Tell the story to a Hong Kong director

Cary 2022-04-20 09:02:21

To be honest, the golden age of mainland directors was in the 1980s and 1990s. You can watch the martial arts movies of that period. Under the guidance of a big man from the Westernization School, many armors and costumes were restored very well, and the stories were well-planned and full of characters. , immersive,

On the other side of the ocean, Hong Kong, although the costumes and props are not as good as the mainland, but the storytelling ability is indeed quite good, and there is even a quirky director like Tsui Hark who has the spirit of martial arts.

In fact, when it comes to martial arts, stories such as Spring and Autumn, Hong Kong is far stronger than the mainland, at least in terms of storytelling and telling a story smoothly.

As for these directors in the Mainland, they have been eating and drinking in the system for a long time. They are really full of mirror images, but they tell stories.

Their rigid brains have lacked the market spirit of those directors in the outside world, and they are more suitable for sitting at the wine table and drinking with the leaders

Instead of sitting in a small restaurant talking and laughing with the people at the bottom, and they have been immersed in the system of eating and waiting for a long time, they have completely lost the ability to conceive how to combine the real ancient Chinese culture with modern thinking. In fact, they have already behind the times

Zhang Yimou, Chen Kaige and these people really should go home and rest, and leave the opportunity to young people. There are too many uncles in the mainland who occupy the toilet and do not poop.

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Extended Reading
  • Clement 2022-03-24 09:03:24

    It's over, it's over, it's ruined, it's ruined, it's ruined! Zhang Yimou's unprecedented failure! A stylized all-round collapse of Zhang Yimou's Chinese blockbuster! One of the worst and most annoying works of 2018 Chinese blockbuster! The above is the strongest feeling I had after watching the world premiere of "Shadow" at the Sala Grande Film Palace in Venice!

  • Laurence 2022-04-24 07:01:22

    Zhang Yimou is no longer impersonal. "Shadow" and "substance" are also metaphors for his film view, and "shadow" is the sense of form he pursues. For the form itself, the subject (content) may not even exist. But he also doesn't love "shadow" (form). Therefore, the form has been reduced to simple gossip symbols, unrestrained ink and wash elements, and empty and boring aesthetic sentiment, which is as exaggerated and contrived as the deep power struggle in the movie, without reflection. ——All the diseases of this era are finally united in this movie. Great teacher.

Shadow quotes

  • Zi Yu: Your mind's elsewhere, a distracted mind means shaky breathing. Shaky breathing means no firm steps. How will you survive without firm steps?

  • Zi Yu: They say a pup taken at birth can find its birthplace by tracing the scent.