These two details, the latter was written in Zhang Ailing's novel, and the former was created by Ang Lee, but because of this creation, I think he understood her story.
I didn't expect to watch this movie after such a long time, although I have seen those classic erotic scenes before, just to see Tony Leung's eggs and Tang Wei's milk, it doesn't count. In fact, it is not surprising. I recently finished reading "Little Reunion", and then I rummaged through Hu Lancheng's "This Life and This Life". Before that, I re-read "Blockade" and "Lust, Caution". These two novels happened to be Eileen Chang and Hu Lancheng. It is also interesting to think about the cause of acquaintance and the effect of separation. So at this time, it's a matter of course to watch Ang Lee's movie again.
I don't understand the movie, and I don't know if it is correct to understand the director's intention through a detail or the quiet soundtrack in the film. But the soundtrack of "Lust, Caution" is like the passage leading to Wang Jiazhi's soul, with twists and turns but it points directly to the heart.
During the first half of the exploration, the guard dogs kept their heads down, it was raining, and the expressions of the people were solemn and silent. Only they, through the sound of the rain, looked at the two people with ghosts, and only they seemed to be alive. "The passage to a woman's heart is the vagina," Eileen Chang said. This road is really difficult and dangerous. Not only Wang Jiazhi, but even Mr. Yi, they are wandering around the outside world, acting as undercover agents every day, and sleeping every night as traitors. In their own world, they are not idle, venting and hating , waiting and being waited, the soundtracks at these moments are muffled and uncomfortable.
Until the appearance of "The End of the World Singer", the plot took a sharp turn, but the music slowed down and slowed down, because at this time, Ang Lee wanted to talk about love. Most of the first part talked about eroticism, and then I will talk about discipline, how to discipline those erotica, only when love appears, will all this be out of control. Mr. Yi's eyes softened, the 6-carat pigeon egg was shining, Wang Jiazhi said "Go quickly" as if he forgot to control his mouth and let it spurt out of his heart and lungs, Mr. Yi sat on the white sheet and raised The head start and the tears held back... So many details are condensed into a short last 20 minutes in the movie, but only these 20 minutes are the highlight.
There are so many talented people in this world. Even if they are talented, arrogant and cruel, and play the world, as long as they have a little bit of love, they will be defeated, and we, some stupid bystanders, seem to be There will be some moving. Reason is worshipped, but emotion really has the power to destroy people's hearts.
So, Eileen Chang said, "Quit." She watched the pale rain fall on the ground in the empty afternoon sky in Shanghai. She smiled and said nothing, telling herself not to wait any longer. So, Ang Lee said, "Quit," and after letting the death bell to ring at ten o'clock, he left Mr. Yi's head like a mouse on the snow-white sheets.
At that time, in order to prevent the leak of the script, Ang Lee replaced the words "Lust, Caution" in the book with "The Story of Lao Yi". The whole movie, without Mr. Yi, could hardly last. Liang Chaowei's eyes are full of drama, except for his bad Mandarin, he acted really well. In the scene in the Japanese pub, he said, "Japanese songs are too sad, this is a sign of loss for the country." This was originally Hu Lancheng in "This Life and This Life" When writing what Eileen Chang said, Hu Lancheng didn't expect her casual jokes to come true, and she wrote it with a desolate sadness. And when these words were said through Mr. Yi's mouth, the strength became lighter, but the person became fuller.
Mr. Yi is really tired, living deliberately, and he doesn't trust anyone except his personal driver. He finally met a woman who reasonably asked for money and a room after being abused by him, which reassured him, and he wept when he heard her singing of love for a long time. He handed over his heart a little, he held her hand and said, I don't understand diamonds, I just want it to be on your hand.
Women are too wonderful not to be moved by this deformed and hard-to-find love, but to be pierced by some strange and sparse dots, sex, love, a greeting and a ring can capture them. Love is too elusive, and something real is always good. At the last moment, Wang Jiazhi fell in love with Mr. Yi. Fortunately, everything was in time, but it was too late.
Tang Wei's acting skills in it have been improved a lot, but it's still poor. In the last moment, her eyes are too spacey, and she can hardly see anything.
Ang Lee liked this novel, but the filming was extremely difficult, and it almost collapsed in the middle of filming. He appreciates this kind of love, "A little girl who challenges the patriarchal society of thousands of years, let's go quickly, she has taken on everything." And Mr. Yi finally cried. In his view, this is all because of women's love.
But Eileen Chang is obviously not telling such a story. On that blocked street corner, it was not she who took care of everything, but was completely abandoned, forgotten, and killed, while the executioner thought, "She is dead, Born is his man, death is his ghost." Amid the clamor, he quietly walked away. In her opinion, it's all because men don't love him anymore.
After the film was released, compared with his hard work and collapse, the response and evaluation should be far lower than his expectations. Zhang Ailing also spent too much effort in writing "Little Reunion", but in the end she hoped to "destroy it."
Interestingly, in 2007, he and the crown bought the copyright of "Lust, Caution" and gave the money to Song Qi and his wife. . In 2010, Song Qi's son Song Yilang published Zhang Ailing's "Little Reunion" in the role of "Guardian of Zhang Ailing's literary heritage". If "Lust, Caution" is a short "Little Reunion", then "Little Reunion" is almost a long and difficult "Lust, Caution".
It's a pity that Li An didn't read this novel in advance, and I don't know if he would feel a pity.
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