and non-existence. He regards the opposite pole as the positive pole (brightness, heat, thinness, existence), and the other pole as the negative pole... Then , what is positive, heavy or light?
" Parmenides replied: the light is positive, the heavy is negative. Is he right or wrong? This is a problem. Only one thing is certain: the opposition between heavy and light is the most mysterious and vague of all oppositions. "
According to Kundera's point of view, we can easily conclude that Akira Kurosawa's performance in "Rashomon" is light-although human nature has been a serious and heavy topic since ancient times, but through Kurosawa What we see on the clear black and white film is a light comedy, and the film only gives a plausible ending in simple language until the end. If it is interpreted with specific coordinates and graphics, the direction of the film is nothing more than a straight downward line. The slash, it seems that it is this kind of light weight that has established Kurosawa Akira's international place.
"Hero" is not the case, it is even a reverse engineering of "Rashomon" to a large extent. First of all, the entry point of the story is not It is not very noble, but gradually moves towards heavy philosophical propositions. This is the heaviest burden, including the meaning of life and even the political meaning of fate. Therefore, if it is interpreted with specific graphics, the film will definitely be a hardship. The upward line of the story, and it is precisely this dramatic effect of "lifting the weight of the light" to a large extent weakens the power of the essence of the story. Therefore, "Hero" has not been successful.
Indeed, as Zhang Yimou himself said, "I made a commercial film..." Therefore, the film does not need an abstract spiritual core. His original intention is not to guide the audience into thinking, but to analyze a familiar sound and picture through concrete sound and picture. Mainstream opinion: what world, what revenge, what love, etc. Yes, this is a commercial film, purely commercial, so it is filled and concealed by a series of so-called visual climaxes, as someone said: " In this world, it is very rare for an artist to have two artistic creation styles at the same time. Spielberg from the United States is one who can shoot romantic works such as "Alien" and "Jurassic Park". It can also produce masterpieces of realism such as "Schindler's List" and "Saving Private Ryan". Zhang Yimou is another one, and Zhang's has "Qiu Ju's Lawsuit", "No One Less" and "The Living" Such a masterpiece of realism has also produced a purely romantic and dreamy heroic work like "Hero". "Qiu Ju's Lawsuit" can be so simple that the actor Gong Li walks in the countryside of northern Shaanxi with a "big belly" and no one can see through it. And "Hero" can be exaggerated to dye every leaf of Populus euphratica in Inner Mongolia red with British dyes. Whether it is the simplicity of realism or the exaggeration of romanticism, Zhang Yimou can achieve the ultimate, this is what everyone in art can achieve This is what the masters of art give us.”
Therefore, whether it is to express honestly with plain methods or to deceive with fancy illusions is opposite, and the works dominated by these two attitudes are also opposite. There is a world of difference.
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