Author: Xu Fangsheng
Volume 19 of "Nirvana Sutra" "The highest of the eight hells, it is called, because it means to suffer great suffering without interruption, so it has this name."
The so-called "Infernal Affairs" simply refers to the The fate of the characters, the film is to frame the good and evil, sin and redemption of human nature on the fate of the endless hell. It tells the story of two men with chaotic identities, Liu Jianming and Chen Yongren, who are undercover in the police and underworld respectively. In an environment similar to the endless hell, in dreams, I am afraid that others will reveal my identity. There is no reincarnation in the endless hell, only eternal suffering, but the two protagonists in the film are seeking reincarnation. After a fierce fight, they are determined to find their own stories in the conflict of fate and the interweaving of good and evil. In 2002, when Hong Kong movies were so sluggish that they were almost forgotten by people, "Infernal Affairs" stood up and was called the box office champion of Hong Kong movies that year. The important awards at several film award ceremonies in Taiwan have also shown its edge at the Berlin Film Festival, one of the three major film festivals. The completion of a movie requires the efforts of actors in front of the screen and behind the scenes, including the director and related production staff. Its success also depends on these two aspects. The amount of box office is just a simple form of expression. Of course, as an ordinary audience , all I can feel is the attractiveness of the actor's scorching brilliance to the film. If you go deeper, you may be able to appreciate the profound connotation given to the film by the meticulous attention of the screenwriter, director or behind-the-scenes work. As a traditional commercial police officer Bandit genre films, "Infernal Affairs"'s wonderful plot design, good narrative rhythm, and the powerful charm of the actors' performances make the audience ignore a lot of commercial packaging behind it. It is just a cultural tool for profit acquisition, and it will not give it a classic aura. For this film, I did not experience a heavy sense of the times, and I did not see the brutal and exaggerated police and bandit fighting scenes, but its tense and suspenseful atmosphere, advancing step by step, you fight against me, and the repeated character conflicts It is particularly attractive to me, and what I feel most deeply is that good people are good, while bad people are not bad, but the cycle of good and evil will not stop because there is no reincarnation, and time will always choose a result, which is respected by students.
Part1 The philosophy of human nature and the metaphor of time in the two main protagonist
films.
"Who is pulling the strings?
That forgotten time
gradually came back to my heart." The two entered the endless black and white road, right and wrong, repeating, dying, it seems to be from Cai Qin's "Forgotten" Beginning in the rhythm of "The Time", Liu Jianming and Chen Yongren met and started the exchange of identities. Fate pushed them to the cusp but asked them to face it with a calm and undisguised attitude. In the unfamiliar and unfamiliar environment, no matter how detached one is, it seems impossible to do it. Being oneself will always be ruthlessly ridiculed by fate, so we can only hope for time. "Three years after three years." When Chen Yongren, who was full of stubble, said this to Huang Sir, he revealed his sadness and helplessness. He shoulders an uncontrollable sense of responsibility. He is a "bad guy", but he has no When not reminding himself that he is a good person, he also had a heartbeat for a certain woman, but he was unable to start a long love, because he was a policeman, because he was an undercover agent. The protagonists of the film Liu Jianming and Chen Yongren have many similarities. They are both wandering between good and evil. If they were not undercover, they might have become good friends. After Liu Jianming finally killed his boss, he felt guilty, but he wanted to be A good person, the film uses an anti-processing mode, and the confrontation between the two protagonists ends in a way of "bad people must pay a painful price to become good people".
"Give me a chance."
"How can I give you a chance."
"I didn't have a choice before, and now I want to be a good person."
"Okay, go and tell the judge whether he will let you be a good person."
"Then Just let me die."
"Sorry, I'm a policeman."
"Who knows?"
Unforgettable dialogue, vivid interpretations by Andy Lau and Tony Leung. Perhaps only the rooftop under the blue sky can reflect the tranquility of time and make the heavy soul detached and light. The past is over, no need to struggle, just face your own heart. A very important connotation of "Infernal Affairs" is its human philosophy of time metaphor, that is, there is no absolute good and bad, the interweaving of good and evil is a gesture of life, the key is how to face it in the passage of time, To choose, only by following your own heart, can you be worthy of the advantages given by time and walk out of nowhere.
supporting role of part2 . The supporting roles here refer not only to people, but also to some scenes or details that are warm and relieve the atmosphere. The teenagers Liu Jianming and Chen Yongren played by Edison Chen and Shawn Yue represent the forgotten youth, the starting point of the conflict between good and evil; Chen Yongren and his psychiatrist Li Xiner had a short love, although they died in the final result, but let the audience There is a layer of emotional ripples in the heart of Liu Jianming; Liu Jianming's fiancee Mary is a novelist, and the two have a good relationship. The film also shows their warm life through brief scene dialogues. Mary always believes that Liu Jianming is an honest person, And wrote that the protagonist of his novel wants to be a good person, which seems to herald the end; Sha Qiang sacrificed to protect Chen Yongren, "Brother Ren, I really want to ask you, is that massage girl beautiful today?" At the end of his life, he regarded Chen Yongren as his brother, which also shows that the bad guy is not bad, but he lost himself because he could not find a good direction; Huang Zhicheng gave Chen Yongren a watch on his birthday. The sense of responsibility also has the warmth of ordinary people. Although the movie "Infernal Affairs" exaggerates the dark psychology of gangsters too much, it has brotherhood, family life, love, and the care of the elders for the younger generation. These are all shown through details that may not be important. , but it is a touch of color in the dark tones of this gangster movie. Tao has a heart, but fate is ruthless, but it will not end in the end, as long as we do not lose ourselves, as long as we have faith in our hearts.
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