FIFF7 | DAY9 "The Last Emperor" begins with one child and ends with another child

Gaetano 2022-04-24 07:01:06

The 9th screening day of the main competition unit of the 7th #Faro IslandFilm Festival# will bring you the closing film "The Last Emperor". The following will bring you the fateful evaluation of the front line from heaven to earth!

sparrow:

Puyi's status as the last emperor is undoubtedly limited, especially when watching the Forbidden City among the crowd, I seem to see not only Puyi, but also the dead souls of thousands of feudal systems, as sacrifices in the exile of the times, one by one. Lay it out in front of me: the reformer trapped in the shackles of the system, the flattering dog, the sour literati struggling to make a living...

Sunset:

Epic template.

Fruit trees:

That light, that shadow, that person. All expectations for the film can be met in the film, and it is not enough to revisit it many times.

Tonda people:

Puyi seems to have spent most of his life as a prisoner. Some were forced to, and some chose the wrong path. From sympathy for him to feeling that he deserved it, in the last scene, he suddenly felt, why sympathize? Want to feel deserved? All of these are just heavy feathers in history, and any emotion is too small in front of history.

The song is wrong:

It is too heavy, and personal emotions are not worth mentioning in the face of the times. One child begins and another child ends.

Her Majesty:

The 1980s were the most liberal years in China after 1927: Italian director Bertolucci, with the investment of British producers, and some American actors, made this film in the Forbidden City in China - as long as it was allowed to shoot. The level of openness at that time has been demonstrated. Bertolucci's ideas are still very accurate, showing a person's passivity in a chaotic world; there are many ghosts and ghosts in the depiction of Chinese cultural details, but this also happens to make the Chinese themselves feel a sense of distance from this history, and occasionally It's good to look at our past from an outsider's point of view, even if it's too exaggerated; the crossover of time reduces the sense of epic to a certain extent, but people don't want to make epics like "Farewell My Concubine"; the narrative angles are varied, Some are from the Qing Dynasty, some from Puyi himself, some from Westerners, and some from the Party; although many places are deliberately or unintentionally blackmailing tg, the image of the primary school student wearing a red scarf at the end is quite energetic, this is probably just the 1980s. A symbol of emancipated China. (Of course, it will no longer be this image after two years)

Pincent:

An exquisite and popular biography of the Austrian series, it belongs to the movie that can stay as long as the Forbidden City is not demolished. The script is very efficient, many scenes have a sense of ritual, and the relationship between the two narrative lines is handled well. I feel that the historical stage records with a large amount of information and the sadness of the characters in the era of changing dynasties are conveyed well. , the sadness is not only in the powerlessness, but also in the failure of trying to challenge this powerlessness.

The virtuous woman:

The grief of the times is contained in every character, whether it is Puyi, Wanrong, servant, Wenxiu, etc., the director does not simply restore history objectively, but uses excellent video art and audio-visual means to express his feelings about history and the times. Tragic lament. The film technique is impeccable but the performance is relatively unremarkable but that doesn't prevent it from being a masterpiece. Pu Yi and Pu Jie are also too beautiful to eat.

Sporadic nameless:

It's really far from what I expected. I really didn't expect such a plot to be so nuanced and joyful. The depiction of the last emperor is enough, but the contrast of the era is not enough, but the presentation of that era is great.

Faroe Islander:

The role of Puyi has almost been recreated. He is not as helpless and pitiful as in the movie in real history, but through the role of the last emperor as a microcosm of modern Chinese history, this form is completely reasonable, so appropriate adaptation This is acceptable.

Xiaofeng and your waning moon:

From heaven to earth, from the Forbidden City to prison, the fate of some people seems to be doomed from birth. When it is older, it is the ups and downs of an era. When it is younger, it is a person's involuntary action, and the latter is sometimes too trivial in front of the former.

I know a little about her:

People will never change, an emperor can never become a mortal, an addict can never become a normal person, just like some prejudices can never be eliminated, and some hatreds can never be resolved. He will always be alone, alone in the Forbidden City, alone in Manchukuo, alone in prison, he has lived his whole life alone, and he wants to forgive himself but can never understand himself, he is the tragedy of the times, It was the dust under his feet. He wanted to return to the earth and turn into mud, but he flew forever in the air and couldn't land. He has been forced all his life from birth, forced to be emperor, forced to step down, forced to live, forced to judge. He is not worthy of sympathy, but he is also not worthy of being trampled on. His mistakes are not personal sins, but also the fate of the times. He has experienced so many different countries and seen so many different sunshines, whether he loves or hates, it seems so irrelevant, some people will never understand, he is a drop in the ocean from the beginning, not ninety-five Supreme.

The score of #FIFF7#DAY9's main competition publication will be released for you later, please wait and see.

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The Last Emperor quotes

  • Pu Yi, at 15: [in heavily accented English] I know that you know that I know that you know that that is a dialogue between Confucius and Chuang Tzu.

  • The Governor: [Confronting Puyi in the prison gardens, where Puyi works alone] Perhaps you think we're here to teach men to lie in a new way?

    The Governor: [Puyi continues working as if trying to ignore the Governor] Why did you sign every accusation made against you? I didn't stop you from killing yourself to see you like this! Someone who will sign anything to please his enemies... to please me!

    The Governor: [Puyi continues working] You knew about a lot of things in Manchukuo... even the secret agreements. But you couldn't possibly have known about the Japanese biological warfare experiments in Harbin! Could you? So why did you sign these papers?

    Emperor Pu Yi: I was responsible for everything.

    The Governor: You are responsible for what you do! All your life you thought you were better than everyone else. Now you think you're the worst of all!

    Emperor Pu Yi: [sighs] Why can you not leave me alone? You saved my life to make me a puppet in your own play. You saved me because I am useful to you.

    The Governor: Is that so terrible? To be useful?