"Raise the Red Lantern" is a film that led me to like the art of film. From all aspects of the film, it is a rare work of art. "High Red Lanterns" is an adaptation of the novel "Wives and Concubines". The story that originally happened in Jiangnan was moved to the Qiao Family Courtyard in Shanxi by director Zhang Yimou. I think this is a success. The third wife Mei Shan's desolate Peking Opera voice and ethereal echoes echo the tragic plot perfectly with the emptiness of the deep house compound every morning. Fixed shots are used many times in the film. The stability of the fixed shots shows deepness, solemnity, tranquility, and solemnity. In the shots, there are only footsteps coming and going. The content and atmosphere are unified, which further highlights the sadness of the film. When it comes to Zhang Yimou, many people will first think of his handy use of film colors. Every picture in "Lantern" will have a very obvious and prominent main color. For example, the whole scene of Songlian and Chen's wedding night is all red, with red lanterns and red curtains, although red is reflected here. Festive atmosphere, but the red color of the whole shot gives a terrifying feeling, which makes a good preparation for the following plot. He is also good at using the contrast of cold and warm tones. The Chen family compound in Dawn is shrouded in blue, giving people a feeling of oppression and melancholy, but the two rows of red lights in the center of the picture are burning brightly, absolutely The collision of warm colors and absolute cool colors gives the audience a visual impact, and at the same time implies that Song Lian, a female college student in the new era, is out of tune with the dark and oppressive social background at that time. Chen's house and family business are all handed down from the ancestors. In order to adapt to this gloomy and old-fashioned environment, most of the characters in the film are old people, and there are few young people who are not close to this society. Humanity fights. In the marriage relationship without love, Zhuo Yun tried his best to use his son to stabilize his position in the family. Mei Shan is an actress, she is an amorous person, she can't bear this kind of emotionless life, she loves, but the love is wrong, she chooses the most dangerous cheating, in which time there is no sunshine, her ending is only incense Eliminate jade loss. Song Lian, she is an absolute young man, she is a female college student, the entire Chen residence is obsessed with the old master, only Song Lian dares to lose his temper with him, he dares to love and hate, Song Lian and the eldest young master are about the same age, it is the first time in the attic When they met last year, the two did not communicate much, but the plot was designed very well. The sound of the eldest young master's flute disturbed Songlian's dying heart, and the two looked back several times when they parted, which is enough to show their thoughts. But this is too unrealistic, the strict feudal etiquette is a cage that trapped them in that era. A major feature of the character setting in the film should be none other than Master Chen. In the two-hour film, there is no frontal shot of Master Chen, the patriarch of the Chen family, and we do not need to see his appearance clearly. What Master Chen represented was all the men who had absolute patriarchy in the feudal society at that time. They made women unable to have the complete love of a man. Women had to be careful in order to survive, but they could only survive. Women had to be jealous of each other and kill each other. More and more to steal the attention of men and the only remaining tenderness. I like this film review because it makes me feel new about movies. Movies are no longer an entertainment commodity, but a work of art with language aesthetics, music aesthetics, painting aesthetics, and so on. If the red lantern in the film is sealed and extinguished, I think the film "Raise the Red Lantern" is also a red lantern in film history, and this red lantern will never be extinguished.
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