Another perfect movie (previously it was Seven Samurai and Memories of Murder), I don't want the movie to end, but Puyi's life has come to an end.
The ups and downs of life finally turned into an ignorant child who admitted his status as an emperor, and turned into an aging grasshopper and died. The movie chose a better ending, from Puyi to the Hall of Supreme Harmony. Start crying till the end of the music at the end of the movie. Tragedy is like this, and all the previous depictions show this noble suffering, which is touching.
Zunlong played Puyi alive, especially the scene where he went to Manchuria with ambition and the scene where he left his younger brother and servants in the prison and entered a new cell. Especially, he played the role of Puyi well. This film won the best picture and the best director. He didn't even win the Best Actor award. In the same year, the winner was Douglas' performance in "Wall Street". I personally think that there is a huge gap between Zun Long's performance and a good performance. The gap between a great performance.
The film shows enough complexity, and even the portrayal of Japan, which shows the skill of the screenwriter. The photography and soundtrack are flawless, and the supporting roles are all brilliant, and there are almost no roles.
Puyi's ambition and will, which finally rose up, were completely crushed in the tide of the times. The director did not show Puyi's life in the Soviet Union after the war (there was a turning point for a time), and tried to intercept the huge contrast before and after the Soviet Union, and used a cross-narrative to unfold, The comparison between the two is really sighing. After watching the movie, I even hope that Puyi and his rule can continue. Although I understand that Puyi in history is far from what it is in the movie, but to achieve such an effect, I can't help but admire the movie. the charm!
Once again, the "Catarsis" effect of tragedy, which Aristotle said in "Poetics", is more fully demonstrated in this film, whether it is the hypocrisy and irony of the power of modernity, or the A man's ambition and destiny, this film will become the material for long aftertastes and feelings. It certainly won't be the last time I see this movie.
Will definitely take a look again.
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