"Face": the details of love, the warm sunrise

Ally 2022-04-19 09:02:44

That's it, it's the fourth time. I rubbed my eyes, those scenes of good scenery and good scenery, the lines are exquisite and bursting, the key is pressed, it is lost, and then the curtain is broken, and they and their shadows are gone, from the soul lens. It's so real, just like the tone of Wu Siwei's film, it's her debut novel, and it's flaming red, the red of the heart's capillaries, the red of the instant sunrise.

It's not worth the trouble for a movie. The procedure should be simple and simple: open your eyes, enter the DVD, turn off the POWER from the remote control, and close your eyes. Or, after a short nap, the end credits are like a needle in a clock, with a "click" - time is up. I let it warn four times as an anecdote. Anecdotes, most of which attract attention because of the beauty of details.

Look at the comments of all parties: family light comedy? Romantic drama? All of them are slightly inappropriate. The government has painted the same color coat for the eyes of the audience, so everyone dresses in the same color, which is a pity. For example, eastern and western cultures have smashed human nature, and it has risen to a high profile. For example, the Chinese community is carrying a moral frame on its back, tied with a thousand-year-old rope, and now it is broken. Shouting; for example, commenting on the so-called cultural bad habits of immigrants, whether it is cute or ridiculous, giving cold eyes to cold-eyed people, and conversely calling themselves defenders, etc.

They are all big, complete, irresistible, seamless, but "complete" without any finesse—naturally, without finesse, and threading the needles and leads in the Lingluo chapter is stingy.

And I was so stingy.

Observe, watch, peep. Three verbs, three degree modality. In my understanding, it is the cobwebs of details.

At the community dance, Vivian held her chest gracefully, as if examining Wil's 19-year-old body from behind, thinking in her heart: I like her like this. Almost at the same time, Wil turned to look at him twice, his eyes shy. Seeing her smile, blossoming on her lips - it turns out that she has the same mind when she meets her, and she sees that she also loves her the same. Observing even numbers and sending each other heart words: Then, we shall not act rashly, and we shall not make noise. So, next to the vending machine, Vivian said: Sometimes, your body knows what you really want. Actually, it's not just the body.

The details of gaze also occur in many places in the film.

They bent down slightly beside the vending machine and looked at each other, exploring, their eyes could see each other, advancing or retreating, as long as they danced; dancing and falling are very graceful, Vivian demonstrated how love can follow the rules and behave, again. Looking at, approaching, body and breath are as close as thin paper; staring deeply at Siyuan, not like a play, it's so real without any acting skills, kissing to the end, the answer to the expected mystery; in the morning, Wei En offers the temptation. Hot dogs and paper towels are habitual dates, and they quietly stay on the bench before the sun rises. Finally, the lover's gaze, the gaze of the skin, the incisive love after the sweat is dry and dead...

The play is full of loads, all of which are Wenping's eyes, Nianxiang's eyes, Manwu's eyes and peeping eyes. Wu Siwei showed these characters in a pure life style. The heights are scattered and the positions are precise. The old scenes performed under the moral rule of such an exotic Chinese ethnic group are actually gilded and charming.

Mei in those peeping eyes, gradually cloudy. The mother is pregnant and enjoys the blessing of a son in middle age. It is originally joy, but in terms of "face", it is the "sorrow" of the family. Unmarried, silent, and even the mystery of the son's biological father, all of them cut out the long-standing moral poison of thousands of years. From this point of view, the "scapegoat" must quickly take over such scandals - if this person comes, narrow-mindedness wins. Those peeping eyes laughed, and sat outside the circle they had stirred up, and it was not just the water, left to churn and mess.

Chen Chong's acting skills are neither arrogant nor inferior, and the word "tenacity" is highlighted in the circle. This is a woman's play, and she must give up her strength. "Don't marry him, marry the person you love," the daughter said, causing an uproar immediately. At this time, those peeping eyes guessed one by one, watched indifferently, and then the young man stood up. Chen Chong said "no" and refused without fear, piercing the door of death for all those present. The so-called resentment and resentment, scheming and trust were instantly shattered into powder. In front of everyone's eyes, the mother and daughter ran out of the church together... Delicate and contradictory, Chen Chong's acting skills were extremely familiar.

The bride in white gauze ran off exaggeratedly, with the shadow of "The Graduate". But as the director's first autobiographical work, Wu Siwei's skills are also invisible - grandfather said: You ruined my reputation for life. Gee, hit the question.

Nor is it humorless. Chinese style, and American style. There are three paragraphs when pursing your lips and knowing: First, the lines of my grandfather when he practiced Tai Chi in the morning: Menopause? It is a fashionable thing only in the United States; second, the scene where the mother and WIL go to the clinic and are misunderstood by others, a Chinese-style "good face humor" excerpt is a typical example; third, black friends go to the mother and daughter's house for dinner , A bottle of soy sauce triggered: This black man, so dark, still eats so much soy sauce. Children who eat soy sauce will darken their skin. It's unbearable, I can really think about it for a long time.

Still excited, but not without. WIL said lightly to his mother: Mom, I love you! However, I am Lesbian. There is energy in these words. When all gay sex is dark, in WIL's view, she has changed a face that she can look up to. Just like when Wu Siwei was interviewed, she never shied away from talking about the fact that she was Lesbian. Of course, film is the asymptote of life, the official rhetoric of film theorists, and I wholeheartedly admire it.

"Face" originated from a love letter written by Wu Siwei to her mother. She just wanted to say one thing: love, it's never too late. Really, like the beauty of the details of the sunrise, the sun rises and falls, and it never falls.

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Saving Face quotes

  • Little Girl: Are you guys gonna kiss?

    Wil: Huh? No... what?

    Little Girl: Are you going to french kiss when you go to Paris?

    Vivian Shing: go play on the jungle gym

  • Vivian Shing: What do you fucking care what kind of dancing I do?

    Wil: Punish me by leaving me behind. Don't punish yourself by treating your dreams like they are for shit.