Zhang Yimou is a master of formalism, and in the film "Hero", it is vividly displayed, and the artistic conception can be regarded as beautiful. The use of ancient elements such as guqin, falling rain, national essence, desert, palace and other ancient elements express a kind of traditional Chinese culture. The color shift is most noticeable throughout the film.
At the beginning of the film, black is the main color tone, showing solemnity, but also a sense of depression and heaviness. The grandeur is based on symmetry and beauty. The palace is very empty. Many soldiers are left outside the palace. Only Wuming and King Qin are left to look at each other in the palace. They begin to narrate the whole thing. Start.
Wuming began to talk about the process of fighting with the sky. Guqin and Peking Opera complement each other to stimulate the hearing. The raindrops splashed and bounced like crystal clear flowers. In the minds of the two, the beauty was displayed to the extreme, and the sound was used to increase the intensity of the fight. The rhythm of the guqin is also facing the rhythm of the fight between the two, and everything fits well. When the string is broken, the sword rises, and the sword falls out. Everything seems to be logical. King Qin can't help but sigh in his thoughts, such a fast sword.
When Wuming fabricated the capture of Canjian Feixue and the others, he used red as the main color. Red is the color of blood, it is the entanglement of love, with a bright personal color, trapped by love, suffered by love, resented by love, hated by love, and died because of love. Among the arrows, the old gentleman was dressed in red. He was not chaotic, but he was still practising calligraphy, with a gesture of indifference to the extreme. The various ways and mysteries in the calligraphy mentioned are also a hidden thread that runs through the film to the end.
Even though personal feelings and grievances dominate this section, the artistic conception is still admirably beautiful. In the rain of arrows, Feixue Wuming, dressed in red, blocked the arrows, and the swordsman, who was also in red, showed a majestic atmosphere. Arrival is in line with Can Jian's saying that calligraphy and kendo are connected.
Wuming Jiang attributed the failure of Feixue Canjian to the emotional entanglement between the two of them. When Ruyue took revenge for Canjian, the large forest of yellow leaves was also beautiful, the red clothes were swaying, and the long hair of the woman was also flying in the wind. The film is played here, and the viewers can't help but sigh that Director Zhang's use of artistic conception beauty is high. Both women are beautiful, but it is for a man to perform such a beautiful state. Ruyue seems to be sad under such a tone. She is just a maid, and she can't win anything from beginning to end. She can't compete with swords, and she can't beat Feixue in martial arts. Therefore, he could only die under Feixue's sword. Be a falling butterfly that cannot fly across the sea. A drop of blood fell from the sword, dripping on the soft heart of man. Blood stained the entire yellow-leaf forest.
King Qin was neither stupid nor stupid, and he found the loopholes in the nameless words. He knew that Feixue Canjian were both bright and upright warriors, so he guessed that Wuming was actually an assassin, and he also came for assassination. In the fragment of King Qin's conjecture, blue is the main color. Blue is the coldest color, pure and calm, with a rational image. Therefore, King Qin's vision is rational, cold, calm and sober. He is guessing, he has no witness, and there is no need to add some more emotional affection. Therefore, it is most appropriate to use blue to interpret King Qin's intentions. He thinks Feixue Canjian has a very deep affection, and is willing to play a play with Wuming himself, instead of taking risks for the other party. He also believes that there is a battle of gentlemen between Canjian and Wuming. In the beautiful scenery, the years are quiet, the lake is flowing, and in the picturesque scenery, there is a battle expressed by the mind, and the battle of the gentlemen to the point. . It's love, it's love, it's mission.
King Qin's conjecture broke Wuming's fabricated story, and Wuming told the truth. At this time, the main color is changed to white, which means justice and represents the truth, which is used as the background color to discuss the truth. Everything is flattened, white is also colorless, there is no love and no hate, some are just objective reality, plain narrative.
In the truth, there is a plot of Can Jian's memories, with green as the main tone. Green represents the character of peace, friendliness, and unwillingness to conflict, which is in line with what Can Jian thinks and acts. Green also symbolizes vitality, tranquility, and hope, and is an interpretation of the film's theme, with peace as its keynote. In the Middle Ages, green represented love. Although this symbolism is no longer obvious in modern times, I don’t know if this meaning is also contained in the film.
The film ended up making me cry, which I didn't expect. For the sake of the world, the suffering of one person is no longer suffering compared to the rest of the world. This is a kind of nobility, this is a kind of atmosphere, this is a kind of integrity, this is the style of a chivalrous person. What made me cry was the last sentence Wuming said: Your Majesty, this swordsman must be stabbed. If you stab this sword, many people will die, but Your Majesty will live. Those who die, please remember, Your Majesty, the highest realm. This is the knight, this is the sublime, this is the hero.
At this time, the film has long returned to the tone of black, and the grandeur is revealed again. Inside the Grand Palace is solemn and solemn, and above the yellow sand desert, there are two white robes.
Feixue finally killed Can Jian. The broken sword can't block the sword that Feixue stabs, he said that you will believe it. There is no blood, only the desert, only a pair of love in white, only the moon rushes to come, but only sees two people who love each other cuddling and dying. This is the most tender picture in the whole film.
When the rain of arrows comes again, Wuming is unstoppable. There is only one human figure above the city gate without an arrow, which implies that Wuming is dead. In the end, black and red are intertwined, and the red cloth on the nameless corpse seems to be soaked in the blood of a generation of knights, which is noble and great.
King Qin realized that the highest state of swordsmanship is that there is no sword in his hand, and no sword in his heart. If he has a big mind and embraces everything, then he is not stupid, and that is peace.
Zhang Yimou probably used several colors and several images to construct such a heroic image. To embrace everything with a big mind, for the sake of peace, is also the character of a hero.
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