The Repression of Women - The Making of Blurred Effects

Wyatt 2022-04-20 09:02:34

First of all, it is a very good film, a warm red and warm color, but it is endlessly cool.
From the beginning to the end, I did not give a close-up of Mr. Chen. It was always a blurry avatar, or only a part of the body appeared, and even the advantage was only one voice, loud and majestic. The other men, except for Doctor Gao and the eldest son, did not have any special close-up shots of the men in this compound.
All of this is played out in a large mansion that has basically no contact with the outside world, except for the occasional entry into the city by the master, and the woman leaving the mansion. If you want to leave, there are only things like the third concubine's affair and the maid's serious illness.
The director created a depressing atmosphere in the process. Although there was intrigue, all of it was just to hang up the red lantern and make men like it. Personally, I think this is also the director's intention. feeling repressed. In this mansion surrounded by male power, they know a subordinate position and cannot escape.
Also, Gong Li's acting is really good

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  • Tiffany 2022-03-24 09:03:36

    5+ is too powerful... Who would have thought that a person who is so good at using up, so good at composition, and so understanding of the logic of power will eventually be captured and alienated by power... The stylization of rituals is actually not new, but the routine of rituals is One effort, Zhang Yimou did it, if he can continue in this way, he may become China's Ozu! The face of male power is completely absent in the whole film. On the one hand, it shows that the camera is aimed at the fate of women, and on the other hand, it is extended to obtain a more general face. In this film, the typical narrative style of Chinese films can still be seen: it is not reversal, but revealing. The characters have not changed, but the way of intervening in the environment has changed. The use of sound is beautiful and skillful, and the blending at the end is terrifying. Top ten national films!

  • Blanche 2022-03-22 09:02:50

    "Lighting the lights, turning off the lights, sealing the lights" is undoubtedly a tragedy for women in that era. This is a film without spring. The atmosphere in the film reveals Songlian's helplessness, fear and despair. In the end, she was persecuted by feudal ethics. Crazy, only her madness means she returns to her true self, but she can no longer get out of the square Chen family compound. In the film, a child mispronounced one of Ouyang Xiu's poems as "Not as good as the world." Free cry" has no meaning

Raise the Red Lantern quotes

  • The Third Concubine: Good or bad, it's all playacting. If you act well, you can fool other people; if you do it badly, you can only fool yourself, and when you can't even fool yourself, you just can fool the ghosts.

  • Yan'er: Who are you?

    Housekeeper: Fourth mistress, please come inside.

    Yan'er: [losing her cool] So you're the fourth mistress!

    [Yan'er rudely pulls the water bowl away from Songlian and puts clothes in it]

    Songlian: Yes! I am the fourth mistress. Bring my suitcase inside please.