Yesterday I
watched "Assassin Nie Yinniang", and watched "Three Cities" by the way. (hereinafter referred to as "Nie" and "Three")
Judging from the attendance rate of the film, it is obvious that "Three" has an advantage, with enough publicity and many gimmicks. It was also released on the 27th. There were only a few people watching "Nie" in the whole movie hall, but the scene of "Three" was full.
Films like "Nie" are easy to form word-of-mouth differentiation. Those who like them will be regarded as masterpieces, and those who don't like them will be extremely disgusted. Of course I belong to the former.
Judging from my viewing experience, the hypocrisy of "Three" can be seen at a glance. The director Zhang Wanting is the one who filmed "City of Glass". This film is obviously too hard and blood loss is too much, and the whole film looks pale and abrupt.
Tang Wei's performance is a little stiff, and Liu Qingyun is even more rigid. They are all people who have appeared in "Lust, Caution" and "New Love", but now they are in the world in bad movies.
The movie looks dirty, wicked, and mischievous, but it goes to great lengths to show love and beauty, which makes it even more fake. The actors shed tears, but the audience could not shed a single tear.
The only face of the soup was dry and dried. It looks good, but after a long time, it feels empty and boring. Once the charm disappears, it is no different from ordinary people. Not everyone is Ang Lee, who can keep digging out her beauty.
The biggest disadvantage of "Three" is its procrastination. When I thought the film was about to end for the fifth time, the hero and heroine sank to the bottom of the sea again. When I thought that there would finally be a tragic ending, Liu Qingyun emerged from the sea again with Tang Wei on his back. , This way of coming back to life has the urge to smash the big screen. The performance is laborious, the plot is bloody, this film is the first.
The second
is also ignorant. The ignorance of "Nie" is closer to the restoration and return of the film to the self, while the ignorance of "3" is completely ill and groaning.
In addition to Tang Wei's singing which still evokes the aftertaste of old Shanghai, this film and any unscrupulous money-making film have the same goal. In addition to flattering and pleasing the audience, they have lost all the value that the film should have. .
"Nie" is the exact opposite. Large sections of blank space and stop frames give people endless imagination space, like sand paintings, like splashing ink, and endless aftertastes.
After complaining about "Three", I can finally write "Nie" with peace of mind, and I let out a long sigh of relief.
San
always felt that for a good movie, at least the director himself should be very satisfied, especially the strict director, who could not be disturbed at all in the picture, and was willing to shoot for a whole day in order to get a good look.
The entire film of "Nie" was shot on Kodak film. The picture is impeccable, with extreme restraint and forbearance. Every second is frozen and every layer is rendered. Under the lens of Hou Hsiao-hsien, it drags out Wang Duan's long life. The picture is extremely beautiful, and every frame is running for eternity.
He can photograph a candle so beautifully. In the red gauze tent, the candlelight is dimly lit, and Yiren is in his arms. The beauty is unbelievable.
In recent years, most of Zhang Zhen's films are commercial films, and the best impression of Zhang Zhen is still in "Best of Spring", "The Best Time" and "The Murder of a Young Man on Lingling Street", as well as "Unparalleled in the World". The Zhengde emperor who flirted with Zhao Wei in love.
When I saw "Nie", I was still excited, and Zhang Zhen came back. The man who was a little gloomy and didn't talk much, portrayed the image of the protagonist who is not angry, but powerful and gloomy.
Shu Qi is not beautiful in the film, her eyes are cold, she is dressed in black, and she is alone. When everyone expects that this assassin will drive the climax of the whole film, and at least one or two thrilling stories will occur, Hou Hsiao-hsien's shot is thrown to We are a back of the rivers and lakes, a piece of classical Chinese implicit and restrained affection.
Four
Hou Hsiao-Hsien has a childlike willfulness. Although he is over sixty years old, he still puts on a look that I only make the movie I want to make and don't care about everything else. This is precisely what makes him cute.
For a director, talent is undoubtedly the most important thing. I think the second most important is personality. Not tempted by any money interests "It's really shocking to see such a bad film, and there are only a handful of directors in China who can stick to their style like Hou Hsiao-hsien for decades.
Think of Sabina's words to Thomas, "I like you because you are not kitsch, in the kingdom of kitsch, you are the devil".
Hou Hsiao-hsien's non-kitsch is not about the compromise with the public. This non-kitsch is itself a kind of insistence on self and has nothing to do with the outside world. Some people try to become famous through kitsch, and some people spend their whole lives working on just one work.
In this sense, Hou Hsiao-hsien is definitely worthy of awe. When others are trying to please him, he has a huge army in his heart, and he dares to jump out and make a movie that completely pleases him. Tell you, this is what he has in mind The story and the scenery in your heart, whether you like it or hate it, does not affect this work.
The most talented people have this extraordinary confidence, and Jobs told us with his iPhone, there's everything you could want.
Hou Hsiao-hsien took "Nie Yinniang" and told us that he was still the director who filmed "Love in the Wind and Dust", "City of Sadness", "Childhood Memories" and "Flowers on the Sea". He was not Takeshi Kitano, nor Yasujiro Ozu, he was just Hou Hsiao-hsien.
Fifth
, "Nie Yinniang" tries to downplay the story and pursues the ultimate in images, which is perfect. I can hardly see the flow of emotions, not that they are not, but that these emotions are hidden so deeply that they seem to be absent.
The moving picture, the slow light and shadow, was covered by a layer of gauze and mist, Pei Yumingluan stopped singing and dancing, where did Yiren go?
With pine and bright torches in hand, the sound of water is pattering, the night is hesitant, there is a faint story about to happen, the footsteps of everyone looking for joy, and the beautiful women are like clouds.
The sound of horses’ hooves disappeared, and the scenes of farewell scenes were easy to see, “after sunset, Baling hurts goodbye”, and it was easy to understand that “birds in thousands of mountains fly away, people disappear in all directions”, branches are held high to the sky, White clouds entangle. Can't get rid of thick fog.
How many days and nights has this scene been screened, and how much effort has been accumulated, so that it can be presented so indistinctly? Besides Ang Lee and the late Yang Dechang, I can't find a fourth person in China.
Hou Hsiao-hsien yearns for cleanliness. You can see that there is nothing unclean in his pictures. This is a bit like writing. The whiteness in my heart must be enlarged so that no black spots can be seen. It is the ideal whiteness. We all do it when we are young. Too many things to please others, but forget the real self.
"When you are old, you will be strong. It is better to change the heart of a white head. If you are poor and strong, you will not fall into the blue sky." In my heart, Hou Hsiao-hsien is a true warrior.
It takes seven
years to make a movie, it takes seven years to complete a trip, and it takes me seven years to like you.
They are doing their own fanatical things, no matter how long it takes, and they should have no regrets and no regrets. Just like the knife in Nie Yinniang's hand, it cuts down and hits the point with one strike. When the knife falls, she will never be merciful and soft-hearted. The path she chooses will be finished without tears.
It doesn't matter what the story says, it doesn't matter what I'm writing, the important thing is that you read it, you understand it, if you can leave something in your heart, it would be great.
He doesn't tell stories, he just wants to tell you that time has come and time has gone, it's your business to go into the clouds and into the wind.
The secluded valley, the frank world, the lambs grazing, and the people talking, this frozen picture seems to be ruthless and affectionate.
After nearly two hours of telling my heart and soul, I didn't feel bored.
A piece of paper is innocent, leaving thousands of heart marks.
7.
I have also thought about it, if I make a movie that is completely my own, what should I make of it?
The answer is to please yourself wholeheartedly and to be true to yourself with all your might.
The end sounded, so sad and sad, they led the horses and walked into the fog.
Will one day, we also follow the fog and go to the self in our heart?
"The bosom is still open when the wine is drunk, and the temples are slightly frosted, so what's the matter? In the cloud of festivals, when will Feng Tang be dispatched, he will draw a carved bow like a full moon, look northwest, and shoot the wolf.
" The pride of righteous Bo Yuntian, the courage of swordsmanship.
I hope we understand when we come, and let us go when we go.
Eight
finished writing the film review, it was three in the morning, the headache was splitting, there was no cure, and the sound of rain was no longer heard by the dim light of the small table lamp.
Good night.
August 28, 2015
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