In Zhou Xingchi's "Kung Fu", from every detail, we can see his sadness, loneliness and the display of human nature
So today I want to talk about what "Kung Fu" is going to say? Zhou Xingchi wanted to express his understanding and cognition of the world, life and human nature.
1. Interpretation of Human Nature in "Kung Fu"
The film begins with a mouthful of spit to start the journey of human nature's road of good and evil: several extremely important performances in the camera, the disdainful eyes of the woman sitting in the police station, the arrogance of the crocodile gang leader, and the smashed plaque - sin nemesis.
When the gang leader of the Crocodile Gang walked out of the police station, the Axe Gang appeared, and the camera in the movie immediately closed the doors, windows, and the rhythmically closed doors. With the combination of visual and sound effects, people feel the coming of the big evil and the demise of the small evil. Evil keeps getting stronger, from spitting up to the phrase "sister-in-law, I don't kill women"
The movie in this segment subtly foreshadows the outcome of human evil. Implies a philosophy of good and evil. In one sentence of Liu Bei's last words, it is explained: "Don't do evil for small things."
Immediately afterwards, the leader of the Axe Gang danced on the geometric lotus pattern, like a beautiful snow lotus being slowly dyed black. This implies the degeneration of social groups. We see the clues through a few lenses that viewers can easily overlook. That is the crowd with a tendency to gamble and the gangsters who keep collecting money. The sharp contrast of the shots once again reflects Mr. Zhou's philosophy of good and evil: the growth of the axe gang is made by the common people in every casino.
At this time, the protagonist appeared. A group of naive children cooperated with Xingye's foot that smashed the football. Apart from the stalk of "Shaolin Soccer", the appearance of the protagonist is also the beginning of explaining the philosophy of good and evil.
Then, through the confrontation between the protagonist and the masses, the first big allegorical shot of the main battlefield of the whole play is formed. The fearlessness and power of the crowd in this set of shots is overwhelming. Even a child is full of fearlessness and strength.
What does Zhou Xingchi say when he does this?
He not only expresses the cowardice and cowardice of the protagonist to bully the soft and fear the hard, but more importantly, he makes a clever foreshadowing for the masses' view of good and evil. The more you look back, the clearer it becomes.
Next, the camera slowly began to reveal the answer for the previous group of crowd shots, and the Axe Gang appeared. Then, Brother Ass, he was still fearless, meaningless from the beginning to the end, but he never took any action. With the righteousness on his face, he couldn't hide the filth of human nature.
In the face of small evil, "there are thousands of me". In the face of the great evil, there are tens of thousands of me who have fallen, watching being burned to death by gasoline, and will not rise up to resist.
In order to express this philosophy more clearly, Xing Ye appeared three Kung Fu men. The appearance of these three kung fu men is also very interesting. The appearance of the latter two always makes people feel a sense of escape, avoidance and cowardice. This description of human nature is precise and thorough.
Then the main event began, three brave people became heroes. You can see Zhou Xingchi's confrontation with the masses through the charter wife, and we found that the fearlessness and bravery of the masses appeared again. In fact, there is a detail in this video, that is, the renter scolds which people owe the rent one by one. Xing Ye put these lines here, what should I do? What to say? to express what?
It's very simple: that is, the renter is actually the benefactor of these people, and the savior who really takes in these homeless people. However, you can't see a trace of gratitude to her from the masses, instead it's all complaints and accusations.
They are not only cowardly, timid, and afraid of things, but also avenge their revenge. This is a high-level foreshadowing of the concept of good and evil by Xingye. The following story reflects my reasoning, a very important scene: "Three Kung Fu brothers, looking at the axe gang in the distance." I can't help but ask, where are the brave and fearless people? Their fearlessness and bravery are completely gone. During the fight, Zhou Xingchi withdrew all the so-called righteous people from the arena. This was just the beginning.
Here, through this comparison, the fundamental and inevitable reasons for the arrival of the Axe Gang are implied. The cause and effect is just hidden by Zhou Xingchi, you can't find it if you don't look carefully or think carefully.
This philosophical view continued slowly, and the three kung fu brothers died lonely. It must be noted here that none of the upstairs windows in the slum, except for the chartered wife, are open. I don't know what the people in the windows thought, but what I saw was the worthlessness and sadness of the three heroes.
What is worth mentioning here is that Master Xing deliberately showed that the moment the charterer opened the window, the two blind killers stopped immediately. This clearly implies that the so-called righteous people can save the three heroes.
The camera continued to turn around, and the appearance of the crowd was a dialogue between a dying Kung Fu man and his wife and wife, as well as a self-righteous ass brother. The justice of the masses has appeared again, and that kind of justice and doubts about the chartered wife and his wife made me feel very reasonable.
Why didn't you take action earlier with such high martial arts skills? However, I suddenly understood what Zhou Xingchi was going to say, that is why so many of you don't even dare to open the window and see you off when your benefactor is gone? These people are not like keyboard warriors behind thousands of computer screens.
This comparison can also see Zhou Xingchi's inner cry to the world.
The story goes on further: the sinister axe helped the boss, who was punched by the evil god, turn around several times, and then stopped just where he was looking back. Like I said at the beginning, the great evil you unleashed, you become the victim first. Moreover, Zhou Xingchi mischievously used a theory in Buddhism: turning back is the way to go. Comparing this with the palm hole in the building behind after the failure of the evil god behind, is it all saying: Turning back is the shore?
Star Lord is calling everyone with malice. In fact, Xing Ye's brilliance is here. He knows that people's evil is just being treated badly. It is a higher understanding of life and a higher understanding of human nature.
The whole story is full of Xingye's view of good and evil: Xingye, through his own transformation from good to evil, from evil to good, tells the world that there is no good and evil, that there is good and evil, and evil is evil! Do evil to be evil, do good to be good! I believe that Master Xing's wisdom has been sublimated qualitatively when he was shooting kung fu. Or have understood human nature.
Let's talk about what this movie really wants to say next: Lord Xing uses his journey of becoming a Buddha to enlighten every ordinary person in the world.
2. Interpretation of Xingye's life in "Kung Fu"
There are two souls of the whole movie here: the beggar and the dumb.
The appearance of beggars is actually deceiving in the movie. However, what I saw was Stephen Chow's belief and indomitableness. The Tathagata Palm in the film is what Zhou Xingchi wanted all his life. So in a sense, the beggar is Zhou Xingchi himself. The beggar's words to save world peace are actually the true thoughts of Xing Ye. This kind of thinking can be seen in many of Xingye's works. It's just that this ideal is saddened by Stephen Chow's humor.
A book, let Zhou Xingchi start his life road. This book is also the beginning of his sincerity and sincerity. Next is the dumb, and many people who are dumb see love. In fact, on the contrary, Dumb is Zhou Xingchi's other self, that is, the kind and beautiful side of human nature.
We conduct a simple analysis through a few simple lenses. The first mute appeared in childhood. This is the first blow to Stephen Chow's good wishes in life. This blow is compared to the scene where the protagonist steps on the football when he debuts, which shows that the protagonist is confused, secular, and betrays his true heart. In fact, it also implies that the protagonist is being swallowed by the "evil" thoughts of human nature. He was getting further and further away from himself.
The second mute appearance is Zhou Xingchi's overlord ice cream after comparing all kinds of people who have materialized their lives. What we see is that the strong bully the weak, but Zhou Xingchi expresses that he does not dare to face himself in his heart. He is violent against his ideals, he is running away from his kindness. Therefore, we saw Zhou Xingchi's wild laughter after getting in the car, but what we saw under the laughter was sadness and helplessness.
The third time the mute appeared, after Zhou Xingchi was bullied by the glasses man. This should be another blow in Zhou Xingchi's life. Under this blow, he no longer eats an ice cream for nothing, but directly steals money. Here are the tears shed by a dumb, kind and clear eye, it is Zhou Xingchi's own inner sorrow and tears. He is rejecting the other self, the other true self. However, he seemed to realize something.
So in this story, Zhou Xingchi's eyes show self-doubt. He seems to be asking himself: "Is my previous pursuit right? Is that the self I want?" The appearance of a lollipop reminded him of his original self, or his real self. After this story, Master Xing gave Fatty the money he stole, the kind of determination to drive Fatty away, perfectly explained that Zhou Xingchi at this time began to find himself. I have already made up my mind to be myself.
The moment he sat down, it can be said that in addition to film and television expression and story interpretation, the subsequent interpretation is more about the process of Zhou Xingchi's mental growth. The beginning of this process is to release the evil spirits.
There are several stages here, starting with his entry into a mental hospital, applying many associative lenses. The stumbled protagonist is seen in this shot, which fully expresses the protagonist's self-struggle and uncompromising.
Then he entered his first real affirmation of himself, which was the one who gently pointed a finger to the evil god. Don't underestimate that action, it contains great courage. He began to challenge the evil he looked up to the most in his heart. His actions were timid, but compared with the masses in front of him, he had transcended the world.
The first affirmation, the next step is to further affirm myself. With that wooden stick, he began to challenge the most powerful axe gang boss. Zhou Xingchi's timidity could still be seen in that courage, and then this timidity disappeared. After the evil god's blow, another stroke of genius.
This divine stroke made people see the open-mindedness of life and the fearlessness after finding one's self: it was the little wooden stick that could not cause any harm, and it slowly knocked on the evil god's forehead.
The hints of lifting heavy weights and the expression of life philosophy make people sigh at Zhou Xingchi's level.
Stephen Chow perfectly integrates visual language and philosophy of life, and the stick represents his firm belief in being himself.
So after entering the Buddhist hall, even when Xing Ye was dying, he still drew that childhood lollipop. That lollipop is the ideal in his heart and himself. There is no dialogue or copy, but I saw four words: "I don't regret it".
The ultimate expression is like the implied meaning in traditional Chinese culture. Life requires you to discover yourself, find yourself, and become your own truth.
Later, several shots expressed Zhou Xingchi's success after his life epiphany.
One is breaking out of the cocoon, and the other is rebirth from desire.
Breaking out of the cocoon is manifested by his own body and the butterfly breaking out of the cocoon, and the rebirth of lust is manifested by descending into the sky. The Lord of the Stars in the sky suggests to people that if you want to be reborn, you must stand at the highest point to look at yourself and burn yourself.
In the whole scene after that, in fact, Zhou Xingchi was not fighting the Axe Gang, but defeating the inner demons that interfered with him to achieve himself. You can say that Zhou Xingchi has defeated his desire for money, his uncompromising attitude towards the powerful, his temptation for beauty, his disdain for enjoyment, his unyielding attitude towards setbacks...
Aren't these things that everyone has to go through in life?
Dumb, not uttering a word. In fact, I tell you that everyone's kindness and beauty have always been by your side, but you never found her. Kindness is silent and requires you to discover it yourself.
So the appearance of mute in the shot is clever and meaningful.
Especially after Zhou Xingchi's success, Dumb returned by himself, and then transformed into a boy and a girl holding hands, implying self-achievement. The outer self and the id are officially integrated, and then the big lollipop on the roof can see that Mr. Zhou has good thoughts and the heart of purifying all sentient beings.
The purpose of self-achievement is to embrace the common people, to purify all living beings, to let more people find themselves, and to make the world full of beauty. Purdue all sentient beings is Purdue himself, and only by achieving others can you achieve yourself.
Full of philosophy of life!
At the same time, I have to sigh, how much grievance has Zhou Xingchi suffered? The reason why he yearns for a beautiful and uncontested world shows that he has suffered a lot of grievances, and it also shows that he sees a lot of unpleasantness and struggles, otherwise he would not have such a strong yearning.
After all, Zhou Xingchi no one can understand, silently endure that kind of sad loneliness.
In the last shot, a little boy and a beggar appeared and said the answer: I found myself, how about you? The boy looked at you and me outside the screen with questioning eyes!
In the last shot, books on different exercises in the hands of beggars tell the world that everyone's ideals in life are different, everyone is different, and you have to choose your own path carefully.
Regarding this reminder, Zhou Xingchi can also see the meaning of the dialogue when he watched the fight in front of the window of the chartered wife and his wife. Zhou Xingchi kindly reminded parents all over the world that the achievement of a child depends on him after all, and that the future of a child is to find himself first. A child's life is to achieve the child's own life, not the life that parents want.
I summarize Stephen Chow's mental journey into three stages: finding oneself, affirming oneself, and achieving oneself. It is generally the same as the three realms of life in the Analects of Confucius, and the Dao is the same.
Zhou Xingchi has already achieved himself, and to achieve himself requires giving up a lot of things, including love.
However, is there any achievement of self without giving up the so-called beauty? Looking forward to Zhou Xingchi's answer.
3. Other interpretations in "Kung Fu":
Chartered Wife: A real kind-hearted shouter, she used a lion's roar, a metaphor for Xingye's cry to the world.
Tai Chi: A metaphor for the avenue of life.
The comparison of several realms of warriors and the realm of life:
Punch, Foot and Stick: Represents tangible feelings, equivalent to the lower realm of human beings, seeing only the surface. I call this low-level realm the realm of "form".
Then it came to a higher level: here I have to say that Zhou Xingchi's shrewdness, through blindness, seclusion (chartered wife and wife), and self-closure (evil god), it shows that people in this realm are full of loneliness and loneliness.
At the third realm of Xing Zhou Xingchi: I will teach you, one sentence shows that he is completely open-minded and has reached the realm of no self.
What is worth mentioning in the play is that "there is no one in ten thousand" appeared several times. I saw Zhou Xingchi's loneliness, I also saw his thirst for a confidant, and also saw his cry to the world, when will you also become unique self.
There is nothing in the world, not to show that you are different, but to show that you are you, the real you, the one who is not lost in the feasting, the one who is not lost in the crowd.
Of course, these are all my own interpretations. I just like "Kung Fu". Let me tell you why I like this movie. There are no fancy artistic narratives, and I don't deliberately express the artistic level of the lens language, let alone how much the special effects are. Invincible. As I have often said, Journey to the West in the 1980s talked about technology and special effects. However, it still cannot hide the beauty of TV dramas. The kind of sincere beauty, the kind of natural beauty, the kind of beauty that is not contrived, the kind of beauty that is not nonsense.
Finally say: "Zhou Xingchi, in fact, you are not alone! So many people like you, but they are actually your confidants. I think that day I saw a laughing Zhou Xingchi, a calm Zhou Xingchi, a completely detached Zhou Xingchi, a The immortal Stephen Chow...
Finally, I will make my own evaluation of "Kung Fu": the film and television version of "The Analects of Confucius".
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